AP - During a major national terrorism exercise last year in which authorities pretended "dirty bombs" had detonated, officials had problems working with radiation experts and relaying the extent of the damage to the public, according to a federal report released Thursday.
AP - The U.S. military will continue to hold Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein until it has reviewed an Iraqi order granting him amnesty from terror-related allegations, a U.S. spokesman said Thursday.
Reuters - The U.S. State Department said on
Thursday it had advised former President Jimmy Carter against
meeting the leader of Hamas in Syria next week, saying it went
against U.S. policy of isolating the militant group.
AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he expects deeper reductions in US troop levels in Iraq this year if conditions improve, and the top US military officer warned that more troops were needed in Afghanistan.
AP - Stolen and sensitive U.S. military equipment, including fighter jet parts wanted by Iran and nuclear biological protective gear, has been available to the highest bidder on popular Internet sales sites, according to congressional investigators.
AFP - US President George W. Bush on Thursday lumped Iran with the Al-Qaeda terrorist group as "two of the greatest threats to America in this new century" and said both hoped for a US defeat in Iraq.
AP - NATO's top commander said Thursday that the failure of some European countries to fight terror with military means is contributing to tensions within the alliance.
AP - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that President Bush's successor will have to come to grips with the reality that the United States cannot continue to keep such large numbers of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
AP - Iraq's prime minister got a show of support from political leaders of both Muslim sects on Thursday as he moved to isolate anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his followers.
AP - The top U.S. commander in Iraq revealed Thursday that he quietly visited several Middle East countries as part of diplomatic efforts to slow the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq.