Source: New York Daily News
WASHINGTON -- When a drone strike killed one of the leaders of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen last year, U.S. intelligence officials thought they also had wiped out the terrorist group's top bomb maker. Soon i ...
Apr 27 2012, 7:45am CDT
Full article at: New York Daily News
Source: Global Research
Testifying before the US Senate Committee on Armed Services on Thursday, Pentagon officials claimed that “war on terror” legislation gives them sweeping powers to wage war anywhere in the world, including inside the United States, with ...
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Source: Humanitarian News
The U.S. is seeing a spike in al Qaeda-related terror plots and threats against its embassies in Libya, Yemen and Egypt, say current and former U.S. officials citing domestic and foreign intelligence reports. This site has no copy ...
Full article at: Humanitarian News
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Source: SINA English
ADEN, Yemen, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Suspected al-Qaida gunmen shot dead a Yemeni intelligence officer on Friday night in the southeastern province of Hadramout, a government official told Xinhua Saturday. Abdulla ...
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Source: Iran Daily
Middle East Desk Israeli troops shot and wounded nine stone-throwing Palestinians during a clash in the West Bank on Friday night, Palestinian security officials said. They said that Palestinians from the Je ...
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Source: Reuters Mobile
ADEN (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a senior Yemeni military intelligence officer who had been targeted for assassination by al Qaeda-linked militants, a local security official said. Colonel Abdullah al-R ...
Full article at: Reuters Mobile
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Source: Strategy Page
May 18, 2013: The government believes al Qaeda is increasing its use of assassinations and kidnappings to help rebuild. The killings, usually of police or intelligence officials, are meant to discourage the security forces from ...
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Source: Rantburg
[Ynet] Twelve years after Twin Towers fell, US politicians question whether law granting president broad powers to target terror still appropriate The US Congress is rethinking the broad authority it gave presidents to wage a war on terror after the S ...
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Source: Wall Street Journal
The U.S. sees a rise in threats against embassies. The plots' targets include diplomatic posts in Egypt, Libya and Yemen, current and former U.S. officials say. Some of the threats are believed to involve bomb pl ...
Full article at: Wall Street Journal
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Source: United Press International
A sign for Camp Delta where detainees are housed is seen at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on July 8, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg License photo WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- The government of Yemen is pressuring ...
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Source: Critical Threats
Yemen: Red Cross workers released in Abyan; Military Committee defuses tensions between Third Mountain Infantry Brigade and Military Police in Ma’rib; oil pipeline in Sirwah, Ma’rib attacked; two men killed attempting to pass wedding convoy in Sa ...
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