Report: CIA had plan to kill al-Qaida
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 13. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
Associated Press
July 13, 2009
The Wall Street Journal reports that the CIA program concealed from Congress was a secret plan to kill or capture al-Qaida operatives.
Former intelligence officials tell the Journal that the plan, which was ordered halted by agency Director Leon Panetta, was an attempt to carry out a 2001 presidential finding authorized by President [...]
U.S. warns of multiple al-Qaida plots
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 07. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
J.J. Green
WTop.com
July 7, 2009
Last week, German authorities discovered that groups of terrorists may have been dispatched from training bases in Pakistan to launch crippling attacks.
In April, U.S. intelligence officials warned Germany about possible terror attacks. Since that time German security officials have reportedly been preparing for massive, multi-layered attacks for which al-Qaida has become known.
Shortly [...]
Al Qaeda says would use Pakistani nuclear weapons
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 22. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Inal Ersan
Reuters
June 22, 2009
If it were in a position to do so, Al Qaeda would use Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in its fight against the United States, a top leader of the group said in remarks aired Sunday.
Pakistan has been battling al Qaeda’s Taliban allies in the Swat Valley since April after their thrust into a [...]
Iran: Bomb at Mosque Kills 15
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 28. May, 2009 | No Comments
NAZILA FATHI
Ny Times
May 28, 2009
A blast at a Shiite mosque in the southeastern city of Zahedan, near the border with Pakistan, killed 15 people and wounded more than 55 on Thursday evening, the news agency ISNA reported. The bomb went off at 7:45 p.m. at Ali-ibn-Abitaleb, the second largest Shiite mosque in the city. ISNA [...]
Obama Considers Detaining Terror Suspects Indefinitely
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 14. May, 2009 | No Comments
By EVAN PEREZ
The Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil — indefinitely and without trial — as part of a plan to retool military commission trials that were conducted for prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The proposal being floated with members of Congress is [...]
Al Qaeda’s Global Base Is Pakistan, Says Petraeus
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 11. May, 2009 | No Comments
By YOCHI J. DREAZEN
The Wall Street Journal
MAY 11, 2009
WASHINGTON — Senior leaders of al Qaeda are using sanctuaries in Pakistan’s lawless frontier regions to plan new terror attacks and funnel money, manpower and guidance to affiliates around the world, according to a top American military commander.
Gen. David Petraeus, who oversees the wars in Iraq and [...]