A Tardy Wake-up Call for Spreading al Qaeda Menace
The failure of Lagos and Amsterdam airport security to detect the explosives the Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab carried aboard two
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US Anti-Terror Authorities Missed Writing on the Wall – in Jeddah
Had the White House National Security Council, US intelligence and counter-terror agencies properly studied al Qaeda’s failed attempt to assassinate
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Obama cites US systemic and human failure on Detroit plane attack
US president Barack Obama, delivering his second speech in 24 hours on the failed airliner attack on Christmas day said:
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Israel’s settlement freeze – no carte blanche for attacking Iran
In his eight months in office, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has gone back on his fundamental pledges as Likud
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Top US soldier: We must be ready for force option against Iran
In the plainest authoritative US statement yet about military force against Iran, Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint
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Israeli state comptroller’s report will not affect Jonathan Pollard’s fate
The main conclusions of state comptroller Michah Lindenstrauss’s report, published Thursday, Sept. 3, do not address intelligence and political realities
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Obama Enlists Both Clintons to stop a Palestinian state
After US Secretary of state Hillary Clinton warned Mahmoud Abbas on Oct. 31 that he was going against the wishes
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Obama gives Iran another year’s grace for nuclear dialogue
US president Barack Obama's tough talk of sanctions has melted into soft soap for luring Iran into further dialogue. Adopting
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