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One year after the U.S. raid that killed bin Laden, al-Qaida dreams of payback
A year after the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida is hobbled and hunted, too busy surviving for the moment to carry out another Sept. 11-style attack on U.S. soil. But the terrorist network dreams still of payback, and U.S....
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Yemen, Elections, Global Expansion
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David Ignatius: Bin Laden's plot against Obama
davidignatius@washpost.comBefore his death, Osama bin Laden boldly commanded his network to organize special cells in Afghanistan and Pakistan to attack the aircraft of President Obama and Gen. David Petraeus. “The reason for concentrating on them is that Obama is the...Tags: NBC (tv network), Al-Qaeda, Iraq, Fox News Channel (tv network), Religion and Belief
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A decade after 9/11
For the better part of two centuries, the protective expanse of two oceans and fear of an America angered kept the U.S. mainland safe from foreign aggressors. What attacks did come were from within (seceding states, urban riots, the Weather Underground,...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Terrorism, Iraq, Government, National Security
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Tags: Al-Qaeda, Guerrilla Activity, Emergency Incidents, Terrorism, Armed Forces
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TV review: 'Manhunt' keeps Bin Laden hunt as real as possible
How many films about the search for and killing of Osama bin Laden can the market bear? The answer appears to be three — a bad one, a good one and now, a messy but provocative one. National Geographic Channel's docudrama "Seal Team Six" was...
Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Police Investigations, Homeland (tv program), Central Intelligence Agency, Terrorism
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Review: 'The Way of the Knife' and 'Drone Warfare'
In a way, it all began with the collapse of the Soviet empire. The raison d'être of the Central Intelligence Agency and American military might evaporated between 1989 and 1991. Washington and Langley might not always realize it, but one of the main...
Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Terrorism, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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After Boston explosions, people rush to Twitter for breaking news
SAN FRANCISCO -- In an age of near instant communication, Twitter again became the world's town square as traffic to the service spiked minutes after the deadly Boston Marathon explosions. People rushed to Twitter for real-time information on fatalities...Tags: Television, Social Media, Sports, Twitter, Inc., Hudson River
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Navy SEAL killed in training accident is identified
A Navy SEAL who died in a free-fall parachuting accident this week during training exercises in Arizona was identified as Brett David Shadle of Elizabethville, Pa. The accident happened on Thursday near the Pinal Airpark in Marana, Ariz., where military...Tags: Jan Brewer, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Awards and Prizes
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'Zero Dark Thirty' a first draft of history ★★★★
To consider what director Kathryn Bigelow has accomplished in "Zero Dark Thirty," imagine the events depicted by the story if they'd been given the "Argo" treatment. Not to take anything away from that rousing true (-ish) story of hostages freed and...
Tags: Joel Edgerton, Police Investigations, Jennifer Ehle, Pakistan, Entertainment
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'Zero Dark Thirty' writer: Torture 'clearly part' of finding Bin Laden
In some of his most expansive comments since his movie touched off a Washington firestorm, the screenwriter of "Zero Dark Thirty" defended his film as depicting torture accurately and said that a pending Senate investigation brought him "a chill." "We&...Tags: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Dianne Feinstein, Entertainment, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Report: SEAL who killed Bin Laden is struggling in civilian life
The American raid to kill Osama bin Laden may be the most famous top-secret mission of all time, and the latest petal of secrecy was peeled away by Bin Laden's killer himself. On Monday, Esquire and the Center for Investigative Reporting co-released a...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Pension and Welfare, Afghanistan, Pakistan, U.S. Department of Defense
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Confusion swirls around Esquire story on Osama bin Laden's killer
The fog of Abbottabad strikes again. On Tuesday, confusion continued to swirl around Esquire magazine's cover story about the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden during the instantly legendary May 2011 raid on the terrorist leader's compound in...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Google Inc., Entertainment
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