AP: Drone attack kills top al-Qaeda member
USA Today - Fri Dec 11, 9:40 am ETA U.S. government official says a top al-Qaeda operative has been killed in a drone attack in western Pakistan.
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A U.S. government official says a top al-Qaeda operative has been killed in a drone attack in western Pakistan.
Amnesty International on Friday warned that Iraq's plans to move an Iranian opposition group to a former desert detention...
Somali Islamist insurgents have imported terrorist tactics and technology used with deadly results in Iraq and Afghanistan, threatening the African country's beleaguered government and causing alarm as far as Washington.
Interview With Riz Khan of Al Jazeera TV English Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC December 10, 2009 QUESTION: Madame Secretary, thank you very much for your time. SECRETARY CLINTON: My pleasure, Riz. QUESTION: Now, everyone in the Administration is currently very focused on Afghanistan. And there’s a sense perhaps that that is overshadowing some of the other serious ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The training of tens of thousands of additional, capable Afghan soldiers and police is among the crucial tasks necessary to achieving success in Afghanistan, the commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan told Capitol Hill legislators Dec. 8.
The Command and General Staff College Golden Pen Award program provides recognition to personnel assigned to the college for their literary achievements.
WASHINGTON — After Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech, anyone still questioning whether he is really a Christian, rather than a Muslim aligned with fanaticism, needs to seek therapy forthwith. Anyone still unconvinced that Obama is really an American committed to his nation’s values, rather than an imposter who doesn’t pledge allegiance to his critics’ satisfaction, should probably ...
Pakistani police say five young American Muslims detained over alleged terrorist links are most likely to be deported. Regional police chief Javed Islam said Friday the men have yet to be charged with any crime. Islam did not say how long officers were expecting to detain the men, who are said to range in age from 19 to 25.
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WASHINGTON — A senior State Department official said Friday the U.S. expects Pakistan to deport five young Americans detained after they allegedly sought to join up with terrorist groups and left behind a video saying fellow Muslims must be defended.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is working aggressively with Pakistan to prevent the American troop surge in Afghanistan from pushing insurgents across the border, a top diplomat said.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Five young Americans detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links will most likely be deported, a local police chief said today. The men have allegedly told investigators they tried to connect with al-Qaida-linked militant groups in Pakistan and were intending to cross the border into Afghanistan and fight U.S. troops there.
A federal judge on Thursday ruled the Defense Department in contempt of court for failing to videotape the testimony of a Guantanamo Bay detainee so that the public and the news media could see it.
President Barack Obama gave this acceptance speech, titled "A Just and Lasting Peace", in Oslo, Norway on December 10, 2009. I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility.
It is not easy for a political figure leading his country at a time of two wars to speak at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, but President Barack Obama managed to finesse both the irony and the tension.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday that Arab and Kurdish leaders in Iraq were moving toward settling their differences and he urged them to form an inclusive government quickly after a March vote.
Five men who traveled abroad hoping to work with jihadist groups likely to be returned to U.S.
Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war.
A rally against al-Qaeda and Taliban supporter Yousef al-Khattab, will be held in front of his house. PHOTO BY STEVE MALECKI A Woodside convert to Islam who openly sympathizes with al-Qaeda and the Taliban says he has left the country.
Five men from Northern Virginia who were arrested Tuesday in Pakistan traveled abroad hoping to work with jihadist groups and battle U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and they were in contact with a recruiter for the Pakistani Taliban, Pakistani officials said Friday.
Five young American men arrested in Pakistan for trying to join Islamist militant groups will not be deported unless police clear them of any crimes, a Pakistani minister said Friday.