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  • Americans arrested in Pakistan accused of planning attack

    McClatchy Newspapers – Thu Dec 10, 11:05 am ET  

    ISLAMABAD — The five young American men detained in Pakistan were seeking jihad, or holy war, and were planning a big attack when arrested, local authorities in central Punjab charged Thursday. Full Story »

  • Pakistani police arrest 5 Americans with alleged terror ties

    McClatchy Newspapers – Wed Dec 9, 7:29 pm ET  

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Police on Wednesday arrested five young American men from the Washington, D.C., area who flew to Pakistan last month with the alleged intent of enlisting with an Islamic militant group, Pakistani and U.S. officials said. Full Story »

  • Baghdad security chief out after deadly car bombings

    McClatchy Newspapers – Wed Dec 9, 4:39 pm ET  

    BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki Wednesday removed the chief military official responsible for security in the capital and prepared for a public grilling about security lapses after five car bombs killed 127 people in Baghdad a day earlier. Full Story »

  • Iran, Saudi Arabia tensions rise over missing scientist

    McClatchy Newspapers – Wed Dec 9, 4:00 pm ET  

    CAIRO, Egypt — An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist traveled to Saudi Arabia earlier this year to perform a religious pilgrimage. He never returned. Full Story »

  • Killing bin Laden crucial to defeating al Qaida, McChrystal says

    McClatchy Newspapers – Tue Dec 8, 6:34 pm ET  
    Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the  International Security... AP

    WASHNGTON — 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. Full Story »

  • Is FBI reward to Moussaoui tipster too little, too late?

    McClatchy Newspapers – Tue Dec 8, 6:24 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON — The FBI has belatedly awarded $100,000 to a former Minnesota flight school manager whose phone tip eight years ago led to the arrest of al Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, but the bureau gave nothing to a man widely credited as a second tipster. Full Story »

  • Pakistani army intelligence is target of massive truck bomb

    McClatchy Newspapers – Tue Dec 8, 5:07 pm ET  

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan_ An insurgent driving a truck laden with up to a ton of explosives targeted an office of Pakistan's premier military intelligence agency Tuesday, the latest assault in a terrorist rampage that's left 500 people dead since early October. Full Story »

  • 127 dead in Baghdad car bombings

    McClatchy Newspapers – Tue Dec 8, 10:45 am ET  

    BAGHDAD — At least five car bombs ripped through neighborhoods across Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing 127 Iraqis and prompting urgent questions about Iraq's security forces just as the country gears up for national elections early next year. Full Story »

  • Obama, Biden phoned Kurds to press Iraq election deal

    McClatchy Newspapers – Mon Dec 7, 5:47 pm ET  

    BAGHDAD — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden intervened personally to save an agreement allowing Iraq's elections to proceed, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Monday, highlighting the stakes in the deal for an eventual American troop withdrawal. Full Story »

  • Pakistan bombings kill 40 as government fights for survival

    McClatchy Newspapers – Mon Dec 7, 4:50 pm ET  

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — More than 40 Pakistanis were killed in bombings Monday in Lahore and Peshawar in the latest evidence that religious extremists who threaten to reconquer Afghanistan also threaten the stability of Pakistan. Full Story »

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