yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/25/2009
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For years now, liberals have had to put up with basic points about the value of not doing stuff that’s hugely unpopular around the world caricatured as the idea that if we just act nicer, al-Qaeda leaders will lay down their arms. The reality, as Joby Warrick reports for The Washington ...
google.com - 1/24/2009
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3 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP) Two men released
from the US "war on terror" prison at Guantanamo...
Bay, Cuba have appeared in a video posted on a jihadist website, the SITE monitoring service reported. One of the two former inmates, a Saudi man ...
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AFP: Two ex-Guantanamo inmates appear in Al-Qaeda video
washingtonmonthly.com - 1/25/2009
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There Are No Files From the Washington Post:
"President Obama's plans to expeditiously determine the fates of...
about 245 terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and quickly close the military prison there were set back last week when incoming...
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There Are No Files
washingtonpost.com - 1/25/2009
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Effort Hints at Group's Consternation By Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, January 25, 2009; A01...
Soon after the November election, al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader took stock of America's new president-elect and dismissed him with an insulting ...
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To Combat Obama, Al-Qaeda Hurls Insults
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In a week Obama magically reduces al Qaeda to only hurling insults
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I get a hoot out of things like this. Matt Yglesias: For years now, liberals have had to put up with basic points about the value of not doing stuff that’s hugely unpopular around the world caricatured as the idea that if we just act nicer, al-Qaeda leaders will lay down their arms. The reality, as Joby Warrick reports for The Washington Post is that when American leadership is popular and respect, al-Qaeda keeps on keeping on. But they have a much harder time getting anyone to follow them: The torrent of hateful words ...
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