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Gunships and planes strike Pakistan Taliban in Swat
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| An internally displaced girl, fleeing military operations in Buner, holds her sister at a UNHCR camp (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) in Takht Bai , about 150 km (85 miles) north west of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad May 9, 2009. The struggle in the scenic northwestern Swat Valley, which has caused an exodus of refugees fleeing the violence, has become a test of Pakistan’s resolve to fight a growing Taliban insurgency that has alarmed the United States. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKIST |
| Gunships and planes strike Pakistan Taliban in Swat |
| Reuters — AlertNet | May 09, 2009 | By Junaid Khan |
| MINGORA, Pakistan, May 9 (Reuters) – Pakistani helicopter gunships and warplanes hit Taliban positions in the militants’ Swat Valley stronghold on Saturday, while a curfew prevented civilians from fleeing the fighting.
The struggle in the northwestern valley 130 km (80 miles) from Islamabad has become a test of Pakistan’s resolve to fight a growing insurgency that has alarmed the West. |
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Iraqi Forces: Rebuilt and Stronger, but Still Stumbling
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| Twelve members of the 1st Brigade died in April when a female suicide bomber attacked officers distributing food packages to the poor in Karada. At the brigade’s headquarters, a memorial was hung with portraits of seven of those killed, including the commander of the headquarters battalion and a medic who was revered by his colleagues.
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| Iraqi Forces: Rebuilt and Stronger, but Still Stumbling |
| New York Times | May 07, 2009 | By STEVEN LEE MYERS |
| BAGHDAD — Iraq’s security forces, despite significant improvements, remain hobbled by shortages of men and equipment, by bureaucracy, corruption, political interference and security breaches that have resulted in the deaths of dozens of Iraqi and American troops already this year, according to officials from both countries. read more |
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| Maj. Brian K. Wortinger, left, and Colonel Ayad Hamid Bahar Al-Utaibi, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Iraqi National Police, on the roof of the battalion’s new headquarters in a former embassy building in Baghdad’s central Karada district. |
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Storm of Violence in Iraq Strains Its Security Forces
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A relative of a victim of a suicide bombing outside the Kazimiyah hospital in Baghdad on Friday. |
| Storm of Violence in Iraq Strains Its Security Forces |
| New York Times | Apr 25, 2009 | By STEVEN LEE MYERS and SAM DAGHER |
| BAGHDAD — A deadly outburst of violence appears to be overwhelming Iraq’s police and military forces as American troops hand over greater control of cities across the country to them. On Friday, twin suicide bombings killed at least 60 people outside Baghdad’s most revered Shiite shrine, pushing the death toll in one 24-hour period to nearly 150. read more |
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In Adopting Harsh Tactics, No Inquiry Into Their Past Use
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| A prisoner is escourted. Photo date/place unknown, courtesy Times UK. Photo by PAUL J. RICHARDS. |
| In Adopting Harsh Tactics, No Inquiry Into Their Past Use |
| New York Times | Apr 21, 2009 | By SCOTT SHANE and MARK MAZZETTI |
| WASHINGTON — The program began with Central Intelligence Agency leaders in the grip of an alluring idea: They could get tough in terrorist interrogations without risking legal trouble by adopting a set of methods used on Americans during military training. How could that be torture? read more |
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‘US strike’ on Pakistan militants
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| ‘US strike’ on Pakistan militants |
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| A suspected US missile attack has targeted a Taleban base in north-west Pakistan, say local security officials.
The attack targeted militants in the South Waziristan tribal region, close to the Afghan border, they said. |
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Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan
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| The protests on Saturday became more violent, with the police trying to prevent demonstrators on the German side of the Rhine River from joining the more aggressive ones on the French side.
Photo: Axel Schmidt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images |
| Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan |
| NY Times | Apr 05, 2009 | By STEVEN ERLANGER and HELENE COOPER |
| STRASBOURG, France — With protesters raging outside, NATO leaders on Saturday gave a tepid troop commitment to President Obama’s escalating campaign in Afghanistan, mostly committing soldiers only to a temporary security duty. read more |
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| A French border station was set ablaze by protesters on Friday.
Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images |
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| This year’s summit meeting has been fractious both inside the hall and outside with President Obama’s request for more troops in Afghanistan and the search for a new secretary general.
Photo: Yoan Valat/European Pressphoto Agency |
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Lahore Attack: an Object Lesson in the Horrors to Come
Reuters Wed, Mar 4 Pakistan policemen stand guard outside Gaddafi stadium after a shooting in Lahore March 3, 2009. Pakistani police hunted on Wednesday for gunmen who mounted the bold attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Lahore and officials scrambled to figure out who was behind it. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza
Lahore Attack: an Object Lesson in the Horrors to Come
The Intelligence Daily | Apr 06, 2009 | By Tom Burghardt
Monday’s brazen assault on a police academy in Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city and cultural capital, is a grim reminder that the “killing season” has begun in earnest across Central- and South Asia.
At least 13 police recruits were killed and another 100 wounded, according to Dawn.
The Lahore assault followed the horrific Jamrud mosque suicide bombing March 27 in the Khyber Agency that killed upwards of 80 people during Friday prayers.. . . read more
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Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan
The protests on Saturday became more violent, with the police trying to prevent demonstrators on the German side of the Rhine River from joining the more aggressive ones on the French side. Photo: Axel Schmidt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan
NY Times | Apr 05, 2009 | By STEVEN ERLANGER and HELENE COOPER
STRASBOURG, France — With protesters raging outside, NATO leaders on Saturday gave a tepid troop commitment to President Obama’s escalating campaign in Afghanistan, mostly committing soldiers only to a temporary security duty.. . . read more
A French border station was set ablaze by protesters on Friday. Photo: Carsten Koall/Getty Images
This year’s summit meeting has been fractious both inside the hall and outside with President Obama’s request for more troops in Afghanistan and the search for a new secretary general. Photo: Yoan Valat/European Pressphoto Agency
Iran condemns attacks on Christians in Iraq
Iraqi Christian woman carries a sack of humanitarian aid inside a Chaldean nunnery where many Christian families took refuge, in the village of Karaqoush, 28 kilometers (20 miles) east of Mosul, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. An Iraqi official said Thursday that the number of Christian families fleeing violence in the northern city of Mosul since last week has reached over 8,300 people. Islamic extremists have frequently targeted Christians and other religious minorities since the 2003 U.S. invasion,
Iran condemns attacks on Christians in Iraq
Baghdad, Oct 16, IRNA Iran-Iraq-Embassy Iran’s Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday lammed in a statement the recent terrorist attacks on Iraqi Christians in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq.
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Beware an October surprise from bin Laden
Surprise?
Beware an October surprise from bin Laden
By Joseph Nye Published: October 15 2008 19:31 | Last updated: October 15 2008 19:31 Americans are transfixed by the aftermath of the September surprise in financial markets. Could there be a very different surprise coming in October?
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