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Top Al-Qaeda leader killed in drone strike: report

AFP - Fri Dec 11, 3:12 am ET

A top Al-Qaeda leader was killed in a drone missile strike in northwest Pakistan, NBC News reported late Thursday, citing unnamed US officials.

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Iraq's March vote won't affect troop plan, U.S. says
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 11:52 am ET
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met Iraqi leaders on Thursday as U.S. commanders said plans to reduce troop levels sharply by next summer were on track despite delayed elections and a major al Qaeda attack. President Barack Obama has pledged to end combat operations in Iraq by August 31, 2010, before a full pullout by the end of 2011. The U.S. force in Iraq is supposed to be reduced to 50 ...
Muslim radicalization gains momentum in US: analysts
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 10:49 pm ET
Long-feared by US intelligence, Muslim radicalization is gaining momentum in the United States, hit by a spate of recent cases featuring youths recruited and trained overseas for jihad, analysts say.
Pakistan police: 5 Americans have al-Qaida link
FOX 11 Tucson - Thu Dec 10, 12:48 pm ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pakistani law enforcement official says five young American Muslims who've been arrested in eastern Pakistan had met with representatives of an al-Qaida linked group and asked for training.
Britain, Long a Libel Mecca, Reviews Laws
International Herald Tribune - Thu Dec 10, 10:48 pm ET
England’s libel laws, which favor complainants, are under attack from publishers, scientists and others.
Tense talks as gunmen hold 57 Philippine hostages
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 10:41 pm ET
Tense negotiations to free 57 people held captive by tribal gunmen wanted for murder in the volatile southern Philippines entered their second day Friday, amid signs of a breakthrough.
Al-Qaida claims this week's deadly Baghdad blasts
Deseret News - Thu Dec 10, 3:36 am ET
Al-Qaida's umbrella group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the coordinated Baghdad bombings that killed 127 people and...
Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret Raids by the C.I.A.
International Herald Tribune - Thu Dec 10, 9:48 pm ET
Former Blackwater guards said that their involvement in the operations blurred the lines supposedly dividing the C.I.A., the military and the private security company.
Nobel-winning Obama defends war in call for peace
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 9:31 pm ET
Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh Obama doctrine. Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. At the same time, he made an impassioned case for building a "just and lasting peace."
Obama defends war at Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 9:30 pm ET
A humble President Barack Obama joined a list of revered Nobel peace laureates, but in a steely speech he warned he would not hesitate to wage war if it was "morally justified."
Iraq vote won't affect U.S. drawdown: Pentagon
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 10:05 am ET
Delayed elections in Iraq and a major al Qaeda attack this week will not derail plans to sharply reduce U.S. troop levels by next summer, a top commander said on Thursday as Defense Secretary Robert Gates met Iraqi leaders.
Pakistan police: Five Americans have al-Qaida link
San Diego 6 - Thu Dec 10, 11:09 am ET
Five young American Muslims arrested in Pakistan met with representatives of an al-Qaida linked group and asked for training but were turned down because they lacked references from trusted militants,...
Al Qaeda Claims Deadly Baghdad Blasts
CBS News - Thu Dec 10, 9:30 am ET
Coordinated Bombings Killed 127; Iraqi Security Forces Come Under Scrutiny
IS THERE A NEW REVOLUTION UNDER WAY IN IRAN?
Georgie Anne Geyer via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 7:58 pm ET
WASHINGTON -- The American people got a good glimpse of the chaos in Iran in 1979 when Americans were held hostage for more than a terrible year -- but perhaps you really had to be in the Middle East to see and feel what a profound effect the "Islamic Revolution" had in that era on the entire region.
Time to exit unwinnable Afghan war, negotiate with Taliban
USA Today - Thu Dec 10, 7:42 pm ET
Sending more troops to support corrupt Karzai government is a mistake
Pakistani Police: 5 Americans Have Al Qaeda Link
WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul - Thu Dec 10, 9:49 pm ET
Five young American Muslims arrested in Pakistan met with representatives of an al Qaeda-linked group and asked for training but were turned down because they lacked references from trusted militants, a Pakistani law enforcement official said Thursday. The men used the social networking site Facebook and the Internet video site YouTube to try to connect with extremist groups in Pakistan, said S ...
Obama confronts Nobel paradox
Washington Post - Thu Dec 10, 7:17 pm ET
President accepts prize days after announcing plan to deploy 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
Pakistani police: 5 arrested Americans have al-Qaida link
Boston Herald - Thu Dec 10, 12:19 am ET
WASHINGTON - Five young American Muslims arrested in Pakistan met with representatives of an al-Qaida linked group and asked for training but were turned down because they...
Pakistan: Americans Likely to be Deported
CBS News - 1 hour 16 minutes ago
5 Men Accused of Traveling to Militant-Plagued Country in Hope of Joining "Jihad" May Be Sent Home
Killing bin Laden key to Al-Qaeda defeat: McChrystal
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 3:38 am ET
Killing or capturing Osama bin Laden is the key to defeating the Al-Qaeda terror network, the NATO commander in Afghanistan told US legislators in testimony on Capitol Hill.
Obama Cites ‘Hard Truth’ of War’s Necessity in Accepting Nobel
Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 6:01 pm ET
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize by confronting “the hard truth” that armed conflict is sometimes both necessary and just.