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Former Gitmo detainees help al-Qaida grow in Yemen
By News on Dec 31, 2009
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- As a prisoner at Guantanamo, Said Ali al-Shihri said he wanted freedom so he could go home to Saudi Arabia and work at his family's furniture store....
US scanners went unused at Nigeria airport
By News on Dec 31, 2009
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- The U.S. gave Nigeria four full-body scanners for its international airports in 2008 to detect explosives and drugs, but none were used on the man suspected trying to blow up a Detroit-bound flight, Nigerian officials say....
Judge dismisses all charges in Blackwater shooting
By News on Dec 31, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007....
AP sources: Suicide bomber invited on base
By News on Dec 31, 2009
Link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CIA_AFGHAN_ATTACK?SITE=JRC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched, two former U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday...Obama commends CIA employees for heroic service
By News on Dec 31, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the seven CIA employees killed by a suicide bomber on in eastern Afghanistan come from a "long line of patriots" whose courageous service has helped to thwart terrorist plots and save lives....
