Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has determined that the Syrian rebel movement has enhanced cooperation. The Defense Department, in a rare open assessment of the Sunni rebel movement, said Sunni rebel networks throughout Syria were coordinating. Officials said this has resulted in a significant enhancement in attacks on the regime of President […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has acknowledged that it approved the entry of an Egyptian member of an Al Qaida-aligned group. The State Department confirmed reports that it granted a visa to Hani Nour Eddin, a senior member of the Al Qaida-aligned Gamiat Islamiya. The department said Eddin, a parliamentarian, was part […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has determined that Libyan weapons have reached Al Qaida in Mali. Officials said thousands of missiles and rockets were taken from the arsenal of then-Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi and brought to Al Qaida strongholds in Mali. The officials said the anti-tank and surface-to-air missiles have bolstered Al […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has resisted efforts by Congress to expand intelligence cooperation with Israel. The Director of National Intelligence lobbied Congress to remove language from legislation that would expand intelligence and military cooperation with Israel. DNI, which represents the 16-member U.S. intelligence community worked with Democrats on the Senate […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Al Qaida has urged Muslims to torch forests as part of the Islamic war against the West. Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has called on followers to set fires in forests in enemy states as part of what the network termed holy war. AQAP, deemed the greatest threat to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — A senior House member has asserted that U.S. Navy analyst Jonathan Pollard, imprisoned since 1985, was no longer a threat to national security. Rep. Robert Andrews, a New Jersey Democrat, has urged President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder to free Pollard, who has served 27 years of a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The United States has been working with NATO allies to track a Russian weapons ship to Syria. Western diplomatic sources said Britain and the United States were coordinating patrols of the North Sea for a Russian vessel that contained attack helicopters for the regime of President Bashar Assad. The sources […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans have been signing a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to free U.S. Navy analyst Jonathan Pollard who is serving life sentence. In 1987, Pollard, whose plea bargain agreement was rejected by the presiding judge, was sentenced to life for relaying classified information to Israel, an offense […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Russia was preparing to deliver attack helicopters to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Officials said the helicopters included Mi-24s, used in operations against Sunni rebels and civilians. “We are concerned about the latest information we have that there are […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Cliff Kincaid Senator John McCain, who lost to Obama in 2008 in part because he did not want to challenge Obama’s personal character or loyalty to the U.S., is now upset over what he calls “…a disturbing stream of articles” that cite “leaked classified or highly-sensitive information…” in an “effort to […]