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BESIDES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN WARS, OBAMA WILL HAVE TO CONFRONT STATELESS ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS

Article from: The Hindustan Times Article date: November 10, 2008

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Los Angeles, Nov. 10 -- (ANI): Besides the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, US President-elect Barack Obama will have to face another war - against stateless networks of Islamic extremists, particularly in the wake of trained terrorists retrning to Britain and other western countries, said an unidentified Italian anti-terrorism official.Western security officials worry particularly about Al Qaeda recruits returning to Britain and other Western countries from training in Pakistan. "I fear Al Qaeda could try to test Obama," the ...

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GOP's Offshore Drilling, Dems' Afghan Surge Both Bad Ideas

Posted Jul 30, 08 10:00 AM CDT in World,  Politics,  Opinion 

GOP's Offshore Drilling, Dems' Afghan Surge Both Bad Ideas
Source: AP Photo/Gurinder Osan

(Newser) – Democrats and Republicans alike are beating empty campaign slogans, and both need to take a look at their real-world implications, writes Thomas L. Friedman in the New York Times. Republicans who insist that offshore oil drilling will solve the world's problems sound like "someone back in 1980" pushing for "cheaper IBM Selectric typewriters."

Meanwhile, Barack Obama's plan to step up troop levels in Afghanistan betrays a misunderstanding of Middle East politics, writes the columnist, and will do little more than prop up a corrupt government. But "the main reason we are losing in Afghanistan," the columnist insists, "is not because there are too few American soldiers, but because there are not enough Afghans ready to fight and die for the kind of government we want."

Source: New York Times

More about:  Barack Obama • Afghanistan • Middle East • War on Terror • Afghanistan war • Hamid Karzai

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(Newser) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hinted that Britain would defy a request by Barack Obama to send 2,000 more troops to Afghanistan, the Times of London reports. After hearing of bleak progress there against the resurging Taliban, Brown warned that other nations will have to shoulder further deployments. Brown faces a strained budget and public outcry against increasing casualties in the drawn-out conflict. More »

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