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Pro-Afghan War Officials Play Up Taliban-al Qaida Ties: Analysis

Inter Press Service | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

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By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (IPS) - U.S. national security officials, concerned that President Barack Obama might be abandoning the strateg...

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French Charge 'Big Bang' Scientist

AP | NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

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PARIS — A French investigating judge has filed preliminary charges against a physicist at the world's largest atom smasher who is suspected of a...

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French Arrest Physicist At "Big Bang" Lab Because Of Al-Qaida Link

AP | ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

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GENEVA — A physicist working at the world's largest atom smasher has been arrested on suspicion of links to al-Qaida, adding to the woes of the ...

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Al-Qaeda's New Tactics Leaves Saudi Scared

washingtonpost.com | Sudarsan Raghavan | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

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The bomb was hidden inside the al-Qaeda assassin's body, and he arrived on his target's personal plane. ...

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A War of Absurdity

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

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It's time to declare victory and begin to get out of Afghanistan rather than descend deeper into an intractable civil war that we neither comprehend nor in the end will care much about.

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791 U.S. Military Deaths In Afghanistan Since Start Of War

The Associated Press | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

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As of Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at least 791 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasi...

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Al-Qaida Showing Smaller Presence In Afghanistan

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

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KABUL — Al-Qaida's role in Afghanistan has faded after eight years of war. Gone is the once-formidable network of camps and safe houses where O...

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Terry Holdbrooks: Guantanamo Bay Prison Guard Converted To Islam; Detainee Was Mentor

The Guardian | Sarfraz Manzoor | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

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Terry Holdbrooks arrived at Guant�namo detention camp in the summer of 2003 as a godless 19-year-old with a love of drinking, hard rock music and ta...

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Najibullah Zazi's Contact With Senior Al-Qaeda Officers Drew CIA's Attention

AP | LOLITA BALDOR and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE | Posted 10.06.2009 | Denver

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WASHINGTON — An Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terrorist attack in New York after receiving training in Pakistan was in contact with a s...

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Billions In U.S. Aid To Pakistan Never Reached Army, Generals Say

AP | KATHY GANNON | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The United States has long suspected that much of the billions of dollars it has sent Pakistan to battle militants has bee...

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Najibullah Zazi Case Illustrates Al Qaida On Its Way Out: Analysis

Global Post | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

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By C.M. Sennott NEW YORK -- The image of Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Afghan-born bus driver from Denver and now a terror suspect, embodies the ...

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Ayman al-Zawahri, Al Qaida No. 2, Calls Obama A "Fraud"

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 11.28.2009 | World

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CAIRO — Al-Qaida's deputy leader on Monday seized upon President Barack Obama's failure to bring about a freeze in Israeli settlement constructi...

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Tikrit Prison Break: Iraq Detains 109

AP | BUSHRA JUHI | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — More than 100 prison officials and guards have been detained after 16 prisoners, including five al-Qaida-linked inmates awaiting execu...

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Anti-U.S. Wave Hits Pakistan, Imperils Efforts

washingtonpost.com | Karen DeYoung and Pamela Constable | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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A new wave of anti-American sentiment in Pakistan has slowed the arrival of hundreds of U.S. civilian and military officials charged with implementing...

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Snake Eyes in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

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None of the credible options in Afghanistan offer real chances for rolling back the insurgent reaction to our presence or reducing terrorism against the United States.

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Tikrit Prison: Al-Qaida-Linked Inmates Awaiting Execution Escape

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Five al-Qaida-linked prisoners awaiting execution and 11 other inmates broke out of a prison in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, p...

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Najibullah Zazi: Feds Arrest Airport Shuttle Driver In Terror Probe, Raid His Home

AP/ The Huffington Post | By STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver

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UPDATE From CNN: FBI agents raid home of man questioned in terror plot: AURORA, Colorado (CNN) -- FBI agents late Saturday arrested Najibullah Zazi, ...

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Ilyas Kashmiri And Nazimuddin, Militant Leaders, Killed By U.S. Strikes, Says Pakistan

AP | MUNIR AHMAD and CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — U.S. missiles are believed to have killed an al-Qaida operations chief and a top Uzbek militant in northwest Pakistan, officials sai...

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Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan Killing Shows Dramatic Shift In U.S. Policy Towards Somalia

Global Post | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

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Tristan McConnell | GlobalPost NAIROBI, Kenya -- A strike by six U.S. helicopter gunships on an Al Qaeda target in Somalia on Monday marks a dramat...

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