. Also Wednesday, top U.S. lawmakers said the Department of Homeland Security has made the nation safer. The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said Wednesday the United States has been “spared another catastrophic terrorist attack” partly as a result of what the department has done. But independent Senator Joe Lieberman […]
US Raises Alert Level at Military Bases
Posted September 7th, 2011 at 2:06 pm (UTC-5)
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US Raises Alert Level at Military Bases
Posted September 7th, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
The United Stated is raising the alert level at its domestic military bases just days before the country marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and the Pentagon. Pentagon spokesman George Little said the move was a precautionary measure and not the result of any particular threat. Al-Qaida terrorists […]
Nigerian President Vows No Effort Spared Against Terrorism
Posted September 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
Nigeria’s president says the country has “strong leads” on who is involved in the “terror war” on Nigerians, a week after an attack on the U.N. headquarters in Abuja killed 23 people. President Goodluck Jonathan said Friday Nigerian security forces will “spare no effort or resource” in bringing terrorism under control. He said he is […]
Napolitano: No 9/11 Anniversary al-Qaida Plot Detected
Posted September 2nd, 2011 at 12:56 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says there is no “credible intelligence” that al-Qaida or its affiliates are plotting attacks in the United States to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But Napolitano says officials remain at a heightened state of vigilance. Her statement Friday said security measures are […]
Napolitano: No 9/11 Anniversary al-Qaida Plot Detected
Posted September 2nd, 2011 at 11:01 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says there is no “credible intelligence” that al-Qaida or its affiliates are plotting attacks in the United States to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But Napolitano says officials remain at a heightened state of vigilance. Her statement Friday said security measures are […]
British Police to Deploy Thousands of Officers for London Carnival
Posted August 26th, 2011 at 5:15 am (UTC-5)
British police are on high alert for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival in London, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people, amid fears of violence following tis month’s devastating riots. Officials say some 16,000 officers are being to deployed to keep the event peaceful. The stepped up security follows several days of riots across London […]
HRW Demands Indonesia End Domestic Spying
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 3:25 am (UTC-5)
A rights group is calling on Indonesia’s military to end an illegal surveillance program against ordinary citizens in the restive region of Papua. Human Rights Watch said Sunday that recently leaked documents, some of them written by Indonesia’s notorious Kopassus special forces unit and dating back as far as 2006, reveal a “deep military paranoia” […]
Britain to Review Olympic Security After London Riots
Posted August 9th, 2011 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
Organizers of the 2012 Olympic Games in London say they will review security for next year’s Games after three days of riots in the British capital, but they say there will not be a cancellation of Olympic test events planned for this week. The violence has already led to the cancellation of several football matches, […]
Israeli Police Restrict Access to Jerusalem for Ramadan
Posted August 5th, 2011 at 6:05 am (UTC-5)
Israel has tightened security in Jerusalem, restricting access to the al-Aqsa mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israeli police and border guards were deployed in the city, as thousands of Palestinians gathered to take part in Friday prayers at the mosque, Islam’s third-holiest site. Access to the complex was […]
U.S. Authorities Warn of Implanted Explosives
Posted July 6th, 2011 at 2:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. security authorities are warning that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives onto airplanes by having them surgically implanted in their bodies. News emerged Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week advised its foreign counterparts that it has intelligence indicating renewed interest in the technique. The reports did not indicate the source […]
