Category Archives: Terrorist

Taliban, criminals get $360 million from US taxes

By doris | Published: August 18, 2011

Full Story at Taliban, criminals get $360 million from US taxes – politics – msnbc.com WASHINGTON — After examining hundreds of combat support and reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan, the U.S military estimates $360 million in U.S. tax dollars has ended up in the hands of people the American-led coalition has spent nearly a decade battling: [...]

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In Pakistan, Clinton addresses rift, pushes anti-terror efforts

By doris | Published: May 27, 2011

Full Story at  CNN.com Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she had a frank discussion with the Pakistani president on Friday as part of a push to repair the relationship with Islamabad in the wake of a U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint [...]

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Source: U.S. needs permission to interview bin Laden wives

By doris | Published: May 9, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Abbottabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan will allow the United States to question or take into custody the apparent wives of Osama bin Laden only if their “country of origin has been asked for permission,” a senior Pakistani intelligence source told CNN on Monday. One of bin Laden’s wives is from Yemen, [...]

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4 reasons to release bin Laden photos

By doris | Published: May 8, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — There are several good reasons to release the photographs of Osama bin Laden’s body: First, to end the debate in the world of conspiracy theory, one the administration’s countervailing story lines have helped fuel. As Charles Krauthammer recently said, “The Middle East is a place where conspiracies live. This [...]

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How U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden

By doris | Published: May 2, 2011

Full Story at  CNN.com (CNN) — In the dark of night, U.S. helicopters approached a high-walled compound in Pakistan on a mission to capture or kill one of the world’s most notorious terrorist leaders. Less than 40 minutes later — early Monday morning in Pakistan — Osama bin Laden was dead, along with four others [...]

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Color-coded threat system to be replaced in April

By doris | Published: January 27, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The much-maligned, color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System is about to be consigned to the proverbial dustbin of history. Not that anyone is really paying attention. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is expected to announce Thursday that the almost 9-year-old threat alert system will go away in April. It [...]

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Clinton aims to refine goals of Afghan war

By doris | Published: July 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton started a South Asia tour on Sunday aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year-old war in Afghanistan and pushing neighboring nations to work together in the fight against al-Qaida and Taliban extremists. Clinton landed in Islamabad where she will underscore [...]

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Former deputy FBI director will head up TSA

By doris | Published: June 27, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The third time was the charm for President Barack Obama to fill the top job at the Transportation Security Administration. The Senate Friday confirmed John Pistole, the former deputy FBI director, to head the TSA. The vote was unanimous. Obama’s first two choices to run the agency dropped out [...]

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CNN Poll: Fear of terrorist attack in U.S. rises

By doris | Published: May 30, 2010

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.Blogs.CNN.com Washington (CNN) – For the first time in nearly four years, a majority of Americans think that a terrorist attack is likely to occur somewhere in the United States in the next few weeks, according to a new national poll. But a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday morning indicates only [...]

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U.S.-China relations in modern history

By doris | Published: April 14, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Obama and Chinese leader Hu Jintao are meeting Monday about nuclear security and other issues. The meeting comes as part of a two-day summit on how to better safeguard nuclear weapons materials and keep them out of the hands of terrorists. Here’s a look at some highs [...]

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Matalin: With Afghan surge, Obama resembler George W. Bush

By doris | Published: December 8, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) – A leading Republican strategist and one-time aide to former Vice President Cheney said Sunday that President Obama’s recently announced decision to send an additional 30, 000 troops to Afghanistan is “a reassertion of the Bush doctrine.” “The [Bush] doctrine is no safe havens [for terrorists intent on harming [...]

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Report: ‘Bin Laden was within our grasp’

By doris | Published: December 1, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Obama got some political cover Sunday for his upcoming announcement on sending more troops to Afghanistan. A report released by the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee blamed the Bush administration for failing to capture or kill Osama bin Laden when the al Qaeda leader [...]

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