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Even in the chin-high piles of roadside rubble, the crumbled cinderblock and the eerily empty streets of this neighborhood in western Mosul, America's top military officer sees hope. But he also sees peril and an urgent need to get the economy going - jobs, services, some semblance of regular life.
Major insurgent attacks in Afghanistan since 2001
Some of the deadliest insurgent attacks in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led offensive began on Oct. 7, 2001:
`No progress' on mass Guantanamo prisoner transfer
U.S. and Yemen remain at odds over a proposal to release more than one-third of the detainees from Guantanamo Bay, officials said Monday, even as the Bush administration wrestles with the future of the military prison.
African countries seen as possible terror threat
Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan are among "special interest" countries identified by the U.S. government as sponsors or supporters of terrorism. The intercepted e-mail was alarmingly matter-of-fact for anyone worried about a new terror attack: "getting into U.S is no problem at all. thats what i do best."
Pakistani intelligence's role in Afghanistan
Afghanistan often accuses Pakistani intelligence of supporting the Taliban insurgency. Pakistan's government denies it. Here is a look at why suspicions endure of a Pakistani hand in the violence - further straining relations between two key allies in the U.S.-led war on terror.
UAE cancels Iraq debt, names new ambassador
The United Arab Emirates canceled billions of dollars of Iraqi debt Sunday and moved to restore a full diplomatic mission in Baghdad, evidence of Iraq's improved security and growing acceptance of its Shiite-led government. He was a flight surgeon with the Navy and a CIA officer in Pakistan. He has also earned a doctorate in sociology and written two books. A suicide attacker detonated explosives near a police station in Pakistan's capital on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, officials said.
Indonesia: Arrests weakened militants
The arrests last week of 10 suspected Islamic militants severely weakened Indonesia's terrorist movement, the country's foreign minister said Sunday. More Al Qaeda Stories
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