War On Terror



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U.S. Missile Strike Kills 5 In Pakistan

Clashes Between Taliban And Security Forces Kill At Least 20 Militants; 8 Dead In Marketplace Bombing



Pakistani Taliban Suspected In Hotel Blast

Car Bomb Attack On Luxury Hotel In Peshawar Follows Familiar Pattern In Vicious Cycle Of Payback



Pakistan Hotel Attack Kills At Least 11

Dozens More Injured In Bomb, Gun Attack; Taliban Suspected But No Responsibility Claimed



Pakistan: Locals Corner Taliban Fighters

Police Say 1,500 Tribesmen Lay Siege To 200 Militants In Retaliation To Mosque Bombing



Grenade Wounds 3 U.S. Troops, Afghan Child

Military Tells CBS News Grenade Thrown By Attacking Militant, Disputing Some Local Claims Of U.S. Attack



7,000 Marines Join Fight In Afghanistan

Troops From Camp Lejeune Are 1st Wave Of Obama's "Surge", To Total 21,000 This Summer



New Bin Laden Tape Blasts Obama

Al Qaeda Chief Says U.S. President Has Planted Seeds Of "Hatred And Vengeance"; U.S. Confirms Authenticity

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Afghan Bombs Kills 10 Security Contractors

Local Police Say Twin Blasts Hit Convoy Of Security Guards Based With U.S. Troops



Pakistan Court Frees Mumbai Suspect

High Court Rules Not Enough Evidence To Hold Head Of Charity Suspected Of Being Front For Militant Group



Army Rescues 79 From Taliban In Pakistan

Unclear How Many Still Held After Militants Ambush Group Of Students And Teachers In Troubled NW Region

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Pakistan Army Retakes Town From Taliban

Control Of Swat Valley City Wrested From Militants, Still Putting Up Pockets Of Resistance

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Dozens Killed In Western Afghan Battle

30 Insurgents Reported Dead; Roadside Bomb Wounds Kunduz Governor



2 Explosions Rock Market In North Pakistan

11 Killed In Blasts Day After Car Bomb Attack On Police, Intel Agency; Taliban Warned Of Retaliation

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Massive Car Bomb Rocks Pakistan

Dozens Of Deaths Reported In Lahore As Explosion Destroys Police Station, Intelligence Agency; 5 Taliban Suspects Detained

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Pakistani Refugees Flee Swat

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Gitmo Tribunals

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German Terror Bust

Three suspects with makings for "massive bombs" nabbed in terror plot against U.S. air base.


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London Bomb Scare

Police thwart apparent terror attack, defusing car bomb in heart of city.


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Trans-Atlantic Terror Plot

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Zacarias Moussaoui

Strange twists and turns have punctuated the admitted al Qaeda conspirator's case.