Conflicts / Tags / Threat

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Nov 5, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

BBC News -- There are at least 2,000 people in the UK who pose a threat to national security because of their support for terrorism, the head of MI5 has said. Jonathan Evans announced the figure - an increase of 400 since November 2006 - in a speech in Manchester... Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Oct 29, 2007 @ 2:09pm neoform

Reuters -- Iran has access to evidence of U.S. support for terrorist groups in the Middle East, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Sunday. Iran's new chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, made the allegation in comments to visiting Turkish Foreig.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 8:17pm neoform

CTV -- Former United Nations' chief weapons inspector Hans Blix has challenged U.S. President George Bush's assertion that Iran poses a nuclear threat and the world should take pre-emptive action. Bush has recently renewed calls for a missile defence shield i.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed Jul 18, 2007 @ 4:47am neoform

Washington Post -- Al-Qaeda has reestablished its central organization, training infrastructure and lines of global communication over the past two years, putting the United States in a "heightened threat environment" despite expanded worldwide counterterrorism efforts, acc.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sun Jul 8, 2007 @ 3:52am neoform

BBC News -- The battle against the terror threat posed to the UK could last for 15 years, the new security minister has told the Sunday Telegraph. Former navy chief Admiral Sir Alan West said the UK was fighting a "disparate core" of people, primarily based abroad.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sun Jul 1, 2007 @ 11:21am neoform

BBC News -- Britain will not yield despite a sustained threat from people associated with al-Qaeda, Gordon Brown has said after three terror attacks in the UK. The prime minister was speaking after a burning car driven into Glasgow Airport on Saturday was linked t.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 9:56am neoform

Al Jazeera -- Washington plans to place a radar system in the Czech Republic and interceptor missiles in neighbouring Poland, in an attempt, according to Washington to counter a potential threat from Iran and North Korea. In an earlier interview, published by the I.. Read More

CONFLICTS / OPINION Thu Mar 1, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

Alter Net -- It's official: A new report shows that the U.S. has made the world more dangerous -- not just for Americans, but for everyone. Innocent people across the world are now paying the price of the "Iraq effect," with the loss of hundreds of lives directly l.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Feb 27, 2007 @ 10:55pm neoform

CBS News -- The United States and the Iraqi government are launching a new diplomatic initiative to invite Iran and Syria to a "neighbors meeting" on stabilizing Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday. "We hope that all governments seize this oppor.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sat Feb 3, 2007 @ 11:57am neoform

Canada.com -- Canada's spy master, of all people, is warning that excessive government secrecy and draconian counterterrorism measures will only play into the hands of terrorists... Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Oct 16, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- Baghdad has called for "urgent negotiations" over Turkey's threat to carry out cross-border raids against Kurdish rebels. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has called an urgent cabinet meeting to discuss the crisis. "The Iraqi government calls on th.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Sep 18, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed fears over the threat of war in Iran after talks with his French counterpart, Bernard Kouchner. Iran's nuclear programme is topping the agenda of their meeting in Moscow. On Sunday, Mr Kouchner ra.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Sep 11, 2007 @ 4:34pm neoform

CNN -- A U.S. Air Force base in Germany received a bomb threat hours before the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, military officials said. Military police have stepped up security and are taking a closer look at cars and trucks entering the Spangdahlem Air.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sat Sep 8, 2007 @ 1:44pm neoform

BBC News -- Pakistan's airports have been placed on highest alert, with the threat of a terror attack imminent, officials say. The government has also banned gatherings of five or more people near Rawalpindi's international airport. The moves come days before e.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sun Jul 8, 2007 @ 3:52am neoform

Al Jazeera -- This alert level indicates a serious threat of terrorist action and requires the extreme mobilisation of the security organs," the interior ministry said. It cited "reliable intelligence information" but gave no details about any specific attack threat.S.. Read More

CONFLICTS / OPINION Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 4:51pm neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Britain was braced last night for a fresh wave of terrorist attacks as the national threat level was raised to 'critical' following an attempted car bombing of Glasgow airport. Just four days into his premiership, Gordon Brown was dealing with the most.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 11:10am neoform

BBC News -- Somalia has overtaken Iraq as the world's most dangerous country for minority groups, a study has found. Sudan, Afghanistan and Burma followed in the global survey by the Minority Rights Group International (MRG). It alleges the US ignored abuses of.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Mar 1, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

Reuters -- A bomb threat against the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Thursday was conveyed to authorities by a pair of cell phone text messages signed, "al Qaeda," local officials said. "We received an SMS at 11:22 (0422 GMT) saying, 'We will blow up the U.S. embassy.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Feb 27, 2007 @ 2:00pm mrmdc

Time -- A suicide bomber detonated himself outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan this morning, less than 24 hours after U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived to discuss mounting Taliban activity with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. While Cheney.. Read More

CONFLICTS / OPINION Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 8:26am neoform

New York Times -- By now we can too readily imagine the horror of terrorists exploding a nuclear weapon in a major American city: the gutted skyscrapers, the melted cars, the charred bodies. For Sam Nunn, however, a new terror begins the day after. That’s when the wo.. Read More