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Al Qaida

A Silk Road to Obama's Success

Sunil Adam | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Qaida, Islamic Radicalism, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Kashmir, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Afghanistan, India, World, China, Terrorism, Foreign Policy, State Department, Barack Obama, World News
Sunil Adam

The Obama administration seems oblivious of the only option it has to solve the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan without broadening the crisis -- involving China in the conflict resolution strategy.

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Al-Qaeda A Threat To Upcoming Iraqi Elections

AFP | By Arthur MacMillan | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Qaida, Upcoming Elections in Iraq, Provincial Elections, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Iraqi Elections, Terrorist Threat, Iraq, Al-Qaeda, Peaceful Transition of Power, Stability, World News

Al-Qaeda remains a threat to this weekend's election in Iraq, a senior army commander warned on Tuesday, as the United States said it expected its tro...

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Obama Presents New Challenge For Al Qaida

Washington Post | Joby Warrick | Posted 02.24.2009 | World

Read More: President Obama, Warwire, Al Qaida, Barack Obama, War Wire, Obama Challenge Al Qaida, Osama Bin Laden, World News

With Obama, al-Qaeda faces an entirely new challenge, experts say: a U.S. president who campaigned to end the Iraq war and to close the military priso...

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Two Released Guantanamo Detainees Appear In Al Qaida Video: Report

AFP | Posted 02.24.2009 | World

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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...

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Richard Holbrooke Is The Wrong Man For The Job: Scott Ritter

CommonDreams.org | Posted 02.24.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Scott Ritter, Richard Holbrooke, Taliban, Surge Afghanistan, Scott Ritter Holbrooke, Osama Bin Laden, Richard Holbrooke Afghanistan, Holbrooke Afghanistan, Al Qaida, Al Qaeda, Negotiate With Taliban, Iraq, Hillary Clinton, Ritter Holbrooke, Scott Ritter on Obama's Afghanistan Policy, World News

It was early in October 2001, and I had been invited to New York City on behalf of The History Channel for a show in which I was to discuss the situat...

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Top Marine: Time For His Troops To Leave Iraq, Enter Afghanistan

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

Read More: Marines, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Surge, James Conway, Al-Qaida, Marines Afghanistan, Marines Iraq, Iraq, Taliban, Surge in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, World News

WASHINGTON — Iraq is stable enough to allow the roughly 22,000 U.S. Marines there to withdraw, the service's top general said Friday. "The time...

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Suspected US Missile Strikes Hit Pakistan

GroundReport | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Qaida, Asif Ali Zardari, Al-Qaeda, Drones, Barack Obama, Pakistan, President Obama, Obama Pakistan, Obama Missile Strikes, Obama Pakistan Missile Strikes, Groundreport, Pakistan Obama, Obama Attacks Pakistan, Obama Attack Pakistan, Authorization of Military Drone Attacks on Pakistan, World News
GroundReport

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism platform that covers world news from the ground. By Abudlhadi Hairan PESHAWAR-- At...

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Foreign Affairs And The Bush Administration: A Catastrophe At Every Turn

Antiwar.com | By Doug Bandow | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Qaida, War on Terror, Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, u.s. Foreign Policy, Bush Foreign Policy, War in Iraq, Foreign Policy, Iran, Bush Doctrine, Iraq War, Russia, Taliban, Afghanistan, Bush Mistakes, President George W. Bush, World News

President George W. Bush has been using his last weeks in office making the case that he was not a disaster as president. There's not much else for hi...

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Bin Laden's Message in the Era of Obama

Tim Roemer | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Tape, Obama Osama Tape, Osama Bin Laden, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Osama, Osama, Obama Bin Laden, Hamas, Osama Tape, Bin Laden, Barack Obama, Bin Laden Jihad Israel, Osama Bin Laden Video, Gaza, Al Qaida, Muslims, Obama Osama Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden Message, Israel, Bin Laden Israel, New Bin Laden Tape, Jihad, World News
Tim Roemer

The release of yet another tape from Osama Bin Laden Wednesday serves as a reminder of the many leftover issues Barack Obama will inherit from the Bush administration.

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Obama's Extra Afghan Troops Will Be Used To Buy Time

Washingtonpost.com | By Karen DeYoung | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

Read More: Gen. David McKiernan, U.S. Troops, Nato, Troop Increase, Al-Qaida, Taliban, Afghanistan, President-Elect Obama, Gen. David Petraeus, Surge, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, World News

President-elect Barack Obama intends to sign off on Pentagon plans to send up to 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, but the incoming administrati...

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Osama Bin Laden Challenges Obama In Tape

AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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CAIRO, Egypt — Osama bin Laden urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel, seeking to harness anger over the Gaza offensive with a new messa...

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Pakistan Moves Thousands Of Troops Toward Indian Border

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 01.26.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan began moving thousands of troops from the Afghan border toward India, officials and witnesses said Friday, raisin...

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Pakistan: Suspected US Missiles Kill 8

AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Suspected U.S. missile strikes killed eight people Monday in northwest Pakistan, where al-Qaida and Taliban leaders...

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Al Qaida's Bioweapons Expert, Yazid Sufaat, Released By Malaysia

Newsweek | Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

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A U.S.-trained Al Qaeda microbiologist has been released from jail by the Malaysian government, prompting alarm among American counter-terrorism offic...

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Fourteen Arrested In Belgium On Suspected Al-Qaida Ties

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 01.11.2009 | World

Read More: Terrorism, Foreign Affairs, Belgium, Al Qaida, Al Qaeda, World News

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Police detained 14 suspected al-Qaida-linked extremists on Thursday in raids in Brussels and eastern Belgium, including one ...

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Pakistan targets suspected Mumbai attackers

AP | MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 01.07.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani troops seized a camp used by the extremist group blamed in the Mumbai attacks and arrested more than 12 people, ...

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Afghanistan And Pakistan To Fight Al-Qaida Together

AP | MURAD SEZER | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Al-Qaeda, Turkey, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Al-Qaida, Karzai Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, World News

ISTANBUL, Turkey — The leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed they need to fight terrorism together in Turkish-sponsored talks Friday aimed ...

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Condoleezza Rice Arrives In Region, Asks India, Pakistan To Cooperate

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

Read More: India, Al Qaida, Condoleezza Rice, Pakistan, India Pakistan, Mumbai Attacks, Admiral Mike Mullen, Tensions Between India and Pakistan, India Pakistan Relations, Terrorism in India, World News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the Pakistani government must mount a "robust response" to the terror bo...

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NYC Subway Terror Plot May Threaten Holidays, Feds Warn

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and TOM HAYS | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaida, Paranoia, Homeland Security, New York City, Terrorism, Subway, Al Qaeda, Politics News

From the AP: Police bolstered security in subways and trains Wednesday after the government warned that al-Qaida suicide bombers were contemplating an...

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US Fears Al Qaida Linked To Somali Pirates' Hijacking Of Saudi Oil Tanker

CNN | Barbara Starr | Posted 12.25.2008 | Home

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U.S. military officials expressed concern Monday that Somali militants believed to be potentially affiliated with al Qaeda may become involved in the ...

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236.com: Britain Cancels Jihadi Stand Up Qaomedy Show

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 12.24.2008 | Home

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Convicted Al Qaeda terrorist Zia Ul Haq took an eight day comedy class in a British prison. The twenty-nine year old Haq is serving an 18 year sentenc...

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Less a "House Negro" and More an "HNIC" or Better Yet "The Spook"

Shola Lynch | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaida, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Racial Slur, Obama Racism, Al-Qaeda No. 2 Insults Obama With Racial Epithet, Al-Qaida Obama, Politics News
Shola Lynch

Coming out of a presidential primary and election where race was only skirted around, it is a bit shocking for al-Qaida to take it to the school yard.

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Presidents Kill People, Especially Bush

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Newsweek, Civilian Casulaties, Michael Isikoff, Al Qaida, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, George W. Bush, The Young Turks, Osam Bin Laden, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

One out of ten times, someone is going to walk into the Oval Office and say, "I'm sorry Mr. President, our intelligence didn't pan out -- we accidentally hit a wedding. Ten civilians killed."

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CIA Chief: Bin Laden Alive, Worried About "Own Security"

ABC | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaida, Michael Hayden, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Terrorism, September 11th, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Politics News

Osama bin Laden is alive and "putting a lot of energy into his own security," the director of the CIA, General Michael Hayden, said today. He also ...

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Intelligence Report: Al Qaida Cells Throughout Britain Planning Mass Casualty Attacks

United Press International | Posted 12.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Warwire, Al Qaida, Al Qaida British Attacks, War Wire, Al Qaida Plans Attacks in Britain, War on Terror, Home News

Al-Qaida cells in London, Birmingham and Luton, England, are planning mass casualty attacks in Britain, a government intelligence report indicates. T...

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