Relatives of six Islamists prisoners hoist portraits and placards asking for their release outside the Sale anti-terrorist court, near Rabat on June 17, 2008. They are suspected to be connected with the Belgian-Moroccan terrorist network Abdelkader Belliraj with links to Al-Qaeda who was planning attacks in Morocco and Belgium. Several cells recruiting fighters for missions to Iraq and Afghanistan have been broken up in Belgium since 2001, but the country -- home to headquarters of international bodies including NATO -- has not yet been struck by attacks. Getty Images logo Getty Images 20 months ago

Relatives of six Islamists prisoners hoist portraits and placards asking for their release outside the Sale anti-terrorist court, near Rabat on June 17, 2008. They are suspected to be connected with the Belgian-Moroccan terrorist network Abdelkader Belliraj with links to Al-Qaeda who was planning attacks in Morocco and Belgium. Several cells recruiting fighters for missions to Iraq and Afghanistan have been broken up in Belgium since 2001, but the country -- home to headquarters of international bodies including NATO -- has not yet been struck by attacks.

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  4. Supporters of Pakistan's religious party Jamaat-e-Islami pray for accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. She was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees.
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  8. Ismat Siddiqui, right, the mother of accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui gestures as she watches a news channel with her daughter Fozia Siddiqui, after a court verdict against her other daughter Aafia in Karachi, Pakistan, on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Aafia Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. She was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees.
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  10. NATO's civilian representative to Afghanistan Mark Sedwill (L) talks to the media as Gulab Mangal, governor of Helmand province, looks on in Kabul February 9, 2010. Afghan villagers should stay inside and keep their "heads down" when thousands of U.S. Marines launch a massive assault on a densely-populated district in coming days, Sedwill said on Tuesday.
  11. Mark Sedwill, left, the newly appointed NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, replies to a question as Golab Mangal, governor of Helmand province looks on during a press conference at the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.
  12. Mark Sedwill, left, the newly appointed NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, looks on as Golab Mangal, governor of Helmand province addresses a press conference at the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.
  13. Mark Sedwill, left, the newly appointed NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, replies to a question during a press conference at the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.
  14. A convoy of foreign soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force are reflected on a mirror of a vehicle in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.
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  16. Mark Sedwill the newly appointed NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, listens to a question during a joint press conference with General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and Commander of United States Forces in Afghanistan, unseen, at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010.

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