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Afghan War Review: Slow Progress at a 'Very High Price'
By David Wood - Politics DailyNine years since U.S. forces struck into Afghanistan to destroy the 9/11 terrorists, almost all of the war's objectives remain unreached. In a few significant ways -- notably the stability of Pakistan's nuclear-armed government -- things have gotten worse. Al-Qaeda remains a dangerous threat to the United States, according to senior intelligence estimates. A record number of U.S. troops are on the ground in Afghanistan, and the Taliban continue to kill Americans and Afghans in increasing numbers. Billions of dollars of U.S. aid has powered an alarming rise in corruption, increasingly cited by ...
Guantánamo Detainee's Torture Claim Dominates Hearing
By Graydon Gordian - Politics DailyGUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- The pretrial hearing for the youngest accused war criminal in modern history began Wednesday with a judge ruling that the military tribunal could consider as evidence Omar Khadr's statements that he was tortured during interrogations. Col. Patrick Parrish, presiding at the hearing, rejected the motion by prosecuting attorneys Jeffery Groharing and Air Force Capt. Chris Eason to suppress an affidavit that included accusations of torture by Khadr, a 23-year-old Canadian citizen captured in Afghanistan and charged with murder, conspiracy and support of terrorism. ...
What Surprised Brennan, Napolitano In Wake of Flight 253 Attack
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailySome of the most significant findings in the White House review released Thursday of intelligence failures that could have prevented a Christmas terrorist attack on Detroit-bound Northwest Flight 253 had to do with the strength of al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula and the willingness of the group to send out a solo operator to destroy a plane. ...
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