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This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Two suicide car bombs explode in Damascus Syria, killing 55 Syria suicide bombs may be linked to al-Qaeda’s ‘al-Nusra Battlefront’ 12,000 troops mass near Syria’s border in ‘Eager Lion 2012’ U.S. special forces ready

(AP) Contact lost with Russian-made plane in IndonesiaJAKARTA, IndonesiaA Russian-made plane carrying 46 people lost contact with air controllers while flying over mountains during a demonstration flight Wednesday in western Indonesia, officials said. Search and rescue teams were heading to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hundreds of Egyptians injured as police storm Cairo rally Army says clashes won’t delay Egypt’s historic vote IMF demands more austerity from Egypt to get bailout money Germans on trial for activities in the

BEN FOXAssociated PressGUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, CubaThe self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks repeatedly declined to respond to a judge’s questions Saturday and his co-defendant was briefly restrained at a military hearing as five men charged with the worst

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal jury found a Bosnian-born U.S. citizen guilty on Tuesday of planning a coordinated suicide bomb attack on New York City subways in 2009 at the behest of senior al Qaeda operatives. Adis Medunjanin, 28,

Documents found embedded in a pornographic movie have revealed a storehouse of information about al Qaeda’s plans for future terrorist attacks. In May of last year, a 22-year-old named Maqsood Lodin was traveling from Pakistan to Germany, and was stopped

(AP) The 5 al-Qaida leaders most wanted by USBy The Associated Press On May 2, 2011, Navy SEALs shot and killed al-Qaida leader and Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in his home in Abbottabad, Pakistan. It was a raid

Osama bin Laden is dead and gone, but his demise was trotted out as a campaign issue by President Barack Obama, whose new ad questions whether his Republican rival would have ordered such a risky military raid. The video features

Nearly a year after a US raid killed Osama bin Laden, his core Al-Qaeda network in Pakistan is “essentially gone,” but its affiliates remain a threat, US intelligence officials said. Bin Laden’s death further weakened Al-Qaeda, and it was unlikely

A Baltimore area man was the first “high value” Al Qaeda detainee atGitmo to plead guilty two months ago. Majid Khan’s plea deal likely involves hiswillingness to testify against Khalid Sheik Mohammed. He also agreed not tosue the US government

Yesterday, a US District Judge refused to release death photos of Osamabin Laden. Conservative watchdog organization Judicial Watch hadfiled a Freedom of Information Act request for the photos, but Judge JamesBoasberg denied their request, saying: A picture may be worth a

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. New report examines terrorism and religious extremism in Pakistan The Gen-X connection with Pakistan’s extremism France calls for military action in Syria New report examines terrorism and religious extremism in Pakistan A new report

The US embassy in Islamabad on Thursday banned its staff from restaurants and markets in the Pakistani capital for several days either side of the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death. The Al-Qaeda kingpin was killed in a US special

This past February, Thailand was added to a high-risk blacklist by an international organization many people have never heard of. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was established by the Group of Seven (G7) in 1989 to combat money laundering

Gunmen on Saturday shot dead seven Shiite Muslims in two separate incidents of sectarian violence in Pakistan’s troubled southwestern city of Quetta, police said. The drive-by shootings took place in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province bordering with Iran and

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Female suicide bomber attacks Somalia’s National Theatre Spain is in ‘extreme difficulty’ and threatens renewed euro crisis Financial pundits worry about end of quantitative easing Greece may have to cancel Olympics participation Female suicide

(AP) French police arrest 10 in crackdown on radicalsBy INGRID ROUSSEAUAssociated PressPARISFrench police rounded up 10 people in their second country-wide sweep in several days Wednesday, leading to criticism that President Nicolas Sarkozy is ramping up raids to win votes

The United States is offering a $10 million bounty for the arrest of of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, founder of the group blamed for the 2008 attacks in Mumbai. The new reward appears intended to increase pressure on Pakistan to crack

(AP) US offers $10 million for Pakistani militant chiefBy SEBASTIAN ABBOT and ASIF SHAHZADAssociated PressISLAMABADThe United States has offered a $10 million bounty for a Pakistani militant leader who allegedly orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai attacks and has been directing an

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Pakistan will deport Osama bin Laden’s wives and children Pacific tensions build as North Korea approaches long-range missile launch Kurds halt oil exports to Baghdad, increasing sectarian tensions Euro zone unemployment soars to historic

(AP) Bin Laden’s relatives get short prison sentenceBy ZARAR KHANAssociated PressISLAMABADA Pakistani court convicted Osama bin Laden’s three widows and two of his daughters of illegally entering and living in the country on Monday and sentenced them to 45 days

(AP) Pakistan army chief meets top US commandersBy SEBASTIAN ABBOTAssociated PressISLAMABADPakistan’s army chief held talks Wednesday with top U.S. commanders for the first time since American airstrikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last year and triggered a near collapse in the

(AP) Prominent Pakistani acid victim commits suicideBy SEBASTIAN ABBOTAssociated PressISLAMABADPakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus had endured more than three dozen surgeries over more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body when she finally decided life

(AP) Obama confronts nuke threat on N. Korea front lineBy BEN FELLER and ANNE GEARANAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaPresident Barack Obama is opening his pitch for faster work to lock down nuclear material that could be used by terrorists with an

(AP) French investigators focus on gunman’s brotherBy RAPHAEL SATTER and JOHANNA DECORSEAssociated PressPARISThe brother of an Islamist fanatic behind a deadly shooting rampage in France celebrated his martyr-like death and may have helped him, police and a lawyer said Saturday.

Police stormed a house and killed a gunman whose murders of Jewish schoolchildren and soldiers traumatised France and briefly halted the presidential election campaign. Officers from an elite unit moved in after a 32-hour siege, killing the self-proclaimed Al-Qaeda militant

(AP) France shooting suspect holed up in buildingBy JOHANNA DECORSEAssociated PressTOULOUSE, FranceFrance’s interior minister says a gunman suspected in a wave of killings has stopped talking to police, and that authorities have been monitoring him for years. Claude Gueant was

From the Washington Post: Before his death, Osama bin Laden boldly commanded his network to organize special cells in Afghanistan and Pakistan to attack the aircraft of President Obama and Gen. David H. Petraeus. “The reason for concentrating on them,”

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Panetta asks for continued use of military base in Kyrgyzstan Multiple U.S. drone strikes kill 15 militants in Pakistan’s tribal area Greece receives bailout, but faces harsh new austerity demands Greece’s people turning toward

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. China’s military buildup continues ‘unabated’ Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez in good condition after surgery France’s Constitutional Council strikes down Armenian genocide law Terror group Jundallah claims credit for attack on Shias in Pakistan Jundallah-linked IMU

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Chavez’s cancer surgery worries his leftist club of nations North Korea threatens ‘sacred war’ against South Korea and U.S. Germany to send tax officers to Athens to help Greece collect taxes Two U.S. officers killed

35 House Armed Services Committee republicans have written a letter to the President claiming that the White House plan to reduce our nuclear stock pile by 80% is dangerous.  They cite the aggressive nuclear buildup of China, Russia, and Pakistan

An Army officer is fed up with “rosy official statements” that paint Afghanistan as a picture of progress, and he is demanding military leaders come clean about the “absence of success on virtually every level.” “How many more men must