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		<title><![CDATA[How ABC News' Brian Ross Cooked His 'Hasan Contacted Al Qaeda' Scoop [Hype]]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  ABC News '  Brian Ross  has a breathtaking record of recklessly inaccurate, overhyped stories that don't live up to the headline. His  scoop yesterday about Nidal Malik Hasan's "attempt to reach out to al Qaeda"  was one of them.   Ross' report yesterday...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:12:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Knowing your enemy?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Afghan strategy debate ranging between the two extremes of opting for a "counter-insurgency" or "counter-terrorism" approach, never more has it been necessary to know the nature of the "enemy" with which we are dealing, its structures, organisation, affiliations and, crucially, its mindset.   Getting that right determines...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:48:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DTN News: Pakistan TODAY October 18, 2009 ~ Pakistan Army Continues Assault On al-Qaeda And Taliban Strongholds In South Waziristan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ DTN News: Pakistan TODAY October 18, 2009 ~ Pakistan Army Continues Assault On al-Qaeda And Taliban Strongholds In South Waziristan   *Source: DTN News / BBC  NSI News Source Info ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - October 18, 2009: A Pakistan army offensive against al-Qaeda and Taliban strongholds in South...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:53:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brown's Afghanistan statement in full]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/government/news-analysis/browns-afghanistan-statement/15733/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[RELATED NEWSCameron attacks Brown over TA'500 more troops for Afghanistan'MoD responds to the PAC reportMoD not meeting equipment targetsDannatt 'will not have his pay docked'Territorial Army told to stop trainingDannatt defends Tory appointmentBrown's Afghanistan statement in fullWednesday, October 14, 2009 The Prime Minister delivered a statement to the House of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:44:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Arrested al-Qaeda suspect has Cern links]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Communications from the world of, er, communications. And other stuff. Friday 9 October 2009, 5:34 PM Posted by David Meyer French authorities have arrested a man connected with Cern over suspected links to al-Qaeda.The 32-year-old man was arrested in the French town of Vienne on Thursday.The European Organization for Nuclear...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:22:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report: CIA hired contractors to help hit al Qaeda]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AP - The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al Qaeda, a person familiar with the program said Wednesday.The contracts, which were unsuccessful, were canceled several years ago, the person told The Associated Press. He...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:46:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Losing on the home front]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the one hand, the current edition of the New Statesman gives space to current defence secretary Bob Ainsworth, who tells us that opposing war in Afghanistan is "defeatism" The war in Afghanistan is too important to be reduced to a political football. We are fighting there to protect our...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:01:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DOUSED IN BOILING OIL; Al Qaeda terrorist attacked convicted robber in jail]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2008_Oct_10/ai_n30886124]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[GUN raider Malcolm Cruddas today told how an al Qaeda terrorist attacked him in prison with boiling fat.  The 33-year-old suffered first degree burns when oil was poured over his head in Durham's Frankland Prison by Omar Khyam. Now home after a seven-year sentence, the 33-year-old father-of-two, said: "All...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[World Tonight: Terror trial]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 33-YEAR-old man charged with directing terrorism will today go on trial. Raingzieb Ahmed, 33, of Fallowfield, Manchester, is also accused of being a member of al Qaeda.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In victory's direction: where we're headed in Iraq, and why we must arrive]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN July, five American soldiers died in action in Iraq. That's the lowest number since the war began in March of 2003. A prudent leader, Gen. David Petraeus has warned his commanders not to claim success yet. Nonetheless, in traveling around the country in early August at Petraeus's invitation, I...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Seventh Anniversary Of 9/11]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Bush Has Kept Our Nation Safe In The Seven Years Following 9/11  WASHINGTON -- Tomorrow, in remembrance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President and Mrs. Bush will participate in a moment of silence at the White House and deliver remarks at the dedication of the Pentagon memorial. Following...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[World Tonight: Taliban fight]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2008_Sept_2/ai_n28560316]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PAKISTAN' S army said it had routed Taliban militants in a stronghold near the Afghan border - but turned up no sign of Osama bin Laden or al Qaeda's number two Ayman al-Zawahri. Pakistani officials said troops had killed 560 Pakistani and foreign fighters.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Meandering toward disaster: the perils of making a left-wing ideologue commander-in-chief]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_16_60/ai_n28028558]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ON the War on Terror, as with most issues, it can be difficult to understand Barack Obama's thinking if you listen only to his finely wrought speeches. But if you take the time to watch as Obama meanders toward a position, understanding him is easy.  Case in point: the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Statement by the President]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Today in Iraq, responsibility for security in Anbar Province was transferred to Iraqi civilian authorities. Iraqi forces will now take the lead in security operations in Anbar, with American troops moving into an overwatch role. Not long ago, Anbar was one of the most dangerous provinces in Iraq....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Iraq largely free of foreign fighters: police]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAQUBA, Iraq AFP &#8212; Counter-offensives by the security forces over the past year have largely rid Iraq of foreign fighters recruited by insurgent groups such as Al-Qaeda, a top police commander said on Monday.  "Arab fighters have left Iraq and we are done with them," interior ministry spokesman Major...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Qaeda defectors claw way back into Iraq mainstream]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DHULUIYAH, Iraq AFP &#8212; Last month Al-Qaeda fighters Abdul Rahman Mohammed and Ahmed Ali laid down their arms after nearly four years of fighting US soldiers in Iraq.  The two young men and hundreds like them from Al-Qaeda and other insurgent groups in largely Sunni Arab Salaheddin province surrendered...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US hands over former Sunni rebel hotspot to Iraq]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAMADI, Iraq AFP &#8212; Iraqi forces on Monday took control of the Sunni Anbar province, once the most explosive battlefield in Iraq, from the US military, symbolising the growing security gains in the war-torn country.  The transfer ceremony at the governate building in the provincial capital of Ramadi marked...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yemen arrests wanted Jihad leader]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANAA AFP &#8212; Yemeni authorities have arrested a leader of the Islamist Jihad movement in the south of the country after a five-year search, a security official said on Saturday.  The arrest came after an exchange of fire between police and supporters of Khaled Abdel Nabi, who had taken...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Plot charge]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2008_August_29/ai_n28559433]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THREE men were appearing in court today charged over an alleged plot to assassinate the Prime Minister.  The trio were arrested at Manchester Airport and in Accrington, Lancashire, on August 14 and are due to appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London.  Ishaq Kanmi, 22, of Cromwell...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yemen police arrest 30 Al-Qaeda suspects]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANAA AFP &#8212; Yemeni authorities have arrested 30 suspected Al-Qaeda members in the past two weeks in a crackdown on the jihadist network in the eastern province of Hadramaut, an official told AFP Sunday.  The official, who asked not to be named, said "a series of security operations" have...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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