14 hours ago by Paul LeGrand

He just won his first presidential election a year earlier, and the President is indecisive about ramping up a military conflict. His military advisers are asking him to put an additional ten divisions into a low level conflict that's starting to simmer. The seasons are starting to change and weathe ...

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1 day ago by culpering355

Al Jazeera: Shortly after midnight, drone missiles hit a compound commonly used by anti-government and al-Qaeda-linked fighters in Palooseen, North Waziristan. Eight were killed. In its report, Al Jazeera labeled them as “US drones” but cited no evidence to back up their claim. The attack, shortly a ...

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1 day ago by Chandler

EXCLUSIVE: Pakistani intelligence aids Mullah Omar’s move to Karachi Mullah Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed leader of the Afghan Taliban, has fled a Pakistani city on the border with Afghanistan and found refuge from potential U.S. attacks in the teeming Pakistani port city of Karachi with the assistanc ...

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2 days ago by Chief

Holder’s move to criminalize terrorists shows that he has totally lost his situational awareness, or else has determined to put a bullet into the war on terrorism by enabling some of the worst of the worst a very real chance of getting a legal pass. Trying KSM in Civilian Court: Inconsistent, Indefe ...

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2 days ago by Belfer Center

Hearts-and-minds outreach part of U.S. strategy to counter terrorism Pittsburgh Tribune-Review November 15 Quoted: Robert Rotberg Topic: Counter terrorism in Djibouti and Somalia … Military options are not off the table, though. In mid-September, U.S. Special Forces flew into Somalia and killed an a ...

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3 days ago by admin

US Department of State, 17 Nov 09: I welcome the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss our counterterrorism approach in Africa’s Sahel region. I look forward to working with the Congress, and especially with this Committee, to identify appropriate tools to support the efforts of the coun ...

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4 days ago by steve

I don’t have any firm opinions about what we should do in Afghanistan at this juncture. In favor of the surge, it’s supported by some very credible individuals (e.g. Robert Gates, Gen Petraeus, Gen McChrystal, the Joint Chiefs). On the other hand, you also have military pundits like Ralph Peters who ...

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4 days ago by Stephen Karlson

INSTEAD OF GUANTANAMO. The national government contemplates purchasing the Thomson Correctional Center, a state prison that Corruptistan hasn't had the money to put into service. The editorial board at the Rockford Register Star approves of the plan. I am still weighing the arguments. The prison is ...

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4 days ago by steve

Because the Obama administration is such a target-rich environment for wrong, wrongheaded policies, it’s hard to single out just one in particular. The competition is fierce. However, the decision to try 9/11 conspirators in civilian court may possibly set new standards of monumental folly and moral ...

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5 days ago by James Joyner

I was out of pocket for a few days visiting the folks in Alabama and missed commenting on a few stories. Most notable among these was Friday’s announcement that five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, would be tried in New York. This one’s a real head scratch ...

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