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UK denies entry to son of Osama bin Laden

AP - Thu Dec 3, 2:09 pm ET

The British government says it has refused to allow a son of Osama bin Laden to travel to Britain.

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Friday, December 04, 2009
The Pakistan Link - Fri Dec 4, 10:06 am ET
LONDON: Pakistan wants “more clarity” on US President Barack Obama’s new war strategy in Afghanistan, said Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday.
Pakistanis are not contracted troops, says PM
The Pakistan Link - Fri Dec 4, 10:05 am ET
LONDON: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan is fighting the war against terrorism in its own interest.
Al Shabab blamed for Somalia bombing. Is Al Qaeda's influence rising?
The Christian Science Monitor - Thu Dec 3, 3:36 pm ET
An Al Shabab bomber killed 19 people at a graduation ceremony in Somalia and the Islamist group is getting training from Al Qaeda, say officials.
Analysis: One surge doesn’t fit all
Air Force Times - Fri Dec 4, 8:57 am ET
BAGHDAD — America's military "surge" in Afghanistan shares the same goal as the first one in Iraq nearly three years ago: to stem runaway violence. But the comparisons quickly fade from there.The U.S. reinforcements that poured into the Baghdad region in early 2007 had clearer objectives, better-trained local forces as allies and an established supply network to keep them moving. What awaits the ...
Viewpoints: Obama's Afghanistan deadline likely to prove meaningless
The Sacramento Bee - Thu Dec 3, 11:52 pm ET
President Barack Obama should have declared victory in Afghanistan and begun a withdrawal. His escalation of the war may achieve its goals, but at too great a cost - and without making our nation meaningfully safer from the threat of terrorist attacks.
Brown pledges aid, fight in Pakistan
UPI - Thu Dec 3, 2:50 pm ET
LONDON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Islamabad denied al-Qaida leaders were in Pakistan as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged cooperation in the fight against regional militants.
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Arizona Daily Star - Fri Dec 4, 2:12 am ET
NETHERLANDS
Are Americans Ignoring The Afghan War?
NPR - Thu Dec 3, 12:21 pm ET
President Obama's troop increase in Afghanistan is being closely watched by many Americans, though pollsters have detected a strong isolationist sentiment, with nearly half of all Americans saying the United States should "mind its own business."
World briefs
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - Fri Dec 4, 1:34 am ET
MOSCOW
Judicial Watch Amicus Curiae Brief: Courts Should Not Impede President's Ability to Obtain Wartime Advice
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 4, 10:19 am ET
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - 12/04/09) - Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit arguing for the reversal of a lower court's decision allowing to go forward a suit against former Bush Deputy Assistant Attorney General John ...
Pakistan's Prime Minister: Bin Laden Not In Pakistan
Free Internet Press - Thu Dec 3, 4:56 pm ET
The Pakistani prime minister, countering demands to intensify the hunt for Osama bin Laden, said Thursday that he did not believe the fugitive leader of al-Qaeda is in Pakistan,as many Western governments and intelligence agencies assert.
Commentary: Gulled by Gul
UPI - Thu Dec 3, 9:33 am ET
By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE UPI Editor at Large WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The infamous retired Pakistani spy chief general Hamid Gul is back on the air and in the headlines as propaganda chief for the Taliban insurgents. He now claims the Taliban is 88,000-strong and ready to take over when U.S. and NATO forces leave Afghanistan. With fewer than 100 al-Qaida terrorists still in Afghanistan ...
Lawmakers question 2011 Afghan exit plan
CNN - Wed Dec 2, 10:04 pm ET
Conservative and liberal lawmakers Wednesday sharply criticized President Obama's plan to start a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in July 2011.
Terrorist schools drill hate for U.S.
The Washington Times - Thu Dec 3, 5:47 am ET
MOGADISHU, Somalia The recruits gather in scorching desert hideouts, use portraits of President Obama for target practice, learn how to make and detonate bombs, and vow allegiance to Osama bin Laden. Training camps in the lawless nation of Somalia are attracting hundreds of foreigners, including Americans, and Somalis recruited by a local insurgent group linked to al Qaeda, according to local ...
Facing Down the New ‘Nattering Nabobs of Negativity’
The Emory Wheel - Fri Dec 4, 12:44 am ET
In a Thanksgiving profile in the New York Times , Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry was labeled “almost giddy.” Kerry, as is his wont, offered a synonym, suggesting that “there’s been a certain amount of mutual ripening. ...