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Pakistan's nukes
The attack by Taliban fighters this week on a major Pakistani air base where nuclear weapons allegedly were stored offered a dramatic example of what the U.S. fears most about its unstable, nuclear-armed ally. Though Pakistan claimed its forces repelled...Tags: Weaponry, Wars and Interventions, India, Pakistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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White House: Al Qaeda's No. 2 Leader Killed in Drone Strike
CNNAbu Yahya al-Libi, the No. 2 man in al Qaeda and a longtime public face of the terrorist network, is dead, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday. Al-Libi's death was "another serious blow to core al Qaeda," said Carney. "His death is part of...Tags: Terrorism, Osama bin Laden, White House, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Jay Carney
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Briefs: U.S. fed up with Pakistan
Panetta says U.S. is 'reaching the limits of our patience' with Pakistan KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday pressured Pakistan to do more to root out the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani terrorist network from its...
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30 Days in Afghanistan: Part Five 'Diplomacy'
Q13 Fox News reporterThe Pakistan border is one of the deadliest places in Afghanistan. It was there that I got the rare opportunity to go out on patrol with the soldiers. Afghan soldiers led the patrol — commanders know that as the U.S. mission winds down, they will...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Kabul (Afghanistan), Pakistan, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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As Afghanistan drawdown looms, concerns about Pakistan
Back from a visit to Kabul, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger expressed confidence in relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan. It's Pakistan that concerns him. "A lot of terrorists are being trained and harbored in Pakistan," said Ruppersberger, the top...
Tags: Baltimore County, Terrorism, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Environmental Issues, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Parents reveal secret attempts to free U.S. soldier
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by what they said are stalled efforts to free a U.S. soldier taken prisoner three years ago in Afghanistan, the man’s parents have gone public with previously secret U.S. attempts to trade him for Taliban prisoners...Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Wars and Interventions, The Pentagon, Pakistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Weaker al-Qaida still plots payback for US raid that killed Osama bin Laden
WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted, too busy surviving for the moment to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil. But the terrorist network dreams still of payback,...
Tags: Anwar al-Awlaki, Osama bin Laden, ABC (tv network), Jay Carney, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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News briefs: Warnings credit with saving lives during tornado weekend
Early, dire warnings credited with limiting human death toll in Midwest tornado outbreak WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) — When a tornado shrouded in darkness and wrapped in rain dropped quickly from the sky above this northwest Oklahoma town, many...
Tags: Norway, Weather Warnings, Medical Specialization, Damascus (Syria), Elections
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Senate leaders reach tentative agreement to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits
Associated PressSenate leaders agreed on compromise legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two months while requiring President Barack Obama to accept Republican demands for a swift decision on the fate of an oil pipeline that...Tags: Osama bin Laden, Petroleum Industry, TransCanada Corporation, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Democratic Party
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Mendte On Why Pakistan Shouldn't Be Our Ally
pix11.comHere is the Time link : http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/world/asia/mullen-asserts-pakistani-role-in-attack-on-us-embassy.html The Stock Market roller coaster, the drama of the UN and American politics have overshadowed a big story. Admiral Michael...Tags: Defense, Michael G. Mullen, Kabul (Afghanistan), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Taliban talks the only hope for Afghan peace process?
Special to CNNThere was little to celebrate in Kabul this week as the United States marked the tenth anniversary of its invasion of Afghanistan. The war against the Taliban is already the longest in America's history and there are few signs that it will be ending any...Tags: Mohammed Omar, Peace Negotiations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Central Intelligence Agency, Entertainment
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Afghanistan, Pakistan and the U.S.: Repairing relations
After a year of calamitous turns in the relationship between Washington and Islamabad, many Americans are wondering how this troubled alliance can possibly be repaired. Even more may be wondering whether we can simply extricate ourselves from it,...Tags: Defense, India, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religious Conflicts
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