Bombs easily sneaked past government guards at high security US government buildings

October 5th, 2009 PARIS - Suicide bombers associated with Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network have begun carrying bombs inside their bodies in the form of suppositories to circumvent strict security controls, the French daily Le Figaro reported Monday. Citing information supplied by the newly formed French anti-terrorist service DCRI, the report highlighted a recent assassination attempt in Saudi Arabia in which the terrorist carried the bomb within his body.

September 22nd, 2009 Feds issue security bulletins on stadiums, hotelsWASHINGTON — Counterterrorism officials have issued security bulletins about terrorist interest in attacking sports stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels. The FBI and Homeland Security Department sent two bulletins Monday to police around the country, saying they know of no specific plots against such sites.

September 7th, 2009 ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is setting up a joint public-private ownership company to provide security services for ministries, government buildings and vital installations in the country, WAM news agency reported Monday. An agreement between the Services Privatisation Group of the UAE interior ministry and PTI, an international company in the field of security protection, for establishment of the joint company was signed Monday.

September 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Eight security guards at the US embassy in Kabul have been fired in a hazing scandal and two others have resigned, the US State Department said Friday. The State Department has asked the ArmorGroup, the private firm that employed the guards under a contract to protect the embassy, to replace its senior management team in Kabul, spokesman Ian Kelly said.

August 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Sunday the security forces will continue their offensives against the Taliban during the holy month of Ramadan, the Online news agency reported. "We are not interested in a ceasefire," Malik said.

August 20th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Ten police and military officers are being held for questioning in Wednesday's coordinated attacks in central Baghdad, which left around 100 dead and 1,200 injured, media reports said Thursday. "Security officials in Bab al-Moazzam and al-Salihiya areas have been detained and will be interrogated over the terrorist attacks that took place in their districts," said a statement from the Iraqi military's Baghdad Operations Command, published in al-Sabah daily newspaper.

August 9th, 2009 SWAT - The Swat education department has said that the Taliban has destroyed 238 out of 1,576 schools affecting more than 56,250 students in the province. The department has demanded a grant of 2,203 million rupees from the provincial government, for the reconstruction of more than 238 school destroyed by the Taliban, The Dawn reports.

July 8th, 2009 Report: Probe found weaknesses in federal securityWASHINGTON — Federal investigators had no trouble smuggling bomb-making materials past ill-trained and poorly supervised guards at federal buildings, senators were told at a hearing Wednesday. "This is the broadest indictment of a federal agency I have ever heard," Sen.

July 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Islamabad has ordered a probe into the alleged killing of a Pakistani national by the Indian security forces at the Wagah border crossing, a media report said Sunday. The Pakistani youth died after India's Border Security Force and Pakistan Rangers exchanged fire at the Wagah border Saturday night, the Online news agency reported.

June 20th, 2009 LAHORE - The Lahore Commissioner, Khusro Pervaiz, has warned that the militants could target some strategically important buildings in the city. Pervaiz said that the terrorists are on the look out for the right opportunity to carry out terror strikes on the offices of law-enforcement agencies and top hotels located here.

June 11th, 2009 Clinton condemns Holocaust museum shooterWASHINGTON — A union official says he requested that U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum guards be equipped with protective vests during contract negotiations two years ago, but they were never issued.

June 11th, 2009 Holocaust museum: security training stopped attackWASHINGTON — The director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says their security training helped save lives when guards quickly shot an elderly gunman who opened fire with a rifle.

June 11th, 2009 Official wanted vests for Holocaust museum guardsWASHINGTON — A union official says he asked for protective vests for guards at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum two years ago, but they never got them.

June 10th, 2009 Contractor oversees security guards in AfghanistanWASHINGTON — A major security contractor is running an office overseeing armed guards in Afghanistan, a situation at odds with the Pentagon's claim that military officers would be in charge of such sensitive work. A new report on wartime spending to be made public Wednesday at a congressional hearing says the contractor, Aegis Defense Services, has operated with limited U.S.

April 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Movie star Zac Efron has found a new way to get rid of paparazzi - he bribes security guards to let him hide in Hollywood studios. The 21-year-old actor has become among the top targets for Los Angeles' intrepid tabloid photographers, who stalk his every move.