UK denies entry to son of Osama bin Laden
AP - Thu Dec 3, 2:09 pm ETThe British government says it has refused to allow a son of Osama bin Laden to travel to Britain.
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Pakistan PM says does not think bin Laden is in Pakistan
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 4:18 am ETPakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday he did not think al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding in his country.
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British Government Denies Entry to Bin Laden's Son
Fox News - Thu Dec 3, 3:16 pm ETThe British government says it has refused to allow a son of Usama bin Laden to travel to Britain.
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Christian Parenti: For Obama the Road to Reelection Runs Through Kabul - Or So He Thinks
The Huffington Post - 12 minutes agoThe real goals of the Afghanistan escalation are domestic and electoral. Like Lyndon Johnson who escalated in Vietnam, Obama lives in mortal fear of being called a wimp by Republicans.
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Gilani Denies Bin Laden in Pakistan in Rift With U.K. (Update1)
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 1:36 pm ETDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani disputed U.K. claims that three-quarters of terror plots against Britain start in his country and said he doesn’t think al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan.
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Pakistan Is Crucial to Afghanistan Plan, Lawmakers Say
New York Times - Thu Dec 3, 12:46 pm ETAdministration officials testifying before a Senate panel on Thursday were asked about the strategy for the rugged border region.
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No cause for alarm over Obama just yet
Detroit Free Press - Fri Dec 4, 3:31 am ETI have watched for the past year as every decision President Barack Obama makes is called his most important. His decision to send more troops to Afghanistan will define his presidency. Whether he can institute a national health care system will define his presidency.
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Gates: No deadlines for troops to leave
Denver Post - Fri Dec 4, 3:29 am ETThe withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, scheduled to begin in July 2011, will "probably" take two or three years, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, although he added that "there are no deadlines in terms of when our troops will all be out."
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Tom Shachtman: Railing Against Obama, Cheney Spouts Ideas from Long-Dead Neocon Strategist
The Huffington Post - 2 hours 42 minutes agoFormer Vice President Richard B. Cheney in a recent interview with Politico labeled President Barack Obama's drawn-out process of deciding on a troop surge for...
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New U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategy Aims To Take Fight To Al-Qaeda
Payvand Iran News - Fri Dec 4, 11:09 am ETObama dedicated parts of his speech to Washington's relationship with Islamabad, saying, "our success in Afghanistan is inextricably linked to our partnership with Pakistan." But while highlighting the threats posed to Pakistan by extremists, his speech was mute on the specifics of how the strategy would affect Pakistan, where he said Al-Qaeda's leadership had established a safe haven.
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Editorial: Duncan will have company on Afghan issue
Knoxville News Sentinel - Fri Dec 4, 12:00 am ETDuncan will have more company from both houses of Congress this time in his opposition to President Barack Obama 's plan, announced Tuesday night, to send 30,000 additional U.S. forces into Afghanistan . In 2001, Duncan, a Knoxville Republican, was among the 420 House members who supported the use of military force against those who attacked the United States on Sept. 11 of that year. That ...
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William Bradley: Barack Obama's War: 10 Key Things To Know
The Huffington Post - Fri Dec 4, 10:59 am ETIt's Barack Obama's war now. Here are some key things to know about this curious war -- in which the newest Nobel Peace Prize-winner has...
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Surge force of 30,000 going to Afghanistan will grow to 33,000, Defense Secretary Gates says
New York Daily News - Fri Dec 4, 2:00 am ETDefense Secretary Robert Gates told Congress on Thursday that the surge force of 30,000 going to Afghanistan will grow to at least 33,000 when support troops are included.
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Afghanistan is mission impossible
CNN - Thu Dec 3, 9:56 am ETPresident Obama's decision to deploy an additional 30,000 soldiers and Marines to Afghanistan by early 2010 was not a surprise. In Obama's War Cabinet meetings, the question was not whether to send more troops but how many.
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Records of man claiming to be spy unsealed
MSNBC - Thu Dec 3, 8:06 pm ETA judge lifts a seal on court records and transcripts that a Southern California man says will prove he was an informant for the FBI. Federal Bureau of Investigation - Informant - United States - Southern California - California
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