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Pakistan army claims gains near Afghan border

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Doubts linger on whether militants have slipped away to regroup for attack

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Afghanistan's Insurgency Now Stronger Than Ever As Insurgents Use Children As Weapons

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

(CBS News) The war President-elect Barack Obama is inheriting in Afghanistan includes an insurgency that's stronger than ever. And it's creeping ever-closer to the Afghan capital. In a video obtained by CBS News, a U.S. convoy is attacked less than 20 miles from Kabul. "I think in Afghanistan, ...

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TV Review: HBO’s “Terror In Mumbai” (Six Stars out of Five..)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:09:07 +0000

There’s the cliched phrase: “It’s like watching a train wreck.” In “Terror in Mumbai,” which airs tonight 8 pm ET/PT on HBO, you get to see what no documentary has seen before: a “360 degree view” of a multi-pronged terrorist act,” seen ...

tsteels2 posted 41 hours ago from themoderatevoice.com

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A Look at the President's Meetings on Afghanistan and Pakistan

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:50:28 +0000

Tomorrow President Obama will sit down for his eighth strategy meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Over the course of the past two months the President has met with different combinations of his National Security team to decide on a new strategy going forward in the region.

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Why is Bush selling F-16s to Pakistan?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:10:59 +0000

With his decision last week to sell F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan , President Bush returns to a dangerous game of self-deception that hasn't been seen at this level of risk since Richard Nixon was in the White House. The deal involves a mere couple of dozen F-16s, but it opens up three avenues ...

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Canadian terror suspect... ran an immigration service!

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:19:04 +0000

Brian Lilley has the delightful details: A Canadian citizen, originally from Pakistan, now sits in an Illinois jail and faces accusations that he was involved in two Islamist plots on opposite sides of the world. The case of Tahawwur Hussain Rana spans five countries, two plots and ...

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US airstrike kills 4 Taliban in North Waziristan

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:34:04 +0000

The US has killed four Taliban fighters in just the second airstrike in Pakistan's tribal areas this month. Unmanned aircraft, likely remotely piloted Predator or Reaper drones, hit a Taliban compound in the village of Shanakhora , which lies six miles west of Miramshah in North Waziristan, ...

Victory Caucus -- All Content found this 2 days ago on longwarjournal.org

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A Diplomatic Surge in Pakistan

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:25:46 +0000

Guest post by Ziad Haider Ziad Haider is an MPA/JD candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School and Georgetown Law, and a Truman National Security Fellow. He conducted field research on governance in FATA with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in the summer of 2008 and previously worked as ...

tsteels2 posted 4 days ago from themoderatevoice.com

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Sarah Palin: President Obama Is Dithering With Decision on Afghanistan

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:28:36 +0000

“His plan comes up short. There’s not enough troops, not enough resources and not enough urgency. What President Bush and Senator McCain don’t understand is that the central front in the War on Terror is not in Iraq and never was. The central front is in Afghanistan and Pakistan where the ...

Moonbat Patrol found this 3 days ago on gatewaypundit.firstthings.com

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You can't ignore the role of radical Islam

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:46:00 +0000

As dozens of talking heads descended on CNN and FOX TV to give their opinions on the Fort Hood massacre last week, no one seemed to notice the significance of the attire that suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan was wearing the morning of the killings. It was captured on a store surveillance video as Maj. ...

Israel Matzav found this 9 days ago on ottawacitizen.com

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Hillary Clinton Atlantic Council Speech

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:44:34 +0000

Council Highlights Chuck Hagel New Co-Chair of President's Intelligence Advisory Board More Info Listening to Allies in Afghanistan Robert Hunter and Leo Michel published an editorial in the Los Angeles Times entitled "Keeping our allies on our side in Afghanistan." They argue that the U.S. must ...

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US and Pakistani Distrust, Palestinian End-Around

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:46:00 +0000

Helene Cooper Jonathan Turley David Ignatius Frank Rich "Among the cherished prerogatives of members of Congress is the right to second-guess." - David Ignatius “Do you want Americans fighting and dying for the Karzai regime?” - Matthew Hoh A few days ago I had a link to the ...

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'26/11 trial will go on despite Kasab's confession'

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:48:07 +0000

MUMBAI: The 26/11 terror attack trial may not conclude soon despite the confession by prime accused Mohammed Ajmal Kasab in the court as he has only "partially" admitted to his guilt, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said here on Tuesday. Also, there are many other important aspects of ...

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Fort Hood shootings suspect may have wired money to Pakistan

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:36:03 +0000

09:05 AM CST on Thursday, November 12, 2009 By DAVE MICHAELS / The Dallas Morning News dmichaels@dallasnews.com WASHINGTON – Authorities have been examining whether Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Malik Hasan wired money to Pakistan in recent months, an action that one senior lawmaker said ...

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Uh-oh: Nidal Hasan may have wired money to Pakistan

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:08:39 +0000

Now this is going to be game changer, if found to be true: WASHINGTON – Authorities have been examining whether Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Malik Hasan wired money to Pakistan in recent months, an action that one senior lawmaker said would raise serious questions about Hasan’s ...

Patrick Adkins posted 8 days ago from politicalbyline.com

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Suicide bomber kills four in Peshawar

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:09:52 +0000

A suicide bomber killed four Pakistanis while targeting a police station in the latest strike in Peshawar. The took place in a crowded area of Badhaber, a suburb of Peshawar. The blast leveled a mosque, damaged a boys' school, and collapsed a wall of the police station. One child was ...

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Pakistan Rehearses Its Two-Step on Airstrikes

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:01:05 +0000

Diplomatic Partners From left, Adm. Mike Mullen, Joint Chiefs chairman; Richard C. Holbrooke, special envoy; Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Pakistan last week.

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Cuba's International Cooperation in Health: An Overview

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:42:32 +0000

In the first years after Cuba's 1959 revolution, the island's new government provided international medical assistance to countries affected by natural disasters or armed conflicts. Step by step, a more structural complementary program for international collaboration was put in place. The relief ...

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Defining Terrorism Down

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:15:07 +0000

Writing about the Ft. Hood massacre, one of Jonah Goldberg's readers offers the following: "I would say that an act which is unexpected and carried out with the intention to kill indiscriminately for the sole purpose of punishing those who do not hold your beliefs is an Islamic terrorist ...

Opinionator found this 11 days ago on motherjones.com

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Afghanistan Strategists Turn Focus to Pakistan

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:35:48 +0000

WASHINGTON The Obama administration is stepping up pressure on Pakistan to expand and reorient its fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, warning that failing to do so would undercut the new strategy and troop increase for Afghanistan that President Obama is preparing to approve, American ...

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