(cross-posted at Haft of the Spear) I don’t get Insight Magazine so I don’t know the full story that goes along with this teaser: The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Osama bin Laden has …
Radiation detection an arduous task at ports
The computer's voice repeatedly droned "Gamma Alert!" until Glen Neilson, a Customs and Border Protection officer, reached up and switched it off. It was his fifth radioactivity alert in five minutes. …
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North of Baghdad, a new stronghold for Iraq’s insurgency
They maneuver in squads, like the American infantrymen they try to kill. One squad fires furiously so another can attack from a better position. They operate in bad weather, knowing American …
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Define “Bigger”
(cross-posted at Haft of the Spear) I don’t get Insight Magazine so I don’t know the full story that goes along with this teaser: The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Osama bin Laden has …
American Strike in January Missed Al Qaeda’s No. 2 by a Few Hours
A strike by an American Predator drone in Pakistan’s tribal areas in January missed Al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri, by just two hours, an intelligence official here says, disclosing …
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District is scoured for missing soldier
U.S. and Iraqi troops aided by warplanes and unmanned drones fanned out in a Baghdad neighborhood on Tuesday in search of an American soldier believed to have been abducted the previous evening. The …
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Overflights by Israel Said to Violate Truce
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora warned Wednesday that Israeli military flights over his country's territory were endangering a nearly two-month-old truce that ended this summer's war between …
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Report: Marines may have foiled evidence
U.S. Marines involved in the killings last fall in Haditha of two dozen Iraqis, most if not all of them civilians, appear to have destroyed or withheld evidence, The New York Times reported. Pages …
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Among Militia’s Patient Loyalists, Confidence and Belief in Victory
There were no cars in the winding streets of this southern Lebanese village. Not many people, either. The signs of life were the buzz of Israeli surveillance drones overhead and, below, a gaggle of …
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Hezbollah chief’s town proud of native son
The narrow road that leads to this southern Lebanese town is littered with the hulks of rocketed cars, white flags hanging limply from the windows. An Israeli drone whines overhead. The streets are …
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