Supertanker Capture Raises Worldwide Alarm Over Piracy
Nov 18, 2008 -
CAIRO, Egypt It seems inconceivable: Somali pirates in speedboats foil warships from the world's most powerful navies to prey on shipping lanes crucial to the oil supply.
How do they do it? Basically, it's a big ocean and no one wants to be top cop.
NATO and the U.S.
Charges Unlikely Against Terrorist Interrogators
Nov 17, 2008 -
WASHINGTON Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government officials who authorized or engaged in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W.
Somali Pirates Seize Supertanker Loaded with Oil
Nov 17, 2008 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Somali pirates hijacked a supertanker hundreds of miles off the Horn of Africa, seizing the Saudi-owned ship loaded with crude and its 25-member crew, the U.S.
Karzai Would Offer Mullah Omar Security at Talks
Nov 16, 2008 -
KABUL, Afghanistan Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered Sunday to provide security for the Taliban's reclusive leader if he agrees to enter peace talks, and said the U.S.
Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With US
Nov 16, 2008 -
BAGHDAD Iraq's Cabinet on Sunday approved a security pact with the United States that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their U.N.
U.S. Says Afghanistan Insurgent Leader Captured
Nov 15, 2008 -
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan and coalition forces captured an insurgent leader in eastern Afghanistan, and in a separate operation 10 militants were killed in a firefight, the U.S.
Obama Warned of 'Huge' Terror Plot
Nov 14, 2008 -
British security officials say intelligence experts are seriously concerned that al-Qaida will try to pull off a "spectacular" terrorist attack during the transition period from a Bush administration to an Obama administration.
In fact, British Home Office Security Minister Sir Alan West raised the specter of a huge threat and noted that There is another great plot building up again and we are monitoring this," according to the London Times.
Bush administration officials also point out that terrorists have often struck during a time of official change:
The first World Trade Center attack came just weeks after President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993.
9/11 occurred less than a year after President George W.
CIA: Hunt For Bin Laden a Priority
Nov 13, 2008 -
WASHINGTON Osama bin Laden is isolated from the day-to-day operations of al-Qaida, but the terrorist organization he built is spreading its influence in Africa and the Middle East, CIA Director Michael Hayden said Thursday.
Al-Qaida remains the single greatest threat to the United States, Hayden said in a speech to the Atlantic Council.
U.K. Terror Suspect Wanted to Give a Taste of Fear
Nov 12, 2008 -
LONDON A British doctor on trial for alleged conspiracy to murder said Wednesday he had no intention of killing anyone, but had wanted to give Britons a taste of fear by leaving two cars armed with gas canisters in London.
Bilal Abdulla testified that the two cars that were set on fire in central London in June 2007 were not intended to explode.
Abdulla, a Sunni Muslim, had testified a day earlier that he was outraged by the violence in Iraq following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
"I wanted the public to taste what is going on, for them to have a taste of what the decisions of their democratically elected murderers did to my people," Abdulla testified in Woolwich Crown Court.
"I wanted to challenge the government's proposal that war brings peace, that pre-emptive strikes will bring peace to this country," said Abdulla, who was born in Britain but spent most of his childhood in Iraq.
Abdulla, 29, was arrested after he and his friend Kafeel Ahmed crashed a flaming Jeep into an entrance of Glasgow airport in Scotland on June 30, 2007, a day after the attacks in London.
Abdulla acknowledged working on the devices with Ahmed, 28, who died of burns suffered in the Glasgow attack.
Abdulla and co-defendant Mohammed Asha, 28, have pleaded innocent to conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions.
Closing Guantanamo Good Idea, Says Marine Lawyer
Nov 12, 2008 - Nat Helms
Al-Qaida terrorists will not escape justice even if the infamous Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility in Cuba is closed, says Retired Lt.
Taliban Urges Obama to End Bush's Policies
Nov 11, 2008 -
NEW YORK Taliban insurgents battling the U.S.-backed Afghan government urged President-elect Barack Obama to change course in U.S.
Obama May Keep Broad Covert Action Authority
Nov 10, 2008 -
WASHINGTON President Bush leaves President-elect Obama broad latitude for covert action in countries with which the United States is not at war, powers that Obama could scale back along with other Bush presidential orders now under consideration for rescinding.
But he's not likely to do that.
Obama already has telegraphed his willingness to exercise those powers if he deems them necessary.
Obama said in an August speech that he would target high-value terrorists in Pakistan without that government's permission.
"If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and if President Musharraf won't act, we will," Obama said, referring to Pakistan's president.
Essay: Veterans Day Salute, in Words and Video
Nov 10, 2008 -
By: Mike Tighe
Elderly folks are the punch lines of jokes galore about slow driving and blocking traffic, or holding up the grocery line, or being roadblocks in our daily lives because they just dont move fast enough.
Well, consider the following alternative possibilities this Veterans Day, the next time you view an older man or woman as an inconvenience or a stumbling block during your daily errands.
The Next Time: You experience a rush of road rage because you are behind a hesitant and slow elderly driver on the interstate, a man so shriveled with age that you cant even see his head above the headrest, consider the possibility that, as a young man, he sat tall and strong as he maneuvered a U.S.
Obama Plans Guantanamo Closure, U.S. Terror Trials
Nov 10, 2008 -
WASHINGTON President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require creation of a controversial new system of justice.
During his campaign, Obama described Guantanamo as a "sad chapter in American history" and has said generally that the U.S.
Obama Planning U.S. Trials for Gitmo Prisoners
Nov 10, 2008 -
WASHINGTON President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but could require creation of a controversial new system of justice.
During his campaign, Obama described Guantanamo as a "sad chapter in American history" and has said generally that the U.S.
Allies Losing Battle to Plug Terrorists' Cash Pipeline
Nov 08, 2008 -
WASHINGTON The international system for tracking and cutting off terrorist financing has achieved major successes but is fraying seven years after the Sept.
Allies Losing Battle to Plug Terrorists' Cash Pipeline
Nov 08, 2008 -
WASHINGTON The international system for tracking and cutting off terrorist financing has achieved major successes but is fraying seven years after the Sept.
Syria Links Al-Qaida Inspired Group to Bombing
Nov 06, 2008 -
DAMASCUS, Syria Syria blamed al-Qaida inspired militants Thursday for a Damascus car bombing in September that killed 17 people.
Ten men and one woman _ said to be members of the Fatah Islam group that battled the army in Lebanon last year _ appeared on Syrian state television and claimed to have carried out the bombing, a rarity in Syria.
What to Expect From an Obama Administration
Nov 06, 2008 - Paul M. Weyrich
Now that the election is over, it is time to evaluate what the American public can expect from the 111th Congress and the incoming presidency.
