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Pakistan: Officials say US drones kill 8 militants

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 8th

By ISHTIAQ MAHSUDAssociated Press DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Several missiles fired from American drones slammed into a compound near the Afghan border in Pakistan early Tuesday, killing eight suspected militants, Pakistan officials said. The two intelligence officials said the compound was

Obama's CIA pick chose spycraft over priesthood

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By LARA JAKESAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - John Brennan was headed for the priesthood when, while sitting idly on a bus as a student at Fordham University in the 1970s, he stumbled on a recruiting ad for the CIA. Now, after years of poring through intelligence, trekking with Mideast

NYC terror suspect pleads not guilty

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

NEW YORK (AP) - A suspect in an alleged al-Qaida plot against the New York City subways also was part of a terror campaign that would have targeted Britain and Norway, U.S. prosecutors said. Abid Naseer pleaded not guilty Monday through his attorney, Steven Brounstein. The lawyer declined to

Infantry now shut to women; do they want it open?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 7th

By PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - If or when the Pentagon lets women become infantry troops - the country's front-line warfighters - how many women will want to? The answer is probably not many. Interviews with a dozen female soldiers and Marines showed little interest in

Pakistani officials say US drones kill 9 militants

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 6th

By ISHTIAQ MAHSUDAssociated Press DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Suspected American drones fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near the Afghan border on Sunday, killing nine Pakistani Taliban fighters, intelligence officials said. The strikes targeted the group's hideouts in

Pakistan says 1 dead in border clash with India

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 6th

By REBECCA SANTANAAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan and India traded accusations Sunday of violating the cease-fire in the disputed northern region of Kashmir, with Islamabad accusing Indian troops of a cross-border raid that killed one of its soldiers and India charging that Pakistani

Infantry now shut to women; do they want it open?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 5th

Trial begins for 2 men accused of funding Taliban

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 4th

MIAMI (AP) - An elderly Muslim cleric and his son funneled thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban to fund killings, kidnappings and suicide bombings "in the name of a perverted form of the Muslim faith," a prosecutor said Friday. That was the characterization of Assistant U.S. Attorney John

AP IMPACT: Al-Qaida carves out own country in Mali

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

By RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated Press MOPTI, Mali (AP) - Deep inside caves, in remote desert bases, in the escarpments and cliff faces of northern Mali, Islamic fighters are burrowing into the earth, erecting a formidable set of defenses to protect what has essentially become al-Qaida's new

Car bombing targeting Shiites in Pakistan kills 19

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 30th

By ABDUL SATTARAssociated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A car bomb targeting a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed 19 people in southwest Pakistan, officials and eyewitnesses said. Earlier Sunday, 21 tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in