2012年2月21日星期二

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


NYPD monitoring of Muslim students sparks outrage (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 05:11 PM PST

This combo made from file photos shows Yale President Richard Levin in New Haven Conn. on Sept. 13, 2009, left, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in Cambridge, Mass. on Nov. 29, 2011. Bloomberg is facing off with Yale University over efforts by the NYPD to monitor Muslim student groups.  Levin on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 said in a statement that monitoring of students based on religion was 'antithetical' to the schools' values. Bloomberg defended the practice, saying there is nothing wrong with officers keeping an eye on websites that are available to the general public. (AP File Photos)AP - The mayor faced off with the president of Yale University on Tuesday over an effort by the city's police department to monitor Muslim student groups for any signs that their members harbored terrorist sympathies.


Azerbaijan says it busts alleged pro-Iran group (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 12:30 PM PST

AP - Azerbaijan's security agency said Tuesday it has busted a suspected terrorist group working for Iran's secret services, the second such claim this year as tensions rise between the two neighbors.

Judge in Texas rules terror bomb suspect competent (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:30 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2011, file photo Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari is escorted to the Mahon Federal Building in Lubbock, Texas. A federal judge in West Texas Tuesday, 21, 2012, will hear evidence and arguments on the mental competency of Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, accused of trying to make a weapon of mass destruction. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Zach Long, File)AP - A Saudi man accused of trying to make a weapon of mass destruction and targeting former President George W. Bush's home in Dallas is mentally competent to stand trial, a federal judge in Texas ruled Tuesday.


Big questions still unanswered in Thai terror plot (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 06:47 AM PST

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, an Iranian bomb suspect Mohammad Kharzei, right, listens to a Thai police officer as he is taken to verify the house where he and other Iranian compatriots rented in Bangkok, Thailand. One week after three Iranians were arrested in an apparently botched terror plot allegedly aimed against Israeli diplomats, profound questions remain unanswered about who was behind it. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - It began when three men blew up their house accidentally on Valentine's Day in Bangkok. It ended with a gory scene that looked more like Baghdad: a bloodied, would-be bomber with severed legs moaning on a glass-strewn sidewalk after another botched blast.


Thailand Must Face, Not Dismiss, the Threat of Terrorism (Time.com)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:30 AM PST

Time.com - Officials' bungled attempts at damage control are doing more damage to Thailand's reputation than the bombers ever could
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