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Clinton in Yemen to Press Counterterror Efforts
By not in system - AOL NewsSANAA, Yemen -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton flew into Yemen on Tuesday on an unannounced visit to shore up and repair damaged ties with a fragile and problematic ally that is fast becoming the main focus of American counterterrorism efforts. Under tight security, Clinton landed in the capital of Sanaa, where she was pressing Yemeni leaders to do more to crack down on extremism that has bled into the West with attacks such as those thought inspired by U.S.-Yemeni radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. He is believed to be hiding in Yemen and is subject to a U.S. kill-or-capture ...
Intelligence Chief James Clapper Didn't Know About London Terror Arrests
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyJames R. Clapper, the man charged with coordinating the nation's sensitive intelligence programs, sat silently after an interviewer asked him about the arrest of 12 terrorist suspects in London on Monday. The reason, simply put, is Clapper didn't know about it. "London?" he asked after a pause when ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer mentioned the police sweep in a suspected plot hours earlier. White House counter-terrorism chief John Brennan jumped in and responded to Sawyer, and later conceded that Clapper had not been briefed on the incident and should have been. But Brennan also seemed to ...
Opinion: WikiLeaks' Silver Lining
By Barbara Slavin - AOL News(Nov. 29) -- While the Obama administration is understandably furious and embarrassed by a massive leak of confidential diplomatic cables, the latest WikiLeaks data dump could actually have a silver lining when it comes to Iran and Israel. Harsh comments against the Tehran government by Arab leaders -- including apparent support for a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities -- should put Iranian leaders on notice that time for a diplomatic deal is growing short. At the same time, Israel should get the message that one of the best ways it can defeat Iran's nuclear and regional ...
US Hunts Saudi Suspect in Attempted Cargo Bombing
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(Nov. 1) -- U.S. officials and their allies in the Middle East are hunting for al-Qaida in Yemen's top bomb-maker, a Saudi man who is suspected of crafting the sophisticated cargo bombs discovered last week and is believed to have outfitted suicide bombers before -- including his own brother. The mail bombs intercepted in Dubai and England were addressed to Chicago synagogues, but U.S. and British officials say they believe the devices were meant to blow up planes in flight. One of them was unwittingly flown on two passenger flights before being discovered. Both bear similarities to the ...
White House Warns There May Be More Mail Bombs
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Oct. 31) -- President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser said Sunday that authorities "have to presume" there might be more potential mail bombs like the ones pulled from planes in England and the United Arab Emirates. The foiled plot "certainly bears the hallmark" of al-Qaida's Yemen branch, known as al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, and the terrorist group is "still at war with us and we are very much at war with them," deputy national security adviser John Brennan said. "We're trying to get a better handle on what else may be out there," he told NBC's "Meet the Press" as ...
UK Official: Mail Bomb Could Have Downed Plane
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WASHINGTON (Oct. 30) -- At least one of the mail bombs shipped to the United States could have detonated and downed a cargo plane if undiscovered, a British official said Saturday as investigators hunted for terrorists in Yemen. The results of Britain's preliminary investigation escalated the seriousness of a plot that investigators said bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida. U.S. investigators have said the mail bombs found in the United Arab Emirates and England Friday were headed to two synagogues in Chicago. British Home Secretary Theresa May said the plane carrying the package from Yemen may ...
Obama Press Conference Gives Insight Into Yemeni Package Scare
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Oct. 29) -- President Barack Obama said this afternoon that an investigation is under way for a "credible terrorist threat" that turned up explosives-laden packages in England and Dubai on airplanes bound for the United States. "The events of the past 24 hours underscore the necessity of remaining vigilant against terrorism," Obama said. He added that the government will "spare no effort" at finding the people responsible for this latest terror scare. The explosive packages were addressed to Jewish synagogues in Chicago and were "intended to do harm," according to John Brennan, deputy ...
White House Adviser: Iraq Troop Withdrawal a 'Remarkable Achievement'
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyWhite House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said Tuesday the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq is a "truly remarkable achievement." But he did not answer directly when asked if the nation would still be "at war" after the formal shift from a combat mission to one of support for Iraqi military units after Aug. 31. "Right now, we still have two theaters of military operations: Iraq and Afghanistan," Brennan said during a briefing for reporters on Martha Vineyard, where President Obama is vacationing with his family. Fewer than 50,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq, according to Brennan, ...
Pakistani Taliban Directed Times Square Bomb Attempt, Officials Say
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTop Obama administration officials Sunday said that the Pakistani Taliban, which had claimed credit for the failed attempt by Faisal Shahzad to set off a car bomb in New York's crowded Times Square on May 1, did in fact that mastermind the plot. Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking on ABC's This Week and NBC's Meet the Press, said, "We've now developed evidence that shows that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attack." "We know that they helped facilitate it," Holder said. "We know that they probably helped finance it. And that he (Shahzad) was working at their direction." Holder also ...
What Surprised Brennan, Napolitano In Wake of Flight 253 Attack
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailySome of the most significant findings in the White House review released Thursday of intelligence failures that could have prevented a Christmas terrorist attack on Detroit-bound Northwest Flight 253 had to do with the strength of al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula and the willingness of the group to send out a solo operator to destroy a plane. ...
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