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Congress' intelligence heads: Taliban stronger
Afghanistan   Photos   Taliban   Troops   US   Wikipedia: Afghanistan		  NZ Herald 
Congress' intelligence heads: Taliban stronger
Sun 6 May 2012
The heads of the House and Senate intelligence leaders said Sunday they believed that the Taliban had grown stronger since President Barack Obama sent 33,000 more US troops to Afghanistan in 2010. The... (photo: DOD / Public Domain)
Anti-Syrian regime protesters raise their hands and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Pentagon   Photos   Syria   Washington   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present)		  The Guardian 
Pentagon: America will be ready if needed in Syria
Thu 19 Apr 2012
DONNA CASSATA Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military leaders clearly expressed reluctance about using American might to stop the unending violence in Syria, insisting that diplomacy remains... (photo: AP)
Obama-Clinton rally in Orlando  The Guardian  Fri 16 Mar 2012
US poised to OK Egypt aid despite concerns
MATTHEW LEE Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Obama administration is preparing to approve the release of at least a portion of $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt despite concerns... (photo: Creative Commons / Nathan Forget)
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President Barack Obama greets Davis Marsico, 6, and other supporters upon his arrival at Charlotte Douglas International airport in Charlotte, NC., Wednesday, March, 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)  The Examiner  Fri 9 Mar 2012
Obama regime to Congress: We'll tell you what we're doing with military force
In a video posted Wednesday at the Right Scoop, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Senators the administration would seek UN or NATO approval for the deployment of U.S. forces overseas while deciding... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday March 7, 2012, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the crisis in Syria and the risks for U.S. involvement. Kansas City Star Wed 7 Mar 2012
Talk of US military in Syria divides Congress
J. Scott Applewhite Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday March 7, 2012, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
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Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, a GOP congressman from Texas, waits for his turn on the stage during a North Dakota Republican district convention on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at the Shiloh Christian School in Bismarck, N.D. Paul spoke in Bismarck Monday night during the final stop of a two-day, four-city campaign swing through North Dakota, which is holding Republican presidential caucuses March 6. (AP Photo/Dale Wetzel) The Examiner Wed 22 Feb 2012
500 'Veterans for Ron Paul' march on White House to media blackout
Nearly 500 veterans and active duty soldiers marched through the streets of Washington, DC on Monday to show their support for presidential candidate Ron Paul. Men and... (photo: AP / Dale Wetzel)
Campaign   Photos   Veteran   Washington   Wikipedia: Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2012
Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamiat-Ulema-i-Islam rally, protesting against U.S. policy of expanding strikes on Pakistani territory, in Pakistani border town of Chaman along Afghanistan, Friday, March 27, 2009. They chanted slogans in favor of Taliban and their leader Mullah Omar. (AP Photo/Shah Khalid) Khaleej Times Sat 4 Feb 2012
Taleban deny Mullah Omar wrote to White House
KABUL ·- The Afghan Taleban denied on Saturday that the group's leader Mullah Omar wrote to the White House last year. The White House received a letter in 2011 which... (photo: AP / Shah Khalid)
Afghanistan   Mideast   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Mohammed Omar
Barack Obama after Obama’s arrival to Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq. The Guardian Fri 20 Jan 2012
Republicans say Obama wrong to cut military funds
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republicans looking to challenge President Barack Obama say the president is wrong to cut military spending and charge that he's putting the... (photo: Public Domain / Jacoplane)
Military   Photos   Republicans   US   Wikipedia: Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) operates in the Persian Gulf on Sept. 20, 2011. The Mobile Bay is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter M. Wayman, U.S. Navy. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fri 13 Jan 2012
U.S. builds up forces in Persian Gulf
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has quietly shifted combat troops and warships to the Middle East after the top U.S. commander in the region warned that he needed additional... (photo: US DoD / Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter M. Wayman, U.S. Navy)
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Former Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings speaks at the final campaign rally for opposition presidential candidate John Atta Mills, in Tema, Ghana Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Mills will face ruling party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo and six other candidates in presidential elections on Sunday, Dec. 7, as two-term leader John Kufuor prepares to hand off power in the West African nation. Peace FM Online Mon 2 Jan 2012
Mills Squeezes Konadu...Cuts Off Pipe, Bank Loans Says Rawlings
Former President Jerry John Rawlings, the man who founded the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), virtually moved party supporters to tears when he narrated what... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell)
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U.S. Army Pfc. Jeffery Penning, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Warrior, along with an Afghan Security Guard member pull security during a roving patrol on Observation Post Mustang, Kunar province, Afghanistan, May 3, 2012. Taliban: NATO nations should leave Afghanistan now Atlanta Journal
U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, second from right, the new commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, visits with U.S., NATO and Afghan forces at checkpoint 91 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 9, 2010 How Obama's strategy on Afghanistan war evolved The Dallas Morning News
File - British Army Lt. Gen. James Bucknall, the International Security Assistance Force deputy commander, speaks with Afghan National Army soldiers during his visit to Joint Combat Outpost Pul-e-Sayad, Afghanistan, April 27, 2011. Afghan war will cost British taxpayers £20 billion by time mission is complete The Daily Telegraph
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President Barack Obama meets with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in the Oval Office, May 13, 2011 Obama on Afghanistan: 'Great challenges ahead' BBC News
Sri Lankan lawmaker and former military chief Sarath Fonseka gestures during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 Sri Lanka set to release jailed ex-army chief The Guardian
The President of Sri Lanka, Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa inspecting the Guard of Honour, at the ceremonial reception, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on June 09, 2010. Sri Lanka military parade marks war anniversary BBC News
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In this Monday, May 14, 2012 photo, a girl walks past Syrian rebels at Khaldiyeh neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. Syria-wide protests urged as Qaeda fears grows France24
Israeli tourist take photos at an old abandoned Syrian army post from the 1967 Six Day War at Mt. Bental in the Golan Heights, on the border with Syria , Tuesday, June 5, 2007. Four decades after an underdog Israeli military campaign that captured the world's imagination, the people of Israel, the Middle East and the world are are still struggling to come to terms with it. The war tripled Israel's size and probably prevented its annihilation. But with victory came burdens, hatreds and many, many deaths for Israelis and the Palestinians in their newly-expanded territor Israel fears Assad fall may bring Al-Qaeda to Golan Khaleej Times
Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, center waves to media, chief of an Islamic charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, arrives under tight security to appear before the judicial review board of High Court in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Muslims not to tolerate new US threats: Hafiz Saeed The Siasat Daily
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