NEW YORK — A magistrate judge in New York has recommended al-Qaida be assessed $9.3 billion for the damage done to properties and businesses in the Sept. 11 attacks. Federal Magistrate Judge Frank Maas in a ruling Friday sent the recommendation to a district judge presiding over a lawsuit brought by several insurance companies. The [...]
SANAA, Yemen — The United States has raised the tempo in its war against al-Qaida in Yemen, killing nine of the terror group’s militants in the second, high-profile airstrike in as many weeks. The dead in the late Friday night strike included the son of Anwar al-Awlaki, the prominent American-Yemeni militant killed in a Sept. [...]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. began the war in Afghanistan with a “frighteningly simplistic” view of the country, and even 10 years later lacks knowledge that could help bring the conflict to a successful end, a former top commander said Thursday. Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal said in remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations that [...]
“They ordered the passengers off the bus,” said Hassan, a 16-year-old construction worker who survived the September 19 sectarian attack on Hazaras, a minority Shia group in Pakistan’s southwest Balouchistan province. Carrying around forty passengers, mostly pilgrims going to Iran, the bus was stopped in the Mastung area, just an hour drive outside the provincial [...]
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says the killing of a U.S.-born cleric in Yemen has raised the risk of anti-American violence worldwide. The State Department says the death of Anwar al-Awlaki would provide motivation for individuals or groups to retaliate against U.S. citizens or American interests. A department warning issued Saturday notes that al-Awlaki and [...]
WASHINGTON — Two U.S. senators Wednesday urged the State Department to designate the al Qaeda-affiliated Haqqani network as a terrorist organization in the wake of several attacks against American and NATO facilities that top officials blame on the group. In a letter sent Wednesday, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) urged Secretary [...]
A 26-year-old Massachusetts man has been arrested in connection with a plot to attack the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using an aircraft filled with C-4 explosives. The Boston Globe reveals the name of the suspect as Rezwan Ferdaus, a U.S. citizen who was charged with “attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign [...]
WASHINGTON — Summoning the nation to unity and service, President Barack Obama paid tribute to America’s resilience and the sacrifice of its war dead Saturday as the country prepared to mark 10 long years since the horrors of 9/11. A day before the anniversary commemorations, the president made a pilgrimage to Arlington National Cemetery, strolling [...]
WASHINGTON — The White House’s chief counterterrorism advisor expressed frustration Thursday that the administration remains unable to make good on its promise to close the prison in Guantanamo Bay or bring detainees held there to U.S. soil. And he blamed the nation’s polarized politics for the stalemate. John Brennan told reporters at a breakfast that [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday there was no credible intelligence that al Qaeda was plotting an attack for the September 11 anniversary, but the United States remained at a heightened state of vigilance. Security officials are being especially watchful as the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches. [...]
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