FRANCE: U.S Attorney General Eric Holder calls for continued cooperation among nations to eliminate the 'scourge' of terror

Record ID: 862150

  • Title: FRANCE: U.S Attorney General Eric Holder calls for continued cooperation among nations to eliminate the 'scourge' of terror
  • Date: 10th May 2011
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (MAY 9, 2011) (REUTERS) EXTERIORS OF THE FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTRY IN PARIS VARIOUS OF NEWS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER CLAUDE GUEANT AND U.S. ATTORNEY-GENERAL ERIC HOLDER (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER SAYING: "The United States struck a decisive blow against terrorism last week with the elimination of Osama bin Laden. But as the minister indicated, that does not mean the terrorist threat is over, that the fight against terrorism has ended. We must continue to be vigilant and we must continue to work together to fight that scourge that threatens both of our nations and all of our allies." (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER SAYING: "We are in the process of evaluating the information that we received from bin Laden's compound." PHOTOGRAPHER (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER SAYING: "And there is a huge amount of information that we are in the process of going through." NEWS VIDEO CAMERA (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER SAYING: "From computers, from hard drives, from portable information holding devices." VARIOUS NEWS CONFERENCE
  • Embargoed: 25th May 2011 13:00
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  • Location: France, France
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  • Country: France
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,International Relations
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  • Story Text: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called on nations to continue working together to combat terror saying it was a "scourge" that threatened nations.
    "The United States struck a decisive blow against terrorism last week with the elimination of Osama bin Laden. But as the minister indicated, that does not mean the terrorist threat is over, that the fight against terrorism has ended. We must continue to be vigilant and we must continue to work together to fight that scourge that threatens both of our nations and all of our allies," he told a news conference in Paris where he was due to take part in a summit of interior ministers of the Group of Eight industrialised nations called to discuss the fight against the drugs trade.
    Holder said U.S. authorities were in the process of evaluating computer equipment seized at bin Laden's compound which was attacked by special forces last week.
    "There is a huge amount of information that we are in the process of going through. From computers, from hard drives, from portable information holding devices," he added.
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