India preparing to fight limited conflict with China: US official (Lead)
February 1st, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) The Indian military is strengthening its forces in preparation to "fight a limited conflict" with China, said a top US intelligence official who added that ... Read more...
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India preparing to fight limited conflict with China: US official (Lead)
February 1st, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) The Indian military is strengthening its forces in preparation to "fight a limited conflict" with China, said a top US intelligence official who added that ... Read more...
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Iran still undecided on nuclear bomb: US intelligence chief
February 1st, 2012 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) The US intelligence chief said Tuesday that Iran is still undecided on whether to make a nuclear bomb though it has the ability."There is dissension ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda weaker but still committed: US intelligence chiefs
September 14th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) Ten years after 9/11, the Al Qaeda is weaker and the US intelligence community more effective, according to top intelligence officials who also caution that ... Read more...
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US Senate confirms Panetta as defense secretary
June 22nd, 2011 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 22 (IANS/EFE) The US Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to confirm CIA Director Leon E. Panetta as the next secretary of defense, replacing Robert Gates.Panetta, who last week ... Read more...
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ISI arrested CIA informants in Osama raid: NYT
June 15th, 2011 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 15 (IANS) Pakistan's spy agency has arrested some Pakistani informants who fed information to the US Central Intelligence Agency before the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout deep ... Read more...
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CIA chief meets Kayani, ISI chief
June 11th, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 11 (IANS) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Leon Panetta has held meetings here with Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief ... Read more...
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Only a naked Osama would have been spared the bullet
May 5th, 2011 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 5 (IANS) Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, who was killed by US Navy Seals in a commando strike earlier this week in Pakistan, might only have been ... Read more...
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Pakistan must come clean on Osama killing: Daily (Lead)
May 5th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 5 (IANS) Pakistan must "come clean" over the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by US commandos in Abbottabad, a daily said Thursday, warning that ... Read more...
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Pak-born Qaeda suspect revealed name of Osama’s key courier
May 5th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 5 (ANI): The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) subjected a Pakistan-born Al Qaeda suspect to harsh interrogation techniques in a secret prison in Poland to get the name of the mysterious ... Read more...
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Pakistan must come clean over Osama killing, says daily
May 5th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 5 (IANS) Pakistan must "come clean" over the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by US forces in Abbottabad, a daily said Thursday, warning that ... Read more...
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We won’t trot out Osama photos as trophies: Obama (Lead)
May 5th, 2011 - 3:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 5 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has decided not to release photos of killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's body saying, "We don't trot out this ... Read more...
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Osama death photos will not be released: Obama
May 5th, 2011 - 2:03 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 5 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has decided not to release photos of killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's body, the White House announced Wednesday."We don't ... Read more...
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US revises story of Osama’s killing; says he was not armed
May 4th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 4 (IANS) Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was not armed, but put up resistance during the US raid, US officials say offering a revised narrative about the ... Read more...
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Pakistan ‘involved or incompetent’, says furious US (Roundup)
May 4th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington/New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Two days after Osama bin Laden's dramatic killing, the US Wednesday described its ties with Islamabad as "complicated" with the CIA chief saying that Pakistan ... Read more...
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Pakistan either incompetent or involved: CIA chief
May 4th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 4 (IANS) CIA Director Leon Panetta has told US lawmakers that Washington is trying to get to the bottom of Pakistan's "troubling" role in its professed ignorance about ... Read more...
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Security stepped up for Obama’s UK visit, Queen’s Ireland trip
May 4th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 4 (ANI): The security for President Barack Obama's visit to the UK and the Queen's Ireland trip has been beefed up following Osama bin Laden's death.The Queen's armour-plated car ... Read more...
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Surrender of Osama only possible if he was naked, says US official
May 4th, 2011 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): A senior congressional aide has revealed that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden would have been allowed to surrender only if he was naked.Briefing media on the rules ... Read more...
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Bin Laden mission was a big gamble for Obama: official
May 4th, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): The mission that led to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's death was one of the toughest decisions US President Barack Obama has ever had to make, according ... Read more...
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US will “ultimately” release pictures of bin-Laden’s body
May 4th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta has said the Obama administration will "ultimately" release photographs of Osama bin-Laden's body despite claims by the White House clams that ... Read more...
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Obama didn’t see bin-Laden die: CIA Director Panetta
May 4th, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): CIA Director Leon Panetta has said that US President Barack Obama did not see Osama bin Laden getting gunned down, but came to know that he was ... Read more...
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Obama, others’ went through ‘anxiety-filled periods’ watching Osama getting killed
May 3rd, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): US President Barack Obama and other officials assembled in the White House to watch the live video of the combat operation that killed Osama bin-Laden in his ... Read more...
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When ‘Geronimo EKIA’ meant: ‘We got him’ (Lead)
May 3rd, 2011 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 3 (IANS) "Geronimo EKIA" - that was the cryptic code message from Pakistan that US President Barack Obama and his advisers gathered in the Situation Room of ... Read more...
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Geronimo EKA: Magic words that Obama was waiting to hear
May 3rd, 2011 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 3 (IANS) "Geronimo EKIA." That was the terse message that US President Barack Obama was tensely waiting to hear.It meant that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden ... Read more...
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Tracking of couriers provided tip to Osama’s Pak location
May 2nd, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 2 (ANI): An exhaustive streak of intelligence gathering and high-level meetings notwithstanding, it was a tip received in August last year convinced the American establishment that they had what ... Read more...
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Musharraf says he would not have allowed US operation to kill Osama
May 2nd, 2011 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 2(ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Monday said the United States had violated Pakistan's sovereignty by sending in Special Forces to kill Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.US ... Read more...
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Osama death: Pak says raid ‘in accordance with declared US policy’
May 2nd, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 2(ANI): The Pakistan government on Monday said that the operation carried out by the US to find and kill Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was conducted in accordance with ... Read more...
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TTP says Osama bin Laden alive
May 2nd, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, May 2 (ANI): Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has denied the reports that Osama Bin Laden was killed, Geo News reported.The statement came even as American officials said that the US Special ... Read more...
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Raid to kill Laden in Pak was planned to minimize collateral damage: US officials
May 2nd, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 2(ANI): The US operation to find and kill Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday was planned as an elite strike by a ... Read more...
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Petraeus’ selection as CIA chief can further strain US-Pak relations
April 30th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 30(ANI): The appointment of General David H. Petraeus as Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director could further incense relations between Islamabad and Washington, which are already strained over drone strikes in ... Read more...
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Petraeus to commence third US ‘war’ in Pakistan as CIA chief: Report
April 30th, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 30(ANI): General David H. Petraeus, who has served as commander in two wars launched by the United States after the 9/11 attacks, would effectively take command of a third- ... Read more...
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Petraeus can’t save US from defeat in Afghanistan: Jamat-e-Islami
April 30th, 2011 - 11:59 am ICT by ANI
Lahore, April 30(ANI): General David H. Petraeus, who has taken over from Leon Panetta as Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director, cannot save the United States from defeat in Afghanistan, Jamat-e-Islami chief Syed ... Read more...
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Obama nominates spy chief Panetta for US secretary of defence
April 29th, 2011 - 7:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US President Barack Obama has nominated CIA Director Leon Panetta to be the next secretary of defence replacing Robert Gates who announced ... Read more...
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Abu Dhabi prince meets Obama
April 28th, 2011 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 27 (IANS/WAM) The crown prince of Abu Dhabi and US President Barack Obama have pledged to continue their cooperation in areas of security and commerce.Sheikh Mohamed bin ... Read more...
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Obama likely to announce changes in national security team this week
April 27th, 2011 - 4:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 27 (ANI): US President Barack Obama is expected to announce changes in his national security team, including the ambassador to Afghanistan, this week.The Washington Post quoted administration officials familiar ... Read more...
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