2012年1月16日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

2 Americans honored for catching terrorist suspect (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:47 AM PST

US Staff Sgt. Trevor Donnald Brewer from Gray, Tennessee, left, is awarded with The Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich honored two Americans for helping apprehend an Islamic extremist who attacked a U.S. Air Force bus last year and killed two airmen. Staff Sgt. Trevor Brewer and Lamar Joseph Conner a civilian airport employee, both of whom chased the suspect after the March 2 shooting, helping police arrest him at the scene. Arid Uka, a 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian, is currently on trial for the slayings and has admitted to the charges. He faces up to life in prison, and a verdict and sentence are expected Thursday. Brewer said he was on the bus when Uka began shooting. The Tennessee native said Uka pointed a pistol at his head and pulled the trigger, but it jammed and didn't fire. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)AP - Germany's government presented the nation's highest civilian award Monday to two Americans who helped apprehend an Islamic extremist after he attacked a U.S. Air Force bus last year and killed two airmen.

Thai police seize explosives, charge Lebanese man (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:51 AM PST

A Lebanese suspect with alleged links to Hezbollah militants is escorted for interrogation at the Thai border police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. A Thai television station is reporting that the Lebanese suspect has led police to a warehouse housing materials that could be used to make explosives. The suspect was detained Thursday. (AP Photo)AP - A foreign suspect with alleged links to Hezbollah militants led Thai police Monday to a warehouse filled with materials commonly used to make bombs, as Thailand and the U.S. disagreed over whether Bangkok was the target of a terror plot.

Bomb material found in Thailand after terror warnings (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:36 AM PST

Reuters - Thai police discovered bomb-making materials after the detention of a Lebanese man suspected of planning an attack, but the prime minister insisted on Monday that everything was under control.

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