Topic: U.S. Armed Forces

The US military is under threat in its own country as homegrown Islamic extremists, including "radicalized troops," are treating military installations here as prime targets, US officials warned Congress Wednesday.The only deadly terror strikes on US soil since those of September 11, ...

Suicide bomber hits Iraq military base, 19 dead

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in a minibus struck a military base in the Iraqi town of Taji on Monday, killing at least 19 people in the latest attack by insurgents trying to undermine the government.It was the third major attack ...

Bomber hits Iraq military base, 11 dead: officials

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck a military base in the Iraqi town of Taji Monday, killing at least 11 people in the latest attack by insurgents attempting to undermine the government.It was the third major attack in the last five ...

New York arrests man trying to build bomb: reports

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 Iraq and Afghanistan, media reported on Sunday.New ...

CIA drone plan in Yemen faces obstacles

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.S. official familiar with the plan said.It "could take months, not ...

Dempsey urges response to Arab Spring

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 ...
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 ...

Guantanamo documents name Pakistan ISI as al Qaeda associate

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 Guantanamo Bay, according to leaked documents published on Sunday that are sure ...

Angry Iraqis bury dead from Tikrit carnage

Grieving residents of 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 ...

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

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 ...
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