2011年11月7日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Defiant Carlos the Jackal on trial in France (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PST

In this courtroom sketch, by Christine Lemarie, Carlos the Jackal, 62-year-old Venezuelan whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez is shown in Paris Monday Nov. 7, 2011 on the first day of a trial for four deadly attacks in France in 1982-1983. Carlos, already convicted in 1997 of a triple murder in Paris, and serving a life sentence, goes before a special court on terrorism-linked charges and a panel of anonymous magistrates will be his judges during the six-week trial. (AP Photo/HO, Christine Lemarie)AP - A defiant and smiling Carlos the Jackal, one of the most dreaded terror masterminds of the Cold War, has gone on trial again — this time over four deadly attacks in France nearly three decades ago.


Texan tells court he didn't want to help al-Qaida (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:37 PM PST

FILE - In this June 8 2010 file photo, Barry Walter Bujol walks into the federal courthouse in Houston. Bujol, accused of trying to sneak out of the country to go on “jihad” and provide al-Qaida with money, GPS receivers and restricted U.S. military documents, will be tried Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 on terrorism charges. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)AP - A Texas man accused of trying to sneak out of the country with restricted U.S. military documents, money and equipment in order to join al-Qaida told a judge Monday that he wanted to leave because he disagrees with American foreign policy and that he never intended to hurt anyone.


Defense loses bid to stop showing of 9/11 video (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:33 PM PST

AP - Lawyers for a Massachusetts man charged with conspiring to help al-Qaida have lost a bid to bar federal prosecutors from showing jurors gruesome videos of the World Trade Center burning after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the beheadings of Americans.

Countering fear, balloons inspire smiles in Kenya (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:09 AM PST

A volunteer carries a bunch of yellow balloons to hand out to commuters as part of an art project by American artist Yazmany Arboleda in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Thousands of yellow balloons are floating above commuters in downtown Nairobi, igniting smiles among Kenyans wary of bomb warnings after two recent grenade attacks, in the third in a series of seven art projects around the world known as 'Monday Morning.' (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)AP - A U.S. artist handed out thousands of yellow balloons to Nairobi's blue-collar commuters Monday, igniting broad smiles among Kenyans weighed down by two recent grenade blasts and warnings of an impending terror attack.


Terrorism suspect on trial in Germany (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 02:02 AM PST

AP - A 25-year-old man of Palestinian background is on trial in Koblenz on charges he supported terrorism and recruited members for Islamic extremist groups.
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