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...Newburgh, N.Y., that he wanted to join the jihad, or holy war, and strike a target in the U.S. Cromitie, whose parents had lived in Afghanistan, claimed he was angry about the war there; the U.S. military, he told the informant, was killing many Muslims in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He talked about possibly traveling to Afghanistan to become a "martyr" and go to paradise. He added that he was interested in doing "something to America." (See pictures of the life of Osama bin Laden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Riverdale Bomb Plot Unraveled | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...July 2008, Cromitie and the FBI informant allegedly discussed the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed. When the informant claimed a connection to this group, Cromitie supposedly said he'd like to join. (Read about the activities of Jaish-e-Mohammed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Riverdale Bomb Plot Unraveled | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

...Lanka government. President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his army have turned the conventional wisdom on fighting insurgencies on its head, adopting strategies and tactics long discredited, both in the battlefield and in the military classroom. Since they appear to have worked against the Tigers, other countries wracked by insurgencies - from Pakistan to Sudan to Algeria - may be tempted to follow suit. But Rajapaksa's triumph has come at a high cost in civilian lives and a sharp decline in democratic values - and he is no closer to resolving the ethnic resentments that underpinned the insurgency for decades. Perhaps Sri Lanka...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Defeat Insurgencies: Sri Lanka's Bad Example | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

Most analysts doubt direct Iranian involvement. There is speculation that rogue elements of Iran's Revolutionary Guard are to blame, the same way members of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency are known to abet militants in the eastern borderlands. Others point out the arms might be smuggled in from third countries. But there is consensus that Tehran, despite its historical aversion to the Taliban, has shown a willingness to "interfere in Afghan affairs as leverage against the United States when threatened," says Haroun Mir, a security analyst in Kabul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Spending Spree in Afghanistan | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...that reason, Zardari's biggest takeaway from his trip may be the realization that he can't rely exclusively on a sympathetic White House to loosen the purse strings. Pakistan was once a country that most in the U.S. knew little about. But the more Americans learn about it, the less likely they are to think that all there is rosy. It will take more than TV footage for Zardari to convince Congress--and public opinion--that his country deserves the assistance he seeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moment | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

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