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insurgency stories: 34 news summaries

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 Al-Qaeda Claims 
 Baghdad Bombing 

Blast at Iraqi ministries left 155 dead

Oct 27, 09 6:09 AM CDT
(AP) - Al-Qaeda's umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility for this weekend's twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people, including 24 children trapped in a bus leaving a day care center. The group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, said in a statement posted... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Islamic State of Iraq • Sunni insurgents • al-Qaeda • insurgency

NICHOLAS KRISTOF

More Troops in Afghanistan
= Angrier Insurgents

Doesn't US remember how our country began? Or how Vietnam ended?

Oct 22, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The United States was born from a nationalist insurgency. “Given that history, you’d think we might be more sensitive to nationalism abroad,” writes Nicholas Kristof. “Yet the most systematic foreign-policy mistake we Americans have made in the post-World War II period has been to underestimate its... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • troop surge • US military • Pashtun • nationalism • insurgency • Nicholas Kristof

ANALYSIS

 Afghan Vote's True 
 Winner: The Taliban 

Chaos and corruption aid insurgents' propaganda campaign

Sep 21, 09 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's still not evident whether Hamid Karzai will avoid a runoff in Afghanistan's presidential vote, but the winner of the election is clear: the Taliban. Delays in tallying and alleged systemic fraud have given the insurgency new material for a sophisticated propaganda campaign that portrays the Karzai administration as corrupt... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • propaganda • Hamid Karzai • corruption • Mullah Omar • insurgency • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

 Addictive Leaf May 
 Rob Yemen of Water 

Khat consumes water, drains family resources, detractors say

Aug 25, 09 8:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's no secret that Yemen loves khat—a leaf chewed to produce a mild, amphetamine-like effect. Nearly 90% of men and 25% of women indulge, and most families actually spend more on khat than food. The ramifications have been long chronicled, but Time points out a less obvious one emerging... More »

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terrorism • drought • water • Yemen • amphetamines • insurgency • khat

(Newser) - Taliban fighters wearing explosive-laced vests stormed a government-run bank in central Kabul today, precipitating an hours-long shootout with Afghan forces 24 hours before the presidential election. A Taliban source said that 20 militants had entered Kabul, a day after a suicide bomb and a rocket attack rocked the capital. Afghan... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • suicide bombing • Kabul • Ban Ki-Moon • insurgency • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

(Newser) - As Afghans prepare to vote on Thursday, the top issue for all the leading presidential candidates remains whether and how to negotiate with the Taliban. Hamid Karzai, still predicted to win, has made vocal calls for negotiations but has done little so far in office, and Taliban insurgents are imperiling... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • negotiations • insurgency • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

(AP) - A roadside bomb hit a wedding party on its way to a ceremony in southern Afghanistan, killing 21 people including women and children, Afghan officials said today. A local police chief said that a Western airstrike hours later killed five farmers loading cucumbers into a taxi in a neighboring province;... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • civilian casualties • roadside bomb • airstrike • Afghanistan war • insurgency

 52 Dead in 
 Baghdad Blast 


Jun 24, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - An explosion ripped through a market in Baghdad’s Sadr City today killing 52 and injuring 104, Reuters reports. Though Iraq has seen markedly less violence in the past year, today’s bombing is part of a wave of attacks ahead of the US military’s scheduled withdrawal from Iraqi... More »

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Iraq • Sadr City • Baghdad • US military • bombing • Muqtada al-Sadr • insurgency

(Newser) - Gunmen killed 11 people and injured 12 in a southern Thailand mosque today, AFP reports. Officials said between two and five armed men entered the mosque and fired “indiscriminately.” It’s the latest incident in a 5-year guerrilla war that has killed 3,700 in Narathiwat province. The... More »

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Thailand • mosque • shooting • insurgency • gunmen • Narathiwat province

Pakistanis Finally Turning Against the Taliban

Swat Valley battles push citizens away from Islamic extremism

Jun 5, 09 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Only a year ago the Taliban had growing support in Pakistan, and many citizens regarded them as fellow Muslims opposed to the American government and military. But as the New York Times reports, public sentiment has shifted in recent months. Following violence in the Swat Valley and months of televised... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic Sharia law • Islamic extremism • Swat • Swat Valley • insurgency

GLOSSIES

Why Davids Win: They
Ignore Goliath's Rules


May 5, 09 7:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to David vs. Goliath-style battles, the underdog’s secret weapon is always supreme effort, Malcolm Gladwell writes in the New Yorker. From that Biblical encounter to Lawrence of Arabia’s stand against the Turks to a winning, but unskilled, California girls’ basketball team, “legs” tend to... More »

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basketball • war • insurgency • David • Goliath • underdog • conflict • tactics

US Worries Grow Over Weakened Pakistan's Nukes

But Pakistani officials call concerns 'overblown rhetoric'

May 4, 09 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The growing insurgency in Pakistan has heightened US worries about the security of the country’s nuclear arsenal, the New York Times reports. Some fear militants could steal weapons in transport or get access to nuclear facilities. President Obama says he’s “confident” that the stock is “secure,... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • nuclear weapons • Pakistan militants • nuclear arsenal • al-Qaeda • insurgency • President Obama

 Taliban 
 Leaves Key 
 Pakistan District 

Move comes amid peace deal in some areas

Apr 24, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Taliban commander withdrew his troops today from a Pakistani district where their activity was fueling US concern, Reuters reports. “Our leader has ordered that Taliban should immediately be called back from Buner,” a spokesman said of the area, which lies just 60 miles from the capital, Islamabad.... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic Sharia law • militant • peace deal • insurgency • Buner

Insurgents Join Forces in Pakistani Heartland

Country's fate tied to stability of Punjab, officials say

Apr 14, 09 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban is joining forces with local militant groups in the key province of Punjab, where more than half of Pakistanis live, the New York Times reports. Officials say the alliance is a major threat to national and regional stability, and was responsible for last month’s cricket-team attack, among... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Punjab • militant • insurgency

 NJ Rep Attacked in Somalia Urges Support for New Gov't

Payne calls for world to support Somalia's new leaders

Apr 14, 09 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New Jersey congressman targeted by Somali militants didn't even know his plane had been attacked until it landed safely in Kenya, he tells the Newark Star-Ledger. Rep. Donald Payne, who escaped injury from the mortar barrage, said he doesn't believe the assault should deter other politicians from meeting Somalia's... More »

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Somalia • insurgents • Mogadishu • airport • insurgency • Donald Payne

Somali Insurgents Fire at
US Congressman's Plane

Three killed in following skirmish, locals say

Apr 13, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Somali insurgents fired mortars at a Somalia airport as a US congressman was departing, the AP reports. None of the six shells hit the airport, and New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne made it away safely—but 19 civilians were wounded when the shells landed in nearby neighborhoods, a hospital administrator... More »

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Somalia • insurgents • congressman • airport • attack • pirates • insurgency

OPINION

 For Afghan Success, 
 Look to Colombia 

Countries face similar troubles—and Colombians know how to fix them

Apr 5, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - When President Obama reviewed US strategy in Afghanistan, the lessons of Iraq were key. But a better comparison might be Colombia, where parallels abound—and where the government has handled insurgents with a fair bit of success, writes Scott Wilson in the Washington Post. Both Afghanistan and Colombia have faced... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • military strategy • Colombia • FARC • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • insurgency • strategy

(AP) - Gen. David Petraeus said today that militant insurgents in Afghanistan are growing in strength but will be fought "relentlessly and aggressively" by bolstered American troops. During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, the commander of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan said the United States would take the fight... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • David Petraeus • al-Qaeda • Senate Armed Services Committee • insurgency

(Newser) - As the US military prepares to withdraw from Iraq's cities, security officials in both countries have observed that a smaller but more lethal insurgency seems to be gaining ground. Several recent bombings, believed to be orchestrated by al-Qaeda in Iraq, have killed 123 people in Baghdad and elsewhere, while members... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • US military • Sunnis • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia • Awakening Councils • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Sunni Awakening • insurgency • Iraqi Army

NATO Troops Kill Key Taliban Commander in Afghanistan

Maulawi Hassan responsible for numerous bombings, attacks in recent months

Mar 23, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A top Taliban commander was killed by NATO-led forces in Afghanistan this weekend, the New York Times reports. Maulawi Hassan had been the coordinator of many suicide bombings and other attacks since fall 2008 and reported directly to Mullah Rahmatullah, a Taliban leader who directs operation from outside Afghanistan. Hassan’... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • insurgents • Islamist • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • insurgency

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