Tag: war on terror
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August 18, 2008 08:46 AM EDT --
It has become apparent over the past few weeks that the United States is undertaking preparations to retake control of the fight in Afghanistan from its NATO alliance. NATO, which has been having increasing . . .
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August 20, 2008 03:08 PM EDT --
An increasing number of reports have emerged from Afghanistan indicating that Taliban-like discrimination against women is on the rise.
Life Under the Taliban
It is no secret that under the Taliban, . . .
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January 24, 2008 06:51 AM EST --
The Iranian government survived new attempts by western nations, led by the United States, to impose a strict set of economic sanctions against Iran for its continued defiance of United Nations Security . . .
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September 10, 2008 01:02 PM EDT --
A new report from the Jamestown Foundation details a plot by terrorists to poison some water supplies in Europe.
In "Jihadis Discuss Means of Poisoning the Water Supply of Denmark and Great . . .
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August 14, 2008 02:48 PM EDT --
Recent reports from Iraq indicate that military forces from the United States are preparing to take over security operations in the southern Iraqi city of Basra from departing British soldiers. Basra, . . .
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August 30, 2008 07:32 PM EDT --
According to a new United Nations survey, the drug problem in Afghanistan is showing signs of stabilization, but the effort to combat narcotics trafficking in the former al Qaeda safe haven still has . . .
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September 02, 2008 03:41 PM EDT --
A Look into the World Around Us
I have to admit, Austria is one place I've always wanted to go. I haven't been fortunate enough to visit yet, but I am planning to include Vienna on my list . . .
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August 25, 2008 01:33 PM EDT --
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has come under fire for his commitment to the NATO-led coalition effort to fight the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The French Prime Minister, Francois Fillon, wants . . .
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August 21, 2008 03:26 PM EDT --
The United States and Poland yesterday reached agreement on the installation of U.S. missile defense assets in the Eastern European nation. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice represented the United States . . .
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September 10, 2008 01:45 PM EDT --
There has been much speculation surrounding the status of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il since he disappeared from public eye recently. Some have postulated that Mr. Kim suffered a stroke that left . . .
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September 12, 2008 12:16 PM EDT --
A report yesterday by The Long War Journal says intercepted letters show that al Qaeda in Iraq has lost the confidence of al Qaeda's senior leaders, and that the terrorist group founded by Osama . . .
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September 15, 2008 11:29 AM EDT --
The Iranian Fars News Agency has reported that the United States has not issued a visa for Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad nor any members of his delegation so that they may attend the United . . .
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January 11, 2008 01:00 PM EST --
The main opposition group in Kenya has called for a new round of public protests after competing parties failed to reach an agreement for resolving the political deadlock that followed the December . . .
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September 09, 2008 07:55 AM EDT --
In a new article for the Center for Defense Information, Mark Burgess wrote that the current NATO fight in Afghanistan, the defense alliance's first war, could be its last.
While Mr. Burgess rightly . . .
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September 12, 2008 11:36 AM EDT --
A new web memorandum from the Heritage Foundation argues that much of what is currently being done in the fight against terrorism will remain in place under the next presidential administration, no . . .
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January 10, 2008 10:06 AM EST --
Reports surfaced yesterday that U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates is considering a proposal to deploy an additional force of about 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan in the spring. Gates is expected . . .
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January 11, 2008 02:45 PM EST --
Major General Walter Gaskin of the U.S. Marine Corps recently said that Iraq's al-Anbar Province, once known as the "Wild West," was ready to be turned over to Iraqi Security Forces. Citing . . .
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January 16, 2008 05:57 PM EST --
The upcoming deployment of more than 3,000 U.S. Marines to Afghanistan this spring is widely regarded as a step to fill a troop void thus far unfilled the member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty . . .
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