Karzai: Obama Vows to Fight Terror in ‘Region’

A Saturday phone call between President-elect Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai has yielded, according to President Karzai, a firm commitment to make Afghanistan and the "region" a top priority in the incoming Obama Administration. The "region" appears to...

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Kurdish Officials Acquired Arms From Bulgaria

US military officials are reporting that the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq took delivery of three planeloads of weapons from Bulgaria sometimes in September. The quantity of the arms caught US officials off guard, and has apparently irked the Iraqi central...

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UK Denies Involvement in Latest US Drone Strike

Yesterday's drone strike in North Waziristan Agency, Pakistan, was perhaps most noteworthy among the dozens of US strikes in Pakistan's border regions in that it killed a dual citizen of Pakistan and Britain, Rashid Rauf, a terror suspect who officials have sought to...

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Maliki Says US Troops Will Leave if no Pact

Echoing comments last week from State Department adviser David Satterfield, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said his government will not seek an extended UN Mandate if the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the US fails to pass parliament. Though both...

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US Drone Strike Kills Five in North Waziristan

Updated 11/22 7:05 PM EST In a sign of just how seriously the United States took this week's formal protest from the Pakistani government over its recent spate of air strikes, US drones have struck again, this time hitting a house in North Waziristan, killing five and...

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