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'No Easy Day' is a compelling account of Bin Laden's killing: Book Review
-------------------- No Easy Day The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer Dutton: 315 pp., $26.95 -------------------- Former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette did not put the first slug into Osama bin...
Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Afghanistan, Entertainment Events, Human Interest, Pakistan
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NATO says Al Qaeda's No. 2 in Afghanistan killed in air strike
Los Angeles TimesU.S.-led coalition troops battling Afghan Taliban insurgents have killed Al Qaeda’s second-in-command in Afghanistanin an air strike in the country’s eastern province of Kunar, the coalition said Tuesday. Sakhr al-Taifi, a Saudi national,...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Leon Panetta, Armed Conflicts, Islam
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World close to ending polio, yet it's a tough foe
AZIZ KHAN GHARI, Pakistan (AP) — Less than four months ago the world was cheered to learn that India had gone a full year with no new cases of polio — a landmark that left only Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria on the World Health...Tags: Health Organizations, Disease Prevention, Afghanistan, Politics, Health and Safety at Work
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Survey: Anti-U.S. sentiment on the rise in Pakistan
World NowISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In the last couple of years, Washington has tried to earmark a bigger chunk of its aid to Pakistan for civilian projects that would engender goodwill with the country’s intensely anti-American populace. The latest polling... -
U.S. drone strikes targeted Al Qaeda second-in-command
World NowThe fate of Al Qaeda’s second-in-command remained unknown Tuesday after Pakistani intelligence sources confirmed that U.S. drone missile strikes targeted the compound near the Afghan border where he was believed to be staying.... -
U.S. confirms death of No. 2 Al Qaeda figure
World NowAl Qaeda’s second-in-command was killed in a U.S. drone missile strike on a Pakistani compound near the Afghan border, a U.S. official said.... -
Pakistani doctor caught between counterterrorism and treason
World NowThe treason conviction and 33-year prison sentence given the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA locate Osama bin Laden last year has outraged U.S. leaders who see Shakeel Afridi as a hero in their campaign against terrorism. A Senate panel voted to slash... -
Pakistan contends doctor's conviction wasn't tied to Bin Laden raid
World NowA Pakistani doctor arrested after helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden was convicted and sentenced on charges of militancy and not because of his links with the effort to pinpoint the whereabouts of the Al Qaeda leader, Pakistani authorities... -
Afghanistan journalist's sojourn in 'strange paradise'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterI come from a country that has been at war for as long as I've been alive, but I had never touched a gun until I came to Los Angeles. As a 30-year-old Afghan, I'd seen plenty of guns: the Soviet soldiers with their AK-47s, the nervous American kids...Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Afghanistan, Pakistan, Journalism, Religion and Belief
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Bin Laden realized the truth: Terrorism doesn't work
Five weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden publicly commanded his foot-soldiers to ramp up the violence against American civilians. But five weeks before his death, he privately instructed his lieutenants to refrain from killing any civilians....
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Armed Conflicts, Politics, Science, World War I (1914-1918)
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Pakistan convicts doctor who helped U.S. find bin Laden of treason-like charge; 38 years in prison
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden was convicted Wednesday of conspiring against the state and sentenced to 33 years in prison, adding new strains to an already deeply troubled relationship between the U....
Tags: Punishment, Al-Qaeda, Politics, Armed Conflicts, Prisons
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Pakistani doctor who turned in bin Laden sentenced to jail
KIAHLet's say you're the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down, and take out, Osama Bin Laden. You'd most likely be working under the assumption that the United States would help you out, should Pakistani officials find out. Right? Well, that doesn'...Tags: Vaccines, Punishment, Prisons, Central Intelligence Agency, Osama bin Laden
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