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Iran threat real, but Al-Qaeda danger greater: Clinton Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 
The Iranian nuclear threat is real but the United States faces an even greater danger from Al-Qaeda, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned in an interview Sunday.
"In terms of a country, obviously a nuclear-armed country like North Korea or Iran pose both a real or a potential threat," Clinton told CNN's "State of the Union", making it clear the Iranians don't yet possess an atomic weapo ... read moreGuantanamo Uighurs still seeking homes: lawyer 
Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2010A lawyer for one of the Uighur held in Guantanamo Bay said teams were still seeking homes for members of the Chinese minority after Switzerland triggered Beijing's anger by taking two of them. Switzerland's decision on Thursday will bring the number of Uighurs at the controversial prison in Cuba down to five from seven. The inmates have been cleared of wrongdoing but are stuck in legal limbo ... more
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Obama turns up the heat on Iran
Obama threatens 'significant regime' of Iran sanctions World moving swiftly to sanction Iran: Obama US denies missile issue blocking new START treaty Defiant Iran starts enriching uranium to 20 percent Sanctions on Iran would be ineffective: Brazil Enrichment at heart of Iran nuclear programme Russia toughens line on Iran nuclear ambitions EU critises Iran enrichment move, backs UN action Russia hardens stance on Iran, questions nuclear 'sincerity' 
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Bin Laden struggling to stay relevant: US
Washington (AFP) Jan 29, 2010The United States said Friday that Osama bin Laden was struggling to stay relevant after the fugitive Al-Qaeda chief released an uncharacteristic tape addressing issues like climate change. "So we've gone from being the 'Great Satan' to the 'Great Emitter,'" State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said sarcastically. "He's working hard to stay relevant - that's all I can say." In ... more US help for some allies needs to be low-profile: general 
Washington (AFP) Jan 28, 2010The US military needs to act discreetly when assisting some allies in the fight against Al-Qaeda extremists, as it has in Yemen, a top general said on Thursday. "What we increasingly have to do is figure out how to help countries that need our assistance but can't necessarily be seen as accepting that assistance in a very visible way," US Army Chief of Staff General George Casey said in rema ... more Activists: WMD threat to U.S. remains real
Washington (UPI) Jan 26, 2009 The Obama administration has come under renewed pressure from congressional activists who say more should be done to eliminate or minimize exposure to weapons of mass destruction. The latest accusations come in a "report card" from former Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., and former Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., chair and vice chair of the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Des ... more US police arrest heavily armed man with military map 
New York (AFP) Jan 26, 2010Authorities in the US state of New Jersey announced the arrest of a heavily armed man who stockpiled military-grade weapons in a motel room and possessed the map of a US military facility. The man was wearing a bullet-proof vest and carrying a concealed assault rifle, as well as large quantities of ammunition, when he was arrested following a chase in Branchburg, New Jersey, the prosecutor's ... more |
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Yemen Qaeda chiefs killed in air strike: senior official
Sanaa (AFP) Jan 15, 2010An air strike against an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) convoy in north Yemen on Friday killed six suspected leaders of the group including its military chief, a senior Yemeni official said. Qassem al-Rimi was among 23 people who had made a daring escape from a state security prison in Sanaa in February 2006 that left the government red-faced, and he was on a list of 152 suspects w ... more Several US officers failed to supervise Fort Hood gunman 
Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2010Several US officers who failed to properly supervise the suspected gunman who shot dead 13 people at the Fort Hood military base should be held accountable, an inquiry said Friday. "As a result of our review, it appeared that there were several officers who did not apply the army's policies to the perpetrator," said Togo West, a former army secretary, who led the review with a former chief o ... more Eyewitness kicks off massacre hearing 
Manila, Philippines (UPI) Jan 15, 2009 A small-town deputy mayor tried to stop his boss from starting what turned out to be mass murder of 57 people, a hearing has heard. That was the start of what promises to be one of the country's most disturbing legal trials to date, the massacre in broad daylight of men and women -- including one who was pregnant -- at a makeshift roadblock in November 2009. It is also on track t ... more U.S. backs Yemen, Russia arms it 
Sanaa, Yemen (UPI) Jan 11, 2009 America may be doubling its security aid to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen to fight al-Qaida, but most of the country's weaponry is coming from Russia, China and former Soviet states in Eastern Europe, with Saudi Arabia providing the funds. According to the Inter Press Service, Yemen's armed forces are undergoing a major military modernization program worth an estimated ... more |
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