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Suicide bombings in Iraq hit Fallujah, prompt lockdown (www.mcclatchydc.com)

Authorities sealed off the city of Fallujah Thursday after two suicide bombings killed 15 people and wounded more than 100, Iraqi police said.

Tags: suicide bombing,terrorism,fallujah,iraq

Submitted about 4 hours ago by SpencerKent | 0 Comments |

Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security (www.washingtonpost.com)

The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic... More

Tags: pentagon,us military,us troops,domestic terrorism,terrorism,terrorist attacks,defense department,homeland security

Submitted 3 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Pakistan Warns Petraeus on Missile Hits (www.military.com)

Pakistani officials warned Gen. David Petraeus on Monday that frequent missile strikes on militant targets in Pakistan fan anti-American sentiment in an Islamic country vital to the struggle against... More

Tags: pakistan,gen david petraeus,terrorism,afghanistan,united states,us military

Submitted 29 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Can magnets help relieve Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? (www.jewishjournal.com)

The emotional toll of war and terrorism weigh heavily on many Israelis, but researchers at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem are studying ways to help patients deal with traumatic events through a... More

Tags: ptsd,posttraumatic stress disorder,war,terrorism,hadassah medical center,israel,jerusalem,israelis,trauma,magnetic stimulation,brain

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Petraeus sounds off on Afghanistan (www.militarytimes.com)

Incoming Central Command head Gen. David Petraeus questioned whether al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden continues to play a significant operational role in the terrorist network and said that even if bin... More

Tags: general david petraeus,afghanistan,central command,alqaeda,osama bin laden,terrorism

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

U.S. stretched thin with terror combat, threat of Cold War II (www.freep.com)

When Russian tanks rolled into Georgia last month, debate broke out about what the United States should do.

Tags: russia,georgia,united states,cold war,terrorism

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Commentary: Why the foreign policy debate matters (www.mcclatchydc.com)

At the foreign policy debate Friday night — or possibly later — Democrat Barack Obama deserves tough questioning every bit as much as Republicans John McCain.

Tags: foreign policy,presidential debates,barack obama,john mccain,iraq,afghanistan,terrorism

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Shifts from bin Laden hunt evoke questions (www.usatoday.com)

In 2002, troops from the 5th Special Forces Group who specialize in the Middle East were pulled out of the hunt for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan to prepare for their next assignment: Iraq. Their... More

Tags: osama bin laden,us military,united states,afghanistan,terrorism,al qaeda,pentagon,cia

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

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