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Report: Arab Spring Aftermath Fueling Al Qaeda's Expansion

Report: Arab Spring Aftermath Fueling Al Qaeda's Expansion

As a result of the Arab Spring revolutions, al-Qaeda is gaining ground despite the U.S. killing its leader, Osama bin Laden, in May 2011, Reuters reports.   In particular, the Jan. 16 article points out that the Arab Spring has helped al-Qaeda

Reversals in Fallujah Trouble Veterans

Reversals in Fallujah Trouble Veterans

(AP) Reversals in hard-won Iraqi city vex veteransBy ALLEN G. BREED and JULIE WATSONAssociated PressSAN DIEGO The image of two charred American bodies hanging from a bridge as a jubilant crowd pelted them with shoes seared the name Fallujah into

Barack Obama: The President Who Lost Iraq

Barack Obama: The President Who Lost Iraq

News broke late last week that Islamists had seized control of two western Iraqi cities, Fallujah and Ramadi. U.S. forces suffered hundreds of dead and wounded in battles against Al Qaeda for control of these cities during the Iraq War.

What the NY Times Got Right and Wrong on Benghazi

What the NY Times Got Right and Wrong on Benghazi

The NY Times published a lengthy story by David Kirkpatrick Saturday which attempts to explain what took place last September 11th in Benghazi. Much of the story confirms things reported elsewhere, but the author comes to a different conclusion about