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OPINION

Go All In on Afghan War, McCain, Lieberman Say


Mar 19, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s strategy for Afghanistan must roundly reject the so-called “minimalist” approach being whispered about in DC, write John McCain and Joe Lieberman in today’s Washington Post. The minimalists want the US to focus on limited, “realistic” counterterrorism goals. But McCain and Lieberman remind Obama... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Barack Obama • John McCain • military strategy • Joe Lieberman • counter insurgency • Afghanistan war • counterinsurgency

 'Civilian Surge' Part 
 of New Afghan Plan 

Hundreds of diplomats may be sent along with troops

Mar 18, 09 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s new Afghanistan policy may include stationing more diplomats and civilians there, officials tell the Washington Post. Obama’s national security advisers are expected to present a plan next week that would send hundreds of government officials from departments like Agriculture and Justice, along with temps yet to... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • State Department • diplomat • Peter Galbraith • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Francis Ricciardone Jr.

 US Thinks Osama's 
 in Pakistan Mountain Range 

Daily News probed evidence, confirmed findings

Mar 15, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Washington isn't talking about it, but since 2006 the search for Osama bin Laden has focused on a remote region of Pakistan, the New York Daily News reports in an "exhaustive" investigation. The "impenetrable" Chitral region is home to some of the tallest mountains in the world, the... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • mountain • Hindu Kush • Chitral

(AP) - The Obama administration said today it is abandoning one of President Bush's key phrases in the war on terrorism: enemy combatant, the AP reports. The Justice Department said in legal filings that it will no longer use the term to justify holding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. But that won't change... More »

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War on Terror • Barack Obama • Department of Justice • enemy combatants • Eric Holder

ANALYSIS

Iraqi Deaths Continue, But Get Less Notice

'No one values the victims' as war winds down, mourners say

Mar 12, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Abu Ghraib, once a symbol of Saddam Hussein’s tyranny and later of the darkest hour of the US occupation of Iraq, is the latest symbol of how the nation and media now treat death there, Anthony Shadid writes in the Washington Post. 33 people died there Tuesday in a... More »

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War on Terror • Abu Ghraib • suicide bomber • civilian casualties • Iraq Army • Iraq war

OPINION

Intel Pick's Ouster a Victory for Lobbyists

Loss of excellent public servant a loss for country: Broder

Mar 12, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Charles Freeman withdrew from consideration to chair the National Intelligence Council, the Obama administration “suffered an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the lobbyists the president vowed to keep in their place,” writes David Broder of the Washington Post. Freeman boasted “one of the... More »

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national security • War on Terror • Charles Schumer • intelligence • Obama administration • President Obama • Dennis Blair • Israeli lobby • National Intelligence Council

Musharraf
Mulls Return
to Politics 

Pakistani leaders' bickering stokes ex-president's hopes

Mar 11, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's civilian leaders have squandered months on a struggle to oust one another, just when the global financial crisis and ever-bolder religious militants are further destabilizing the country, Time reports. One man sees opportunity in the current fiasco: Pervez Musharraf. After months out of the public eye, the ousted former... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Islamic extremism • Asif Ali Zardari • Islamic terrorism • Pakistan army

Russia Starts
to Admit Heroin Problem

Some blame West's failures in Afghanistan; others see bad policy

Mar 11, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - With an estimated 2 million drug addicts in Russia—about one in 50 adults—the nation is finally admitting it has a problem. One ally of PM Vladimir Putin faults the West’s anti-terror efforts in nearby Afghanistan for allowing poppy cultivation to bloom; others say Russia’s sweep-it-under-the-rug policies... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • War on Terror • rehab • heroin • Bill Maher • HIV/AIDS • drug addicts • methadone • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

Obama Tactic on Pakistan, Afghanistan: Fingers Crossed

Pakistan will become key to US approach there

Mar 5, 09 2:52 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama is bringing hope to conflicts in Afghanistan and Pakistan—but along the lines of hoping something good happens, Joe Klein writes in Time. A policy review is underway, but it seems the administration’s approach will be to “hope that the disintegration of Afghanistan can be prevented... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Pakistan • Bruce Riedel • foreign policy • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

 Clinton Seeks 
 World Meeting 
 on Afghanistan 

High-level conference would develop 'common way forward'

Mar 5, 09 9:25 AM CST
(AP) - Hillary Clinton has proposed a high-level international conference on Afghanistan sponsored by the United Nations and attended by a wide range of countries including Pakistan and NATO allies. The secretary of State presented the proposal at a NATO meeting in Brussels, where she said the session could be held March... More »

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Russia • War on Terror • Hillary Clinton • United Nations • NATO • Pakistan • India • Afghanistan war • Ban Ki-Moon • Obama administration • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

Leahy Calls
For 'Truth Commission' on Bush Abuses

Republicans say
it's a waste of time

Mar 4, 09 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Patrick Leahy called today for a "truth commission" to investigate alleged abuses by the Bush administration in the name of the war on terror, CNN reports. Detention and interrogation practices at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib “have seriously eroded fundamental American principles of the rule of law,"... More »

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War on Terror • Congress • torture • Abu Ghraib • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Guantanamo Bay • John Cornyn • inquiry

Marri Faces Charges of Aiding Al-Qaeda

Indictment unsealed; transfer of 'combatant' to civilian court begins

Feb 27, 09 4:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The charges against Ali al-Marri include conspiracy and material support for terrorism, according to a federal indictment unsealed today. The only alleged enemy combatant held on US soil is incarcerated in a naval brig in South Carolina, where he has been held for over 5 years without being charged, and... More »

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War on Terror • Ali al Marri • al-Qaeda • attorney general • Eric Holder • Obama administration

 Senate to Probe Bush-Era CIA 

Inquiry to focus on controversial interrogation and detention program

Feb 27, 09 4:22 AM CST
(Newser) - The Senate Intelligence Committee plans a sweeping investigation into the CIA's actions under President Bush, the Los Angeles Times reports. Officials say the probe is a fact-finding mission rather than an investigation into whether laws were broken, but the inquiry is certain to put the spotlight back on the agency's... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • CIA • secret prisons • Senate Intelligence Committee • counterterrorism • interrogation • waterboarding • harsh interrogation • Leon Panetta

 Weakness at Top 
 Worsens Pakistan's Woes 

Zardari has alienated party allies and foes alike: officials

Feb 26, 09 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - In less than 6 months at Pakistan's helm, Asif Ali Zardari has surrounded himself with cronies, alienated top advisers, and created a situation that has diplomats warning that he's undercutting efforts to oppose al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Benazir Bhutto's widower is holed up inside his palace, and cabinet ministers who... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • political factions • Nawaz Sharif • infighting • Asif Ali Zardari • Afghanistan war

Pakistan Court Upholds Ban on Sharif; Tensions Rise

Political infighting may cause more instability

Feb 25, 09 3:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan’s supreme court refused today to let opposition leader Nawaz Sharif or his brother hold elected office, prompting fears of political infighting that could further destabilize the country, the BBC reports. President Asif Ali Zardari immediately moved to dismiss the provincial government in Punjab led by Sharif’s brother... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • Pakistan Supreme Court • political factions • Nawaz Sharif • Shahbaz Sharif • Asif Ali Zardari

Gitmo Abuse Worse Under Obama: Lawyer

Guards 'get their kicks in' before controversial prison shuts down

Feb 25, 09 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay has gone up since the election of President Obama, who’s promised to close the facility, a lawyer tells Reuters. Detainees represented by Ahmed Ghappour complained of beatings, dislocation of limbs, overfeeding while on hunger strike, and pepper spray on their toilet paper. “Guards... More »

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War on Terror • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • physical abuse • President Obama • abuse of power

(Newser) - The fate of 17 Chinese Muslims imprisoned at Guantanamo since 2002 remains in flux after the DC Circuit Court of Appeals blocked their release to the US today. That reverses a lower court ruling that said the prisoners—members of the Uighur ethnic group who are no longer considered enemy... More »

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China • War on Terror • federal courts • US Court of Appeals • Guantanamo prisoners • Chinese Muslims

(Newser) - President Obama has approved an increase in troop levels in Afghanistan, which could put 17,000 more soldiers and Marines on the ground in the coming months, the AP reports. Insiders say they should be in place by the volatile summer period, when warmer weather and upcoming elections are expected... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Taliban • terrorism • troop surge • US military • al-Qaeda • Obama administration • President Obama

Iraqi Women's Minister Resigns in Protest

Budget cuts rob her
of resources to help 'army of widows'

Feb 8, 09 6:23 PM CST
(AP) - Iraq's state minister for women's affairs has quit to protest a lack of resources for a daunting task—improving the lives of "a full army of widows" and other women left poor or abandoned by war. Nawal al-Samarraie told the AP how her office's budget was so tight that... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • budget cuts • Iraqi government • Iraqi women

(Newser) - The CIA thinks the next attempt to launch a 9/11-level attack is likely to come out of Britain and has informed President Obama of a huge new spy operation within the UK, intelligence sources tell the Daily Telegraph. Agents say the most likely theoretical culprit is British-born Pakistani extremist... More »

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War on Terror • Barack Obama • CIA • intelligence • Britain • al-Qaeda • Lashkar-e-Taiba

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