2012年2月3日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Extension denied in Guantanamo Sept. 11 trial (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:01 PM PST

President Barack Obama talks about the economy during an event at Fire Station #5 in Arlington, Va., Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Fire Station No. 5 was one of the first stations to respond to the 9/11 attack at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - A Pentagon legal official refused Friday to extend an important deadline for defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attack, a decision that means their highly anticipated arraignment may now occur within months.


Filipino troops still searching for terrorist (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 06:10 AM PST

Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesman Col. Marcelo Burgos shows a picture of Malaysian Zulkipli bin Hir, also known as Marwan, a top leader of the regional, al Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror network, during a press conference Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines. The military said it killed Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorist and two other senior militants Thursday in a U.S.-backed airstrike that would mark one of the region's biggest anti-terror successes in recent years. The dead included Zulkipli bin Hir, leader of the Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf militants, Umbra Jumdail, and a Singaporean leader in Jemaah Islamiyah, Abdullah Ali. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - A day after proclaiming the death of a top regional terrorist suspect in a U.S.-backed airstrike, the Philippine military acknowledged Friday that his remains still have not been found.


Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:06 PM PST

FILE - In this June 17, 2011 file photo, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly attends a news conference at police headquarters in New York. Thirty-two civil rights groups from around the U.S. filed a complaint with the New York attorney general Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, over police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based solely on their religion. Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg have insisted that police only follow legitimate leads and do not conduct preventative surveillance in ethnic communities. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)AP - Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based solely on their religion.


Uzbek refugee denies helping terror group (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 09:06 PM PST

AP - A refugee from Uzbekistan accused of helping a foreign terrorist organization denied the allegations in a court appearance Thursday in Denver, before a judge advised him not to speak further without an attorney.

Justice Dept about to close probes of 2 detainees (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:52 PM PST

AP - Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department is preparing to close investigations into the deaths of two detainees while in CIA custody, marking the final chapter in a controversial review by the Obama administration into treatment of terrorism suspects during the George W. Bush administration.

A look at major terror attacks in Southeast Asia (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:27 PM PST

AP - A look at major attacks in the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia attributed to the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group and their allies from the regional terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah.
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