Kansas City Star | Afghan suicide bomber 'kills four CIA agents' after attacking base Times Online A suicide bomber disguised as an Afghan soldier has killed eight US civilians and wounded at least six others at a base used by the CIA, in an audacious attack that brought a bloody end to 2009. Reports in The Washington Post suggested that at least ... US searches for answers after Afghanistan blast that killed 7 CIA operatives CIA Officers Are Killed in Afghan Attack |
Telegraph.co.uk | US aware 'Nigerian' prepared for terror attack BBC News The US was aware that "a Nigerian" in Yemen was being prepared for a terrorist attack - weeks before an attempted bombing on a US plane. ABC News and the New York Times say there was intelligence to this effect, but its source is unclear. ... Obama Blames "Systemic Failures" For Plane Attack US intelligence failed to act over 'Nigerian attacker' internet chatter Obama Says US Missed 'Red Flags' on Bomb Attempt |
Reuters | Lawmakers: Fix security lapses Detroit Free Press Body scans and other enhanced security checks could become the rule rather than the exception at airports across the globe after an attempted terrorism attack in the skies over Detroit on Friday. Umar Farouk Abdulmut » |
Reuters | Family says Nigeria attacker had cut off contact Reuters ABUJA, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The family of a Nigerian man who tried to blow up a US passenger airliner said on Monday they had lost contact with him while he was studying abroad and reported his disappearance to security agencies two ... Terror screening systems criticized after attack Second Incident in Detroit a 'Non-Threat' |
Globe and Mail | 'Al-Qaeda links' suspect probed over US plane 'attack' BBC News A Nigerian reported to have links to al-Qaeda is being questioned after an attempted act of terrorism on a plane arriving in the US, officials say. They say the 23-year-old man was trying to ignite some kind of explosive device as the airliner ... Feds: Terror foiled on flight to Detroit Passengers Help Foil Attack on Detroit-Bound Plane Nigerian held in act of terror on airliner |
Reuters | Health bill's passage is just a start Philadelphia Inquirer The Senate OKd the measure in a rare Christmas Eve vote. Next, reconciliation with the House bill. By Janet Hook WASHINGTON - Senate passage of landmark health-care legislation yesterday took the Democrats' long drive to enact the biggest social-policy ... Abortion, public option still unsettled in health care bill Senate OK's Health Care Bill in Victory for Obama Health win in hand; hurdles ahead |
