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What does Pakistan want from US? An apology, more money, no drones
Pakistan's lawmakers passed a resolution trying to reframe the country's relationship with the US. Whether it gets implemented is another matter.
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Unmanned drone attacks and shape-shifting robots: War's remote-control future
The Pentagon already includes unmanned drone attacks in its arsenal. Next up: housefly-sized surveillance craft, shape-changing 'chemical robots,' and tracking agents sprayed from the sky. What does it mean to have soldiers so far removed from the battlefield?
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Nuclear lesson from Libya: Don't be like Qaddafi. Be like Kim.
The US-NATO intervention and fall of Qaddafi in Libya sent this troubling message to the world: Get a nuclear weapon, and you can stick around. Give it up, and you’re gone. It's time to offer states real security guarantees for disarmament and disavow the nuclear double standard.
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Al Qaeda drone attacks on US? Soon it won't be so far-fetched.
An Al Qaeda sympathizer was arrested who allegedly planned drone attacks in Washington. An expanding market and improved technology could make small drones more available to anti-US terrorists.
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How 9/11 made Barack Obama a war president
Many expected Barack Obama to be an antiwar president. But he embraced his role as commander in chief of the world's most powerful military, escalating the fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
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Libya conflict: Backlash ensues to Obama's refusal to seek Congress's nod
Obama says US military intervention in Libya does not require consent from Congress. Many lawmakers and pundits say otherwise. The rub is over the definition of 'hostilities.'
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Obama calls for 'patience and persistence' in Libya. Congress calls foul.
In London, President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron praised the NATO mission in Libya, even as US legislators condemn Obama's disregard of the War Powers Act.
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Bin Laden raid: A model for how US should fight Afghanistan war?
The US is now waging a troop-heavy counterinsurgency to win Afghan hearts and minds. But the bin Laden raid has boosted critics, who say the Afghanistan war should involve smaller forces and a greater reliance on targeted strikes.
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John McCain lauds anti-Gadhafi force during Libya visit
John McCain: The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee made the remark after arriving in Benghazi, a city that has been the opposition capital in the rebel-held eastern Libya.
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Terrorism & Security
US to begin drone strikes in Libya
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates rejected concerns of mission creep, saying the US mission in Libya always left room for actions such as drone strikes.
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Why Obama agreed to unleash Predator drones on Qaddafi forces
President Obama has approved the use of Predator drones in Libya. The drones represent a 'unique' capability that NATO needed in an increasingly urban war, Pentagon officials say.
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Spread of drone programs in Latin America sparks calls for code of conduct
At least nine Latin American nations are developing drone programs, raising calls for a code of conduct that will assuage concerns over potential misuse.
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Vice President Biden pushes Pakistan to target militants on Afghanistan border
Vice President Joe Biden, in Pakistan Wednesday, stressed that Pakistan and the United States have a common enemy, and warned of the dangers to the country of tolerating violent extremists.
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Suicide attacks down, Predator drone exits, and other overlooked stories in 2010
Here are some stories in 2010 that you may have overlooked, including a global decline in suicide attacks and the phasing out of the Predator drone.
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Help for Sudan: bombing Africa to save it?
Last-ditch, often far-fetched, use of military force alone won’t bring resolution to the complexities of conflict and genocide prevention in Africa.
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America's toughest terror test: Al Qaeda in Yemen
The US must learn to fight a different kind of war.
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Earmarks will be hard for Senate Democrats to maintain, considering GOP opposition
Earmarks have been abandoned by most congressional Republicans, pushed by results from the midterm elections. Senate Democrats will have a difficult time supporting earmarks, both now in the lame duck session and next year.
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Pakistan drone attacks kill Germans in response to Europe terror plot
Up to eight German nationals were killed in Pakistan late Monday as part of a surge in US drone attacks believed to be in response to a Europe terror plot.
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NATO helicopter strike on Pakistan adds to tensions with US
The NATO helicopter strike on Pakistan on Thursday is worse than the controversy over drone attacks. One hopes that Washington and Islamabad can move past this by talking specifics as well as common interests.
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Terrorism & Security
US drone attacks bombard Haqqani network in Pakistan
The latest US drone attack killed 14 suspected militants in Pakistan, bringing the number of people killed by drones in September alone to 75 as the US targets the Haqqani network.
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Terrorism & Security
Entire US-Mexico border to be guarded by Predator drones
The launch of a fourth Predator drone Wednesday will mean the entire US-Mexico border is now patrolled by the unmanned aircraft.
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Decoder Wire
Gary Brooks Faulkner: Was 'American ninja' working for CIA?
Gary Brooks Faulkner, the man arrested in the hinterlands of Pakistan who says he was hunting Osama bin Laden, seems to have more in common with Chuck Norris movies than with any US intelligence activity.
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Why is Anwar Al-Awlaki terrorist 'No. 1?'
Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is thought to be connected to at least three alleged terrorist attacks, including the Fort Hood shootings, the Christmas Day bombing attempt on an airliner, and the May 2 Times Square bomb.
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In Pictures: Fighting at night
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The Adam Smith Institute Blog
A Nobel laureate orders assassination of his own citizen
President Obama places a US citizen (and radical Muslim cleric) on a top-secret list for targeted assassination.
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