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Rdan No Sweat adds another facet to the
crisis in Dubai...mobility of labor and wages. I cannot...
imagine what conditions are like to produce a strike in this city. If the players default in high finance, do they go to debtors' prison like most everyone else? An estimated 700,000 Asians, ...
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Dubai's work force...a side note on current events
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longwarjournal.org - 45 hours ago
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Eight South Waziristan Taliban commanders, pictured in a
wanted poster: 1. Hakeemullah Mehsud, 2. Waliur Rehman Mehsud,...
3. Qari Hussain Mehsud, 4. Azam Tariq, 5. Maulvi Azmatullah, 6. Mufti Noor Wali, 7. Asmatullah Bhittani, 8. Mohammad ...
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Pakistan captures wanted South Waziristan Taliban commander
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Fort Hood "Not a Terrorist" Sent Money to Terorist Group?
88 minutes ago at The Jawa Report
Obama refuses to sign landmine treaty
7 hours ago at Corrente
Let Them Eat Patty Cake
15 hours ago at Antiwar.com Original
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sfgate.com - 3 days ago
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State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Tuesday that
the administration recently completed a review and decided not...
to change the Bush-era policy. "We decided that our land mine policy remains in effect," he said. More than 150 countries have agreed ...
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Obama administration will not sign land mine ban
gatewaypundit.firstthings.com - 3 days ago
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Barack Obama has now played more golf than
George W. Bush did in two terms in office....
But he’s still dithering on whether or not to support the US troops in Afghanistan. The Wall Street Journal reported: Barack Obama has now played 25 ...
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Obama Has Now Played 25 Rounds of Golf- More Than ...
online.wsj.com - 3 days ago
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Barack Obama welcomed Manmohan Singh to the White
House, opening an elaborate state visit that will include...
talks designed to overcome differences on climate change and U.S. ties with Indian rivals China and Pakistan.
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Obama Welcomes India Prime Minister
ottawacitizen.com - 3 days ago
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The fast-moving international case against a Pakistani-Canadian businessman
charged with plotting a terror attack in Denmark and...
suspected of others in India moved into Pakistan on Monday night with news of the capture of another suspect. Illyas ...
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New suspect linked to cartoon plot
blogs.tampabay.com - 4 days ago
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EDITOR'S NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT Text by Jim Verhulst,
Times' Perspective editor | Photos by Emilio Morenatti, Associated...
Press We typically think of terrorism as a political act. But sometimes it’s very personal. It wasn’t a government or a guerrilla ...
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Terrorism that's personal (12 images)
thecrimson.com - 4 days ago
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It has been almost three months since General
McChrystal reported to Obama that U.S. efforts in Afghanistan...
would fail if 40,000 additional troops were not deployed there. McChrystal’s experience as the commander of the military’s clandestine service ...
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Troop Surge in Afghanistan
politico.com - 4 days ago
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Following an unusual nighttime meeting in the Situation Room
Monday, President Barack Obama has finished debating the Afghanistan/Pakistan...
policy with his advisers and will announce a decision shortly, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs ...
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Obama set to decide AfPak, 'cost...a concern'
thenation.com - 4 days ago
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At a covert forward operating base run by
the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the...
Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted ...
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Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan
act.credoaction.com - 4 days ago
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Despite over $1 trillion in costs and the
majority of Americans opposing escalation, President Obama continues to...
move towards increased military action in Afghanistan. Now is the time to stand firm and show your support in winding down troop levels ...
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Tell Obama: End the war in Afghanistan.
themoderatevoice.com - 4 days ago
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Most of us fail to grasp the enormity
of trillions of dollars, let alone billions, so let’s...
just throw the numbers out the window and for the sake of argument concede we’ll never pay back what we as a nation owe in our lifetimes or those of future generations. Instead, let’s ...
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A Pace We Can Ill Afford
longwarjournal.org - 4 days ago
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View Larger Map Members of a Tajik military
unit that turned against the government a decade ago...
have have joined the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and al Qaeda. An unknown number of fighters who were loyal to rebel leader Mahmud ...
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Tajik rebels join al Qaeda
thehill.com - 4 days ago
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President Barack Obama will huddle with his national
security team Monday evening to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan....
The White House updated the president's schedule Monday morning to reflect a meeting with national security principals in the Obama ...
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Obama to huddle with national security team on Afghanistan
themoderatevoice.com - 5 days ago
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WASHINGTON — When there is no good solution
to a problem, a president has three options. One...
is to avoid the problem. The second is to pick the least bad of the available options. The third is to mix and match among the proposed solutions and minimize the long-term damage any decision ...
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Obama’s Third Afghan Way (Guest Voice)
blackfive.net - 5 days ago
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ThreatsWatch has a scary bit of intel that
needs to be confirmed or blown out of the...
water. It comes to our attention that the MEMRI Blog highlights an article from the Saudi _ al-Watan _ in Arabic that - according to an Afghan source - the United ...
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Eikenberry working on a surrender to the Taliban?
csmonitor.com - 5 days ago
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Pakistan contradicts US Gen. McChrystal's strategy of pulling
back from Afghanistan borders, and disagrees with the strategy...
of a surge to defeat the Taliban. By Saeed Shah | McClatchy Newspapers from the November 22, 2009 edition Islamabad, Pakistan ...
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Pakistan to US: Don't surge in Afghanistan, talk to Taliban
nytimes.com - 5 days ago
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NEW YORK Sales of military weapons by U.S.
contractors to foreign governments doubled in the past year,...
as countries including Pakistan, Australia and Greece stepped up purchases of armaments and the U.S. government loosened policies to allow more ...
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U.S. arms sales overseas double
france24.com - 6 days ago
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AFP - Archaeologists warn that the Taliban are
destroying Pakistan's ancient Gandhara heritage and rich Buddhist legacy...
as pilgrimage and foreign research dries up in the country's northwest. "Militants are the enemies of culture," said Abdul Nasir ...
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Taliban suffocate Pakistan Buddhist heritage
notesfromagrumpyoldman.blogspot.com - 6 days ago
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William Greider Kathleen Parker Heather Sharp "Members of
Congress who bailed out the bankers with public money...
are quite terrified of voter retribution in the next election." - William Greider "And we're supposed to defend/feel sorry for/protect Sarah from . . . what? Wild ...
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Guantanamo's Evil Twin, Facing Divorce with Pakistan, ...
msnbc.msn.com - 8 days ago
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Doubts linger on whether militants have slipped away
to regroup for attack...
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Pakistan army claims gains near Afghan border
wcbstv.com - 8 days ago
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(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 ...
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Afghanistan's Insurgency Now Stronger Than Ever As ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 8 days ago
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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 ...
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A Look at the President's Meetings on Afghanistan and ...
themoderatevoice.com - 9 days ago
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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 ...
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TV Review: HBO’s “Terror In Mumbai” (Six Stars out of ...
slate.com - 9 days ago
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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 ...
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Why is Bush selling F-16s to Pakistan?
feedproxy.google.com - 10 days ago
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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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Canadian terror suspect... ran an immigration service!
longwarjournal.org - 10 days ago
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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 ...
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US airstrike kills 4 Taliban in North Waziristan
gatewaypundit.firstthings.com - 10 days ago
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“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 ...
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Sarah Palin: President Obama Is Dithering With Decision ...
longwarjournal.org - 11 days ago
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Hakeemullah Mehsud, left. AFP photo. The Pakistani military
pounded Taliban strongholds in the tribal agency of Arakzai,...
a region where Taliban leaders from South Waziristan have regrouped. Pakistani Air Force fighter-bombers, ...
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Pakistani military hits Taliban in Arakzai
themoderatevoice.com - 12 days ago
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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 ...
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A Diplomatic Surge in Pakistan
trumanproject.org - 12 days ago
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Ziad Haider is a Juris Doctor and Masterin
Public Policy candidate at the Georgetown University Law Center...
and HarvardKennedy School. He was Foreign Policy Advisor to US Senator Christopher J. Doddand Professional Staff on the House Committee on ...
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Truman National Security Project
stimson.org - 12 days ago
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Back Report 57 US Crisis Management in South
Asia's Twin Peaks Crisis Polly Nayak and Michael Krepon...
September 2006 Read the Press Release Here The Twin Peaks crisis was prompted by a brazen attack by militants on the Indian Parliament building in New ...
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US Crisis Management in South Asia's Twin Peaks Crisis
atwar.blogs.nytimes.com - 12 days ago
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — As the Obama administration weighs
a shift in its military strategy in Afghanistan, it...
is also stepping up its efforts to increase aid to neighboring Pakistan. The Senate on Sept. 24 approved legislation to triple nonmilitary ...
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Pakistanis View U.S. Aid Warily
usatoday.com - 12 days ago
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Key dates for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in U.S.
custody: March 2003. Mohammed captured in Pakistan. CIA...
officers waterboard him 183 times over the next month. July 22, 2004. 9/11 Commission calls Mohammed the "principal architect" of 9/11. Sept. 6, ...
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Plans to try 9/11 suspect in NYC draw fire
longwarjournal.org - 12 days ago
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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 ...
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Suicide bomber kills four in Peshawar
notesfromagrumpyoldman.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
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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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US and Pakistani Distrust, Palestinian End-Around
commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 13 days ago
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Militants target Pakistan elders Militants have staged two
attacks against elders who have stood up to the...
Taliban in north-western Pakistan, killing one in his home, police say. A group of militants opened fire on the house of an elder in the Bajaur region around midnight, shooting him dead. ...
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To those who are in a rush to get out of Afghanistan, ...
nytimes.com - 13 days ago
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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 ...
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Afghanistan Strategists Turn Focus to Pakistan
timesofindia.indiatimes.com - 14 days ago
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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. ...
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'26/11 trial will go on despite Kasab's confession'
directorblue.blogspot.com - 14 days ago
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), the chief planner of
the 9/11 attacks, was captured in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on...
March 1, 2003. KSM was shipped to a U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where other terrorists, enemy combatants and prisoners-of-war -- most captured on the battlefield -- were ...
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They Came To Destroy America
themoderatevoice.com - 14 days ago
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As President Barack Obama deliberates — no, Dick,
he’s not “dithering” — a revised strategy and troop...
levels in Afghanistan, some people in the White House and Pentagon have loose lips and leaked some startling news this past week. If true, consider these ...
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40,000 More Troops To Fight 300 Al-Quada?
dallasnews.com - 15 days ago
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12:14 AM CST on Friday, November 13, 2009
By DAVE MICHAELS and LEE HANCOCK / The Dallas...
Morning News dmichaels@dallasnews.com lhancock@dallasnews.com An Austin congressman said Thursday that he has confirmed that Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Malik ...
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Fort Hood shooting suspect sent money to Pakistan, Texas ...
huffingtonpost.com - 15 days ago
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Authorities say seven people have
been killed and 35 wounded in a bomb blast...
outside the headquarters of Pakistan's spy agency in the northwest. The attack Friday took place in the city of Peshawar. A police ...
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Blast At Spy Agency In NW Pakistan Kills Seven
politicalbyline.com - 16 days ago
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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 ...
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Uh-oh: Nidal Hasan may have wired money to Pakistan
hotair.com - 16 days ago
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This would appear to indicate that Nidal Hasan
was something other than a loner who cracked under...
the strain of vicarious PTSD. The man who made a $90,000 annual salary but lived like a pauper may have sent money to Pakistan, according to Rep. [...] ...
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Breaking: Hasan wired money to Pakistan?
julescrittenden.com - 16 days ago
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But the man considered by some to be
a possible suspect in the incident of an as-yet...
undetermined nature that may have occured at Fort Hood last week when 13 Americans were killed by a guy yelling "Allah Akhbar" was wiring money to Pakistan. Dallas ...
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I Don’t Care Engage In Speculation At This Time …
floppingaces.net - 16 days ago
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And the evidence mounts : 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 ...
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Terrorist Hasan Sent Money To Pakistan
nytimes.com - 16 days ago
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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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Pakistan Rehearses Its Two-Step on Airstrikes
dallasnews.com - 16 days ago
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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, ...
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Fort Hood shootings suspect may have wired money to Pakistan
yidwithlid.blogspot.com - 16 days ago
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Despite the rash of information connecting Fort Hood
Jihadist Nidal Malik Hasan to terrorist entities, our POTUS...
and the mainstream media still refuse to call the shooting and act of Islamist Terror. Their version of the story is, he was upset at the ...
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Fort Hood Terrorist Wired Money to PAKISTAN?

























