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...blood on a battlefield more accessible than most; it's an opportunity to lay the foundation for the next generation of al-Qaeda in the way that the Afghan jihad against the Soviets had brought together the "known leadership" of al-Qaeda and forged their organization. They want to repeat the experience in Iraq, encouraging young Islamists from all over the world to make their way there and learn the art of fighting the Americans from the shadows. And the scale of the U.S. commitment in Iraq - and the obvious strains for Washington of spending tens of billions of dollars...
...these matters were addressed in the 28 pages censored from Washington's official report on 9/11. It has long been suggested that Saudi Arabia probably had some kind of secret arrangement to stave off fundamentalists within the kingdom. But this appears to be the first description of a repeated, explicit quid pro quo between bin Laden and a Saudi official. Posner told TIME he got the details of Zubaydah's interrogation and revelations from a U.S. official outside the CIA at a "very senior Executive Branch level" whose name we would probably know if he told...
...left the North no choice but to declare itself a nuclear power--and that Pyongyang would soon conduct a nuclear test. The next day Kelly recounted what he had been told. As China's envoy, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, grew visibly ruffled, Kim was obliged to repeat his threats...
...international community into appeasing it with aid. But the tactic may have backfired. When six-way talks resumed the next day, Kelly recounted to his startled tablemates what he'd been told. As China's envoy, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, grew visibly ruffled, Kim was obliged to repeat his threats. China, Russia, South Korea and Japan "heard what was said and saw how this business is handled" by the North, says the American diplomat. As a result, the remaining rivulets of goodwill that Pyongyang had at the bargaining table looked ready to evaporate. The U.S. was "pleased with...
...infidel" troops in a Muslim land aroused the ire of young Muslim militants around the world, and many of those that volunteered to go to Afghanistan to join the anti-Soviet jihad later became the organizational and political core of al-Qaeda. Now, the movement is hoping to repeat the experience, albeit under more trying circumstances - this time, the volunteers won't have the support of the CIA and the Saudis, or staging areas in Pakistan. Al-Arabiya TV on Monday broadcast an audio tape from an al-Qaeda leader urging supporters to make their way to Iraq to fight...