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Document Shows Iraqi Policeman Killed by Army Officer Was Known A

" 1st Lt. Michael Behenna Should an American soldier be imprisoned for killing a known Al-Qaeda operative in self-defense?  Most Americans, I suspect, would answer that question with a vehement, “No!” — or, in some cases, “Hell, no!” ...

Suicide Attack in NW Pakistan: Twelve killed and 25 injured

A suicide attack apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor, Abdul Malik in the North-Western city of Adazai, 10 miles from Peshawar, on Sunday (local time) claimed eleven lives including the mayors'. The blast...

Security concerns force 600 UN workers out of Afghanistan

After the recent spate of attacks and heightened security concerns the UN announced its decision to temporarily relocate 600 members of its international foreign staff based in Afghanistan. The international body...

US Tax Dollars Misused?

"The United States has long suspected that much of the billions of dollars it has sent Pakistan to battle militants has been diverted to the domestic economy and other causes, such as fighting India. Now the...

Al-Qaeda Threatens Oktoberfest

Bavarian police have arrested two Islamic extremists in Munich, leading to an increase in security at the ongoing Oktoberfest. Flights are banned from entering the air space above the festival, and vehicles are not...

Kidnap foreigners for prisoner exchange: Al Quida

This is new headach for the NATO forces, if Al Quida militant adopt the stargey of Kidnapping foreigners for prisoner exchange. Recently in a rescue operation of British Journalist a soldier died, what if this kind of rescue missions happen on daily basis. "A senior al-Qaida...

Obama administration supports Saudi immunity in 9/11 lawsuit

" The Obama administration has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to protect Saudi Arabia and four of its princes from being held accountable for their alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the...

Yemenite Jews reach Israel after secret airlift

" A small group of Yemenite Jews has reached Israel after a secret airlift from their Arab homeland. The quasi-governmental Jewish Agency said on Thursday that it brought the 10 people to Israel on...

Surge in Afghanistan unlikely to surpass 30,000, Mullen says

"FORT DRUM, N.Y., Feb. 9, 2009 - The top U.S. military officer said today he doesn't expect the United States to deploy more than about 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, emphasizing the need for the State Department and other U.S. agencies to do their part as well. ...

Military commissions must obey President's directive

WASHINGTON - The military commissions system created in 2006 to try accused terrorists held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, must comply with President Barack Obama's directive to suspend all legal proceedings...

Taliban Burning, Beheading Its Way Thru SWAT - Now want the women

"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Taliban militants are beheading and burning their way through Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, and residents say the insurgents now control most of the mountainous region far from the lawless tribal areas where jihadists thrive. The deteriorating...

Mumbai Attack: Pakistan, India ties chill after attacks

" NowPublic Mumbai Channel A coordinated series of attacks took place across Mumbai on November 26, 2008. Follow updates on this unfolding story from NowPublic members, consult Mumbai resources and emergency...

Pakistan: 13 dead in suspected missile strike

Pakistan: 13 dead in suspected missile strikeISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least 13 people near the Afghan border Friday, security officials said, the latest in a surge of attacks that a top American general said has eliminated three...

Al-Qaida-linked site backs McCain

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Now that certainly isn't a way to win friends and influence enemies. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/USElection/2008/10/22/7160726-ap.html Al-Qaida-linked site backs McCain By Pamela Hess, THE...

Bombs near Baghdad Shiite mosques kills 24

As Shiite worshippers left two Baghdad mosques on Thursday, suicide bombers set off two bombs, killing 24 people and wounding more than 50 others.Six Sunnis were also shot in a separate attack as they traveled in a minibus in the mostly Shiite town of Wajihiyah."The dead were...

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