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Woodward: Bin Laden capture could be ‘the September or the October surprise.’

In his new book “The War Within,” Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward disclosed “the existence of secret operational capabilities developed by the military to locate, target and kill leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq and other insurgent leaders.” Asked by a caller on Larry Kin...

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Think Progress — September 09

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Maliki Cracks Down on the Sons of Iraq

Writing for the L.A. Times, Shawn Brimley and Colin Kahl have a disturbing report about the ongoing crackdown of Iraq’s Sunni population by the Maliki government. Much of Iraq’s dramatic security progress can be traced to a series of decisions made by Sunni tribal leaders in late 2...

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Outside ...ay | OTB — August 27

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"Al Qaeda in Iraq is Dead"

Peter Bergen in a piece in The Outlook section in the Washington Post yesterday on al Qaeda's 20th anniversary had this to say about Iraq: Until 2006, hardcore European jihadists would have traveled to Iraq. But the numbers doing so now have dwindled to almost zero, according to several ...

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The Corner — August 18

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Jihadis shift attention to war in Afghanistan

Afghan and NATO officials are seeing a rise in numbers of foreign fighters in Afghanistan at the same time US officials say attacks by Al Qaeda in Iraq have sharply dropped. ...

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Christia... Stories — August 18

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Morocco arrests 35 Al Qaeda recruiters: reports

Moroccan authorities have arrested 35 members of a gang suspected of sending volunteers to carry out suicide bombings for Al Qaeda in Iraq or to join Islamist rebels in Algeria, the state news agency MAP said. ...

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