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The Pakistan-Afghanistan border area is essentially a safe place for al Qaeda to hang its shingle out — and last week's “truce” with tribal militants in north Waziristan tribal area of Pakistan did nothing to help, claims this NYT article. Some excerpts: Al Qaeda’s surviving leadership is suspected of using the border areas as a base [...]
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An NYT article examines the question of whether the U.S. is “safer” five years after 9/11. A sub-question that could be asked is whether the Bush administration has overblown the terror threat at times for partisan political reasons. Some excerpts: If the Banna case (a Jordanian kept out of the U.S.; he later killed himself as a [...]
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