New York arrests man trying to build bomb: reports

2011-11-20T17:00:11Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police arrested a man for trying to build a pipe bomb with instructions from an al Qaeda magazine that he planned to use against U.S. military personnel returning from

CIA drone plan in Yemen faces obstacles

2011-06-15T11:30:37Z

LONDON (Reuters) - An Obama administration plan to expand the use of CIA-operated drones against militants in Yemen faces obstacles and will take considerable effort to put into full operation, a U...

Dempsey urges response to Arab Spring

2011-06-01T09:30:32Z

The man named by President Barack Obama to be the top US military officer said Wednesday that American forces must adapt to an uncertain world after the Arab Spring and the death of Osama bin Laden.

In his first public comments since Obama unveiled him as his formal pick for Chairman of the President Barack Obama to be the top US military officer said Wednesday that American forces must adapt to an uncertain world after the Arab Spring and the death of Osama bin Laden.

In his first public comments since Obama unveiled him as his formal pick for Chairman of the ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military classified Pakistan's top spy agency as a terrorist support entity in 2007 and used association with it as a justification to detain prisoners in Tikrit buried their dead on Wednesday, enraged that a band of gunmen and suicide bombers had managed to breach security to launch an assault a building in which 58 people were killed.

A curfew imposed Tuesday, shortly after the early afternoon attack on the provincial council building, remained in force. Streets were deserted and shops shuttered in the city that was former dictator

Al-Qaeda small-scale bomb threat 'very serious': US

2010-11-21T18:31:08Z

The latest pledge by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to carry out more small-scale bomb attacks is being treated as a "very serious threat," the top US military officer said Sunday.

Responding to the Yemen-based terror group's vow to attack the West with small but ...

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2010-11-29T15:41:38Z

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Israeli scientists develop nano explosive sniffer

2010-11-02T17:00:37Z

The nanotechnology-based sensor is capable of detecting numerous types of explosives and can also be adapted to detect chemical and biological toxins, Tel Aviv University announced on Tuesday.

"The new sensor is highly portable and is more sensitive and reliable at detecting explosives than sniffer dogs," a statement said.

Researchers have teamed up with a commercial company and hope to have a ...

At least 7 hostages killed in rescue from Iraq church

2010-10-31T16:00:10Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least seven Iraqi Catholics died on Sunday when police stormed a Baghdad church where gunmen were holding dozens of parishioners hostage, threatening to kill them if al Qaeda prisoners were not released.

The At least 1,207 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001

As of Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, at least 1,207 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press

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2010-11-05T09:56:45Z

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Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base

2010-09-05T13:40:04Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Up to six suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over.

The assault began when a minibus packed with ex...

Iraq unrest kills five

2010-08-24T11:15:51Z

A suicide bomber killed two policemen and a civilian at a checkpoint in central Iraq on Tuesday, while attacks elsewhere killed two other people, security officials said.

The 6:10 pm (1510 GMT) bombing in the Diyala provincial capital of Baquba, north of Baghdad, also wounded seven people, <...

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,130

2010-08-19T15:15:24Z

At least 1,130 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001

As of Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, at least 1,130 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an US military conducted in May a secret air strike against a suspected Al-Qaeda target in Yemen and killed a deputy provincial governor in the process, The New York Times reported.

Citing unnamed US officials, the newspaper said the air strike ...

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,123

2010-08-12T13:00:45Z

At least 1,123 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001

As of Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, at least 1,123 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an At least 1,113 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001

As of Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at least 1,113 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an US military on Sunday took the unusual step of refuting Iraqi figures released a day earlier which showed July was the single deadliest month in the war-torn country since May 2008.

The American decision to release their own toll came after the Iraqi figures showed a sharp upswing in the level of violence nearly five months after parliamentary elections which have yet to result in the formation of a new governmen...

Al Qaeda claims responsibility for attacks in Iraq

2010-07-24T02:00:05Z

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in Iraq has claimed responsibility for two attacks against its former Sunni Muslim allies which killed at least 43 people last Sunday.

In the deadliest attack, a suicide bomber struck members of the government-backed "Sahwa" militia as they lined up to be paid on Baghdad's southwe...

Two US soldiers killed by central Iraq car bomb: army

2010-06-11T05:15:48Z

A suicide car bomb in a central Iraqi town killed two American soldiers and wounded six others on Friday, a US military statement said.

"Two US Division-North soldiers were killed and six injured after a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near their combined patrol today," it said.

Iraqi security officials earlier said four people were k...

Nine killed in series of Iraq attacks

2010-06-09T12:16:42Z

Nine people were killed, including three jewellers and two members of an anti-Qaeda militia, in violence across Iraq on Wednesday, security officials said.

In the southern port city of Basra, the jewellers were killed and two civilians wounded when a gang of four armed men attacked shops in the city's old town at around 8:00 pm (1700 GMT).

The men shot the jewellers before ransacking the shops, ...

Suicide attack on US convoy kills two Iraqis

2010-06-09T05:16:13Z

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle targeting a US military convoy in central Iraq killed two civilians and wounded five other people on Wednesday, a security official said.

The attack, which occurred at around 12:00 pm (0900 GMT) in the town of Al-Muqdadiyah, 90 kilometres (55 miles) north of Texas man was charged Thursday with trying to provide material support Al-Qaeda through cash, cellphone cards, GPS equipment and a restricted US military publication on weapon systems in Afghanistan.

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US Special forces train African armies

2010-05-10T22:30:10Z

US Special Forces, Marines train African armies to face terrorists and traffickers in Sahara

A U.S. Special Forces instructor leans toward a steering wheel, showing some 50 Malian soldiers gathered around an army pickup how a passenger should take control of a car if the driver is killed in an ambush.

The elite Malian troops look on, perplexed. "But what...

Al-Qaeda in Iraq using new 'H-bomb' to kill civilians

2010-04-18T17:15:58Z

Al-Qaeda in Iraq is rigging houses and shops with explosives in a new tactic that has killed and maimed civilians in recent weeks and defied the thousands of security forces in Baghdad, officials say.

The renting of residential buildings for targeted bombings has forced police and the army to adapt their operations, in a bid to prevent more of the attacks that have killed d...

50 dead as Baghdad bombings stoke fears of warfare

2010-04-06T14:17:50Z

Bombs ripped through apartment buildings and a market in mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 50 people in postelection bloodshed that threatens to rekindle sectarian warfare that nearly destroyed the country three years ago.

The attacks appeared to be an attempt by al-Qaida in Iraq or other extremists to exploit a power vacuum during w...

At least 7 blasts rip through Baghdad, killing 50

2010-04-06T14:01:02Z

At least seven bombs ripped through apartment buildings across Baghdad Tuesday and another struck a market, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 180, authorities said.

The explosions were the latest in a five-day spree of attacks in and around the capital that have killed at least 119 people. Several bombs were planted inside empty apartments, the government said.

The violence, which has largely targeted families and ...

At least 7 blasts rip through Baghdad, killing 49

2010-04-06T12:15:22Z

At least seven bombs ripped through apartment buildings across Baghdad Tuesday and another struck a market, killing more than 50 people and wounding more than 180, authorities said.

The explosions were the latest in a five-day spree of attacks in and around the capital that have killed at least 119 people. Several bombs were planted inside empty apartments, the government said.

The violence, which has largely targeted families and...

Bombings rip through Baghdad, killing 49

2010-04-06T08:15:16Z

At least five bombs ripped through apartment buildings across Baghdad Tuesday and another struck a market, killing 49 people and wounding more than 160, authorities said.

The explosions were the latest in a five-day spree of attacks in and around the capital that have killed at least 119 people.

The violence, which has largely targeted families and homes, is reminiscent of the sectarian bloodshed that tore US military, not civilian questioners and courts.

Republican Senator John McCain and Independent Senator Joe Lieberman's "Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, ...

US role in Yemen focused on training, intelligence: Pentagon

2010-04-16T07:50:20Z

The Pentagon said on Thursday it respected Yemen's sovereignty after a top official in Sanaa warned against any US military intervention in the country.

Playing down its role in Yemen, the US military said it was focused on providing intelligence and training to help Yemen coun...

U.S. forces missed chance to get bin Laden in 2001

2010-04-16T08:49:00Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military could have captured or killed Osama bin Laden in 2001 if it had launched a concerted attack on his hideout in Afghanistan, according to a report prepared for Iraq's northern Kurdish area said Saturday they had arrested a key Al-Qaeda figure allegedly behind a string of bomb attacks, in an operation backed by the US military.

An official statement named the suspect as Muthanna Hani Nassar and said...

Suicide blast near US base in Kabul: officials

2010-04-16T09:11:44Z

A suicide blast struck near a US military base in the Afghan capital on Friday, officials said.

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Iraq success required US manpower: general

2010-04-16T10:02:08Z

Gaining the upper hand against Al-Qaeda in Iraq has required a big US military force coupled with manhunts against militant leaders, the American commander there said on Thursday.

"You have to have both combined," General Ray Odierno, the commander of Federal prosecutors: 2 NC terrorism suspects plotted against military, had maps of Marine base

Two North Carolina terrorism suspects plotted to kill U.S. military personnel and one of them obtained maps of a Marine Corps base in Vir...

5 US troops among 50 killed in Afghan violence

2010-04-16T10:23:39Z

5 US troops among 50 killed in spate of Afghan violence; 20 civilians killed by roadside bombs

About 50 civilians, security forces and militants were killed in a wave of violence around Afghanistan, including a bomb that left 14 Afghan travelers dead in one of the country's most dangerous regions. Five American soldiers died in two attacks using roadside...

Military: Roadside bombs kill 4 US troops in Iraq

2010-04-16T10:26:56Z

US military says roadside bombs kill 4 American soldiers in northern Iraq and Baghdad

The U.S. military says four American soldiers have been killed by roadside bombs in northern Iraq and Baghdad.

Three soldiers with the Multi-Natio...

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2010-11-02T16:51:02Z

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US military leader concerned by Baghdad bombings

2010-04-16T10:41:26Z

Top US military wonders whether Baghdad blasts might indicate future sectarian violence

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he's extremely concerned by last week's deadly bombings in Baghdad.

A...

US warns Americans in Kuwait to be vigilant

2010-04-16T10:46:29Z

US Embassy warns Americans in Kuwait to be vigilant against attacks after terror arrests

The U.S. Embassy is warning Americans in Kuwait to be vigilant against possible terror attacks after the arrest of people suspected of planning to attack a U.S. military camp there.

In a warden message on the embassy's Web site Tuesday, the Afghanistan (Reuters) - Up to seven suicide bombers attacked government buildings in the east Afghanistan city of Khost on Saturday, security officials said, but there appeared to be relatively few casualties.

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Three coalition soldiers killed in Afghanistan

2010-04-16T11:57:25Z

Three soldiers in the US-led coalition deployed in Afghanistan were killed Thursday when their convoy was ambushed with a bomb attack and gunfire, the US military said.

"Three coalition service members were killed in an attack on their convoy in Kapi...

Wave of Iraq bombings kills 66

2010-04-16T12:11:51Z

Iraq was engulfed in a wave of violence on Thursday, with suicide attackers and bombings killing 26 people including three US soldiers, a day after huge blast in a Baghdad Shiite area left 40 dead.

The spike in attacks comes as the US military prepares to decamp from the nati...

More than 60 killed as violence spikes in Iraq

2010-04-16T12:11:56Z

Iraq was engulfed on Thursday by a wave of violence, with suicide and bomb attacks killing 23 people a day after a massive blast devastated a Baghdad Shiite neighbourhood slaughtering 40 civilians.

The spike in violence comes as the US military prepares to decamp from the nation's cities and towns by June 30 and has sparked fears of...

3 linked to Syria-based Qaeda leader caught in Iraq

2010-04-16T12:17:47Z

Three people suspected of working with a Syria-based leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq have been arrested in northern Iraq, the US military said on Saturday.

The men were arrested during joint Iraqi and US military raids on Friday and Saturday that targeted US military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing seven Afghans and wounding 21, the US military said.

The insurgent Taliban movement claimed responsibility for the attack near the eastern town of Khost, w...

Suicide bomb at US base kills 7 Afghans: military

2010-04-16T12:21:15Z

A suicide car bomb exploded near a US military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing seven Afghans and wounding 21, the US military said.

The insurgent Taliban movement claimed responsibility for the attack near the eastern town of Khost, w...

Suicide attack near US base, seven Afghans killed

2010-04-16T12:21:16Z

A suicide car bomb exploded near a US military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing seven Afghans and wounding 21, the US military said.

The insurgent Taliban movement claimed responsibility for the attack near the eastern town of Khost, w...

Suicide attack at US base, seven Afghans killed

2010-04-16T12:21:16Z

A suicide car bomb exploded near a US military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing seven Afghans and wounding 21, the US military said.

The insurgent Taliban movement claimed responsibility for the attack near Camp Salerno in the eastern town of Iraqi police was a violation of an amnesty deal signed with the United States last year.

Iraqi police and the US military detained Iraq, making it the deadliest month since September, official figures showed Friday, but the US military insisted that recent attacks have not reignited sectarian fighting.

Statistics compiled by the defence, interior and health ministries showed that 290 civilians, 24 soldiers and 41 policemen were killed in violent attacks across the country las...

Pair of suicide bombers kill 66 at Baghdad shrine

2010-04-16T13:37:34Z

Two female suicide bombers hiding explosives in their purses struck worshippers outside a heavily guarded Shiite shrine Friday in Baghdad, killing at least 66 people.

Violence in Iraq has dropped to its lowest levels since the months following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, but an increase in suicide bombings and other devastating attacks in recent weeks has renewed concerns about the capabilities of...

Iraq says Qaeda boss captured as dozens killed

2010-04-16T13:41:06Z

The Iraqi military announced the capture on Thursday of the man said to be the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, as at least 73 people were killed in bombings on the deadliest day in Iraq in 14 months.

"Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was arrested today in Baghdad," the capital's se...

Dozens killed as Iraq captures Qaeda boss

2010-04-16T13:44:00Z

The Iraqi military announced the capture on Thursday of the man they say is the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, as at least 73 people were killed in two bloody suicide bombings.

"Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was arrested today in Baghdad," the capital's security spokesman Baghdad, extending a recent sharp upturn in violence in Iraq.

The bomber detonated his payload as an Iraqi army contingent was visiting the premises of the local Sahwa "Awakening" movement in the town of Latifiyah to pay salaries, army officer US troops were killed on Friday in the deadliest attack on American forces in Iraq for more than a year when a suicide truck bomber struck a police compound in the northern city of Mosul.

Two Iraqi police and an Iraqi soldier also perished in the blast, according to an...

US-led operation kills Afghan mother, children

2010-04-16T15:40:47Z

A US-led operation killed a teacher and her children, while a Taliban suicide attack left three policeman and two civilians dead Thursday, said officials, adding to this year's rapidly-rising death toll in Afghanistan.

The US military said it was probing...

Baby survives Baghdad bombing

2010-04-16T15:36:47Z

A baby miraculously survived a Baghdad car bombing cradled in his mother's lap as she was burned alive in a blast that claimed the lives of eight people on Tuesday, witnesses said.

The baby boy's father was seriously wounded in the attack not far from a Shiite Muslim shrine in the Kadhimiyah neighbourhood of northern Baghdad, police and witnesses said.

Tuesday's attack came s...

Black Monday in Baghdad as car bombings kill 34

2010-04-16T15:43:48Z

A spate of bloody car bombings rocked mainly Shiite districts of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 34 people in what the US military said appeared to be coordinated attacks by Al-Qaeda jihadists.

Nearly 140 people were wounded in the attacks which recalled the blackest days of violence in the capital.

A total of six ...

Baghdad car bomb kills at least 20

2010-04-16T16:11:40Z

A car bomb ripped through a crowd in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 20 people, including women and children, a day after the US military said violence in Iraq was at its lowest in six years.

The blast occurred near a market in the capital's Shaab neighbourhood, defence and interior ministry officials said, with a further 38 p...

Car bomb kills at least 20 in Baghdad

2010-04-16T16:13:10Z

A car bomb ripped through a crowd in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 20 people, including women and children, a day after the US military said violence in Iraq was at its lowest in six years.

The blast occurred near a market in the capital's Shaab neighbourhood, defence and interior ministry officials said, with a further 38 p...

Car bomb kills at least 16 in Baghdad

2010-04-16T16:13:20Z

A car bomb ripped through a crowd in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, including women and children, a day after the US military said violence in Iraq was at its lowest in six years.

The blast occurred in the capital's Shaab neighbourhood, defence and interior ministry officials said.

Four children and three wom...

Iraq govt to control US-backed Sunni militias by April

2010-04-16T16:06:18Z

A key milestone in the US handover of security in Iraq will be reached on April 1 when the Shiite-led government assumes full control of 90,000 US-backed Sunni militiamen.

A US military spokesman said on Thursday that 81,773 men have already transferred from American to Iraqi control in eight provinces across the country...

Top US military officer: Mexico violence a crisis

2010-04-16T16:11:20Z

Top US military officer says Mexican border violence that has killed 1,000 this year a crisis

Mexico could borrow from U.S. tactics in the fight against terrorism as it battles a crisis of drug-related violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, the top U.S. military officer said Friday.

Returning from a six-day trip to US soldier was killed during a combat patrol near the Iraqi capital on Saturday in the first reported death in American ranks for almost a week, the US military said.

It gave no details, saying only that the incident was under investigation.

At least 4,246 US military personnel have died in Iraq since the March 2...

'Bilal case' arouses anti-US passions in Afghanistan

2010-04-16T17:19:07Z

In mid-December US Special Forces killed three family members in a late-night raid on a doctor's home near Khost, believing they were linked to the Al-Qaeda terror network.

Anger aroused by the raid in southeastern Afghanistan was fanned by a visit of commis...

Attacks kill two foreign soldiers, five Afghans

2010-04-16T15:18:00Z

Two suicide bombs claimed by Taliban insurgents exploded in Afghanistan Saturday, killing five civilians and a US soldier, as another foreign troop died when a chopper came down in gunfire, officials said.

The deadliest suicide bombing was in Kabul, outside the German embassy a...

Afghan suicide bomb near German embassy kills five: officials

2010-04-16T15:18:05Z

A suicide bomb hit outside the German embassy in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing four civilians and wounding dozens of people including a US soldier who later died of his injuries, officials said.

The suicide blast -- the first to hit Kabul this year -- was also just 100 metres (yards) from the biggest US military<...

Iraq US Prison Camp

2010-12-20T09:31:57Z

FILE - In this March 16, 2009 file photo, a U.S. soldier stands guard as detainees pray at U.S. military detention facility Camp Bucca, Iraq. A former prison camp that was run by the U.S. military in southern Iraq will be turned into a commercial center with offices, warehouses, avia...

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2010-12-11T08:05:08Z

A U.S. military armored personal carrier vehicle passes by a damaged military check post after a suicide attack in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. A suicide bomber blew up a stolen police car that had been packed with explosives, injuring five Afghan soldiers and nine civilians n...

Japan Koreas Clash

2010-11-26T08:01:58Z

In this Wednesday Nov. 24, 2010 photo, the U.S. military aircraft carrier USS George Washington sets sail from Yokosuka naval base, south of Tokyo, heading to Korean waters to take part in a joint military exercises with

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2010-11-17T02:01:34Z

Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta smiles as he leaves the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, wearing the Medal of Honor presented to him by President Barack Obama. He is the first living person since the

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2010-11-16T14:01:54Z

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