Airliner plot raises fears about al-Qaida in Yemen
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Nigerian man's claim that his attempt to blow up a U.S. plane originated with al-Qaida's network inside Yemen deepened concerns that instability in the Middle Eastern country is providing the terror group with a base to train and recruit militants for operations against the West and the U.S.
Nations:Saudi Arabia Afghanistan Pakistan Activities:2009 Flight 253 Terrorism Plot 2009 Fort Hood Shootings Source:(AP)
2009-12-27
Taliban blow up school in NW Pakistan: official
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Taliban militants blew up a girls' school in Pakistan's Khyber district Monday, officials said, as two soldiers and seven insurgents were killed in clashes in the northwest tribal belt.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AFP)
2009-12-14
A parent's dilemma: a child with ties to terrorism
WASHINGTON - It's a dilemma no parent wants to face - fearing a son or daughter may be mixed up in terrorism, wondering whether to turn in a loved one.
Nations:Pakistan U.S. Activities:U.S. War on Terror Source:(AP)
2009-12-10
Muslim radicalization gains momentum in US: analysts
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Long-feared by US intelligence, Muslim radicalization is gaining momentum in the United States, hit by a spate of recent cases featuring youths recruited and trained overseas for jihad, analysts say.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan U.S. Activities:U.S. War on Terror Source:(AFP)
2009-12-10
Petraeus reveals boost in US counterterror effort
WASHINGTON - The rapid U.S. build up in the Afghan war will include more terrorist-hunting forces to chase down militants deemed too extreme to change sides, a top U.S. general revealed on Wednesday.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan People:John Kerry David Petraeus Richard Lugar Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-12-09
Gates warned over Afghan army problems
KABUL (AFP) - NATO commanders on Wednesday warned US Defence Secretary Robert Gates of the challenges involved in recruiting Afghan soldiers and police, which the US military hopes will number 287,000 by July 2011.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:David Petraeus Robert Gates Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AFP)
2009-12-09
White House still lacks solid intel on bin Laden
WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden may be slipping back and forth from Pakistan to Afghanistan. Or the U.S. might not have a clue, more than eight years after the al-Qaida leader masterminded the terrorist attacks on America.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan People:John Kerry Robert Gates Barack Obama John McCain George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Activities:Afghan Terror War
2009-12-06
Suicide attackers kill 36 at Pakistan mosque
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Militants stormed a mosque near Pakistan's army headquarters, killing at least 36 worshippers, including six military officers, during Friday prayers as they sprayed gunfire and threw grenades before blowing themselves up, officials said.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2009-12-04
Obama: 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by summer
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is dispatching 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, accelerating a risky and expensive war buildup, even as he assures the nation that U.S. forces will begin coming home in July 2011. The first new Marines will join the fight by Christmas.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan U.S. People:Dick Cheney Hamid Karzai Russ Feingold Carl Levin Barack Obama John McCain Activities:Afghan Terror War
2009-12-01
Marines to be first wave in new Afghanistan plan
WASHINGTON - New infusions of U.S. Marines will begin moving into Afghanistan almost as soon as President Barack Obama announces a redrawn battle strategy, a plan widely expected to include more than 30,000 additional U.S. forces.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan India Denmark Poland Russia People:Kevin Rudd Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War
2009-12-01
Obama sets new Afghan strategy, briefs allies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday prepared to announce he will deploy about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan as part of a new strategy that aims to lay the ground for an eventual withdrawal.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Kevin Rudd Nicolas Sarkozy Silvio Berlusconi Gordon Brown Hamid Karzai Joseph Biden Activities:Obama Admin. Afghan Terror War
2009-11-30
Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas.
Nations:Pakistan India Denmark Poland Russia Afghanistan People:Dick Cheney Kevin Rudd Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. Afghan Terror War
2009-11-30
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