Pentagon says Patriot shield will deter strike on American allies in the GulfTension between the US and Iran heightened dramatically today with the disclosure that Barack Obama is deploying a missile shield to protect American allies in the Gulf from attack by Tehran.The US is dispatching Patriot defensive missiles to four countries – Qatar, United [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration has begun looking for places other than the heart of New York City to prosecute the accused September 11 attack plotters in the face of fierce criticism tied to security and costs, U.S. officials said on …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration is looking for places other than the heart of New York City to prosecute the accused September 11 attack plotters in the face of fierce criticism about security and costs, U.S. officials said on Friday.
Over his long career, the US academic and activist Howard Zinn tirelessly challenged received wisdom and injusticeI remember vividly the first time I met Howard Zinn. It was 2005 and the height of the murder and mayhem overtaking Iraq after the US/UK attack. I was studying history for a year at UCLA and had gone [...]
Authorities are inching toward an agreement that would secure cooperation from the suspect in the failed Detroit airliner attack, according to two sources familiar with the case.
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Just two weeks after Google said it was the victim of an organised hacking attack, details of a similar sting that targeted three of the world’s biggest oil companies have emerged.Documents obtained by US newspaper the Christian Science Monitor show that the computer systems of three major energy companies – ExxonMobil, Marathon and ConocoPhillips – [...]
Daniel Kerrigan, who rushed to his daughter Nancy after an attack nearly derailed her Olympic dreams, died after what authorities said was a violent struggle with his son.
US president says Bin Laden ‘trying to take credit’ for Detroit bombing attempt is indication of terror group’s waning powersBarack Obama today dismissed Osama Bin Laden’s attempt to claim responsibility for the failed Christmas Day attack on a US airliner, a plot thought to have been hatched in Yemen, as evidence that al-Qaida was greatly [...]
A Chicago businessman accused of leading a double life as an international terrorist pleaded not guilty Monday to making plans for an attack on a Danish newspaper and helping arrange the rampage in 2008 that killed 166 people in the Indian city of Mumbai.