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

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OPINION

 'He Kept Us
 Safe': Noonan 

President has one argument to hang his hat on

Dec 5, 08 9:20 AM CST
(Newser) - In the Republican social circles Peggy Noonan swims in, there is much grousing about George W. Bush. These days, however, it’s almost always followed by one sentence: “But he kept us safe.” It’s a meme destined to linger as the final argument for Bush. “There’... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Barack Obama • Bush legacy • George W. Bush • 9/11 attacks • President Obama

Alleged Mumbai Masterminds Test Pakistan

Banned terror group has operated for years with elite backing

Dec 4, 08 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - As evidence mounts that the Mumbai attackers had links to a Pakistani militant organization, the nation's new civilian government is facing the toughest test yet of its ability—and its will—to stop terrorism. Pakistan has banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed for the attacks. But the Islamist group has operated... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • India • Condoleezza Rice • Mumbai • Asif Ali Zardari • Islamic terrorism • terrorist attack • terrorist groups • Pakistan intelligence services • Lashkar-e-Taiba

 Bombs Found in 
 Mumbai Train Station 

Reports conflict as to whether the explosives were left by last week's attackers

Dec 3, 08 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Two bombs have been found at a train station initially targeted by the terrorists who attacked Mumbai last week, the BBC reports. The 9lb bombs, found among luggage owned by victims who died in the attack, were diffused.The devices are said to be similar in design to two found... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • India • bomb • Mumbai • gunman • terrorist attack

OPINION

 Make Your Case 
 on Anti-Terror, 
 Mr. Bush 

Bill Kristol thinks America will listen

Nov 29, 08 2:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Republicans have fallen out of favor, and there’s probably nothing George W. Bush can say in his final days to change that. “But he could do his party—and the nation—a service by reminding Americans of our successes fighting the war on terror,” writes William Kristol.... More »

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War on Terror • counterterrorism • warrantless wiretapping • waterboarding • interrogation techniques • George W. Bush

ANALYSIS

 Obama's Inheriting 
 Troubles Darker 
 Than Economy 

Mumbai attacks a horrific reminder of the problems Obama must tackle

Nov 27, 08 4:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The attacks in Mumbai are a stark reminder that some things are worse than a slumping economy, David Hallaway writes in Marketwatch. Barack Obama is also inheriting some huge foreign policy challenges, and the days of the war on terror taking a backseat to the financial crisis look certain to... More »

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War on Terror • Barack Obama • terrorism • Robert Gates • Mumbai • al-Qaeda • Obama administration • President Obama

 Mumbai Toll Rises to 101 


Nov 26, 08 11:06 PM CST
(Newser) - The death toll in the Mumbai terror attacks rose to 101, and government troops continued to exchange gunfire with militants holed up in two posh hotels, the Times of India reports. As dawn broke over India's financial capital, it remained unclear how many—or if any—Westerners were being held... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • India • Mumbai • terrorist attack

(Newser) - A Dallas jury found a Muslim charity and its ex-leaders guilty today on three dozen counts of terror funding, the Dallas Morning News reports. A retrial of the biggest terror financing case in US history, the case hinged on $12 million sent by the Holy Land Foundation to Hamas after... More »

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War on Terror • Hamas • Holy Land Foundation • terrorism financing • terror trial

 Art Classes Coming to Gitmo 

Prison camp staff will offer more activities
to distract detainees

Nov 23, 08 7:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Art class at Guantanamo Bay? Yes, it's in the works—along with geology class, Game Boys, access to newspapers, and more movie nights. The prison staff wants to keep prisoners "stimulated," Guantanamo's cultural adviser told the Miami Herald. "Once they are engaged and busy, they leave the... More »

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War on Terror • jihad • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • detainees

5 Ordered Freed From Gitmo on Feds' Lack of Evidence

Governments' classified case insufficient to justify further detention

Nov 20, 08 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A federal judge today ordered the release of five Guantánamo Bay inmates, ruling that the US government’s evidence was not enough to justify their continued detention, the New York Times reports. The men were among the inmates who won a Supreme Court verdict in June that found they... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Guantanamo Bay • habeas corpus • Guantanamo prisoners • federal judges • Boumediene v. Bush • evidence

 Defense Lawyers Let Inside Secret Gitmo Camp 

First-ever visit to undisclosed locale 'helpful:' defense attorney

Nov 20, 08 11:34 AM CST
(AP) - Defense lawyers were allowed for the first time into a section of the prison at Guantanamo Bay so restricted that even its location on the US base is secret. The pair of military attorneys for an alleged Sept. 11 plotter went to Camp 7 to gauge the effects of the... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • terrorism • schizophrenia • Guantanamo Bay • lawyer • Guantanamo prisoners • Camp Seven • Ramzi Binalshibh

ANALYSIS

Faith in Petraeus May Lead Obama Astray in Afghanistan

Could 'yes we can,' become dangerous optimism?

Nov 19, 08 5:33 PM CST
(Newser) - President-elect Obama’s biggest decision in the war on terror is defining the nature and extent of the military commitment in Afghanistan, Russ Hoyle writes for the Daily Beast. While the US has Gen. David Petraeus' counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq, there is no unified, coherent plan for battling the resurgent... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Barack Obama • Taliban • terrorism • David Petraeus • President Obama

OPINION

How the US
Made Somalia a Terrorist Haven

Coalition overthrown, country is now run by al-Qaeda allies

Nov 18, 08 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Iraq and Afghanistan loom largest among the fiascos undertaken in the name of a "war on terror," Martin Fletcher writes in the Times of London, but there has been a third front in that offensive: Somalia. After 15 years of anarchy, the US helped destroy the country's first... More »

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Somalia • War on Terror • jihad • Islamic extremists • Council of Islamic Courts • warlords • al-Qaeda • insurgency

 Pakistan to Arm Local Militias 

Insurgency strategy, successful for US in Iraq, boosts American confidence in ally

Oct 23, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan plans to give weapons to thousands of  tribal fighters along its border with Afghanistan, the Washington Post reports—a strategy that has helped the US in Iraq. The move to link the militias—called lashkars—to anti-Taliban efforts is a boost to US confidence in Pakistan’s military efforts,... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Taliban • Pakistan • Awakening Councils • al-Qaeda • Pakistan army

GLOSSIES

 TSA Designed Only 
 to 'Catch Stupid Terrorists' 

Weapons? Check. Liquids? Check. Terrorist propaganda? Check. Write got it all through.

Oct 16, 08 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Transportation Security Administration’s nearly $7 billion budget is a waste, Jeffrey Goldberg reports in the Atlantic. With the help of a security expert, Goldberg has, at various times, gotten through airport security using counterfeit passes, carrying potentially dangerous objects and liquids—not to mention a Hezbollah flag and... More »

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War on Terror • counterterrorism • airport security • The Atlantic

 US Kills 
 al-Qaeda 
 in Iraq's 
 No. 2 

Insurgent leader specialized in recruiting

Oct 15, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(AP) - American troops acting on a tip killed the No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq—a Moroccan known for his ability to recruit and motivate foreign fighters—in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, the US military said today. The man, known as Abu Qaswarah, was a charismatic... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • terrorism • Pakistan • Morocco • United States • terrorist • Iraq war • Abu Qaswarah

Germany Ups Afghan Force, Debates Talking to Taliban

Negotiation with radicals seems necessary, but Karzai's not the man for the job

Oct 7, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Germany’s government decided today to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan and to keep its forces there for 14 more months, Der Spiegel reports. But as Angela Merkel’s government recommits to the fight, the German press argues over whether a radical change in strategy—including diplomatic engagement... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Taliban • Angela Merkel • Germany • Hamid Karzai • coalition forces

OPINION

Petraeus' Iraq Strategy
Is Ill-Suited to Afghanistan

Counterinsurgency expert may need to learn a few new tricks to quell Taliban rebellion

Oct 6, 08 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gen. David Petraeus faces an uphill battle in replicating the successes of the Iraq surge in Afghanistan, Michael Evans writes in the Times of London, “because the economic, social and political conditions are so different.” Afghanistan doesn’t have nearly the natural, fertile resources, and neither the US... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • War on Terror • Taliban • Middle East • David Petraeus • surge • opium • infrastructure

US Doomed in Afghanistan: British Envoy

Leaked French cable quotes diplomat opposing surge

Oct 1, 08 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British ambassador to Afghanistan believes “the American strategy is destined to fail,” the Telegraph reports, based on a leaked memo written by a French diplomat. In the memo, the French diplomat records statements by Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles at a Sept. 1 meeting in which the British envoy... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • surge • Britain • press leaks • ambassador

US War on Terror Hasn't Hurt Al-Qaeda: World Poll

59% say efforts haven't damaged militants or made them stronger

Sep 29, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the eyes of many, the war on terror hasn’t damaged al-Qaeda: 29% of responders to a BBC poll conducted in 23 countries said US efforts had not affected the militant group, while 30% say al-Qaeda has actually been strengthened. Overall, 22% thought al-Qaeda had been weakened, while 34%... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • Egypt • poll • al-Qaeda

 Taliban Surges 
 Back With New 
 Battle Plan 

These are not your father's theocrats

Sep 20, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today’s Taliban bears little resemblance to the incompetent barefoot mullahs the US ousted 7 years ago. In the past year, the Taliban has reinvented itself as a confident, well-armed militia with a mighty propaganda machine, the Washington Post reports. “This is not the Taliban of Emirate times,... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • Islamic law

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