Former CIA station chief in Islamabad, Pakistan, Bob Grenier, said: ” ‘I don’t think anybody can reasonably argue that the level of military and intelligence resources and reconstruction resources that were devoted to Iraq did not diminish our ability to seal the deal in Afghanistan, in Pakistan.’ Grenier did not think it was so much […]
10/5/2010
“Faisal Shahzad, who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a sport utility vehicle carrying a homemade bomb in May [1, 2010] in Times Square, thick with Saturday visitors, was sentenced on Tuesday morning [October 5, 2010] to spend the rest of his life in prison. Remaining defiant, and smirking as the sentence was read, […]
10/5/2010
“A judge in Manhattan sentenced Faisal Shahzad to life in prison for the botched [May 1, 2010] Times Square car bombing as the 31-year-old Pakistani-American defiantly warned in court to ‘brace yourself, the war with Muslims has just begun.’ ‘The defeat of the U.S. is imminent, inshallah,’ Shahzad said on Tuesday [October 5, 2010] during […]
10/1/2010
Commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus told journalist Bob Woodward: ” ‘You have to recognize also that I don’t think you win this war. …This is the kind of fight we’re in for the rest of our lives and probably our kids’ lives.’ ” – Eugene Robinson, “Afghanistan: A War […]
9/30/2010
“U.S. counterterrorism officials say they believe that senior al-Qaida leaders, including Osama bin Laden, are involved in the latest terror plot against European cities. The multi-pronged scope of the emerging plan–which aimed to launch coordinated shooting sprees or attacks in Britain, France and Germany–is an al-Qaida hallmark. One U.S. intelligence official added, however, that the […]
9/27/2010
Commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan “Gen. David H. Petraeus, in a meeting with reporters after a tour of the Detention Facility in Parwan, where American forces detain Afghans they suspect of supporting the insurgency, said there were efforts by Taliban to establish contact with senior members of the Afghan government. ‘There are […]
9/22/2010
“The terrorism threat against the United States has evolved, with homegrown terrorists and a greater diversity in the scope and methods of attack making it more difficult to prevent them, top security officials told a Senate committee Wednesday [September 22, 2010]. ‘It is diversifying in terms of sources; it is diversifying in terms of tactics,’ […]
9/22/2010
Journalist Bob Woodward’s upcoming book, Obama’s Wars, “unveils a CIA initiative called the Counterterrorist Pursuit Teams, a posse of anti-Taliban and al-Qaeda locals who don’t respect the porous Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The teams are practically brigade-sized: a ‘paramilitary army’ of 3000 Afghans, said to be ‘elite, well-trained’ and capable of quietly crossing over in the Pakistani […]
9/21/2010
“A counterterrorism official said the [Obama] administration recognizes that ‘not enough is being done in Yemen’ to meet the growing challenge posed by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. ‘We need to scale up efforts to disrupt the group,’ said the official, who spoke about sensitive issues on the condition of anonymity. The official said […]
9/10/2010
“A September 10 [2010] report by U.S. terrorism experts Bruce Hoffman and Peter Bergen for the Bipartisan Policy Center said the threat from al Qaeda had grown more complex, and U.S. citizens and residents were playing an increasing role in the leadership of al Qaeda planning and operations.” – William Maclean, “Analysis: Terrorism Alerts Reflect […]