Special to WorldTribune.com By Cliff Kincaid In a 2011 article in the socialist publication In These Times, anti-NSA journalist Glenn Greenwald said “the only thing that can truly strengthen America’s national security is a weakening of America.” Greenwald also declared that Al Qaida’s 9/11 terrorist attacks on America were “very minimal in scope compared to [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has become a training center for foreign security forces. The Interior Ministry has overseen the training of hundreds of Western and Asian security forces in the state-owned Prince Nayef University for Security Sciences in Riyad. Officials said the training for officers from such countries as Austria, Britain, [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Yemen has reported a foiled plot to bomb its liquefied gas export terminal. Officials said Yemeni security forces stopped a car bombing of the LNG export terminal in Balhaf on June 2. They said the car exploded prematurely outside the $4.5 billion facility and killed the suspected suicide attacker. The [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt and Hamas were said to be coordinating in a crackdown on Al Qaida-aligned militias. A leading Salafist commander asserted that Egypt and Hamas were cooperating in identifying and arresting dozens of Salafists over the last two months. The commander said the crackdown was taking place in the Hamas-ruled Gaza [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Al Qaida has recovered from a U.S.-led counter-insurgency campaign and seized areas along the coast of Yemen. The Yemeni Interior Ministry acknowledged that Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has restored units and captured an area near the port city of Mukalla. The ministry said AQAP, based in neighboring Saudi [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has begun sending thousands of troops into the turbulent Sinai Peninsula. Officials said the Egyptian Army was sending scores of combat units to Sinai for another counter-insurgency offensive. They said the Army reinforcements were searching for seven officers abducted on May 16 near the border with Israel and the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto The White House recently released more than 100 pages of e-mails between the CIA, State Department and the White House regarding the now infamous talking points. President Barack Obama insists “there is no there, there,” as he stated during a May 13 press conference. Yet, the opposite is true. [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has expanded military training of youngsters. Palestinian sources said the Izzedin Kassam military wing has been mobilizing thousands of teenagers in the Gaza Strip for military training. They said Kassam introduced the Futuwa program in 2013 to train 37,000 Palestinians ages 15 to 17. “The youth can join [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has determined that the Hamas regime was establishing an infrastructure for missile and rocket production in the West Bank. The Israel Security Agency determined that Hamas ordered cells in the West Bank to manufacture missiles and rockets. ISA said Hamas operatives were led by a Palestinian attorney and based [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported an Al Qaida plot against a foreign embassy, said by officials to be that of the United States. The Interior Ministry said security forces captured three suspected Al Qaida operatives in the Cairo area. The ministry said the cell planned to conduct a suicide bombing on the [...]
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