US CENTCOM chief warns of more attacks from LeT

September 18th, 2009 TEL AVIV - Israel's National Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Bureau has issued a terror warning for India, saying a Pakistani terror group, having close links with Al-Qaeda, is planning to carry out series of strikes across the country. "A Pakistani terror organization affiliated with al-Qaida and responsible for the attacks in Mumbai last year is planning to carry out a string of attacks throughout the Indian subcontinent," the notice issued by the bureau stated.

September 17th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israel's Counter Terrorism Bureau warned Thursday night that the group of militants responsible for the Nov 26, 2008 attacks in Mumbai was planning to carry out more attacks across India, especially sites with a large concentration of Western and Israeli tourists. A statement issued by the bureau said the threat was "concrete and very high".

September 12th, 2009 LONDON - British Muslim fanatics have issued fresh warnings of impending terrorist attacks in the country and claimed that volunteers are ready to follow three British Muslims convicted of conspiring to blow up planes with bottles of explosives. Earlier, British airport security staff and police had foiled a plot to blow up airliners, and arrested three men -Abdullah Ahmed Ali, Tanvir Hussein and Assad Sarwar.

August 21st, 2009 LONDON - U.S. CENTCOM chief General David Petraeus has described British troops as the world's best, as they spectacularly hunted down al-Qaeda bombers for him while he led the victorious surge in Iraq.

August 17th, 2009 LONDON - In an astounding revelation, Al-Qaeda extremists have claimed that home-grown terrorists are plotting to attack targets in Britain. According to reports, in an internet magazine read by thousands of Islamic extremists Al-Qaeda has labeled Britain and Europe as a bigger enemy than the United States.

July 27th, 2009 US Navy warns of increased pirate activityDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy is warning of increased pirate activity off the coast of Somalia due to the advent of weather more favorable to the sea-borne criminals.

July 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor arrived Monday in the US on a week-long visit for talks with top military officials including Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. On his first visit to the US as the Indian Army chief, Gen.

May 28th, 2009 LAHORE - The US Central Command chief General David Petraeus has said that Pakistan has now realized the existential threat posed by the Taliban. In an interview to a foreign radio channel, General Petraeus said : "The four major elements of Pakistani society, the government, the opposition, the military and the civilians, realise that Pakistan must oppose and confront the Taliban, who pose a threat to the Pakistani state." He said there has been a major shift of opinion among the people of the country towards the Taliban, as they now realize that the outlawed outfit only fosters oppression.

May 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan's Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani has said that US CENTCOM chief General David Petraeus did not made any comments suggesting that the next two weeks are critical for the Pakistan Government's survival. Haqqani said that after media splashed reports about General Petraeus' comments, he had talks with the CENTCOM chief who denied giving any such statement.

May 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON -The Obama administration is pushing for a new proposal which would give the US Central Command (CENTCOM) a wartime authority to deal with Pakistan. The new proposal, if accepted by the US Congress, would give the military commanders the same total authority that they enjoy in Iraq and Afghanistan's war zones.

April 29th, 2009 Fed says it sees signs recession may be easingWASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve says it sees signs the recession may be easing but warns the economy is likely to remain weak. Against that backdrop the Fed held its key lending rate at a record low of between zero and 0.25 percent.

April 29th, 2009 Fed sees signs recession may easingWASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve says it sees signs the recession may be easing but warns the economy is likely to remain weak. Against that backdrop the Fed held its key lending rate at a record low of between zero and 0.25 percent.

April 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - General David Petraeus, the top US commander in the Middle East, has told the US Congress that Israel could take matters into its own hands vis-à-vis Iran, should that country go ahead with its plans on the nuclear front. "The Israeli government may ultimately see itself so threatened by the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapon that it would take preemptive military action to derail or delay it," The Jerusalem Post quoted General Petraeus, as saying.

March 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - While the political leadership in Pakistan is making an effort to reconcile and stabilise the country, the United States still feels that danger looms large over the country collapsing completely within the next six months. The top Advisor to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), David Kilcullen has expressed serious concern over the rising extremism in Pakistan, and said that it could prove detrimental to the world peace.

December 22nd, 2008 WASHINGTON - The US has said it takes the period of transition to the Barack Obama administration 'very seriously' and has communicated to Pakistan 'very well' about their important responsibility and role on terror. 'I think I would just say we do take the period of transition very seriously,' White House spokesman Tony Fratto said Monday when asked if the US was on high alert as terrorists may take advantage of the transition from President George Bush to president-elect Obama.