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By Ned Sublette
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The CIA foiled an elaborate new underwear bomb plot by an al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen that was intended to bring down a U.S.-bound airliner, The Associated Press reported Monday.
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Ayaz Amir —
Valuable sources of news and analysis about key nations and players on the current world stage (including our own) can often be found by looking beyond the western “MSM.” Here, prominent Pakistani columnist Ayaz Amir offers his forceful take on the U.S.‘s divisive impact on his country’s politics and future.
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AP Photo / Mark Lennihan
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By Robert Fisk — Since the terrorist attacks on the U.S., many prominent journalists have repeatedly been asked the same questions, as The Independent’s Robert Fisk describes in this piece: “Why, if you believe you’re a free journalist, don’t you report what you really know about 9/11? ... Why don’t you reveal the secrets behind 9/11?” Here, Fisk carefully poses some questions of his own—after addressing a familiar figure he calls the “raver.”
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An airstrike by U.S.-led forces near the eastern border of Afghanistan killed seven children Sunday night—a tragic error that coalition forces attributed to al-Qaida operatives who had used “human shields” as cover, according to The New York Times.
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AP Photo/Ouahab Hebbat
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Pre-emptive violence and al-Qaida’s influence may cause lower polling numbers among the 18.8 million registered voters in Algeria’s parliamentary elections Thursday, the day after two explosions in Constantine killed one person and injured several others.
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chinadaily.com
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As if the Iraqi insurgency situation wasn’t bad enough, now an al-Qaida chapter based in Iraq is causing additional trouble with homegrown rebel groups—and calling on Osama bin Laden for assistance.
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democraticunderground.com
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Exhibiting either extreme administrative loyalty or just plain denial, Vice President Dick Cheney reiterated that there was a definite link between al-Qaida and Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show Thursday—the same day a newly released Defense Department report cast further doubt on that connection.
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msnbc.com
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Looks like Hillary Clinton’s plan for withdrawing American troops from Iraq comes with a caveat. Clinton says that, if she becomes commander in chief, she would maintain a whittled-down U.S. military presence in Iraq—a strategy she believes would jibe with the Democrats’ proposed resolution to bring our forces home by March 31, 2008.
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