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UPI - Wed Dec 9, 1:13 am ET
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.
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The Hill - Wed Dec 9, 1:11 am ET
Gen. Stanley McChrystal said the United States cannot defeat al Qaeda until Osama bin Laden is captured. Read more...
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Online Journal - Wed Dec 9, 12:55 am ET
(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.”
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New York Post - Wed Dec 9, 12:27 am ET
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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Fox News - Wed Dec 9, 12:22 am ET
Ex-VP says N.Y. trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will make him 'as important or more important than bin Laden' • VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Cheney Blasts Obama on 'Hannity' • McChrystal: More Troops if Needed | Most Back Plan • Lawmakers Slam Afghan Rebuilding Process • FOX FORUM: What They're Saying in Taliban War Room
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Fox News - Tue Dec 8, 11:47 pm ET
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."
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Space War - Tue Dec 8, 11:45 pm ET
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.
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Space War - Tue Dec 8, 11:35 pm ET
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.
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The Myrtle Beach Sun News - Tue Dec 8, 10:57 pm ET
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.
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CBS 3 Philadelphia - Tue Dec 8, 10:49 pm ET
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 ...
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The Huffington Post - Tue Dec 8, 10:13 pm ET
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.
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CBS News - Tue Dec 8, 9:00 pm ET
General Tells Congress War is "Undeniably Difficult" Challenge; Says Capturing Bin Laden Key to Defeating al Qaeda
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Miami Herald - Tue Dec 8, 8:59 pm ET
Tiger Woods has spent most of his life inside that bubble of sterility known as the country club. His calling since age 5 has been playing a game in an arranged landscape where even the obstacles are fake.
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New York Daily News - Tue Dec 8, 8:32 pm ET
Dick Cheney has ratcheted up his criticism of President Obama again, calling the decision to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in New York a "huge mistake.".
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CNN - Tue Dec 8, 8:07 pm ET
Finding al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and rolling back a resurgent Taliban are necessary steps toward winning the war in Afghanistan, the top U.S. commander there told a Senate committee Tuesday.