US Closes Facilities in South Africa Over Security Concerns
September 22, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under World Report
South Africa’s top crime fighter says police are in control of the situation after the United States closed all its facilities in the country on security concerns. Police Commissioner Bheki Cele told a media briefing in Cape Town the national police service is working closely with the US Embassy after all US facilities were closed Tuesday.
“Our intelligence has had meetings…with American personnel…and we are working on it. It happen[ed] [a] few hours, less than 24 [hours ago]. There are things that have happened, there are things that are happening and we are in constant contact with them, so we cannot begin to release, what have we done, and what is happening, as we are seated here,” Cele said.
Taliban Claims Responsibility For Massive Blast In Kabul
August 15, 2009 by national
Filed under World Report
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a large suicide car bomb that detonated on Saturday in the heart of the Afghan capital’s most secure neighborhood just five days before an election the Islamist group has vowed to disrupt.
Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry said at least four people were killed and 91 wounded in the blast, which hit outside the sprawling headquarters of the NATO-led international force, near the U.S. embassy, in Kabul.
Yemen – US Embassy Terror Attack Leaves Several Dead, Injured
September 17, 2008 by national
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Islamist militants attacked the US embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa with a car bomb and rockets on Wednesday, leaving 16 people dead, in the second strike on the high-security compound in six months.
No American personnel were reported injured. Read more
Karachi – Suspicious Envelopes Containing White Powder Delivered To US Embassy
September 7, 2008 by national
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The US embassy in the federal capital and its consulate in Karachi have received suspicious envelopes containing an unidentified white color substance, sparking a security alert, according to embassy and other security officials on Sunday.
The officials told The Post that the embassy received a packet by mail containing an unidentified substance. Embassy spokesman Lou Fintor confirmed that the embassy had received a mysterious envelop as well. Read more
