Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta “said that following the killing of Osama Bin Laden, key leaders in Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere had been identified and would be targeted. …Speaking to journalists, Mr Panetta revealed that US analysts had determined that following the death of Bin Laden in May, killing or capturing ‘around 10 to 20 […]
7/9/2011
“On Saturday [July 9, 2011], after meeting in Kabul with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the Pentagon chief [Leon Panetta] told reporters–twice–that 70,000 U.S. troops would remain in Afghanistan through the end of 2014.” – Craig Whitlock, “Panetta: U.S. ‘Within Reach’ of Defeating al-Qaeda,” The Washington Post, July 11, 2011 […]
7/6/2011
“The U.S. government has warned domestic and international airlines that some terrorists are considering surgically implanting explosives into humans to carry out attacks, The Associated Press has learned. There is no intelligence pointing to a specific plot, but the U.S. shared its concerns last week with executives at domestic and international carriers.” – “Alert: Terrorists […]
7/5/2011
“In recent weeks, [U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James F.] Jeffrey and U.S. military officials have blamed three Shiite militia groups–the Promised Day Brigade, Ahl al-Haq and Kataib Hezbollah–for a wave of violence that resulted in the bloodiest month for U.S. forces here in two years. The groups have been trained and supplied by Iranian Revolutionary […]
7/5/2011
“Iranian-backed militias in Iraq are using more sophisticated weapons than in the past to target U.S. troops and military installations in Iraq, according to senior U.S. officials. James F. Jeffrey, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, said Tuesday [July 5, 2011] that fresh forensic testing on weapons used in the latest deadly attacks in the country […]
7/4/2011
“A Somali man suspected of assisting al Qaeda was held abroad on a U.S. Navy ship for questioning for over two months without being advised of any legal rights, an [Obama] administration official said. The man, identified as Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, was brought to New York City on July 4 [2011] to face charges in […]
7/1/2011
“U.S. officials…have completed an exhaustive review of the trove of bin Laden files collected at his compound after the May 2 [2011] U.S. raid that killed him. …Analysts at the CIA and other agencies are likely to continue poring over the bin Laden files for years. But the multi-agency task force that was set up […]
6/29/2011
“Nearly 10 years after the declaration of the War on Terror, the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan have killed at least 225,000 people, including men and women in uniform, contractors, and civilians. The wars will cost Americans between $3.2 and $4 trillion, including medical care and disability for current and future war veterans, according […]
6/29/2011
“The Afghan government on Wednesday [June 29, 2011] blamed an al Qaeda-linked militant group based in Pakistan for the siege on a Kabul hotel that left 12 victims and all nine attackers dead. The attackers, all of whom were prepared to carry out suicide bombings, were with the Haqqani network, a group of terrorists loyal […]
6/29/2011
“The cost of U.S. military action in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan will run to at least $3.7 trillion, a study has revealed today [June 29, 2011]. The staggering figure could reach as high as $4.4 trillion, with the deaths of up to 258,000 people, according to research by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies. […]