2012年2月29日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Man indicted on terror charges in NYC bomb case (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 05:12 PM PST

AP - A man charged with building a pipe bomb to try to attack police, soldiers and other government targets has been indicted on terror charges, according to an indictment filed Wednesday in the rare state-level terror case.

US general: 3 Africa terror groups may collaborate (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:29 PM PST

AP - Terrorist groups in Somalia, North Africa and Nigeria are eyeing ways to coordinate their training, funding and terror activities, triggering increased U.S. national security worries, the top American commander for Africa told Congress on Wednesday.

Guantanamo convict ready to join 'Team America' (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:27 PM PST

In this courtroom sketch approved by military officials and obtained by Reuters on February 29, 2012, Maryland-educated Majid Khan, 32, enters a guilty plea before Army Col. James Pohl, the chief military commissions judge, at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo, Cuba.  After nearly nine years in U.S. custody, Pakistani native Khan appeared in public for the first time at a top-security courtroom on the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base in Cuba. He plead guilty to all five charges against him, including murder and attempted murder, in a deal that spares him from a potential life sentence in exchange for helping prosecute other prisoners.  REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/Handout  (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW MILITARY) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSReuters - A former CIA "ghost prisoner" who grew up near Baltimore admitted to a U.S. war crimes court on Wednesday that he was an al Qaeda money courier and martyr-in-training now prepared to help prosecute other terrorism suspects.


American in NYC bomb case indicted (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:05 PM PST

Reuters - Jose Pimentel, an American Muslim convert accused of building a pipe bomb, has been formally indicted by a grand jury on terrorism charges, authorities said on Wednesday.

Indian police arrest 2 suspected terrorists (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:22 AM PST

AP - India's home minister says police have arrested two men connected to the terror group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people.

12 people killed in clash in restive western China (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:38 AM PST

AP - China on Wednesday accused terrorists in a Muslim Uighur region of attacking civilians, but an exiled Uighur group said the violence that killed 12 people mainly targeted armed Chinese personnel.

Former US resident pleads guilty at Guantanamo (AP)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:22 PM PST

In this courtroom sketch approved by military officials and obtained by Reuters on February 29, 2012, Maryland-educated Majid Khan, 32, enters a guilty plea before Army Col. James Pohl, the chief military commissions judge, at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo, Cuba.  After nearly nine years in U.S. custody, Pakistani native Khan appeared in public for the first time at a top-security courtroom on the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base in Cuba. He plead guilty to all five charges against him, including murder and attempted murder, in a deal that spares him from a potential life sentence in exchange for helping prosecute other prisoners.  REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/Handout  (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW MILITARY) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - A former Maryland resident pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping al-Qaida plot attacks from his native Pakistan, reaching a plea deal with the U.S. government that spares him from a potential life sentence in exchange for helping to convict fellow prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.


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