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17 Die in Kabul Bomb AttackIndia's foreign secretary said that the suicide bomb attack on Thursday was aimed at the embassy compound.
New York Times Friday, October 09, 2009Texas: Terror Case IndictmentA federal grand jury has indicted a Jordanian teenager accused of trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper with what he thought was a car bomb.
New York Times Friday, October 09, 2009A Man Under Watch, but Not Under Wraps, in a Terrorism CaseA Queens man is under F.B.I. surveillance because of his links to Najibullah Zazi, a man the authorities have charged with planning a Qaeda-connected terrorist attack.
New York Times Friday, October 09, 2009Pakistan's army objects to U.S. aid conditionsPakistan's army said Wednesday that it has "serious concern" over conditions attached to a $1.5 billion-a-year U.S. aid package that Congress approved last month, marking a serious rupture in relations with Washington just before a planned military operation against the Taliban and al-Qaida. The dispute pits Pakistan's powerful army against the ...
Topix.net Friday, October 09, 2009Obama shifting focus to Al Qaeda over TalibanReporting from Washington - President Obama and his top advisors are moving
toward a strategy on Afghanistan that defines Al Qaeda as a greater threat to U.S. security than the Taliban, a view that could help them avoid the major troop increase sought by military commanders.
Topix.net Friday, October 09, 2009Tehran moves to impose gasoline rationing ready for showdown with USTehran plans to slash the supply of subsided gasoline to the
public by 45 percent and ration individual purchases to 55 liters per month, down from the 100 allowed at present. This announcement Wednesday, Oct. 8, by Iranian oil
minister Massoud Mirkazemi was Tehran's second step ahead of an
expected showdown with
the west over its nuclear program.DEBKAfile's Iranian sources report: Accusing the US of involvement in the disappearance of an important Iranian nuclear scientist was the first.
DEBKAfile Friday, October 09, 2009Abbas' Palestinians try to cash in on Jerusalem unrest for talks with MitchellIsraeli security forces are on high alert for a fresh round of Muslim unrest centering on Temple Mount on Friday, Oct. 9.The arrest Tuesday night, Oct. 6, of the Israeli Islamic
leader Raed Salah on charges of inciting the four-day Muslim rampage on Temple Mount - and sedition - was a point up for his partners, the Palestinian Hamas. Mahmoud Abbas hopes to catch up with the rival Hamas by cashing in on the Jerusalem unrest for
political gain when he meets US envoy George Mitchell.
DEBKAfile Friday, October 09, 2009Tehran accuses US in case of missing Iranian nuclear scientistIran's foreign
minister Manouchehr Mottaki charged Wednesday, Oct. 7 that Tehran had "documents that prove US interference" in the disappearance of the nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri during a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia earlier this year. He spoke after attending an Iranian cabinet meeting. Six days after meeting the six powers on its nuclear program in Geneva, Tehran appears to be preparing a new crisis. (Picture: Iran's foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki)
DEBKAfile Friday, October 09, 2009Afghanistan War Being Compared To VietnamWASHINGTON - As the situation in Afghanistan grows more deadly and complex, the Obama administration finds itself confronted with difficult questions over strategy and policy. Comparisons between the Afghan war’s bid to defeat the Taliban and the 1960s war to defeat the communist backed insurgency in Vietnam have become frequent, especially regarding the growing U.S. [...]
Eagle World News Friday, October 09, 2009Poland Prepares To Sign EU TreatyWARSAW - The office of Polish President Lech Kaczynski says he is set to sign the European Union reform treaty, leaving the Czech
republic as the last remaining holdout. Mr. Kaczynski’s office
announced Thursday that the signing would take place Saturday at a ceremony attended by European
commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. But Czech President Vaclav Klaus [...]
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