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            <title><![CDATA[Finally, a Taliban Crackdown]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[What's driving Pakistan's sudden surge in arrests of top Taliban leaders? Bruce Riedel on why this may be a sign of meaningful progress in the war on terror. 
A year ago, Pakistani officials at the highest level repeatedly told their American...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[When Terrorists and Pirates Merge]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ A new al Qaeda leader in the Arabian Peninsula wants to take terrorism to the next level-bringing tactics honed in the run-up to 9/11 to Yemen's pirate-infested waterways.
The Yemeni press has reported this week that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Disrupt Al Qaeda's Core]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The best response to news of fresh terrorist attacks ahead is to step up the pressure in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and elsewhere-and pour on the diplomatic and intelligence resources. 
The heads of the American intelligence community warned...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Scariest Terror Plot]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Forget the Christmas bomber. The gravest threat to U.S. security may come from the militant Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba. Bruce Riedel and Aysha Chowdhry on how to defuse the threat.
The last few months have seen a dizzying array of terror plots...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hitting bin Laden Where He Lives]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The latest tape from al Qaeda's leader slams the U.S. for its support of Israel. Bruce Riedel on why a Mideast peace deal could ruin bin Laden's appeal.
Osama bin Laden's new audio tape message addressed to President Obama is simple and direct: The...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:18:30 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Challenge in Yemen]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  Defeating al Qaeda in Yemen, the president's new top priority, is made all the more difficult by its host country-desperately poor, lawless, and armed to the teeth. Bruce Riedel on how Obama can accomplish the mission.
Al Qaeda's failed attack on...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Menace of Yemen]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The attack on Flight 253 shows the growing strength of al Qaeda's Yemen branch. Bruce Riedel on al Qaeda's latest training ground for terror and the new threat against American airlines.
The attempt to destroy Northwest Airlines Flight 253 en route...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:14:41 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fighting the Same War Twice?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  On Christmas Day 30 years ago, the Soviets went into Afghanistan. Bruce Riedel on the lessons the U.S. needs to learn to avoid their fate.
Thirty years ago, on Christmas Day 1979, the Soviet 40th Red Army invaded Afghanistan and began the conflict...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Al Qaeda's American Mole]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[New court documents on the Chicagoan suspected of helping plan the Mumbai attacks show who he was working with-and suggest an alliance of some of the world's deadliest terror groups.
The arrest in Chicago of a Pakistani American, David Headley...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Taliban Leader Threatens Obama]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mullah Omar, the elusive leader of the Afghan Taliban, has released a bold message to the White House, warning that any plan to boost troop levels in Afghanistan could lead to "bitterness and pain." The Daily Beast's Bruce Riedel decodes the chilling...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Next Nuclear Nightmare]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  With the Taliban claiming credit for a new suicide blast that killed 41 in Pakistan Monday, Bruce Riedel explains why Pakistanis see America as an even bigger threat to their security.
This weekend's dramatic attack on the army headquarters in...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:27:16 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Al Qaeda's New Murder Plot]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  Al Qaeda is claiming credit for Thursday's assassination attempt on Prince Muhammad bin Nayif, Saudi Arabia's counterterrorism chief who led a successful crackdown on the terrorist group. Should the kingdom expect another reign of terror?
The...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:24:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan's Mystery Winner]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  Claims of victory in the war-torn country's presidential election should be ignored, says Bruce Riedel-the only thing the preliminary results show is the Taliban failed to completely disrupt the vote.
While the preliminary results released on the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:08:29 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Afghan Test]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The stakes in Thursday's Afghan election are much higher than who'll be elected president, says Bruce Riedel-it's also a referendum on Obama's war, the Taliban's strength, and even Pakistan's allegiance.
Thursday's election in Afghanistan is a...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:42:18 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Can Egypt Help Obama?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  Egypt's Hosni Mubarak met with Hillary Clinton Monday and the president on Tuesday. Bruce Riedel says it's an opportunity for Egypt's leadership to help win the war of ideas in Afghanistan-by calling off the jihad and rejecting terror.
President...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:53:33 -0400]]></pubDate>
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