US.gov paints gloomy picture of overseas threats
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Kidnapping, IP fraud and cyberterror blight trading landscape It's being a difficult year for US businesses operating overseas. Targeted computer attacks in Europe, intellectual property thefts in Asia, natural disasters in Latin America, and terrorism just about everywhere were among the varied threats faced by US firms in 2007, according to a year-end analysis by the US State Department's Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC).â¦
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell tried to allay fears yesterday that thousands of Americans may have lost their lives in the Asian tsunamis, saying he did not believe ''the numbers will be anything like what some of our fellow nations have suffered over the last week."
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Top US Defense officials say President Bush&#39;s plan to reposition American military power overseas is intended to put US forces in a better position to respond to potential conflicts and the threat posed by terrorism. To do that, tens of thousands of ...
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Robert Gates, US defence secretary, on Sunday emphasised the direct threat posed to European security by extremists in and around Afghanistan in a speech reflecting growing American concerns that weak public support in Europe risked undermining Nato's mission in the country.
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OTTUMWA, Iowa  - In the snowswept American heartland, discussion of foreign policy often boils down to one word: security.
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Senior Bush administration officials sharply criticized both countries for unnecessarily inflaming tensions between each other and with the United States.
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The United States faces a range of  threats from North Korean and Iranian missiles to a Sept.  11-scale attack by Islamist militants, inspired by Osama bin  Laden and hardened by their experience in Iraq, top U.S.  intelligence officials warned on Wednesday.
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Latest setback for the Bush administration's effort to build a system for defending the country against ballistic missile attack fuels doubts about the system.
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The Department of Homeland Security remains hampered by personality conflicts, bureaucratic bottlenecks and an atmosphere of demoralization, according to officials and independent experts.
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Frictions between US diplomats and military officials add to on-the-ground woes as surge begins.
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U.S. intelligence experts painted a gloomy picture of Iraq, saying in a report seen on Friday sectarian bloodshed had surpassed the threat from al Qaeda and warning of the consequences of a rapid U.S. withdrawal.
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The war against terror was being won in Afghanistan, but the country faced a new danger that threatened the entire international community, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld warned on Wednesday.
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A U.S. intelligence report prepared  for President Bush in July offered a gloomy outlook for Iraq  through the end of 2005, with the worst scenario being a  deterioration into civil war, U.S. government officials said on  Thursday.
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International resentment of the United States has spilled over to include bad feelings for the American people, too - at least in three European countries that opposed US policies in Iraq.
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The United States expressed concern Thursday that the international community could abandon Afghanistan, cautioning that success in the insurgency-wracked nation was "not assured."
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The U.S. State Department on Thursday warned U.S. citizens of the risks of going to Zimbabwe where "state-sponsored violence" and a government crackdown have raised security concerns.
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U.S. intelligence experts painted a gloomy picture of Iraq, saying in a report seen on Friday that sectarian bloodshed had surpassed the threat from al Qaeda and warning of the consequences of a rapid U.S. withdrawal.