Eric Schmitt
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 06:45
The Pentagon has sent a small team of uniformed military advisers to Somalia, the first American troops assigned there since 1993, when 18 Americans were killed in the failed “Black Hawk Down” mission.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 12:33
The director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, said Thursday that tracking Americans who have returned from Syria had become one of the bureau’s highest counterterrorism priorities.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 07:27
Mr. Menendez received a three-page letter last week from Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq responding to his concerns and received an urgent call from the State Department on Tuesday promising a further response.
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:13
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told skittish Gulf allies who gathered in Bahrain on Friday and Saturday that the United States would maintain military pressure on Iran while giving diplomacy a chance to work.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 07:35
One growing source of concern is the number of Muslims from Western countries who have gone to fight in Syria and might eventually return home and pose a terrorist threat.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 08:03
No American companies, ships or personnel would be involved under this proposal, although officials said it was possible that the American military would help provide security in the international waters where the barge would be situated.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 10:16
But experts say that ambivalent policies in Washington and Baghdad have also contributed to the rapidly deteriorating security situation.
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 09:16
The United States military carried out a missile strike against a top Shabab operative in Somalia on Monday, according to Defense Department officials, three weeks after a Navy SEAL raid in another part of the country failed to capture a senior leader of the Somali Islamic militant group.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 09:08
“This failure of governance is driving many Sunni Iraqis into the arms of Al Qaeda in Iraq and fueling the rise of violence,” the letter said.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 08:35
The United States military carried out a missile strike against a top Shabab operative in Somalia on Monday, according to Defense Department officials, three weeks after a Navy SEAL raid in another part of the country failed to capture a senior leader of the Somali Islamic militant group.