Monthly Archives: November 2008

CIA Director says al Qaeda is on the run in Indonesia, but is getting stronger in the Middle East and Africa

November 14, 2008
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CIA Director Michael Hayden said today that a once-feared Indonesian al Qaeda affiliate, Jemaah Islamayih, has increasingly been disrupted in its terrorist actions.

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Along Iran Border, Iraqi Forces Take More Responsibility as U.S. Troops Begin Stepping Back

November 12, 2008
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KHANAQIN, IRAQ–The five men led the train of 17 donkeys quietly through the still and clear night. The braying animals, weighed down with explosives, were strung together with ropes, so that a mere handful of men could conduct the entire convoy. The smugglers made their way through the crumbling soil of the desert, choosing...

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U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Battle a Dangerous Foe Under the Ground—Land Mines

November 11, 2008
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MANDALI, IRAQ-For the U.S. military engineers working this desolate stretch of heavily mined land along the border between Iraq and Iran, the danger isn’t what they can see but what they cannot.

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