Terrorism
- Advisor to US general visited Gaza: Palestinians
(AFP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:08
AFP - An advisor to a US general helping revamp Palestinian security forces has made several trips to Gaza, even though Washington considers the Hamas rulers of the territory terrorists, Palestinian officials said on Friday.
- U.S. man jailed for 20 years for eco-bombing plot
(Reuters)
Fri, 09 May 2008 02:38:03
Reuters - A California man described by prosecutors as an “eco-terrorist” was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison on Thursday for plotting to blow up a federal forestry site, telephone towers and other targets. - ‘Eco-terrorist’ gets 20 years for plotting bombing campaign
(AFP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 00:40:32
AFP - An “eco-terrorist” convicted of plotting to blow up or firebomb government and commercial buildings across California was on Thursday jailed for nearly 20 years, justice officials said.
- Judge orders CIA to turn over “torture” memo: ACLU
(Reuters)
Thu, 08 May 2008 22:48:14
Reuters - A U.S. judge ordered the Central
Intelligence Agency on Thursday to submit to the court a 2002
memo said to specify harsh interrogation methods used on
suspected terrorists held abroad.
- Radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada granted bail in Britain
(AP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 22:25:17
AP - A radical Muslim preacher accused of having close ties to al-Qaida was granted bail by a British immigration appeals commission Thursday. - Report: US lacks plan to counter terrorist messages
(AP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 21:47:23
AP - The United States must develop a communications plan to counter radical Islamic messages on the Internet, according to a Congressional report released Thursday. - Guantanamo judge threatens to halt Canadian case
(Reuters)
Thu, 08 May 2008 19:41:19
Reuters - A
Guantanamo war court judge threatened on Thursday to halt the
case of a Canadian terrorism suspect captured at age 15 if the
U.S. government fails to turn over records of his detention.
- Vietnam to try American for terrorism
(AP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 11:49:54
AP - A Vietnamese-American and two Vietnamese nationals will be put on trial on charges of terrorism for allegedly planning to distribute anti-government pamphlets in Vietnam, an official said Thursday. - Award-winning Pakistani reporter braves attacks, arrest
(AFP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 08:55:16
AFP - Mushtaq Yusufzai has been wounded by the Taliban, arrested by Pakistani forces and his mother has begged him to quit — but still he keeps reporting from the frontline of the “war on terror”.
- Homeland Security wins control over foot-and-mouth research
(AP)
Wed, 07 May 2008 22:39:24
AP - Lawmakers on Wednesday tentatively agreed that national security officials should fully control the expected transfer of research of highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease from an offshore laboratory to the U.S. mainland near livestock. - U.S. panel authorizes subpoena of Cheney aide
(Reuters)
Tue, 06 May 2008 20:20:59
Reuters - A Democratic-led U.S. congressional
panel on Tuesday authorized a subpoena of Vice President Dick
Cheney’s chief of staff in its probe of possible U.S. torture
of suspected terrorists.
- US asks Pakistan to live up to ‘war on terror’ commitment
(AFP)
Tue, 06 May 2008 05:42:59
AFP - The United States has said it wanted Pakistan to live up to its commitment of urgently bringing security under control in its remote tribal areas allegedly used as safe haven by Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.
- Security stepped up in Tiananmen Square: official media
(AFP)
Tue, 06 May 2008 03:15:59
AFP - Beijing police have stepped up security in politically sensitive Tiananmen Square in a bid to stop terrorist attacks ahead of the Olympic Games, state media said Tuesday.
- Sharp rise in suicide attacks by women in Iraq likely: US expert
(AFP)
Tue, 06 May 2008 02:57:19
AFP - As many women carried out suicide attacks in Iraq so far this year as in the five previous years combined, and attacks by women are expected to spike again in the coming months, a US terrorism expert said Monday.
- US to return Argentine dinosaur eggs
(AP)
Mon, 05 May 2008 23:57:32
AP - A senior U.S. Homeland Security official is in Argentina to discuss money laundering, human trafficking and dinosaur eggs. - Charity that helped Pentagon victims is closing
(AP)
Mon, 05 May 2008 18:44:55
AP - The largest charity established to help Washington-area victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is closing nearly seven years after a hijacked airplane crashed into the Pentagon. - Nine sent out of Guantanamo included Al-Jazeera cameraman
(AFP)
Fri, 02 May 2008 15:28:46
AFP - Nine detainees at the US war-on-terror prison camp in Guantanamo, Cuba, were transferred out, including an Al-Jazeera cameraman, a US spokesman said Friday.
- Saudi Arabia Tries to Rehabilitate Its Jihadists
(U.S. News & World Report)
Fri, 02 May 2008 12:44:51
U.S. News & World Report - The idea of rehabilitating committed jihadists remains controversial in counterterrorism circles, but an ambitious Saudi program is winning praise from the U.S. State Department. “Saudi Arabia has implemented an effective model rehabilitation program for returning jihadis to turn them against violent extremism and to reintegrate them as peaceful citizens,” the department concluded in its annual report on terrorism. - U.S. kills Al Qaeda-linked militant, but elsewhere terrorism grows
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Fri, 02 May 2008 08:00:00
The Christian Science Monitor - The US hopes its killing of a top Somali militant Thursday will set back an Islamist insurgency that has been gaining ground against Somalia’s weak government and its Ethiopian allies. - Moroccan police arrest terror convict who escaped prison
(AP)
Thu, 01 May 2008 20:44:36
AP - Moroccan police have arrested one of nine convicts who escaped from prison in April and were linked to deadly 2003 terrorist attacks in Casablanca, the official MAP news agency said Thursday.
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