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Obama And The CIA Must Come Clean On Drones, Killings
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The real issue here is transparency, of which there is very little.
Read more...Algerian Hostage Crisis Attack Ends
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Algeria's military attempted to rescue the hostages is over, although the search for some hostages continues.
Read more...Algerian Hostages Reported To Have Escaped
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Conflicting reports say as many as 45 hostages have escaped.
Read more...Islamic Militants Take Hostages On Algerian Gas Field, Some U.S. Citizens
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta confirmed Americans are being held hostage (Creative Commons).
The reported 41 hostages include Americans and are mostly European.
Read more...U.S. Forces To Move Out Of Afghanistan Early
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (background) and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta photographed Jan. 10, 2013 (Creative Commons)
Afghan forces will be put into combat lead in the spring rather than summer.
Read more...Assad Calls On Syrians To Defend Country, Ignores Calls For Resignation
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A Syrian independence flag painted on a wall (Creative Commons).
The UN estimated at least 60,000 people have been killed in the conflict.
Read more...The Pentagon's Top Lawyer Says The Fight Against Terrorism Will Soon Change
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The conflict will instead shift to a law enforcement issue.
Read more...Yemen Defense Minister Escapes Car Bombing
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Sanaa old city, Yemen (Creative Commons).
Al-Qaida is believed to be behind the attempted assassination and five other failed attempts.
Read more...Yemen Drone Strike Misses Al-Awlaki
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The strike may have killed other Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen.
Read more...Bin Laden Death Confirmed by Al-Qaida
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The terrorist group says in a statement that Bin Laden's blood "is more precious to us and to every Muslim than to be wasted in vain," promising more attacks on the US and its allies.
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