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July 2008
- Pakistan Spends US Anti-Terror Aid on Jets
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 24, 08 2:58 AM CDT
  
  A plan to spend US funds earmarked for anti-terrorism aid to upgrade Pakistan's F-16 jets is angering lawmakers who complain that it's a misuse of the money, the New York Times reports. The Bush administration says the $230 million will boost the jets' ability to strike at insurgents. Critics say Pakistan uses the aircraft to maintain its military rivalry with India rather than to fight terrorism. More »
  
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  Pakistan • al-Qaeda • counterterrorism • fighter jet • tribal areas • Pakistan military
- One Day, the World Will Hate Him
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Jul 22, 08 4:40 PM CDT
  
  Should he win the White House, the rest of the world will one day see Barack Obama as a villain, David Aaronovitch writes in the London Times. The spectacle of empire and popularity drives the country's allies to both anger and envy, he argues, and every American president has come to be depicted “as a cowboy astride a phallic missile.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • al-Qaeda • Taliban • anti-Americanism • empire
- Gitmo Trial Describes al-Qaeda Inner Circle
  
  newser | Miami Herald | Jul 22, 08 3:02 PM CDT
  
  Arguments in the trial of Salim Hamdan gave a view of al-Qaeda's inner circle today, as prosecutors opened by painting Osama bin Laden's driver as a key member of the organization, the Miami Herald reports. The lead prosecutor depicted Hamdan as a constant presence in high-level al-Qaeda operations and argued that he knew the destination of the fourth plane hijacked on 9/11. More »
  
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  al-Qaeda • Pentagon • Guantanamo Bay • September 11 • Guantanamo prisoners • military tribunal • 9/11 attacks • Salim Ahmed Hamdan • Guantanamo tribunals
- Obama Declares Afghanistan 'Precarious and Urgent'
  
  newser | USA Today | Jul 20, 08 1:41 PM CDT
  
  Calling the situation in Afghanistan "precarious and urgent," Barack Obama today urged the Bush administration to make Afghanistan—rather than Iraq—"the central front in our battle against terrorism." In his first interview since arriving in the country yesterday, the Democratic candidate told Lara Logan on Face the Nation that an additional two brigades were needed to combat insurgents and the drug trade that finances them, USA Today reports. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Iraq war • Pakistan • Afghanistan • al-Qaeda • Taliban • US military • Hamid Karzai • Kabul • Afghanistan war
- Does al-Qaeda Do the Fist-Bump?
  
  newser | Slate | Jul 16, 08 12:36 PM CDT
  
  Terrorists aren’t big on fist-jabbing or bumping—they’re all about kissing and hugging, writes Juliet Lapidos for Slate in the aftermath of the New Yorker's depiction of knuckle-knocking Obamas, a move referred to by Fox News as a “terrorist fist-jab.” Al-Qaeda members, she writes, are likely to enlist a common Middle Eastern welcome of three cheek-to-cheek embraces. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • al-Qaeda • Osama bin Laden • FARC • Fox News • New Yorker magazine • IRA
- Court: al-Qaeda Suspect Can Challenge Detention
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 16, 08 5:53 AM CDT
  
  The president has the right to order the detention of enemy combatants, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday—but detainees can challenge that status. The Virginia-based court was hearing the case of an al-Qaeda suspect who's been in a Navy brig for 5 years without trial, Reuters reports, making him the only foreign national currently detained on US soil as an enemy combatant. More »
  
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  al-Qaeda • detainee • enemy combatants • suspected terrorists • detention without trial • executive order • Ali al Marri
- Pakistan: US Not Hunting bin Laden on Our Turf
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 13, 08 8:31 AM CDT
  
  Pakistan's foreign minister said yesterday that his country has no plans to allow US or other foreign troops into the country to search for Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda members, AP reports. Shah Mahmood Qureshi says that Pakistani troops, plus "grassroots" efforts to stop terrorism before it can begin, are sufficient measures for combating militant activity. More »
  
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  Pakistan • al-Qaeda • terrorism • US military • Osama bin Laden • Pakistan militants • sovereignty
- Turkey Detains 4 in Attack on US Consulate
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 10, 08 7:14 AM CDT
  
  Authorities have apprehended four people in connection with yesterday’s attack on the US consulate in Istanbul, according to a Turkish news agency. The assault left three policemen and three shooters dead, with another assailant escaping in a getaway car. It’s unclear if the driver is among the four apprehended. The shootout has officially been declared a terrorist attack. More »
  
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  al-Qaeda • Turkey • Istanbul • terror attacks • US Consulate
- Osama's Son Stars in Terror Vid
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jul 9, 08 12:34 PM CDT
  
  Osama bin Laden’s 16-year-old son is apparently going into the family business. In al-Qaeda’s latest video the young “Crown Prince of Terror” is heard calling for the destruction of Britain, the US, France, and Denmark, the Daily Telegraph reports. “Oh God, reward the fighters hitting the infidels… guide the youth of the Islamic nation and let them assist with the fighters' plans,” he says. More »
  
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  al-Qaeda • Osama bin Laden • online videos • Hamza bin Laden
- Turkey Suspects al-Qaeda in US Consulate Attack
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 9, 08 11:51 AM CDT
  
  Turkish police say they suspect al-Qaeda is behind today's attack on the US consulate in Istanbul. So far, no one has claimed responsibility, but a police official confirmed the suspicion to the AP on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief journalists on the investigation. More »
  
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  al-Qaeda • Middle East • Turkey • Istanbul • terror attacks • US Consulate
- Ailing bin Laden Mere Months From Death?
  
  newser | Time | Jul 2, 08 2:11 AM CDT
  
  Terror leader Osama bin Laden is dying from kidney disease, according to a CIA analysis of the medications he has been taking, reports Time .The world's most wanted terrorist likely has no more than 12 months to live, and may already be teetering on the brink of death, according to sources familiar with the report. More »
  
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  al-Qaeda • CIA • Osama bin Laden • counterterrorism • 9/11 attacks • kidney disease • dialysis
- Gitmo Prisoner Charged in Cole Bombing
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 1, 08 2:18 AM CDT
  
  A suspected al-Qaeda terrorist held at Guantanamo Bay for six years has been charged with masterminding the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors and injured 50 others. The treatment of Saudi prisoner Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri in custody, which included waterboarding by interrogators, will be a key element of his defense, reports the Washington Post. More »
  
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  al-Qaeda • CIA • Pentagon • Guantanamo Bay • torture • waterboarding • USS Cole
June 2008
- US and Pakistan Let al-Qaeda Regroup
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 30, 08 9:00 AM CDT
  
  Nearly seven years after 9/11, America has not only failed to capture Osama bin Laden; it has also allowed al-Qaeda to rebuild itself in lawless northwest Pakistan, near the Afghan border. The New York Times conducted more than four dozen interviews to discover how rivalries among American agencies, trouble with Pervez Musharraf, and the distraction of Iraq allowed al-Qaeda to foil Operation Cannonball, a highly classified CIA initiative. More »
  
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  Pakistan • Afghanistan • Bush administration • al-Qaeda • CIA • September 11 • tribal areas • US-Pakistan relations • South Waziristan
- Al-Qaeda Stuck in Web 1.0
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 26, 08 9:07 AM CDT
  
  At its height, al-Qaeda had mastered how to amplify the effect of real-world attacks with virtual representations—videos, audio recordings, and articles reproducing its mayhem online. But as the Web has transformed into a more social entity, the terrorist organization is " stuck in 1.0," writes analyst Daniel Kimmage in the New York Times . If America and its allies want to win the war on terror, they should look to YouTube. More »
  
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  Internet • al-Qaeda • YouTube • Middle East • social networking • Web 2.0 • Internet censorship
- Afghans Accuse Pakistan of Karzai Plot
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 25, 08 1:08 PM CDT
  
  Afghanistan publicly accused Pakistan of plotting the April assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai, saying it has evidence linking Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence to the deed. A spokesman said phone records, documents, and confessions from suspects proved the ISI harbored "the real schemers and organizers" behind the attack. More »
  
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  Pakistan • Afghanistan • al-Qaeda • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • assassination attempt
- US Can't Be Sure Pakistan's $5.6B Went to Fight Terror
  
  newser | CNN | Jun 25, 08 12:28 PM CDT
  
  The Defense Department cannot show that nearly $6 billion the US has sent to Pakistan since 2001 has been used, as intended, to fight terrorism. In a report yesterday, the Government Accountability Office said the Pentagon hadn’t properly tracked the funds, CNN reports, blindly signing off on questionable charges—leading critics to charge that Pakistan bolstered its own defense capability at US expense. More »
  
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  Pakistan • al-Qaeda • Taliban • Defense Department • Government Accountability Office • US military aid • Coalition Support Funds
- Al-Qaeda Plenty Safe, Thriving on Web
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jun 24, 08 1:01 PM CDT
  
  Americans might think of al-Qaeda as a cave-dwelling group of primitives, but the terror group operates one of the most sophisticated propaganda operations on the web, the Washington Post reports. Al-Qaeda releases documentary-quality videos every 3-4 days through tightly secured channels. “It’s beautifully crafted propaganda,” said one expert. “You’re left shaking your head and saying, ‘Yeah, I guess they’re right.’” More »
  
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  Internet • al-Qaeda • Osama bin Laden • propaganda • cyberterrorism • terror websites
- How to Transition Out of Iraq
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jun 19, 08 1:37 PM CDT
  
  It's time for the US to carve out a practical strategy in Iraq, David Ignatius argues in the Washington Post . At a cost of $400 million a day, the war is draining America's economy—precisely what Osama bin Laden hoped for. The solution will not be quick, simple, or easy, but rather "ambiguous, messy, occasionally in the shadows." More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • Iran • al-Qaeda • US military • military • Iraq exit strategy
- Car Bomb Kills 51 at Baghdad Market
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 17, 08 5:18 PM CDT
  
  A car bomb tore through a market area in a mainly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad today, killing more than 50 people and wounding dozens, officials said. It was the deadliest such attack in more than three months. Nobody claimed responsibility, but it bore the hallmarks of al-Qaeda in Iraq, which is known to use car bombs and suicide attacks. More »
  
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  Iraq • al-Qaeda • Baghdad • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Iraq violence • Iraq mess
- First Lady Writes Home on Afghanistan
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 12, 08 1:34 PM CDT
  
  Laura Bush, attending an international fundraising conference for Afghanistan after visiting the war-torn country, documents the distance it's traveled in recovery and the challenges ahead in a Wall Street Journal column. Hailing “amazing progress,” the first lady writes of lowered infant mortality and increased access to health care and education. But, she warns, there's still “danger lurking in the Afghan hills.” More »
  
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  Afghanistan • al-Qaeda • Hamid Karzai • Laura Bush

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