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Did Obama swap 'black' detention sites for ships?
Instead of sending suspected terrorists to Guantanamo Bay or secret CIA "black" sites for interrogation, the Obama administration is questioning terrorists for as long as it takes aboard U.S. naval vessels. And it's doing it in a way that preserves the government's ability to ultimately prosecute the suspects in civilian ...
Targets of US raids planned terrorism in Kenya
U.S. interrogators headed to an American warship in the Mediterranean to question a suspected Libyan al-Qaida operative linked to the bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa, as new details emerged Monday about plots planned by a Kenyan militant who escaped a U.S. raid in Somalia. The two operations, thousands of ...
US interrogators sent to question al-Qaida suspect
A team of military, intelligence and Justice Department interrogators has been sent to the USS San Antonio in international waters to question terror suspect Abu Anas al-Libi, who was captured in Libya over the weekend, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Monday. Al-Libi was indicted in 2000 ...
US still expects to sign pact with Afghanistan
The Obama administration is optimistic that a U.S.-Afghan agreement over the future role of American troops in the country can be finalized in the next few weeks despite two main sticking points and President Hamid Karzai's emotional outburst Monday alleging that the U.S. and NATO repeatedly violate Afghan sovereignty. Nearly ...
Nabbing of Libyan militant sparks fear of backlash
The Libyan militant accused by Washington in the killing of the U.S. ambassador told The Associated Press on Monday he's not worried about being next on the list for capture by the Americans after the U.S. commando raid that spirited a senior al-Qaida suspect out of Tripoli. Ahmed Abu Khattala's ...
Bombs in Baghdad, other Iraq attacks kill 45
A string of attacks across Iraq, including a coordinated wave of evening bombings in Baghdad, killed at least 45 people Monday as al-Qaida claimed responsibility for a recent spate of rare suicide attacks in the relatively peaceful Kurdish north. Monday's bombings marked the third day in a row that insurgents ...
Kenya intelligence report shows persistent threats
An internal report by Kenya's National Intelligence Service shows that it believes al-Qaida-linked extremists pose multiple threats to the East African country and indicates a high level of penetration into their operations. The report contains security briefings over the past year for Kenyan government and security officials. Authorities have been ...
Malian city of Gao hit by mortar shells
Suspected radical Islamic militants fired a series of mortar shells early Monday on the northern Malian town of Gao, residents said, marking the first such attack in months after the French-led military operation drove the jihadists from power. At least five mortar shells hit the town around 6:30 a.m., said ...
Libya wants 'clarification' in al-Qaida leader nab
Libya said Sunday it has asked the United States for "clarifications" regarding the abduction in Tripoli of an al-Qaida leader linked to the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in East Africa, adding that Libyan nationals should be tried in their own country. The government's reaction came a day after U.S special ...
Bomb kills 2 in Pakistan anti-polio drive
A bomb exploded next to a van carrying Pakistani security guards tasked with protecting workers involved in an anti-polio drive in the country's northwest on Monday, killing two people, according to officials. The attack was the latest incident of violence against the government- and U.N.-backed effort to eradicate polio from ...
Bali on a high amid summit drawing world leaders
A decade ago, Bali's famed white sand beaches and popular shopping areas were deserted as visitors scared off by terrorism shunned the "island of the gods." The dark cloud of the suicide bombings that killed 202 mostly foreign tourists in 2002 lingered for years, decimating one of Asia's top tourist ...
Raids suggest future shape of counterterror bids
The U.S. commando raids in Libya and Somalia suggest the future shape of U.S. counterterrorism efforts — brief, targeted raids against highly sought extremist figures — and highlight the rise of Africa as a terrorist haven. The strikes also raise questions about where to interrogate and try captured terrorist suspects ...
Kerry: Capture of terror suspect in Libya legal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday defended the capture of a terrorism suspect by American forces in Libya, saying complaints about the operation from Libya and others are unfounded. Kerry said the weekend seizure in Tripoli of the suspected al-Qaida operative Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai complied with U.S. law. ...
10 Things to Know for Monday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. AMERICAN RAID IN TRIPOLI ANGERS LIBYA The U.S. special forces operation that nabbed a suspected al-Qaida figure is dubbed a "kidnapping" by Libyan officials. 2. 51 DIE IN BLOODIEST CLASHES IN EGYPT ...
Libya bristles at US raid that captured militant
A suspected Libyan al-Qaida figure nabbed by U.S. special forces in a dramatic operation in Tripoli was living freely in his homeland for the past two years, after a trajectory that took him to Sudan, Afghanistan and Iran, where he had been detained for years, his family said Sunday. The ...
Kenyan police detail car used in mall attack
Kenya's counterterrorism police unit released closed-circuit television footage Sunday that showed two men entering a local bank where they collected money and paid for a car used to bring terrorists to Nairobi's Westgate Mall, indicating the deadly attack was planned weeks in advance, officials said. Boniface Mwaniki, the head of ...
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