longwarjournal.org - 12/28/2008
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Taliban suicide bombers struck on both sides of the Durand Line, killing 51 and wounding score more in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The suicide attack in Pakistan took place in the settled district of Buner in the insurgency-infested Northwest Frontier Province. A suicide bomber detonated his ...
longwarjournal.org - 12/30/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
NATO's vital supply link through the Northwest Frontier
Province has been shut down as the Pakistani military
launched an operation to clear the Taliban from the area. "Supplies to NATO forces have temporarily been suspended," Tariq Hayat Khan, ...
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Pakistan shuts down NATO supply line through Khyber Pass
attackerman.firedoglake.com - 12/26/2008
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The portrait of 2009’s passel of counterinsurgency efforts
in Afghanistan is becoming clearer. Bolster troop levels .
Recruit tribal militias to battle extremists , in a second-time-as-farce version of Iraq’s Anbar Awakening. Mitigate increasing ...
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She Said You Couldn’t Stay Up
foxnews.com - 12/28/2008
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foxnews.com —
First lady Laura Bush said she was offended
by the recent "assault" on her husband, who had
two shoes thrown at him during a recent visit to Iraq. At the same time, however, she said the assault shows that Iraqis feel a lot freer than they did before. ...
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First Lady: Shoe 'Assault' Shows Freedom in Iraq - ...
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Bill Roggio: Taliban suicide bomber strike in Pakistan, Afghanistan
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... Operations Iraqi Province Control Bookshelf News Blogs & New Media American Forces Press Service MNF Iraq US CENTCOM Support the Troops Calendar Link to TVC Contact Congress Bill Roggio: Taliban suicide bomber strike in Pakistan, Afghanistan Print E-mail Sunday, 28 December 2008 Attack at school in Buner kills 35 civilians; 14 children, two policeman killed Khost attack. read read full story from Bill Roggio Next > [ Back ] ...
Taliban Target Children, Caught On Video
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... Yesterday the Taliban conducted a heinous suicide attack in the eastern Afghan province of Khost. A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives outside of a government center just as a group of school children was passing by. A U.S. military surveillance camera captured the bombing, and the Department of Defense released the tape to the Associated Press. ...
Taliban Continue Bloody Trail Through Swat; Islamabad Shrugs
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... . Beheadings and lynchings. Suicide bombings . The region used to have 1.5 million people. It's been depopulated by a third. The Swat Valley is now 80% under Taliban control. Islamabad seems to think this is an acceptable situation. They'd much rather focus on India than their own domestic problems, which have been festering for years. The ...
Video: Jihadi car bomber liberates Afghanistan from 14 schoolchildren
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... Via Roggio, supplying the grim details . The car approaches in the distance; the kids are walking along the wall in the lower right of the frame. Watch as he very patiently weaves his way through barriers to get to them. I wonder if he saw them as a target of opportunity or if this was part of the new ...
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