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...State Department official describes Sharif as "a player with a mixed record." As Prime Minister, he had a good relationship with the Clinton Administration, allowing the U.S. in 1998 to use Pakistani airspace for missile attacks against al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan. He also invited the CIA to train Pakistani commandos to capture Osama bin Laden: 60 soldiers started training, but the program was aborted when Sharif was deposed. Sharif's record in other areas is less than reassuring. His two stints as Prime Minister were marked by mismanagement and corruption. In 1998 he tested a nuclear bomb, earning...
...Petraeus-Crocker festivities on Capitol Hill this week. She was reminiscing, as most of her colleagues did, about time spent on the ground in Iraq with General David Petraeus, but it was not a recent visit. It was back in 2005, when Petraeus was in charge of training the new Iraqi army. An aide pulled out a blown-up photograph of the Senator and the general. "You were so upbeat, General," Boxer said. "You said, 'You're about to see some terrific troops.'" There were 100,000 of them "ready to go ... You were as optimistic as anyone...
...timing of Abe's departure was a shock in a nation where politics are usually as predictable as the train schedules. At the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Sydney on Sept. 9, Abe told reporters that he was wagering his job on his ability to pass controversial legislation that would renew Japanese naval support for U.S. and coalition forces operating in Afghanistan. The deadline for the Afghanistan bill's passage is Nov. 1, and the opposition DPJ had declared its intention to block the law, setting up a direct face-off with the LDP - one that Abe, who liked...
...some point. And when they do, guess whose farm will be subsidized on that next congressional pork bill! Many of you will be busy this week trying to procure alcohol, but you don’t have to be 25 like McLovin to get yourself on the fast train to Drunk-town. In fact, tickets to D-town are readily available if you know where to look. Budding chemists might want to head to the alleyway behind the Delphic and try to separate residual ethanol from the various yellow liquids you will encounter there. Otherwise just clump together with every...
...bombers relied on, that's because the attack modes and venues were different. "Success is paramount for terrorists, so you're not going to risk getting caught by collecting large stores of materials if you'll be detonating a smaller bomb in a tight and enclosed environment like a train," the security official notes. "If you're using remote detonation against open-air targets, success is greater if you go larger, as was the case earlier this summer in London, and now seems so in Germany...