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Report of American al Qaeda spokesman’s arrest questioned

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(CNN) — Conflicting reports emerged Sunday about whether Adam Gadahn, a U.S.-born spokesman for al Qaeda, has been arrested in Pakistan.
A senior Pakistani government official told CNN that Gadahn was arrested Sunday in Karachi, but a U.S. intelligence official said there appears to be no validity to reports of Gadahn’s [...]

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FATA delegation says no to scanning at US airport, returns home

LAHORE: A six-member delegation of the National Assembly and Senate returned to Pakistan in protest after refusing a body scan at the Dulles International Airport, located 40 kilometres west of Washington, Geo news exclusively reported on Saturday.
Talking to the channel, head of the delegation Senator Abbas Khan Afridi said [...]

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British soldier jailed for refusing to fight in Afghanistan

London, England – A British soldier who went absent without leave rather than return to fight in Afghanistan was jailed Friday for nine months by a military court, officials said. A Ministry of Defence spokesman confirmed that Lance Corp. Joe Glenton had been convicted by a military judge at a [...]

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Al-Qaida’s Mountain in Pakistan

Military officials in Pakistan are showing off a mountain that al-Qaida had been using both as a hide-out and as a place to store weapons, currency and look-alike U.S. military uniforms.

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Coalition Military Fatalities By Year and Month in Afghanistan

Coalition Military Fatalities By Year and Month
CoalitionU.S.

Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Total

2001
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
4
12

2002
10
12
14
10
1
3
0
3
1
6
1
8
69

2003
4
7
12
2
2
7
2
4
2
6
8
1
57

2004
11
2
3
3
9
5
2
4
4
8
7
2
60

2005
2
3
6
19
4
29
2
33
12
10
7
4
131

2006
1
17
13
5
17
22
19
29
38
17
9
4
191

2007
2
18
10
20
25
24
29
34
24
15
22
9
232

2008
14
7
20
14
23
46
30
46
37
19
12
27
295

2009
25
24
28
14
27
38
76
77
70
74
32
34
519

2010
45
56
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
108

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US to form Quick Reaction Force in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The US government has decided to establish a Quick Reaction Force for the protection of its diplomatic missions in Pakistan.
The step has been taken in order to meet the increased terrorist threats to US personnel in Pakistan.
DawnNews has learnt that the US Congress has been requested to allocate US$ 22.9 [...]

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War Game Shows Dangers of Attacking Iran

WASHINGTON – Here’s a war game involving Iran, Israel and the U.S. that shows how unintended consequences can spin out of control:
With diplomacy failing and precious intelligence just received about two new secret Iranian nuclear facilities, Israel launches a pre-emptive strike against Tehran’s nuclear complex. The strike is successful, wiping out [...]

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This Ambassador Is A Sore For US-Pakistani Relationship

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—US Ambassador to Pakistan Ms. Anne W. Patterson is becoming quite controversial. She has overseen the worst spell in the relationship between Washington and Islamabad in sixty years and many say she is responsible for at least some of it. Ties weren’t this bad even when the United [...]

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Disinformation Tactics: The Methods Used To Keep You In The Dark

There was a time, not too long ago (relatively speaking), that governments and the groups of elites that controlled them did not find it necessary to conscript themselves into wars of disinformation. Propaganda was relatively straightforward. The lies were much simpler. The control of information flow was easily directed. In [...]

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