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Meltdown in the Desert

Jamal Dajani | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Economy, Oil, Business, Kuwait, Recession, Al Qaeda, Dubai, Business News
Jamal Dajani

The demise of Wall Street has reached the Arabian Sahara and is threatening to put an end to its construction boom, which has flourished from several years of petro-bonanza.

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Afghanistan Strategy Is Being Urgently Reviewed By White House

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Surge, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Politics News

The White House has launched an urgent review of Afghanistan policy, fast-tracked for completion in the next several weeks, amid growing concern that ...

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On Anniversary Of Bombing Afghanistan, We Need A Surge In Diplomacy

Kelly Campbell | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Afghanistan War, John McCain, Afghanistan, Us Forces, Taliban, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Campaign 2008, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, September 11, Bush Administration, Civilian Casualties, Nato, Election 2008, Home News
Kelly Campbell

If we want to help build a stable and democratic Afghanistan, we should drastically revamp our humanitarian aid to assure that it goes to projects identified by Afghans as crucial and supports the local economy by employing local workers, not high-priced foreign contractors.

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Bin Laden Used a Similar Strategy to Decimate American Capitalism as Reagan Used to Hasten End of Soviet Communism

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fall of Soviet Empire, Government Bailout, War on Terror, Barack Obama Wall Street Crisis, Economy, Global War on Terror, Bailout Plan, Iraq War Funding, Bailout Bill, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, US Economy, Bush Economy, Iraq War, Financial Meltdown, John McCain Wall Street Crisis, Financial Crisis, Soviet Union, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

Both men used the same strategy: scare them into an arms race which they couldn't afford and which would undermine the very fabric of their economic, social and political system.

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Osama bin Laden for John McCain?

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Terrorism, John McCain, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

Richard Clarke certainly thinks that al Qaeda and Osama might be pro-McCain....

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Petraeus Closes Book on McCain Plan for Afghanistan

Patrick Barry | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, David Petraeus, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Anbar Awakening, Mccain, Afghanistan, Iraq, General Petraeus, Surge, Politics News
Patrick Barry

General Petraeus' remarks yesterday should close the book on John McCain's overly-simplistic strategy for restoring stability to Afghanistan.

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Is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Running the 9/11 Trials?

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi Yousef, Walid Bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Terrorism, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, Ammar Al-Baluchi, Guantanamo Detainees, 9/11, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Mustafa Al-Hawsawi, Col. Ralph Kohlmann, Military Commissions, Politics News
Andy Worthington

It could all have been so different. Between September 2002 and April 2003, the five defendants in the forthcoming 9/11 trial at Guantánamo -- Khalid...

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Debate Prep#2: Some Lines of Attack on McCain

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Europe, Al Qaeda, Nato, Lobbyists, Georgia, Financial Crisis, Congress, Mccain, Obama, Iraq, Afghanistan, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

As a follow up to my earlier blog on debate prep (McCain's likely lines of attack), forthwith are just a few suggested lines of attack against McCain'...

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Top Bush Officials Participated In Torture Talks, New Documents Show

NY Times | MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Ashcroft Waterboarding, Donald Rumsfeld Torture, Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, CIA Torture, John Ashcroft, Torture, Al Qaeda, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senior White House officials played a central role in deliberations in the spring of 2002 about whether the Central Intelligence Agency ...

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What Did My Son Die For?

John Scripsick | Posted 09.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, John McCain, Blackwater, Halliburton, Enron, President Bush, Al Qaeda, Dick Cheney, Home News
John Scripsick

Author's son died in Iraq. He died because of the Bush administration's shoddy anti-terrorism operations before 9/11, and after 9/11 so fat cats could become richer.

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'DC 9/11' is the New 'Reefer Madness'

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 09.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: George Bush, Lionel Chetwynd, DC 9/11: Time of Crisis, Reefer Madness, Colin Powell, Ronald Reagan, Oliver Stone, Donald Rumsfeld, Snl, Phil Hartman, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Dick Cheney, Saddam Hussein, Entertainment News
Erik Lundegaard

Football metaphors abound. Boys who never went to war get to use the words of war. This is a movie that actually celebrates the worst foreign policy decisions we've ever made.

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Finally, They Get It

Nushin Arbabzadah | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Foreign Policy, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Politics News
Nushin Arbabzadah

What I found was a tired sigh of relief: finally, the Americans got it. Got what? That "you can't trust the Pakistani government."

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McCain Lacks Clear Vision On Pakistan; Obama Ready To Engage

George McHendry, Jr. | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Obama Biden; Mccain Palin; Obama Foreign Policy; Diplomacy; Military; International Diplomacy; Afghanistan; Terrorism; Extremists, John McCain, War on Terror, Barack Obama, Pakistan, Al Qaeda, Home News
George McHendry, Jr.

We need a change in leadership that recognizes the War on Terror is more than a military conflict.

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25 Suspected Al-Qaida Associates Arrested In Connection With Embassy Bombing

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Terrorism, Al Qaeda, Al Qaida, Yemen, Yemen Terrorism, Yemen Embassy Bombed, Home News

SAN'A, Yemen — The deadly attack on the U.S. Embassy may be a watershed moment in Yemen's on-and-off struggle with terrorism. For years, the Ye...

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US Missiles Strike Pakistan, Killing Six, Pakistani Spies Say

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Pakistan, US Army, Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda Pakistan, Al Qaida, Pakistan Al Qaida, War Wire, Home News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Air-fired missiles hit a militant compound near the Afghan border and killed at least six people Wednesday evening, offici...

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CIA Chief: Al Qaida Is Top Nuclear Concern

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 09.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Al Qaida, Al Qaeda, Al Qaida Nuclear Conern, Al Qaeda Nuclear Concern, Osama Bin Laden Cia Nuclear, Home News

WASHINGTON — Iran and North Korea both have the capability to produce nuclear weapons but al-Qaida is the CIA's top nuclear concern because it i...

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9/11 and the GOP's False Sense of Security

David Quigg | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Lies, John McCain, Richard Clarke, War on Terror, Counterterrorism, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Sarah Palin, 9/11, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Al Qaeda, John Mccain Terrorism, Politics News
David Quigg

Our safety depends on us acting together. And our shared action depends on a basic shared understanding that it is far too soon to claim "never again."

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Palin Contradicts McCain's Pakistan Policy

Patrick Barry | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pakistan, Palin, Sarah Palin, Mccain, Obama, Charles Gibson, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Patrick Barry

Sarah Palin directly contradicted her own candidate by saying she would do whatever it takes to stop terrorists in Pakistan.

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9/11 -- Unfinished Business

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Middle East, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, Bin Laden, Twin Towers, 9/11, September 11th, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

I write this so that our remembrance of 9/11 serves as reminder that we were once united in our determination to complete the unfinished business at hand -- to bring justice to those who ruined so many lives.

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Seven Years Post 9-11: Are We Safer?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, War on Terror, Pakistan, Terrorism, George W. Bush, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, 2008 Election, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Politics News
Jamal Dajani

There is still no real effective way to combat terrorism. Al Qaeda exists in places it never has been in before like Iraq, Algeria and Somalia. Bush's War on Terror has failed.

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Bush's History of the World Part. 1: The Surge

Patrick Barry | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Al Qaeda, Return on Success, Surge, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism, Deployments, Iraq, Bush, Politics News
Patrick Barry

In so many ways, yesterday's speech by President Bush offered absolutely nothing to distinguish itself from his past addresses - it felt hostile, dec...

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Obama To Palin: Don't Mock The Constitution

Washington Post | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, Sarah Palin, Guantanamo, War Wire, Obama Don't Mock the Constitution, Politics News

Sen. Barack Obama delivered an impassioned defense of the Constitution and the rights of terrorism suspects tonight, striking back at one of the bigge...

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RNC: "USA, USA"

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Patriotism, John McCain, Rnc, 2008 Presidential Race, Republican Convention, Al Qaeda, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News
Jamal Dajani

Patriotism and "Country First" have become the theme for John McCain's campaign. Several speakers, including the Republican nominee himself, John McCa...

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Bush's Lessons for McCain

Patrick Barry | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Syria, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Saddam, Taliban, Lebanon, Mccain, Afghanistan, Iraq, 9-11, Terrorism, Bush, Politics News
Patrick Barry

Last night at the RNC, President Bush argued that John McCain is ready to lead America in the 21st century, in part because he "understands the lesson...

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Al Qaida Has Free Movement In Pakistan, Top Official Concedes

McClatchy | Saeed Shah | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pakistan Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Pakistan Al Qaida, Al Qaida, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, Politics News

Pakistan's top security official Monday admitted that al Qaida's leadership moved freely in and out of the country and vowed that "no mercy" would be ...

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