State Sponsors of Terrorism

U.S. lawmakers renew call for putting N. Korea on terror list

Yonhap News AgencyJune 12, 2013 15:34

By Lee Chi-dong WASHINGTON, June 12 (Yonhap) -- A dozen conservative U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday they have sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry calling for the re-designation of North Korea as a state that sponsors terrorism. They cited what they say is the cooperation by Pyongyang with Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations, a widespread allegation that has not yet been formally confirmed.

Cuba says inclusion on U.S. terrorist list 'shameful'

Thomson ReutersMay 31, 2013 00:45

By Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - In what has become an annual ritual, the United States on Thursday kept Cuba on its list of "state sponsors of terrorism" and Havana reacted angrily, calling it a "shameful decision" based in politics, not reality. Cuba said in a statement that the U.S. government was pandering to the Cuban exile community in Miami against its own interests and the wishes of the American people.

U.S. denies considering removing Cuba from terrorism-sponsor list

Agencia EFEFebruary 26, 2013 11:22

Washington, Feb 21 (EFE).- The U.S. government on Thursday denied that it is considering removing Cuba from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, where Havana has found itself since 1982 and which has constituted one of the great obstacles to the thawing of bilateral relations.

US mulls calls to restore N. Korea to terror list

Agence France-PresseFebruary 15, 2013 16:00

The United States has not decided whether to put North Korea back on a blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism, but its status is regularly reviewed, a top US official said Friday. The comments came as the US House of Representatives Friday overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning North Korea's nuclear test earlier this week, and urging the administration to apply all available sanctions to Pyongyang. North Korea will also likely be raised in talks next week in Washington between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Barack Obama.