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Military officials imposed the ban in mid-July after receiving what they called "credible allegations" that some detainees had been mistreated while in the custody of Gen. Abdul Razziq's forces. ❋ Dion Nissenbaum (2011)

Officials have been warning of a potential attack on German soil for months, citing what they described as credible intelligence that terrorists were considering an assault on a major landmark such as the Reichstag, the federal parliament building in Berlin. ❋ David Crawford (2011)

At a hastily called press conference at the headquarters of the New York Police Department, authorities in New York City offered little detail into what they called a credible terrorist threat received Thursday, as the city nears a large scale commemoration of 9/11. ❋ Tamer El-Ghobashy (2011)

The UN spokesman says the Stabilization Mission will continue to help the electoral commission achieve what he calls a credible vote. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Last week the State Department felt obliged to call U.S. ambassador Robert Ford home from Damascus after receiving what it called "credible threats against his personal safety." ❋ Unknown (2011)

State police first went to the site in early June, following up on what they called a credible lead. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Because they believe that if they are going to send more troops into Afghanistan, as the White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, said this weekend, you have to be dealing with what he called a credible partner over there. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Catholic commission said Sunday it compiled what it called credible witness reports of "systematic violence in the form of assaults, murders, torture, abductions and wanton destruction of property against innocent civilians whose alleged crime is to have voted wrongly." ❋ Unknown (2008)

The International Committee of the Red Cross documented what it called credible information about U.S. personnel disrespecting or mishandling Korans at the Guantanamo detention facility and pointed it out to the Pentagon in confidential reports during 2002 and early 2003, an ICRC spokesman said Wednesday. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Oh, please: The Stephen Harper government didn't know that the Canadian military had stopped handing over Afghan detainees last fall, after Canadian monitors found what they called a credible allegation of torture? ❋ Unknown (2008)

BARBARA STARR, CNN, PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, Fred, what has happened is the U.S. military has now issued an official statement warning the people of Baghdad that they have uncovered, the military and Iraqi forces, what they call credible information that a number of Al Qaeda and Iraq terrorists have entered Baghdad in recent days and are planning to carry out a series of new attacks. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Other humanitarian aid organizations also tightened up their own security in response to what they described as credible terrorist threats. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He cites what he calls credible reports that four government agencies had their work on global warming suppressed. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The men were caught just hours after intelligence agents received what they called credible warnings that a suicide bomber infiltrated Israel from the West Bank. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Police found a suspicious package at a Birmingham hotel, but they determined that it was not what they called a credible device. ❋ Unknown (2005)

BLITZER: According to the Associated Press, Congressman Peter King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is saying that he has been told that there has been what he calls a credible security threat, that's a quote, credible security threat, that he has been told this in a conversation he had with the New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. ❋ Unknown (2005)

City officials citing what they call credible terror threats in the coming days. ❋ Unknown (2005)

They found a suspicious package but later determined it was not what they called a credible explosive device. ❋ Unknown (2005)

They found a suspicious package but later determined that it was not what they call a credible explosive device. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The new violence comes as the U.S. embassy in Lebanon says it has what it calls credible evidence that missing Marine Wassef Hassoun is now in that country. ❋ Unknown (2004)