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Iraq: Insurgents Claim al-Qaida Planning Suicide Attacks in US

BAGHDAD (Dec. 15) -- Iraqi authorities have obtained confessions from captured insurgents who claim al-Qaida is planning suicide attacks in the United States and Europe during the Christmas season, two senior officials said Wednesday. Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani told The Associated Press that the botched...

Insurgents Attack Major NATO Base in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 13) -- Insurgents wearing suicide vests tried to storm a major NATO base in eastern Afghanistan but were repelled before they could enter on Saturday - the latest in a series of attacks on coalition targets that appear designed to show the Taliban remain strong despite U.S.-led offensives and an...

Is This the Real Reason US Troops Can Leave Iraq?

(Aug. 31) -- President Barack Obama will address the nation tonight to mark what his administration is calling the end of combat operations in Iraq. And already scholars are revisiting how a war once compared to the Vietnam quagmire reached this point of tentative success. Ali Al-Saadi, AFP / Getty Images An Iraqi man...

US Withdrawal From Iraq Doesn't Look Promising Amid Bombing Spree

(Aug. 26) -- From the U.S. perspective, the war in Iraq may be drawing to a close. But the violence continues, most recently with insurgent bombings in 13 towns and cities on Wednesday. The attacks killed more than 50 and sent a sufficiently clear message to the world: We're still here, and we'll vie for the country long...

NATO: 6 Afghan Police Beheaded by Insurgents

(July 21) -- Six Afghan policemen have been beheaded by insurgents who overran a checkpoint in northern Afghanistan, NATO said today. The victims were members of the Afghan National Police force in the Dahanah-ye Ghori district of northern Baghlan province, the international force said in a statement on its website. They...

Background on insurgents

An insurgency is an armed rebellion against a constituted authority (for example, an authority recognized as such by the United Nations) when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognized as belligerents.

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