Judge Frees Kuwaiti Detainee
New York Times - Wed Dec 9, 10:59 pm ETA Kuwaiti detainee held in the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for almost eight years was sent home after a federal judge ordered him freed, the Justice Department said.
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A Kuwaiti detainee held in the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for almost eight years was sent home after a federal judge ordered him freed, the Justice Department said.
By Bill Hess Herald/Review No descr FORT HUACHUCA — In one of the most strategic places on the globe, plans are being made to build the world’s longest bridge — nearly 18 miles — to connect Djibouti and Yemen, an Army officer from Djibouti said Tuesday. The two nations — one near the Horn of Africa, Djibouti, and the other on the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen — are across from each other, in the area ...
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida won't be vanquished until after Osama bin Laden is captured or killed U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal told lawmakers in Washington Tuesday.
Gen. Stanley McChrystal said the United States cannot defeat al Qaeda until Osama bin Laden is captured. Read more...
(FPJ) -- Outlining his rationale for the decision to send yet more troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama on December 1 began with a familiar refrain: “We did not ask for this fight. On September 11, 2001, 19 men hijacked four airplanes and used them to murder nearly 3,000 people.”
Former Vice President Dick Cheney says trying suspected Sept. 11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City will make him "as important or more important than Osama bin Laden." In an interview with Fox News Channel personality Sean Hannity, Ch...
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Former vice president says holding trial in lower Manhattan near ground zero will make self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed "a hero in certain circles."
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 8, 2009 - A missile strike from a US drone aircraft killed three suspected militants in Pakistan's lawless northwest tribal belt early Tuesday, security and intelligence officials said.
Kabul, Afghanistan (UPI) Dec 8, 2009 - The Afghan strategy announced by U.S. President Barack Obama calling for a troop surge of 30,000 has until July 2011 to run its course before any likely start of a troop drawdown, but its impact on Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan is already perceptible.
Generals are notorious for fighting each new war the way they should have fought the last one. President Obama seems to have picked up that tendency as he orders a troop surge in Afghanistan , a strategy that he rejected in Iraq until it worked.
The general in charge of the war in Afghanistan says capturing Osama bin Laden is the ultimate key to defeating the al Qaeda terror network. General Stanley McChrystal told Congress on Tuesday that bin Laden is an "iconic figure" whose very survival eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks serves as a recruiting tool for al Qaeda. U.S. intelligence officials believe bin Laden is in hiding in ...
What's Your Reaction? Days after his boss said that there was no new intelligence on the whereabouts of al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan told Congress Tuesday that killing or capturing bin Laden is critical to defeating the terrorist organization.
General Tells Congress War is "Undeniably Difficult" Challenge; Says Capturing Bin Laden Key to Defeating al Qaeda
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