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A Peek at America's Possible Future Pakistan Policy

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Failed State, Pakistan Cricket Attack, Taliban, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Mujahideen, Bruce Riedel, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Cia, Sri Lanka Cricket, Pervez Musharraf, Tariq-Ali, Brookings Institution, Soviet Union, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

If America once turned on the Afghan allies that helped it defeat the Soviets, many Pakistanis feel, what would stop it from turning on Pakistan?

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Afghanistan: Where Empires (US, USSR) Go To Die

Tomdispatch.com | By Tom Engelhardt | Posted 03.08.2009 | World

Read More: Jihad, Kabul, Bush Administration, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Ussr, Russia, Afghanistan, United States, Empires, President George W. Bush, Mujahideen, Week in Review, World News

It is now a commonplace -- as a lead article in the New York Times's Week in Review pointed out recently -- that Afghanistan is "the graveyard of empi...

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2 Chicago Cousins Plead Guilty To Terrorism Charges

En.aswataliraq.info, Antiwar.com | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

Read More: 2 Cousins Plead Guilty to Terrorism, Iraq, Terrorist Plot, US Troops in Iraq, Terrorism, Jihad, World News

Two cousins from the Chicago area accused of training to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq pleaded guilty to terrorism charges Thursday, the Fox News network...

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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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Osama Bin Laden Challenges Obama In Tape

AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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

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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The World's Most Dangerous Nuclear Threat

Eric Margolis | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Kashmir Protesters, Pakistan, New Delhi, United States, Barack Obama, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, Kashmir, Iraq War, u.s. Foreign Policy, Muslim, Delhi, Musharraf, Eric Margolis, Benazir Bhutto, Mumbai Attacks, Asif Zadari, India, Mumbai, Jihad, Nuclear Power, Politics News
Eric Margolis

Special for the Huffington Post Eric S. Margolis December 18, 2008 The bitter struggle over the beautiful Himalayan mountain state of Kashmir is the ...

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Somali Americans Possibly Recruited To Fight Jihad

CNN | Chris Welch and Kelli Arena CNN | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

Read More: Somali Insurgents, Jihad, Somalia Minneapolis, Africa, Minneapolis Somalia, Americans Recruited Somalia, Somalia, Americans Jihad, Somali Americans, American Teen Disappears Somalia, World News

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- Last month, 17-year-old Burhan Hassan told his family he was catching a ride to school with a friend. He then vanished...

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Bullets in Bollywood: No Eid For Me

Parvez Sharma | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Quran, Facebook, Pakistan, Istanbul, Obama, Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire, 1947, Bombay, Taj, Cnn, Muslims, Mumbai Attacks, Bollywood, Eid, India, Trident, Jihad, Gujarat, World News
Parvez Sharma

On this Eid-al-Adha, the Muslim festival of the sacrifice, I wonder what aspect of my identity troubles me more: the Indian, the Muslim, or both.

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Mumbai Attacks: Not in Our Name

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, Islam, Mumbai, Terrorism, Hinduism, Jihad, Muslim, Sri Lanka, World News
Sumbul Ali-Karamali

The difficult thing to remember here is that the Mumbai attacks were not symptomatic of Islam, but symptomatic of the kind of violence that is common throughout the developing world.

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