Articles filed under Terrorism
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Back to Iraq: Obama sending military advisersJun 19, 2014 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — Inching back into a fight he tried to leave behind, President Barack Obama announced Thursday he was dispatching 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq to help...
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Ships move into Gulf as U.S. lays out goals for IraqJun 14, 2014 1:00 am - WASHINGTON— A U.S. aircraft carrier was ordered to move into the Persian Gulf on Saturday as the United State laid out specific ways for Iraq to show it is forging the n...
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Islamic gunmen push into Iraq's Sunni heartlandJun 12, 2014 1:01 am - BAGHDAD - Al-Qaida-inspired militants pushed deeper into Iraq's Sunni heartland Wednesday, swiftly conquering Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit as soldiers and securit...
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Analysis: Attacks show emboldened militantsJun 11, 2014 1:01 am - CAIRO - It has been a week of stunning advances by Islamic militants across a belt from Iraq to Pakistan. In Iraq, jihadi fighters rampaged through the country's second-...
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Authorities in Iraq say bombs kill 44 in capitalJun 07, 2014 1:01 am - BAGHDAD - A series of car bombs exploded across Iraq's capital Saturday night, killing at least 44 people in a day of violence that saw militants storm a university in t...
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Obama: Freed soldier was 'never forgotten'May 31, 2014 1:00 am - WASHINGTON —The only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees from the U.S. priso...
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World decries Nigeria abductionsMay 10, 2014 1:01 am - YOLA, Nigeria - Islamic extremists blew up a bridge, killed an unknown number of people and abducted the wife and two children of a retired police officer in northeast N...
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Kerry: U.S. will help in search for kidnapped Nigerian girlsMay 03, 2014 1:01 am - ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Secretary of State John Kerry pledged U.S. help Saturday in finding and returning hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted by militants more than ...
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Images: Boston Marathon bombing anniversaryApr 15, 2014 1:01 am - ...
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Russia, Ukraine feud over sniper carnageMar 07, 2014 12:00 am - Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — One of the biggest mysteries hanging over the protest mayhem that drove Ukraine's president from power: Who was behind the snipers ...