David Loyn, developing world correspondent for the BBC and
author of In Afghanistan: Two Hundred
Years of British, Russian, and American Occupation, expounded upon 200
years of Afghan history as being useful in understanding the problems the U.S.
and NATO currently face there. After declaring that clear thinking is needed on
Afghanistan, and apparently
not currently forthcoming from the Obama Administration, Loyn described his own
ten points the U.S.
must consider when planning its next move in the country. The two primary
The would-be assassin of Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Nayef,
head of Saudi Arabia's counterterrorism efforts, hid his bomb in his
underwear, apparently believing that cultural taboos would prevent a
search in that part of his body, according to a Saudi government
official close to the investigation.
In August, President Obama laid out the rationale for stepping up
the fight in Afghanistan: If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency
will mean an even larger safe haven from which al-Qaeda would plot to
kill more Americans. So this is not only a war worth fighting. This is
fundamental to the defense of our people. Obamas Af-Pak plan is, in
essence, a countersanctuary strategy that denies safe havens to the
Taliban and al-Qaeda, with the overriding goal of making America and
its allies safer. Under Obama, the… more
Peter Bergen, senior fellow at the New American Foundation, believes if NATO countries pull their troops out of Afghanistan it won't have a major military ...
But CNN's national security analyst Peter Bergen and law enforcement analyst Mike Brooks say not to read too much into it -- the rush of arrests is a ...
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At today's launch event for the AfPak Channel, a joint
project between the New America Foundation
and Foreign Policy magazine, a panel
of journalists who have often traveled to the region that U.S. President Barack
Obama has made the focal point of his foreign policy shared their experiences
reporting from Afghanistan
and Pakistan.
"I think it is a security issue," said bin Laden biographer Peter Bergen, noting that tracking bin Ladens messages back to their source would be a good way ...
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"It's proof of life and that his organization is still viable," said Bin Laden biographer Peter Bergen. Bin Laden's latest tape renewed his offer of a ...
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Eight years after September 11, the "war on terror" has gone the way
of the dodo. And President Obama talks instead about a war against al
Qaeda and its allies.
What, then, of al Qaeda's enigmatic
leader, Osama bin Laden, who has vanished like a wisp of smoke? And
does he even matter now?
