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Here's What the Terrorists Are Plotting
The Yemen-based mail bomb plot offers new insight into what, exactly, terrorists are planning next. Aviation expert Clive Irving runs down their apparent plan in the Daily Beast : The goal : Blow up a...
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Saudis Warned US 3 Weeks Before Mail Bomb Plot
Saudi Arabia tipped the United States about a terror plot some three weeks before the Yemen mail bombs exploded into the news, a vague warning that US officials are now crediting with having helped...
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US Drones Hunt al-Qaeda in Yemen
In the wake of the failed Yemen mail bombs, the US is using a familiar weapon to hunt al-Qaeda in Yemen: The controversial Predator drone. Yet no shots have been fired thus far, reports the Washington...
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US Knew of, Didn't Close Air Cargo Security Gaps
The US knew for decades that terrorists could easily sneak a bomb into the global cargo system, yet didn't act because of pressure from shipping companies worried that a tighter security net would cost...
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US to Pump Up Yemen Military to Fight al-Qaeda
The US is moving to bolster its influence in Yemen, and the capabilities of the Yemeni military, to address what one Obama administration official calls “a window of vulnerability” against al-Qaeda in...
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Al-Qaeda Vows 'Death By 1,000 Cuts'
The cost of building and transporting the Yemen mail bombs? A mere $4,200, a figure that points to the start of a new era of small-scale, cheap attacks—a sort of death by a thousand cuts—according to...
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Al-Qaeda's Next Target: Bankers?
Wall Street and its bigwigs may be al-Qaeda’s next target. The FBI confirmed that major financial institutions have been briefed on threats gleaned from an al-Qaeda magazine and blogger, and insisted...
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FBI Links Top al-Qaeda Bombmaker to Two US Plots
The FBI has now definitively linked top al-Qaeda bombmaker Ibrahim al-Asiri to a trio of explosives used in two recent attempts to attack the US, via a fingerprint and forensic evidence. Al-Asiri, who...
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Al-Qaeda on Verge of Collapse: US Officials
The good news: Al-Qaeda is on the verge of total collapse, thanks to the killing of Osama bin Laden and punishing drone attacks that have killed more than 1,200 militants in Pakistan since 2004,...
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Here's What the Terrorists Are Plotting
The Yemen-based mail bomb plot offers new insight into what, exactly, terrorists are planning next. Aviation expert Clive Irving runs down their apparent plan in the Daily Beast : The goal : Blow up a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Saudis Warned US 3 Weeks Before Mail Bomb Plot
Saudi Arabia tipped the United States about a terror plot some three weeks before the Yemen mail bombs exploded into the news, a vague warning that US officials are now crediting with having helped...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US Drones Hunt al-Qaeda in Yemen
In the wake of the failed Yemen mail bombs, the US is using a familiar weapon to hunt al-Qaeda in Yemen: The controversial Predator drone. Yet no shots have been fired thus far, reports the Washington...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US Knew of, Didn't Close Air Cargo Security Gaps
The US knew for decades that terrorists could easily sneak a bomb into the global cargo system, yet didn't act because of pressure from shipping companies worried that a tighter security net would cost...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US to Pump Up Yemen Military to Fight al-Qaeda
The US is moving to bolster its influence in Yemen, and the capabilities of the Yemeni military, to address what one Obama administration official calls “a window of vulnerability” against al-Qaeda in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Al-Qaeda Vows 'Death By 1,000 Cuts'
The cost of building and transporting the Yemen mail bombs? A mere $4,200, a figure that points to the start of a new era of small-scale, cheap attacks—a sort of death by a thousand cuts—according to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Al-Qaeda's Next Target: Bankers?
Wall Street and its bigwigs may be al-Qaeda’s next target. The FBI confirmed that major financial institutions have been briefed on threats gleaned from an al-Qaeda magazine and blogger, and insisted...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FBI Links Top al-Qaeda Bombmaker to Two US Plots
The FBI has now definitively linked top al-Qaeda bombmaker Ibrahim al-Asiri to a trio of explosives used in two recent attempts to attack the US, via a fingerprint and forensic evidence. Al-Asiri, who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Al-Qaeda on Verge of Collapse: US Officials
The good news: Al-Qaeda is on the verge of total collapse, thanks to the killing of Osama bin Laden and punishing drone attacks that have killed more than 1,200 militants in Pakistan since 2004,...
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