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member name: Dave McGill
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August 23, 2009 04:44 PM EDT --
Less than two months since American forces in Iraq were largely removed from harms’ way, Army General Ray Odierno is now proposing to deploy troops in a northern territory that has been . . .
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December 06, 2009 07:49 PM EST --
As the echoes of President Obama’s Afghan strategy begin to fade, the action in the battle zone is heating up. CTV News, Canada’s largest private news organization, reported today that a major . . .
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August 31, 2008 05:27 PM EDT --
Like bickering siblings, charges and counter charges flew back and forth between Russia and the U.S. this week. And, as every parent of bickering siblings knows, the truth in such situations is . . .
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November 30, 2008 08:09 PM EST --
So-called "honor killings" have become so prevalent in the southern Iraqi city of Basra that, according to today's edition of the Guardian, "you can find a killer standing . . .
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April 27, 2009 01:51 AM EDT --
The death toll from Iraq terrorist attacks for one 24-hour period between Thursday and Friday has risen to 159. The two attacks on Thursday and a twin bomber attack on Friday targeted Shiites . . .
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September 08, 2008 03:49 AM EDT --
Vice president Dick Cheney was in Italy this weekend continuing his efforts to annoy the Kremlin by supporting NATO membership for the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Ukraine.
Meanwhile, it . . .
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September 14, 2008 08:13 PM EDT --
This is supposed to be the good war. But why are we there? What are the objectives? These are legitimate questions.
If it's to make life better for the Afghans or to bring democracy to the nation . . .
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February 22, 2009 04:06 PM EST --
Osama bin Laden has been tracked down by a group of sleuths to one of three buildings in the northwestern Pakistani city of Parachinar, and the trail was determined by the employment of assumptions . . .
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March 29, 2009 04:20 PM EDT --
No matter what your political affiliation is, you are likely to see both good and bad in President Obama's newly announced plans for Afghanistan. However, somewhat hidden below the . . .
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August 16, 2009 11:00 PM EDT --
For those who have been anxious to learn what circumstances would constitute a victory in the Afghan campaign, an answer of sorts is at hand.
When asked, on Wednesday, how the administration would define . . .
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November 09, 2009 04:15 AM EST --
For those of you who’ve been waiting 6 ½ years to find even the slightest semblance of a reason for our preemptive invasion of Iraq, your search may be over. But, instead of uncovering . . .
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August 10, 2008 12:19 PM EDT --
All-out war has broken out between Georgia and Russia, threatening the stability of the region.
Georgia, a small country about one-sixth the size of California, is located just east of the . . .
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September 21, 2008 06:35 PM EDT --
One can't help but wonder who is manufacturing the explosives that are creating so much havoc in the Middle East these days.
They now say that over 1,300 pounds of it were responsible for the big . . .
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November 16, 2009 05:00 AM EST --
A new Army report reveals that morale is falling in Afghanistan and that mental health problems are greater than the military’s ability to deal with them. Further, soldiers on their second and third . . .
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October 26, 2008 08:09 PM EDT --
A tense relationship with Syria got a little chillier at about 4:45 AM this morning when American troops in four helicopters violated Syrian airspace by swooping into a village eight kilometers from the . . .
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November 09, 2008 06:29 PM EST --
When President-elect Barack Obama steps into the oval office in January, the economy may be his first priority but pressing problems on the international stage are likely to be equally daunting.
In . . .
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March 01, 2009 11:35 PM EST --
A recent State Department report condemns Iran's record with respect to the rights of minorities and dissidents. It states in part that the Islamic Republic has severely restricted freedoms . . .
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June 22, 2009 12:58 AM EDT --
Neighboring states are watching closely as chaos continues to be the order of the day in Iran. On the one hand, there is concern that the Revolutionary Guard and the paramilitary Basij might take . . .
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December 07, 2008 06:38 PM EST --
As the global recession spreads, it seems that the world is aflame with struggles and upheavals that make the situation in the Middle East appear relatively tame.
Close to home, the drug-related . . .
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December 14, 2008 07:24 PM EST --
Even before President Bush's meeting today with Prime Minister Maliki in Baghdad, to mark the signing of the security agreement, the commander of U.S. forces there had already backed away . . .
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