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Obama links plane bombing plot to Al Qaeda, defends his anti-terrorism efforts

Obama links plane bombing plot to Al Qaeda, defends his anti-terrorism efforts

The president says an affiliate of the group trained and equipped Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He promises to hold U.S. security officials accountable for breakdowns in terrorism screening.

 

U.S. to double security assistance to Yemen

U.S. to double security assistance to Yemen

A U.S. military commander said on Friday the United States will more than double its nearly $70 million security assistance program for Yemen, where a crackdown is underway on al Qaeda militants believed to be behind a failed plot to blow up a U.S. airliner.

 

Gordon Brown calls international summit on Yemen

Gordon Brown has called a summit in London to discuss radicalization in Yemen, after the alleged failed bomb attack on a US plane over Detroit. No 10 said the 28 January event had support from Washington and the European Union, and Mr Brown aimed to ...

 

Delta CEO: Flight 253 threat despite all security

Delta CEO: Flight 253 threat despite all security

Delta Air Lines' chief is upset the 278 passengers and 11 crewmembers aboard Flight 253 were put at risk by a suspected terrorist ...

 

Missed signals cleared way for suspect

Missed signals cleared way for suspect

To understand how the suspect in the botched terror attack was able to board a plane, you have to understand how the counterterrorism system that President Obama says failed is supposed to work.

 

Obama to get report on intelligence breakdown

Obama to get report on intelligence breakdown

President Obama will receive a report Thursday detailing how some government agencies failed to share or highlight potentially relevant information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab before he allegedly tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, while others were insufficiently...

 

Dutch to use full-body scans for U.S. flights

Dutch to use full-body scans for U.S. flights

All passengers flying to the United States from Amsterdam will get full-body scans because of the attempted Christmas Day terror attack on a U.S.-bound plane.

 

Somali arrested at airport with chemicals, syringe

Officials say a Somali national tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month with powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that together could have caused an explosion. The hallmarks bear chilling similarities to the terrorist plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner.

 

Obama: Systemic, human failures let suspect on flight

Obama: Systemic, human failures let suspect on flight

President Obama said a "mix of human and systemic human failure" allowed a terror suspect to board an airliner in the botched Christmas Day bombing attempt.

 

Attempted bombing spotlights al Qaeda growth in Yemen

Attempted bombing spotlights al Qaeda growth in Yemen

An attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. passenger jet has put a spotlight on what American spy agencies see as an emerging battlefield in Yemen against a rapidly growing hub for al Qaeda.

 

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