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Q&A: How Are the Taliban Linked to the Ancient Tribe the World Never Quite Conquers?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsJust when NATO forces in Afghanistan thought the Taliban were finally less of a threat, they staged an astonishing comeback Monday when they broke about 488 of their colleagues, mostly fighters and commanders, out of a maximum-security prison. Five days before the mass escape from Kandahar's Sarpoza prison, Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke confidently of the gains U.S.-led forces had made against the Taliban and predicted they were about to "turn a corner" in driving them out of power for good. Gates' optimistic remarks, followed by the prison break -- which was similar to an equally ...
Amazing Kreskin Predicts War on Terror Will End in 150 Years
By David Moye - AOL NewsFamed mentalist The Amazing Kreskin has some good news and some bad news. The good news? There will be an end to the current war on terror. Now the bad news: Nobody currently living on this planet will be alive to see it. The famed "mentalist" -- who disdains being called a "psychic" -- says the war on terror won't be over for at least 150 years and is basing his prediction on both intuition and history. "Anyone who is surprised by how long the war will last hasn't studied history," Kreskin told AOL News. "The longest-running wars are religious-based." Gene ...
Some Gitmo Detainees Returned to Terrorist Ways After Release, Report Says
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyOf the 66 Guantanamo Bay detainees freed in the two years since President Obama took office, a handful are suspected of going back to their terrorist ways, according to a new report by the Director of National Intelligence. Two of the released inmates "are confirmed" as re-engaging in terrorism or insurgencies, and another three are suspected of such activities, says an ABC News account of the report from DNI Director James Clapper. The five former detainees are not named in the unclassified summary version of the report. As of Oct. 1, the Pentagon had transferred nearly 600 detainees from ...
Obama in Afghanistan: Thanks U.S. Troops for 'Tough Fight'
By not in system - AOL News
(Dec. 3) - Days before signing off on a classified review of progress in the war, President Obama flew Friday to Afghanistan under heavy guard for a lightning visit. Bad weather shut down a planned meeting with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, but Obama met with U.S. troops at the huge U.S. Bagram air base north of the Afghan capital. ...
Security Face-Lift for Washington Monument?
By Lisa Flam - AOL News
(Nov. 8) -- Standing 555 feet tall in a narrow, abstract shape that towers over the White House, the Washington Monument has been a security headache for years. Tonight, the National Park Service is presenting five proposals for replacing a temporary structure where visitors are screened before entering the monument. Saul Loeb, AFP / Getty Images The National Park Service is considering various proposals to improve security at the Washington Monument. The provisional security hut where visitors are now screened is "unsightly" and "disfigures the striking geometry of the obelisk," according ...
The Lesson of 9/11 on the Ninth Anniversary
By James Grady - Politics DailyThe lesson of 9/11 is to remember where we are, not where we were. But where were you? At work on New York and Pentagon and Pennsylvania-field Eastern time? Driving some Central time zone commute near Oklahoma City where the then deadliest terrorist attack in America's history exploded six years before 9/11's beautiful autumn day? Having kitchen coffee out West where amber waves of grain surround the nuclear missile arsenals that deterred our Cold War enemies for decades? Asleep in California time, where Hollywood had, with some exceptions, sold us terrorists as only cartoon-like ...
Will Barack Obama Go 0-4 on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel-Palestine?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Sept. 1) -- President Barack Obama is taking on three trouble spots in the Middle East this week: Iraq, Iran and Israel-Palestine. Though technically not in the Middle East, it's fair to add Afghanistan into the mix, linked as it is to the "war on terror," which Obama arguably continues to wage, despite a high-profile attempt to re-brand the effort over the past two years. The analysis from The New York Times is cautiously optimistic: "While Mr. Obama's thinking contains elements of the logic that drove his predecessors, there are also some critical differences, and success or failure hinges ...
Is This the Real Reason US Troops Can Leave Iraq?
By Paul Kix - AOL News(Aug. 31) -- President Barack Obama will address the nation tonight to mark what his administration is calling the end of combat operations in Iraq. And already scholars are revisiting how a war once compared to the Vietnam quagmire reached this point of tentative success. Ali Al-Saadi, AFP / Getty Images An Iraqi man checks the authenticity of a 25,000-dinar bill before using it in a shop in central Baghdad. The most intriguing theory comes from Peter Berck and Jonathan Lipow, academics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Defense Resource Management Institute, respectively. ...
Rep. John Boehner Speech to Take on Obama's National Security Policy
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) plans a major policy speech in which he will pick apart the the Obama administration's approach to national security. The address by the the House minority leader will take on Middle East issues and the global war on terrorism and will highlight his concerns "about how Washington is implementing the new strategy" in Afghanistan, a Boehner aide told The Hill. The aide said Boehner would decry the White House's "lack of a comprehensive strategy to confront and defeat the terrorist threat." Boehner will also express commitment to Israel while addressing the 92nd ...
How the Real Pat Tillman Story Was Finally Exposed
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- The documentary film "The Tillman Story," about the life -- and mostly the death, subsequent cover-up of the death and struggle to reveal the truth about the death -- of pro-football star turned Army Ranger Pat Tillman hits theaters across America on Friday. The controversial celluloid investigation of his story is being widely praised by critics for its unflinching honesty, raw emotion and sociopolitical importance. But as revealing as the film may be at exposing the efforts within the ranks of the Army and the U.S. government to hide the true nature of Tillman's death from the ...
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