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- Fact Sheet: Advancing the Freedom Agenda 24 Jul 2008 17:12 GMT
... his call for the release of all prisoners of conscience around the world - including ... seven years, we have seen citizens in Afghanistan and Iraq emerge from tyranny to establish ...
- Remarks by the President on the Freedom Agenda 24 Jul 2008 17:12 GMT
... happen. So we're giving our intelligence and law enforcement and homeland security professionals the tools they ... the 11th attacks. We've removed regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq that threatened our citizens and ... until his arms finally tire and the prisoner escapes. It's important we never strengthen the ...
- U.S. wants counterterror funds for Pakistan F-16s 24 Jul 2008 17:11 GMT
... provided these funds specifically for counter-terrorism and law enforcement," she said. "It is incumbent on the ... to fight militants along its border with Afghanistan "Pakistan is going to have to adjust ...
- Mukasey: Congress Must "Urgently" Delay Guantánamo Cases 24 Jul 2008 16:48 GMT
... Attorney General Mukasey gave a speech at the ... never have to explain to a federal court why they have held our clients in ... facilitated international approval of our invasion of Afghanistan. Finally, let's forget that while Mukasey falsely ...
- McCain's Last Issue 24 Jul 2008 16:48 GMT
... week of July 20th, Barack Obama visited Afghanistan, Iraq, and several other countries, strengthening his ... paradoxical considering McCain has been a strong advocate of Bush policies in Iraq since 2002, ...
- The trial of Osama Bin Laden's driver continues with the release of a dramatic two-hour video tape. 24 Jul 2008 16:48 GMT
... shot shortly after Salim Hamdan's capture in Afghanistan shows him denying that he worked for ... him away. Hamdan is the first Guantanamo prisoner to face trial before the controversial tribunal ...
- Trial of Bin Laden driver continues 24 Jul 2008 16:48 GMT
... shot shortly after Salim Hamdan's capture in Afghanistan shows him denying that he worked for ... him away. Hamdan is the first Guantanamo prisoner to face trial before the controversial tribunal ...
- Nation/World Roundup for July 24 24 Jul 2008 16:40 GMT
... refusal to send combat troops to southern Afghanistan. Triple killing over apparent road rage puts ... avoid deportation despite previous brushes with the law. The case has put San Francisco's liberal ... real name is Curtis Jackson. The rapper's court papers say the ad is part of Taco ...
- Former official: Afghan president hurting drug war 24 Jul 2008 16:39 GMT
... 24, 2008 8:56 a.m. PT Former official: Afghan president hurting drug war WASHINGTON -- The ... to serve as coordinator for counter-narcotics and justice reform for Afghanistan. He was based in ...
- Obama jets into Berlin for key foreign policy speech 24 Jul 2008 16:39 GMT
... of Baden Wuerttemberg is now in police custody, pending an investigation. While Berlin was in ... discern calls for greater European contributions in Afghanistan and to hear the senator's views on ...
- Dozens of insurgents attack Afghan military convoy in southern Afghanistan, official says 24 Jul 2008 16:15 GMT
... Dozens of insurgents attack Afghan military convoy in southern Afghanistan, official says The ... insurgency's primary stronghold. Deputy provincial police chief Jailani Khan said the army called for assistance ...
- Veterans, military service little issue in presidential vote 24 Jul 2008 16:13 GMT
... As Democratic candidate Barack Obama travels around Afghanistan and Iraq this week, Republican rival and ... endured years of torture in a Hanoi prison is a central part of his appeal. By ...
- US seeks boost to Pakistan F-16s 24 Jul 2008 16:12 GMT
... to Pakistan should be for counter-terrorism or law enforcement. The planes have been used by Pakistan ... in operations against pro-Taleban insurgents on its Afghan border. In addition to ground attack capabilities ...
- Police: Nearly 3 dozen militants killed in clash with Afghan, coalition forces in the south 24 Jul 2008 16:09 GMT
... KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Nearly three dozen insurgents were ... Zabul province, said deputy provincial police chief Jailani Khan. It was just the latest violence ...
- A Social History of the Surge 24 Jul 2008 16:09 GMT
... Iraq recently. In 2007, the conflict in Afghanistan killed an average of 550 persons a ... between Sunni and Shiite. The new de-Baathification law which ostensibly aimed at improving the condition of ...
- Defendant walks out of Guantanamo war crimes trial 24 Jul 2008 15:50 GMT
... driver for Osama bin Laden told the judge, Navy Capt. Keith J. Allred, referring to ... of the October 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, when aerial bombardments targeted Al Qaeda strongholds. ... suicide missions. Under questioning by Justice Department attorney John Murphy, Soufan said that still images ...
- Ex U.S. official: Afghan leader shields drug trade 24 Jul 2008 15:43 GMT
... the fight against the heroin trade in Afghanistan has accused Afghan President Hamid Karzai of ... were buying off hundreds of police chiefs, judges and other officials. Karzai, in Kabul at a ...
- Doris Campbell, 85 24 Jul 2008 15:39 GMT
... City to live with her son and daughter-in-law until returning to Pierre, where she lived with ... family until her passing. Doris enjoyed knitting afghans; cooking for all her children, grandchildren, and ...
- 50 Taliban, seven cops killed in Afghanistan 24 Jul 2008 15:39 GMT
... 50 Taliban, seven cops killed in Afghanistan An Afghan policeman stands guard with a ... the scene. Zabul deputy provincial police chief Jailani Khan said: "Taliban left 37 dead bodies ...
- World Bank Committed to Support Afghans with Development Challenges 24 Jul 2008 15:36 GMT
... The World Bank is committed to supporting Afghanistan’s efforts to overcome poverty, promote economic and ... the government’s recent drafting of an anti-corruption law, which envisages an anti-corruption body reporting directly ... president, a special prosecutor and a special court. He said there was a “ strong ...
- Dozens of insurgents attack Afghan military convoy 24 Jul 2008 15:32 GMT
... 7:32 a.m. PT Dozens of insurgents attack Afghan military convoy KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Insurgents attacked an ... insurgency's primary stronghold. Deputy provincial police chief Jailani Khan said the army called for assistance ...
- McCain's Last Issue 24 Jul 2008 15:10 GMT
... week of July 20th, Barack Obama visited Afghanistan, Iraq, and several other countries, strengthening his ... paradoxical considering McCain has been a strong advocate of Bush policies in Iraq since 2002, ...
- FBI agent explains Gitmo policy 24 Jul 2008 15:09 GMT
... point," he said. Defense lawyers asked the judge in Salim Hamdan's trial to throw out ... should not be used against him in court. But Judge Keith Allred, a Navy captain, ... judge suppressed other statements by Hamdan in Afghanistan because he made them under "highly coercive" ...
- Blacks Still Struggle to Gain Foothold in Top Ranks of Military 24 Jul 2008 15:09 GMT
... to do supply, who choose to do lawyer, who choose to do admin, have the ... -- he commanded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The forces he sees now, he said, ...
- US Military Recruits Children: Videogame Violates International Law 24 Jul 2008 15:07 GMT
... US Military Recruits Children: Videogame Violates International Law ) Wednesday Jul 23rd, 2008 10:43 PM Exposing the ... on actual combat experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even the training simulators and firing ranges ...
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