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How the War on Terror pushed Somalia into the arms of al-Qaeda
Africa   Somalia   Terroist   War  
 The Times 
How the War on Terror pushed Somalia into the arms of al-Qaeda
| As President Bush prepares to leave office, the pundits will start to produce their balance sheets. It is hard to know what they will list under "achievements", but easy to predict their "disasters"... (photo: US Navy file photo)
 A visitor at the fence overlooking Ground Zero touches an American flag printed with names of those who were killed during the September 11th terrorist attacks Sunday, September 10, 2006. President and Mrs. Bush also visited the site Sunday to mark the f
Attack   Obama   Photos   Qaeda   US  
 Infowars 
Al Qaeda says order given for US attack "far bigger than 9/11"
| Monday, Nov 17, 2008 | DEBKAfile's counter-terror sources report that US president-elect Barack Obama, European and Russian heads of state in Washington for the G20 conference over the weekend were ... (photo: White House/Kimberlee Hewitt)
President-elect Barack Obama smiles during his acceptance speech at Grant Park in Chicago  The Columbus Dispatch 
Security, economy are priorities, Obama tells CBS
| WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Sunday that since terrorists might try to attack the U.S. during the White House transition, selecting his national sec... (photo: AP / Morry Gash)
Economy   Election   Photos   Politics   US  
 Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens questions from a journalist during a news conference at the Presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 9, 2003. Karzai said that he will do everything he can to prevent terrorist attacks and protect fore  Canada Dot Com 
Taliban won't talk peace
| A Taliban militant leader rejected on Monday an offer from Afghan President Hamid Karzai of safe passage for insurgent leaders who wanted to talk peace. | Karzai, back from a trip to Britain and the... (photo: apphoto)
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Japanese Liberal Democratic Party candidate, former Foreign Minister Taro Aso smiles at a press conference in Tokyo, on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007. The Boston Globe
Japan PM, opposition leader to meet Monday
| TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and Ichiro Ozawa, the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, were to meet Monday for talks after the Democra... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)
Aso   Leader   Opposition   Photos   Tokyo  
President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai responds to a question during a press conference with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 4, 2007. DoD photo by Cherie A. Thurlby. (Released) (Released to Public)    wnhires  (js1) CNN
Karzai courts Taliban leader over peace talks
| KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has offered to "go to any lengths" to provide protection to Mullah Omar if the reclusive Taliban leader agrees... (photo: DoD/Cherie A. Thurlby)
Afghan   Karzai   Peace   Photos   Taliban  
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama The Times of India
To stamp out Al Qaeda is top priority: Obama
|               Text: NEW YORK: US president-elect Barack Obama has said that uprooting the global terrorist network of the Al Qae... (photo: AP Photo / Jae C. Hong)
Democrat   Photos   Qaeda   Terrorism   US  
 Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan. (ss2) Canada Dot Com
Canadians escape blast
| LAKOKHEL, Afghanistan -- Three Canadian soldiers narrowly escaped a booby-trap blast that seriously injured three Afghan army troops early Sunday morning. | Nearly half... (photo: public domain)
Afghanistan   Canada   Military   Photos   Troops  
 U.S. Army Soldiers pull security as coalition forces search Ala Say Valley, Afghanistan. cg1 Canada Dot Com
Army wants gov't to purchase new vehicles
| The Department of National Defence plans to ask the government to approve a multi-billion dollar package to purchase new armoured vehicles and rebuild others that have ... (photo: US Army file / SSgt. Marcus J. Quarterman)
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   Troops   War  
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- Robocop meets Baitullah Mehsud
- Taliban spurn Afghan president’s offer for talks
- US Cool To Amnesty for Taliban Leader
- Taliban spurs Karzai's offer
- Taliban spurn Afghan president's offer for talks
- Taliban reject Afghan president's offer for talks
 A visitor at the fence overlooking Ground Zero touches an American flag printed with names of those who were killed during the September 11th terrorist attacks Sunday, September 10, 2006. President and Mrs. Bush also visited the site Sunday to mark the f
Al Qaeda says order given for US attack "far bigger than 9/11"
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- France sparks diplomatic row after cancelling flight deporti
- Obama promises to restore US moral stature
- No end to the centuries of savagery in Afghanistan
- Closing Guantanamo faces hurdle: Yemeni detainees
- Taliban ask UN to block Afghan executions
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The sun rises over the razor-wired detention compound at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, Thursday, in this Dec. 8, 2006, file photo, reviewed by a US military official. In transcripts of a March 10th, 2007 hearing at Guantanamo, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed portrayed himself as al-Qaida's most ambitious operational planner in a confession to a U.S. military tribunal that said he planned and supported 31 terrorist attacks, including the suicide hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001.
Closing Guantanamo faces hurdle: Yemeni detainees
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Education & Society Refugees
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- Acid attack girl vows to go back to school
- Cradle of a cash crop
- On the front line in war on Pakistan's Taliban
- Pakistan agrees to borrow $7.6 billion from IMF
- Letters: Social Services and Child Protection
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Cradle of a cash crop
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- Fear of the known
- Grim life of outcast children
- War on Taliban sparks refugee crisis
- The cable star's travelogue of global hotspots is elabor
- Playing for time in Italy While they await citizenship-statu
- France weighs deporting Afghans
A Pakistani boy from the Bajur tribal region flies his kite at the Katcha Garhi camp in Peshawar, Pakistan
War on Taliban sparks refugee crisis
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Women Peacekeepers
- War on Taliban sparks refugee crisis
- Soldier from Highlands Ranch dies in Afghanistan
- In her own words: Mellissa Fung
- Transcript of first half of interview with CBC reporter Mell
- Rough justice for Afghan women inmates
- Afghan emigre picks up France's top literary prize for b
A Pakistani boy from the Bajur tribal region flies his kite at the Katcha Garhi camp in Peshawar, Pakistan
War on Taliban sparks refugee crisis
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- Convoy brings winter relief to Nato forces
- Robocop meets Baitullah Mehsud
- Supply route for Nato troops reopened
- Obama help sought over US air strikes
- Canadian soldiers on Afghan roads are exposed to ambushes, I
- Officials: Violence in Pakistan leaves 8 dead
 Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, briefs journalists during a joint press conference with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following the high-level meeting on Afghanistan, at UN Headquarters in New York. (mb1)
Afghanistan offers to protect Taliban leader during talks
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- Security, economy are priorities, Obama tells CBS
- Security, economy are priorities, Obama tells CBS
- Obama vows to exit Iraq
- AP reporter at scene says Khyber Pass reopens for trucks car
- Security team, economy top priorities for Obama
President-elect Barack Obama smiles during his acceptance speech at Grant Park in Chicago
Security, economy are priorities, Obama tells CBS
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- Violence in Pakistan leaves 8 dead
- The cable star's travelogue of global hotspots is elabor
- US says 5 militants killed in east Afghanistan
- US says Afghanistan insurgent leader captured
- Fort Carson soldiers train for Afghan hardship
- Letters: Social Services and Child Protection
US soldiers patrolling a highway in Afghanistan
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 555
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