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Retired Gen. Schwarzkopf, U.S. commander in Desert Storm, dies
Associated PressTruth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn’t care much for his popular “Stormin’ Norman” nickname. The seemingly no-nonsense Desert Storm commander’s reputed temper with aides and subordinates supposedly earned him...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Technology, Pneumonia, Baghdad (Iraq), H. Norman Schwarzkopf
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Al-Qaida attacks Yemeni forces hours after U.S. drone strike kills USS Cole suspect
Associated PressAl-Qaida militants staged a surprise attack Monday on a Yemeni army base in the south, killing 20 soldiers and capturing 25 just hours after a U.S. drone strike killed a senior figure in the terror network wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Police Investigations, Military Equipment, FBI, Osama bin Laden
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Al-Qaida claims responsibility for killing of American teacher in Yemen
Associated PressAl-Qaida’s Yemen branch said Thursday that it killed an American teacher because he was trying to spread Christianity in the mainly Muslim Arab nation. Joel Shrum, a 29-year-old native of Mount Joy, Pa., was gunned down on Sunday in the central...Tags: Ali Abdullah Saleh, Al-Qaeda, Religion and Belief, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Health
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Jay S. Russell, 66
Jay Stephen “Steve” Russell, 66, retired colonel U.S. Army, of Colbert, Wash., marched/parachuted into heaven Friday morning with his wife, Sharon, in his arms. Son, Jay, and daughter-in-law, Mary, as well as numerous family members and...Tags: Travel, Religion and Belief, Real Estate, Fishing, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans
A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Credit and Debt, U.S. Congress, Prisoners and Detainees, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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Counter-terrorism leak compromised an informant, sources say
WASHINGTON -- The unauthorized disclosure of a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials....Tags: Al-Qaeda, Emergency Incidents, Military Equipment, U.S. Navy, Yemen
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Correction: Mideast-Young and Hopeless-Glance
In a May 11 glance about Mideast economic figures, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the regional gross domestic product is nearly $2.7 billion. The GDP is nearly $2.7 trillion, according to the World Bank. A corrected version of the story...Tags: Economic Organization, International Economic Institution, Tunisia, National Government, Unemployment
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With Al Qaeda shattered, U.S. counter-terrorism's future unclear
WASHINGTON — Skilled in tracking foreign terrorists, Jarret Brachman once was a sought-after expert on Al Qaeda, advising several federal agencies and speaking regularly around the country. Now the former research director of the Combating...Tags: Al-Qaeda, John O. Brennan, U.S. Congress, Police Investigations, FBI
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Judge halts O'Hare convention center project
A project to build a convention center near O'Hare International Airport has been temporarily stopped by a federal judge after a government lawsuit accused the developer of trying to bilk Chinese investors out of millions of dollars. Anshoo Sethi's...
Tags: Executive Branch, Finance, Immigration, Economy, Business and Finance, Trials
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Drones: Killing enemies, and creating them [Blowback]
In his Feb. 5 Op-Ed article, "The case for drone strikes," Michael W. Lewis presents a distorted picture of the methodology and conclusions of a report I coauthored, “Living Under Drones: Death, Injury, and Trauma to Civilians from U.S. Drone...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, State of the Union Address, Columbia University, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Pakistan
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Letters: Data on drones
Re "The case for drone strikes," Opinion, Feb. 5 Michael Lewis presents a distorted picture of the methodology and conclusions of a report I coauthored, "Living Under Drones: Death, Injury, and Trauma to Civilians from U.S. Drone Practices in Pakistan."...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Central Intelligence Agency, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Brennan, Pakistan
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Anti-Muslim film was cast as low-budget 'Arabian Desert adventure'
L.A. NOWCasting calls for the anti-Muslim film that sparked outrage in the Middle East described the project as an "Arabian Desert adventure movie" and indie "historical drama."...
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