| Time to pull troops out of Afghanistan? | As I sat in an armed American convoy, speeding through the streets of Kabul earlier this year, we passed an Afghan police checkpoint. The U.S. commander in the front of the vehicle turned to me and said: “I hold on pretty tightly to my firearm whether we see a crowd of civilians or Afghan police [...] | | Среда, 4 Ноября 2009 года 18:48:58 |
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| No bumper sticker slogan will solve it | He was charming, funny and above all blunt. General Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. and ISAF Commander in Afghanistan, set out to sell his assessment of the mission to a hardened international audience. In a speech at a London think-tank on Thursday, General McChrystal said the mission was so complicated and the history in Afghanistan so [...] | | Четверг, 1 Октября 2009 года 18:13:50 |
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| Nuclear security lapses: It only takes one | LONDON, England — In the late 1990s, getting permission to visit former Soviet nuclear sites was relatively easy and after to speaking to scientists still at work in them, the security was rather shocking. But what has alarmed me more over the years was realizing that North American and European research and academic facilities could [...] | | Четверг, 10 Сентября 2009 года 11:54:44 |
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| Al Qaeda threatens revenge against France | It's no surprise that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign to ban the burka is now being used by Al Qaeda to justify revenge and death threats. Radical Islamist Web sites posted a statement from Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb that vows revenge on France and Sarkozy for suggesting Islamic face coverings were not welcome in [...] | | Среда, 1 Июля 2009 года 10:06:24 |
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| Sarkozy the Feminist? | Many Muslim women in Europe say they don’t buy it. Make no mistake, no matter how Muslim women feel about the burka most of them would say politicians have no business banning or defending it. As one woman wrote to us after we asked her opinion, “It seems that in a hundred years, little has [...] | | Среда, 24 Июня 2009 года 11:40:26 |
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| An uncomfortable truth | After dozens of internal investigations, public statements and now two high-profile inquiries the conclusion hasn’t changed much: The July 7th terror attack in London could not have been prevented. For years now this has been a difficult theory to accept for victims and victims’ families. “It’s a matter of public safety and we can’t in all [...] | | Вторник, 19 Мая 2009 года 19:42:24 |
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| Q and A: Obama's reversal on the torture photos | What do the photos of alleged abuse of detainees actually show and who took them? There are apparently more than two thousand photos that allegedly show prisoner and detainee abuse. These photos come from two different sources: Personal snapshots taken by military personnel whose conduct contravened military laws and secondly, photos that were taken as [...] | | Четверг, 14 Мая 2009 года 14:19:16 |
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| Exporting Jihad | London, England—Slick and accessible, one of the latest offerings from Somalia’s Al Qaeda backed Al-Shabab looks more like a reality TV show than a recruitment tool for terrorists. And then there’s the English—American English. “Away from your family, away from our friends, away from ice, candy bars, all those things is because we’re waiting to [...] | | Понедельник, 4 Мая 2009 года 16:20:09 |
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| Investigation to nowhere | LONDON, England – It could be labelled a triumph for the British judicial system: Preventing three innocent men from going to prison for a crime they didn't commit. That's certainly the way the jury saw it. The only suspects ever charged in connection with London's 7/7 attacks have been found not guilty of conspiring with [...] | | Вторник, 28 Апреля 2009 года 15:07:47 |
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| The media loves extremists – and extremists love the media | LONDON, England – A few months ago I wrote a short item suggesting that radical Muslim preacher Anjem Choudary might usefully be compared with Johnny Rotten. Thinly argued - if widely slammed - as that post was, it's a comparison that retains value. A protest against British soldiers in Luton, England. The real argument, though, [...] | | Вторник, 17 Марта 2009 года 12:54:42 |
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