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• USS Cole demands justice

  - 2008-07-09

  Nearly eight years ago, 17 American sailors were killed and dozens wounded when the USS Cole, a Navy destroyer, was attacked while it refueled in the Yemeni port of Aden. This past week, the Pentagon announced it will seek the death penalty against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi...

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• Upbeat CIA says Al-Qaeda is on the ropes

  - 2008-05-30

  WASHINGTON AFP — Al-Qaeda is near defeat in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and is on the defensive even in its safe havens along the Afghan-Pakistani border, CIA chief Michael Hayden said in an interview published Friday. The assessment was one of the most upbeat by a top intelligence official...

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• Upbeat CIA assessment on Al-Qaeda challenged

  - 2008-05-30

  WASHINGTON, May 30, 2008 AFP — CIA director Michael Hayden came under stiff challenge for portraying Al-Qaeda as on the defensive after global setbacks, even in its safe havens along the Afghan-Pakistani border. Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, Jay Rockefeller, said Hayden's upbeat appraisal was not consistent with intelligence assessments...

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• The Al Qaeda weapons race continues: Osama Bin Laden's infamous 'sorcerer', Midhat Mursi Al Sayyid Umar, comes back from the dead and rekindles new fears that jihadists are pursuing chemical, biological and radiological weapons

  - 2008-05-01

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE EGYPTIAN KNOWN as Midhat Mursi Al Sayyid Umar was supposed to be dead, killed in a US missile strike on suspected terrorists in Pakistan's turbulent northwestern tribal belt on 13 January, 2006. Pakistani generals claimed he was one of several senior Al Qaeda figures slain by...

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• With A Quiet Blessing, U.S. Attacks On Al Qaeda Spike

  - 2008-03-31

  The United States has stepped up its use of pilotless planes to strike at Qaeda targets along Pakistan’s rugged border area, a measure that in the past drew protests from President Pervez Musharraf but now has his government’s tacit approval. Since January, missiles reportedly fired from CIA operated Predator drones...

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• The President's radio address

  - 2008-03-17

  March 8, 2008 Good morning. This week, I addressed the Department of Homeland Security on its fifth anniversary and thanked the men and women who work tirelessly to keep us safe. Because of their hard work and the efforts of many across all levels of government, we have not...

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• Statement by the Press Secretary

  - 2008-03-11

  WASHINGTON -- Today the House of Representatives failed to override the President's veto of the Intelligence Authorization Bill. The President believes that he has no higher responsibility than protecting the American people. The President also believes in making sure the Intelligence Community has the tools necessary to protect America from...

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• Radio Address by the President to the Nation

  - 2008-03-08

  WASHINGTON -- THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, I addressed the Department of Homeland Security on its fifth anniversary and thanked the men and women who work tirelessly to keep us safe. Because of their hard work, and the efforts of many across all levels of government, we have not...

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• Radio Address by President Bush to the Nation

  - 2008-03-08

  To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: White House Press Office, +1-202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a transcript of the radio address by President Bush to the nation: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, I addressed the Department of Homeland Security on its fifth anniversary and thanked the...

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• Death penalty sought for 9/11 conspirators

  - 2008-02-11

  WASHINGTON AFP — Military prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against six Al-Qaeda detainees on murder and conspiracy charges in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the Pentagon said Monday. The Defense Department called the charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed mastermind of the attacks...

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