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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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War on Terror stories: 212 news summaries

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Russia Wants to Help US
on Afghanistan: Medvedev

But fate of US air base in Kyrgyzstan remains unknown

Feb 4, 09 3:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today offered “full-fledged” cooperation with the US in the fight against terrorism, the AP reports, one day after Kyrgyzstan said it would close a base crucial to American-led operations in Afghanistan. It was unclear if Russia might propose concessions in return for continued access to... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • War on Terror • Dmitry Medvedev • political freedoms • Medvedev • Afghanistan war

(Newser) - Dick Cheney’s claim that a terrorist attack is more likely during an Obama administration “is sleazy in the extreme,” Joe Klein writes for Time. Even if you can “leave aside the fact”—which Klein cannot—“that if Dick Cheney and his alleged boss... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • September 11 • terrorist attack • Joe Klein • Obama administration • President Obama

Cheney: Soft Obama Makes Terror Attack More Likely

Says fighting extremists 'a tough, mean, dirty, nasty business'

Feb 4, 09 9:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Dick Cheney thinks there’s a “high probability” terrorists will attack the US with a biological or nuclear weapon, and that Barack Obama’s policies will likely only increase those odds. Fighting terrorism is “a tough mean, dirty, nasty business,” the former vice president told Politico. “... More »

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War on Terror • Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • torture • terrorism • Guantanamo Bay • vice president • harsh interrogation • al-Qaeda

(Newser) - CIA-directed air raids into Pakistan have “decimated” al-Qaeda’s senior leadership, killing up to a dozen high-level targets, senior US military officials tell NPR. They say a “complete al-Qaeda defeat” there is now entirely possible. “The enemy is really, really struggling,” says one official. “These... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • terrorism • Pakistan • Waziristan • Afghan border • airstrike • al-Qaeda

Many US Troops Home
in a Year: Obama  

President sees Iraqis ready to handle own security

Feb 1, 09 7:33 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama promised today to bring a "substantial" number of troops home from Iraq before next year's Super Bowl, MSNBC reports. In an interview with Matt Lauer, Obama said Iraq's smooth provincial elections this weekend ensured the homecoming. He disclosed no details, but said he plans to “roll... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • War on Terror • Iraq security • troop levels • provincial elections • Iraq exit strategy • President Obama

Obama OK With CIA Rendition

Prez allows abductions, transfers to continue, promises suspects won't be tortured

Feb 1, 09 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Torture techniques are out and Guantanamo Bay is facing closure, but Barack Obama is keeping one anti-terror tool: rendition, the Los Angeles Times reports. He signed an executive order allowing the CIA to continue the practice of secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to US-friendly nations. "You still... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • rendition • torture • prisoners • interrogation • suspected terrorists • President Obama



 'War on Terror' 
 Phrase Fading 
 Under Obama 

Phrase on the skids as prez hopes to rewrite US-Muslim relations

Jan 31, 09 6:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is rephrasing the "war on terror," the AP reports. As campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan continue—as do broader US efforts to hunt down extremists—Obama is apparently letting the Bush catchphrase go out of style. The new president instead invokes  “ongoing struggle” and “... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • War on Terror • Barack Obama • Islam • terrorism • Arabs • George W. Bush

Yemen Is
New Haven
for al-Qaeda

Group's numbers likely to see boost from
freed Gitmo inmates

Jan 30, 09 4:11 PM CST
(Newser) - As the US prepares to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Yemen presents a problem: Despite government efforts, the country is becoming a safe haven for al-Qaeda operatives, the Economist reports. Rebuffed by anti-terror initiatives in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, jihadists have flocked to Yemen, where rugged countryside, weak... More »

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War on Terror • Saudi Arabia • terrorism • Yemen • inmates • al-Qaeda • detainees

Gitmo Judge Refuses Obama's Order to Delay Trials

Delay in USS Cole case 'does not serve the interest of justice,' Army colonel says

Jan 29, 09 1:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The lead judge in the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals has refused President Obama’s order to suspend legal proceedings against one of the terror prison’s detainees, Reuters reports. Army Col. James Pohl said tribunal rules give him sole authority to delay litigation in the case of Abd al Rahim... More »

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War on Terror • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • al-Qaeda • USS Cole • Obama administration • Guantanamo tribunals • President Obama

Al-Qaeda Struggles to Rally Muslims Against Obama

Bush was much easier target for rallying support

Jan 25, 09 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - In George W. Bush, al-Qaeda leaders had an easy figurehead to rally against. But championing the jihadist movement with Barack Obama in the White House is a different story, the Washington Post reports. Qaeda militants are firing insults at Obama, including “hypocrite," "house Negro,” and "... More »

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War on Terror • Muslims • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush • Ayman al-Zawahiri • President Obama

OPINION

 McGovern to Obama: 
 Call 'Time-Out on War' 

War not the best solution to terrorism, ex-candidate argues

Jan 22, 09 2:18 PM CST
(Newser) - George McGovern would like to take the “war” out of the war on terror. The 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, writing in the Washington Post, cautions President Obama against diving headlong into Afghanistan, a battleground that has broken two empires already. “Let me suggest a truly audacious hope for... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Barack Obama • terrorism • war • George McGovern • war of ideas • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama

Patriot Act Treats Unruly Passengers as Terrorists

In-flight ruckus can
draw felony conviction

Jan 20, 09 5:57 PM CST
(Newser) - What sounds like a fair punishment for spanking your children on a plane and having an argument with a flight attendant? How about a felony conviction, 3 months in prison, and the loss of custody of your children? As unreal as it sounds, that’s exactly what happened to one... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • flight • felony • airline • Patriot Act • drunk

OPINION

'War on Terror' Approach a
Big Mistake:
UK Official

Foreign sec Miliband rips Bush label

Jan 15, 09 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The notion of a "war on terror" is ill-conceived and may have done more harm than good in the fight against extremism, according to the British foreign secretary. There is no "unified transnational enemy," and the phrase coined by President Bush led officials to believe that... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • Labour • David Miliband • terrorist

 Pakistan Busts 
 124 Linked to 
 Mumbai Attacks 

Founder of group fingered in attacks among detained

Jan 15, 09 4:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan has arrested 124 people in a crackdown on groups linked to November's Mumbai terror attacks, reports AP. India has insisted that the days-long siege of its commercial capital that killed 164 was plotted in Pakistan. But Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said today that India needed to provide more... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • Pakistan • India • Mumbai • Islamic terrorism • Lashkar-e-Taiba • Mumbai attacks • Jamaat-ud-Dawa

Obama: US
Can Defeat Osama Without Killing Him

He'd prefer it, but says troops can isolate him

Jan 14, 09 7:34 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain may have vowed during the campaign to go to the gates of hell to kill Osama bin Laden, but Barack Obama suggested tonight it may not be necessary. In an interview with Katie Couric on CBS, Obama said that while he'd prefer to "capture or kill" bin... More »

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War on Terror • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • President Obama

 Bush's Top 10 Successes 

From rejecting the Kyoto Protocol to the surge

Jan 13, 09 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Forget what you’ve heard about W’s presidency, writes Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard. His decisive courage gave his term many successes:
  • Rejecting the Kyoto Protocol: The treaty was broken—it exempted India and China from carbon emissions responsibility—but only Bush had the courage to say
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Iraq • War on Terror • Israel • US military • prescription drugs • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • George W. Bush

OPINION

 Obama Could 
 Learn a Lot 
 From Cheney 

VP wasn't afraid to sacrifice popularity to keep country safe

Jan 13, 09 9:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Dick Cheney's sub-Darth Vader approval levels make him an unlikely role model for Barack Obama but the president-elect could learn a lot from what made Cheney so unpopular in the first place, writes William McGurn in the Wall Street Journal. Cheney is disliked because he made some tough calls to... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • President Obama

(Newser) - A secret CIA airstrike on New Year's Day killed two high-ranking al-Qaeda operatives in Pakistan, the Washington Post reports. The missile strike took out al-Qaeda's chief of operations in Pakistan and his lieutenant. The men were linked to high-profile suicide bombings throughout the nation—including a blast at the Islamabad... More »

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War on Terror • CIA • Pakistan • drones • al-Qaeda

analysis

 War on Terror Nears $1 Trillion 

And that doesn't count long-term costs

Dec 27, 08 9:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Washington's war on terror is about to cost $1 trillion, and even that is just the beginning, Mark Thompson writes in Time. Three recent government reports racked up the bills, showing that long-term costs like veterans health care and interest on loans are yet to come in. The trillion-dollar figure... More »

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War on Terror • Pentagon • homeland security • US military • budget • interest • cost • defense spending • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

 Brown Hints 
 He'd Nix Obama 
 Plea for Troops 

Time for other nations to step up in Afghanistan, warns prime minister

Dec 15, 08 2:44 AM CST
(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.... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Barack Obama • troop surge • Gordon Brown • British troops • Britain

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