News About The War Against Terror 20-NOV-09 en-us London (UPI) Nov 16, 2009 - Britain's Defense Ministry is investigating claims of prisoner abuse by British troops in Iraq in a scandal that could turn into a second Abu Ghraib.]]> Sydney (AFP) Nov 10, 2009 - A self-styled sheikh accused of sending abusive letters to families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan wrapped himself in chains and waved Australian flags after a court appearance Tuesday.]]> Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2009 - Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is the proverbial canary in the mine. Gunning down 12 soldiers and one civilian, and wounding 31 was not a random act of violence by an army psychiatrist who was slated to deploy to Afghanistan, an evil war in his mind, where American infidels are killing good Muslims. As the Virginia-born major told a female neighbor in his apartment complex, "I'm going to do good work for God." Hasan wanted, in his mind, to die a martyr, killing American soldiers who had been killing Muslim soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan, or would soon be doing so.]]> Fort Hood, Texas (AFP) Nov 8, 2009 - Investigators probing the massacre of 13 people at a Texas army base were Sunday trying to piece together the motive behind the shooting believed to be the act of a lone army gunman.]]> Koror (AFP) Nov 4, 2009 - Six Chinese Muslim Uighurs freed from Guantanamo Bay were the guests of the president of Palau Wednesday, swimming in tropical waters and enjoying a barbecue lunch at a famous beauty spot.]]> West Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 04, 2009 - Purdue University will kick off a national center to develop specialized software to help homeland security and emergency personnel respond to and manage a variety of calamities, from disease outbreaks to economic crises.]]> Koror (AFP) Nov 3, 2009 - Six Chinese Muslim Uighurs on Tuesday thanked Palau for giving them sanctuary in the Pacific island nation after their release from nearly eight years of imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay.]]> Koror (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 - Six Chinese Muslim Uighurs, released on the weekend after nearly eight years locked up at Guantanamo Bay, spent their first day of freedom on Monday shopping in the Palau capital Koror.]]> Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2009 - The United States needs to do more to counter bioterrorism threats to its own interests and international security, says a report from the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism.]]> Khartoum, Sudan (UPI) Oct 21, 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama's White House is finding, as did the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, that it needs the troublesome Islamist regime in Sudan to help in the war against al-Qaida. ]]>