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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:22:33 GMT

Blast kills 33 near lawmaker's home in Pakistan

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:18:34 GMT

A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in a market close to a politician's home in central Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 33 people and showing the increasing reach of Taliban militants in the nuclear-armed nation.
Source: Globe and Mail

Principal cancels mock UN debate with kids as Taliban

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:50:14 GMT

ARLINGTON, Va. A middle school principal in Virginia has called off an assignment that asked some students to represent the views of the Taliban in a mock United Nations debate.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Red Cross Visits Detainees Held by Taliban

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:43:41 GMT

The International Committee of the Red Cross says it has carried out the first visits to three members of the Afghan security forces detained by the Taliban in Badghis province, in northwestern Afghanistan.
Source: Voice of America

Blast kills 33 near lawmaker's home in Pakistan

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:36:48 GMT

DERA GHAZI KHAN, Pakistan - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in a market close to a politician's home in central Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 33 people and showing the increasing reach of Taliban militants in the nuclear-armed nation.
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

Kirk, Roskam, Shimkus, Biggert, Manzullo, Schock object to Illinois Gitmo

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:34:20 GMT

[WASHINGTON] Congressman Don Manzullo (R-IL) today issued the following statement reacting to President Obama's decision to move up to 210 al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to the Thomson Correctional Center in northwest...
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Congressional GOP Memo on Moving Gitmo Detainees to Illinois

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:26:52 GMT

Republicans on the Hill are circulating this memo on Obama's decision to move Gitmo detainees to a prison in Illinois: Having failed to bring the Olympics to Illinois, President Obama will give Illinois an odd replacement gift just in time for the...
Source: The Weekly Standard

Adams' betrayal not just one vote

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:22:39 GMT

I read the Washington Post story -- headlined "The Republicans' war within / In California, repercussions of one vote by legislator illustrate fractured state party" -- with low expectations, which were met.
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

Quoted in 'Taliban harder to defeat: Top US officer!'

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:08:09 GMT

Michael Mullen said in Zee News:

I remain deeply concerned by the growing level of collusion between the Afghan Taliban and al-Qaida and other extremist groups taking refuge across the border in Pakistan

Kucinich: US tax dollars help fund Taliban attacks

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:22:40 GMT

Photo from AP Photo

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:18:07 GMT

In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, Taliban commander Baz Mohammed, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan.

Photo from AP Photo

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:18:07 GMT

In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, Taliban commander Baz Mohammed, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan.