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Leaked Files Show Gitmo Inmate Released After Informing on 123 Others

LONDON -- Leaked U.S. military documents reveal that a Guantanamo Bay detainee was freed after informing on 123 other prisoners, despite concerns about the reliability of his evidence, a British newspaper reported Tuesday. The Guardian, The New York Times and El Pais are publishing details of more than 750 leaked U.S....

NATO: Key al-Qaida Figure Killed in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - A NATO airstrike earlier this month killed a key al-Qaida operative in Afghanistan - a regional commander in charge of suicide bombings and cash flow, the international military coalition said Tuesday. NATO identified the man killed in the April 13 airstrike in Dangam district of eastern Kunar...

Leaked Files Shed Light on Gitmo Detainees

WASHINGTON -- Secret documents about detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison reveal new information about some of the men that the United States believes to be terrorists, according to reports about the files released by several American and European newspapers. The U.S. government criticized the publication as...

US Missiles Kill 25 People in Pakistan Tribal Area

ISLAMABAD -- U.S. drones fired a volley of missiles into a militant-held Pakistani region close to the Afghan border on Friday, killing 25 people, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The strike came a day after Pakistan's army chief denounced such attacks, and could further sour deteriorating relations between...

Pakistan Army Accuses US of 'Negative Propaganda'

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani army on Thursday rejected what it called "negative propaganda" by the United States, hours after the top U.S. military officer accused the country's spy agency of continued links to a powerful Afghan Taliban faction. The unusually strident back and forth reflected the poor state of relations...

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05/31/12 U.S. military trainers trickle back into Pakistan Source: Sify The picture is less encouraging on cooperation between U.S. and Pakistani intelligence, which several American officials said remained dire as Pakistani officials resist easing restrictions on issuing visas to U.S. intelligence personnel.
05/31/12 Obama's Peace Partner, the Taliban, vow to cut into... Source: Atlas Shrugs Obama's "peace" partners are all consistent in their unwavering commitment to their genocidal dreams and ideological mission to control and conquer.
05/31/12 Saudi military officer assaulted in Pakistan Source: Zee News A Saudi Arabian military officer was assaulted by security personnel after he refused to pass through a walk-through gate at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi on Thursday.
05/31/12 (In)Justice in Pakistan Source: The Pioneer Scathing comments by a special UN representative regarding Pakistan's crumbling judicial system highlight, once again, the worrying extent to which that country's democratic institutions have been compromised to the point of being ineffective.
05/31/12 Pak Keen to Emulate India's Polio Success Source: Outlook Impressed with India's successful effort in polio eradication, Pakistan is keen to emulate the model to achieve polio-free status even as it allayed fears of exporting the virus to the Indian side.