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    • BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18:  People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve. From Getty Images.

      BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.

    • Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.

      Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.

    • A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.

    • BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30:  A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. From Getty Images.

      BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

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    • A young Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling-shot to hurl stones at Israeli border police during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. From AP Photo by Maya Hitij.

      A young Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling-shot to hurl stones at Israeli border police during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Nilin, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab.

    • Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen arrives at the European Commission ahead of a meeting with European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels December 5, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen arrives at the European Commission ahead of a meeting with European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels December 5, 2008.

    • NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04:  Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City. From Getty Images.

      NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City.

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    • A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93.

    • A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008.

    • Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.

    • People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.

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...Ahmed Rashid correctly argues that the terrorist attack on Mumbai was a diversionary tactic, aimed at relieving the Pakistani military pressure on the Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan in the tribal agencies and on the remnants of al-Qaeda. Neither India nor Pakistan...
...and the absence of anything to back it, at once made it convenient for sceptics on both sides of the border to raise questions. Ahmed Rashid, Lahore-based journalist and authority on al Qaida, told The Telegraph: I do not doubt that this attack has originated...
...suspects does that in and of itself, including making our soldiers more vulnerable in South Asia and around the globe. Ahmed Rashid, author of "Descent into Chaos" talks about this reality, once Bush-Cheney's policies of torture and rendition became a global...
...Asia Society and sits on its task-force on Afghanistan with Barnett Rubin, an expert on the country. In October Mr Rubin and Ahmed Rashid, a Pakistan-based author of several books on the region, produced a paper advocating a wider regional approach to the...
...for local problems. Yet sending more combat troops to the region won’t improve security, argue authors Barnett Rubin and Ahmed Rashid in an essay for Foreign Affairs. “U.S. diplomacy has been paralyzed by the rhetoric of ‘the war on terror’ -- a struggle against...
...mounting evidence of links to al Qaeda's global jihad and the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. "They are all one," said Ahmed Rashid, author of "Descent into Chaos", a book that dissects how the region has been plunged into turmoil by Pakistan's use of...
...a terrific Christmas book list. I've read many of them. One he left out that is a must read is "Descent into Chaos," by Ahmed Rashid. Tina Brown asks: How is it Obama can fill a Cabinet faster than NBC can replace Tim Russert? Oh, and Tina's replacement pick...
...Mumbai attacks. "International pressure is needed" to get India and Pakistan to talk constructively on this point, says Ahmed Rashid, an independent political analyst in Lahore. No senior Indian official has yet accused Lashkar-e-Taiba openly. Both the prime...
...but it is ultimately responsible for what has happened. The real political background to Mumbai is succinctly summed up by Ahmed Rashid in his excellent book ‘Descent into Chaos: How the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan...
..."As far as the state is concerned, the state institutions of the ISI and the army, I don't think they were involved," said Ahmed Rashid, author of "Descent into Chaos", which chronicles Pakistan's endless turmoil. There is a covert group of agents, Rashid...

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