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AP source: Leaks probed in terrorism case
May 9, 2012 8:58 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A law enforcement official said Wednesday investigators are conducting a probe into who leaked information about an al-Qaida plot in which an explosive device was to have been detonated on a U.S.-bound airline flight. The official spoke on condition of anonymity about the ongoing leak investigation, which... more » -
Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for US raid
April 29, 2012 11:45 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted. Officials say it's too busy surviving to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil. But the terrorist network dreams of payback and U.S. counterterrorist officials warn that, in time,... more » -
American teacher killed in Yemen for alleged proselytizing
March 19, 2012 12:32 AM
TAIZ, Yemen (AP) - A group linked to al-Qaeda claims it killed an American teacher in Yemen for Christian proselytizing. Joel Shrum, a 29-year-old English language teacher from Harrisburg, Pa., had worked for two years in the central city of Taiz. Yemeni officials say Shrum was killed in his car... more » -
American teacher killed in Yemen for alleged proselytizing
March 19, 2012 12:32 AM
TAIZ, Yemen (AP) - A group linked to al-Qaeda claims it killed an American teacher in Yemen for Christian proselytizing. Joel Shrum, a 29-year-old English language teacher from Harrisburg, Pa., had worked for two years in the central city of Taiz. Yemeni officials say Shrum was killed in his car... more » -
Yemen's Saleh lists new condition for leaving
March 14, 2012 7:43 PM
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh says 10 of his rivals among the country's top military commanders, politicians and tribal leaders must leave the country with him for the sake of stability. The new condition appears to be a way for Saleh to remain longer in... more » -
US preparing to restart military aid to Yemen
March 10, 2012 12:38 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is developing plans to restart programs that would fund military training and equipment in Yemen, nearly a year after they were shut down due to escalating chaos in the embattled country. While no agreements have been cemented, U.S. defense officials say military assistance, which could... more » -
US counterterror adviser pledges support for Yemen
February 19, 2012 12:31 AM
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Yemen's state news agency says the U.S. administration's top counter-terrorism adviser has pledged Washington's support for the country's new president after upcoming elections. SABA says John Brennan met Saturday with Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in Sanaa to discuss next week's presidential vote. Hadi is... more » -
Ambassadors flown out of besieged Sanaa embassy
May 22, 2011 5:48 PM
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Witnesses say Yemeni army helicopters took U.S. and other ambassadors out of a besieged embassy to the presidential palace to witness ruling party leaders signing an agreement for the president to step down in 30 days. However, state TV says President Ali Abdullah Saleh will... more » -
Yemeni president fires Cabinet
March 20, 2011 4:40 PM
SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Yemen's president has fired his entire Cabinet amid escalating protests demanding his ouster. President Ali Abdullah Saleh is facing a monthlong popular uprising against him that has turned increasingly bloody in the past few days as security troops opened fire on demonstrators in the capital... more » -
Thousands of Yemenis protest nationwide
February 17, 2011 4:50 AM
SANAA, Yemen (AP) Security forces have clashed with anti-government protesters in Yemen on the seventh consecutive day of demonstrations calling for the ouster of the president, a key U.S. ally. Witnesses say government supporters wielding batons and daggers were also involved in fighting with protesters trying to move to... more » -
White House weighs response to mail bomb plot
November 1, 2010 8:08 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A team of U.S. investigators is headed to Yemen to help search for suspects in the mail bomb plot. A top Yemeni official says John Brennan, the White House's top counterterrorism official, has told Yemen it has the lead in responding to the terrorists suspected of... more » -
White House warns of more mail bombs
October 31, 2010 9:27 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser says U.S. officials "have to presume" there might be more potential mail bombs like the ones that were pulled off planes in England and the United Arab Emirates on Friday. Deputy national security adviser John Brennan says the foiled plot bears... more » -
Woman arrested on suspicion of sending mail bombs
October 30, 2010 2:41 PM
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - Yemeni officials say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of sending the two mail bombs found yesterday on cargo planes in the United Arab Emirates and England. Yemen's president says the United States and the United Arab Emirates provided him with information that identified the... more » -
Attacks on U.S. from Yemen thwarted
October 29, 2010 7:39 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States from Yemen on Friday, seizing two explosive packages addressed to Chicago-area synagogues and packed aboard cargo jets. The plot triggered worldwide fears that al-Qaida was launching a major new terror campaign. President Barack... more » -
U.S. couple released by Yemeni tribe
May 25, 2010 12:37 PM
Two U.S. citizens, a husband and wife, taken hostage by Yemeni tribesmen were released on Tuesday a day after they were seized near the capital Sanaa, a Yemeni government official said. "The Americans have been freed and handed over to the mediation committee," a government official told Reuters. ... more » -
2 American tourists kidnapped in Yemen
May 24, 2010 11:21 AM
Yemeni officials say tribal gunmen have kidnapped two American tourists and are demanding the release of a jailed tribesman for the pair. The U.S. Embassy in San'a says it doesn't have any information about the kidnapping. Security officials, a taxi driver and tribesmen say the two - a... more » -
U.S. citizen arrested on terrorist charges in Yemen
March 11, 2010 5:26 PM
An official in Yemen is confirming that counterterrorism authorities have captured a U.S. citizen who is accused of being a terrorist. A spokesman for Yemen's embassy in Washington says 26-year-old Sharif Mobley was arrested after he shot his way out of a hospital, where he was being held after... more » -
US and Britain close their embassies in Yemen
January 3, 2010 8:25 AM
Both the U.S. and Britain have closed their embassies in Yemen, with American officials citing threats by the al-Qaida group linked to the failed bombing of a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day. In London, Britain's Foreign Office says the embassy in Yemen was closed Sunday for security reasons. She said... more » -
Colorado feds look at Fort Hood connection to cleric
December 1, 2009 6:03 PM
Federal authorities in Colorado are reviewing a 2002 file on a Muslim cleric who communicated with the shooting suspect at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Denver confirmed Tuesday that it has some record of Anwar al-Awlaki. An official won't confirm a report by... more » -
Imam tied to 9/11 hijackers praises Hasan
November 9, 2009 11:45 AM
The personal Web site for a radical American imam living in Yemen who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers is praising alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero. The posting Monday on the Web site for Anwar al Awlaki, who was a spiritual leader at... more » -
USS Cole sailors' families seek more compensation
September 11, 2009 4:49 PM
The families of 17 sailors killed in the 2000 attack on the USS Cole are asking to reopen their lawsuit against Sudan in an effort to seek more money. Some of the families already received $13 million from frozen Sudanese assets in the United States, but a federal judge in... more »
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