NEW YORK TIMES February 10, 2011 By ALISSA J. RUBIN KABUL, Afghanistan — After her parents threw her out of the house for refusing to marry a 52-year-old widower with five children, Sabra, 18, boarded a bus that dropped her, afraid and confused, in downtown Kabul. She slept in a mosque for days, barely eating,
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WALL STREET JOURNAL JANUARY 5, 2011 Covert Action Makes a Comeback Once in disrepute, secret warfare is now embraced even by the Obama administration to fight terrorism and weapons proliferation. By MAX BOOT We’re in an era of “covert action.” That phrase went into disrepute in the 1970s, when Congress’s Church Committee exposed hare-brained CIA
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U.S.: Little to show in 8 years By Rowan Scarborough– The Washington Times December 5, 2010 The State Department has stated in a cable from Peshawar, Pakistan, that it is skeptical about eventually winning the military struggle in Pakistan‘s badlands, saying peace talks go nowhere and murderous militants control key towns. A long cable from
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NEWS & OBSERVER, RALEIGH, N.C. CIA recalls exposed spy ISLAMABAD The CIA yanked its top spy out of Pakistan after his cover was blown and his life threatened, and 54 suspected militants were killed in a U.S. drone missile attack Friday in stark new signs of the troubled relationship between mistrustful allies locked in a
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My diplomatic wingman The late Richard Holbrooke (left) and Gen. David H. Petraeus (right), shown here with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in April, collaborated closely on U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Holbrooke passed away Monday in Washington. (Shah Marai) By David H. Petraeus Washington Post December 19, 2010 Those of us engaged in the
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Only Yesterday A president remembers what some have forgotten. Philip Terzian November 22, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 10 Decision Points by George W. Bush Crown, 512 pp., $35 The president left the White House with abysmal approval ratings, and a war which had begun well—enjoying widespread support and historic
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Deadly Gossip The culture of leaking grows to ominous proportions. Lee Smith December 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 Many here in the United States have been quick to dismiss the significance of the State Department cables released by WikiLeaks as little more than foreign policy gossip. Unfortunately, this
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Holder’s Sham Trial Thomas Joscelyn November 29, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 11 “By prosecuting Ahmed Ghailani in federal court,” Attorney General Eric Holder said in a May 21, 2009, statement, “we will ensure that he finally answers for his alleged role in the bombing of our embassies in Tanzania
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