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US Marines from 2nd Battalion wait to board helicopters from ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Marines from 2nd Battalion wait to board helicopters from Camp Dwyer as they leave to take part in Operation Khanjar. US Marines are in a 'hell of a fight' as they storm into Taliban strongholds in a major assault in Afghanistan, according to their commanding officer. Photo:Manpreet Romana/AFP

Tribesmen gather at the site of a suspected US missile strike ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - Tribesmen gather at the site of a suspected US missile strike in Bannu district in March 2009. US missiles on Friday slammed into the hideout of a Pakistani Taliban commander allied to warlord Baitullah Mehsud in the tribal belt, killing at least six militants, security officials said. Photo:Karim Ullah/AFP

A supporter of Pakistan's hardline Jamaat-i-Islami party carries ...

(AFP) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - A supporter of Pakistan's hardline Jamaat-i-Islami party carries a poster during a rally to protest the military operation against the Taliban, in Karachi on June 28. Clashes and air strikes killed at least 27 militants and five civilians as fighting surged Monday across Pakistan's northwest tribal belt, a Taliban stronghold, officials said. Photo:Asif Hassan/AFP

A Pakistani soldier stands atop a checkpost in Tanai village ...

(AFP) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Pakistani soldier stands atop a checkpost in Tanai village near Wana, the main town of South Waziristan. Fighter jets pounded Taliban rebel suspects in Pakistan's northwest tribal belt on Monday as the army vowed retaliation over the deaths of 16 soldiers in the worst such ambush in months. Photo:Roshan Khan/AFP

Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud (centre) answers questions ...

(AFP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud (centre) answers questions during a 2008 press conference in the tribal district of South Waziristan. Photo:/AFP

Salah Tolba (not pictured) feeds a mouse to an eagle, as his ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Salah Tolba (not pictured) feeds a mouse to an eagle, as his son Osama watches, in his house in Giza June 27, 2009. For more than six generations, the Tolba family are known in Egypt as hunters of wild animals and breeders of wild birds and reptiles. Nowadays, the family supplies these animals to scientific research centers and movie makers. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT ANIMALS SOCIETY ODDLY)

US soldiers belonging to the NATO-led International Security ...

(AFP) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - US soldiers belonging to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on patrol outside Bagram airbase in February 2009. Two top British generals have said that a surge of thousands more US troops in southern Afghanistan will help break the 'stalemate' with Taliban insurgents. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

A Pakistani army helicopter flies over a hill in Mingora, the ...

(AFP) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Pakistani army helicopter flies over a hill in Mingora, the main town in Swat valley, on June 3. The residents of South Waziristan know hard times are coming. Troops are massing on their doorstep, they say, food is in short supply, and tens of thousands of civilians are already on the move. Photo:Aamir Qureshi/AFP

US national security adviser James Jones (2nd from left) with ...

(AFP) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - US national security adviser James Jones (2nd from left) with Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik (right) in Islamabad on June 25. Jones was in Pakistan Thursday for talks with civilian and military leaders, a spokesman said, days after a US missile strike killed dozens in the northwest. Photo:Aamir Qureshi/AFP

File photo shows night view of Toronto, Canada. An Al-Qaeda-inspired ...

(AFP) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows night view of Toronto, Canada. An Al-Qaeda-inspired group in Toronto planned a three-day attack on three sensitive Canadian targets in 2006 using vans stuffed with explosives, the Toronto Star reported. Photo:Alberto E. Rodriguez/AFP

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, seen here in Paris in ...

(AFP) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, seen here in Paris in May. President Barack Obama's top security adviser James Jones will visit Afghanistan and Pakistan to monitor implementation of the new US war plan, a US official said Monday. Photo:Patrick Kovarik/AFP

Islamic militants detonated car bombs outside the US embassy ...

(AFP) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - Islamic militants detonated car bombs outside the US embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in 2008. A Saudi wanted by the Yemeni authorities on suspicion of plotting attacks for Al-Qaeda has turned himself in, a security official said on Thursday. Photo:Khaled Fazaa/AFP

Saudi Arabia's Osama Hawsawi (left) vies for the ball against ...

(AFP) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - Saudi Arabia's Osama Hawsawi (left) vies for the ball against North Korea's An Yong Hak during their group B Asian zone 2010 World Cup qualifying football match in Riyadh on June 17. North Korea are set to clash with the world's footballing heavyweights at next year's World Cup having qualified for only the second time in their sporting history, after they drew 0-0 with Saudi Arabia. Photo:Mido Ahmed/AFP

File photo shows Pakistani troops in Jamrud. Pakistan's offensive ...

(AFP) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:31:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows Pakistani troops in Jamrud. Pakistan's offensive against Taliban militants has won praise from Washington but may bring little benefit to US forces in neighboring Afghanistan, experts and US officials say. Photo:Tariq Mahmood/AFP

Graphic showing the latest situation in the conflict in northwestern ...

(AFP) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - Graphic showing the latest situation in the conflict in northwestern Pakistan. Pakistan's military shelled rebel hideouts in the northwest tribal belt Tuesday, where forces are believed to be on the brink of an all-out onslaught to crush the Taliban, officials said. Photo:/AFP

Graphic showing the latest situation in the conflict in northwestern ...

(AFP) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - Graphic showing the latest situation in the conflict in northwestern Pakistan. Pakistani forces pounded militants in tribal areas Monday, after vowing an all-out assault on a Taliban chief in the lawless Afghan border region known to be an Al-Qaeda and rebel hideout. Photo:/AFP

Osama, an 8-year-old internally displaced boy who fled a military ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Osama, an 8-year-old internally displaced boy who fled a military offensive in the Swat valley region, wears his glasses by a string while he stands in line for a food handout at the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) Sheik Shahzad camp in Mardan district, about 160 km (99 miles) northwest of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, June 14, 2009. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT)

US soldiers search for weapon caches in Afghanistan's eastern ...

(AFP) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - US soldiers search for weapon caches in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. Top US and NATO officials have urged forces in Afghanistan to do their utmost to limit civilian casualties, saying that every killing of an innocent Afghan citizen undermines their mission. Photo:Liu Jin/AFP

A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden making statements from an unknown location. REUTERS/REUTERS TV

A man holds a box of Pakistan-made 'Super Osama Bin Laden, Kulfa ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man holds a box of Pakistan-made 'Super Osama Bin Laden, Kulfa Balls' milk and coconut flavour hard candies bought at a bazaar in Kandahar city June 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN FOOD SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

An image of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani released by the FBI. REUTERS/FBI/Handout ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An image of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani released by the FBI. REUTERS/FBI/Handout

Lebanese MP Osama Saad and parliamentary candidate casts his ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Lebanese MP Osama Saad and parliamentary candidate casts his ballot at a polling station in Sidon, southern Lebanon June 7, 2009. Lebanese voters cast ballots in a tightly contested general election on Sunday pitting a Western-backed coalition against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies. REUTERS/ Ali Hashisho (LEBANON POLITICS ELECTIONS)

An undated file picture of Saudi dissident Osama Bin Laden. ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - An undated file picture of Saudi dissident Osama Bin Laden. The Al-Qaeda chief on Wednesday scorned Barack Obama's overture to the Islamic world and warned of decades of conflict, at the start of the US president's Middle East charm offensive. Photo:/AFP

Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri lashed out at US President ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri lashed out at US President Barack Obama Tuesday on the eve of his visit to the Middle East, urging Egyptians to shun him. Duration: 0:51 Photo:/AFP

A photo from Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper of Abu Qatada in ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - A photo from Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper of Abu Qatada in 2000. Mali has named an Islamist leader believed to be behind the execution of a British hostage after an Al-Qaeda cell claimed it had exacted revenge for Abu Qatada's detention. Photo:/AFP

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said there was 'strong reason ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said there was 'strong reason to believe' a British hostage had been executed by an Al-Qaeda cell in Mali, calling it a 'barbaric act'. Photo:Kirsty Wigglesworth/AFP

A photo from Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper of Abu Qatada in ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:30:00 GMT

(AFP) - A photo from Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper of Abu Qatada in 2000. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said there was 'strong reason to believe' a British hostage had been executed by an Al-Qaeda cell in Mali, calling it a 'barbaric act'. Photo:/AFP

Malian soldiers take position in the northeastern town of Kidal, ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:30:00 GMT

(AFP) - Malian soldiers take position in the northeastern town of Kidal, 2006. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said there was 'strong reason to believe' a British hostage had been executed by an Al-Qaeda cell in Mali, calling it a 'barbaric act'. Photo:Kambou Sia/AFP

This still video image obtained from the SITE Intelligence Group ...

(AFP) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - This still video image obtained from the SITE Intelligence Group shows Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri, who in a video featuring an audio speech issued on jihadist forums said that Muslims had heard US President Barack Obama's 'bloody messages' ahead of the US president's trip to the Middle East. Photo:/AFP

Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri is shown in this ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri is shown in this undated file photo. REUTERS/Hamid Mir/Editor/Ausaf Newspaper for Daily Dawn

A British soldier patrols the outskirts of Kabul. British troops ...

(AFP) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:52:00 GMT

(AFP) - A British soldier patrols the outskirts of Kabul. British troops stationed in Afghanistan have killed a senior Taliban leader behind suicide bomb attacks that have killed several British soldiers, according to the Ministry of Defence. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

The former head of Italian military intelligence Wednesday denied ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - The former head of Italian military intelligence Wednesday denied at a landmark trial any role in the CIA kidnapping of Egyptian imam Abu Omar, seen here in 2007, from a Milan street six years ago. Photo:/AFP

An Iraqi man grieves over the covered body of a relative in ...

(AFP) — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:10:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Iraqi man grieves over the covered body of a relative in an ambulance following a suicide bombing in Kirkuk. Iraq was engulfed in a wave of violence, with suicide attackers and bombings killing 26 people including three US soldiers, a day after huge blast in a Baghdad Shiite area left 40 dead. Photo:Marwan Ibrahim/AFP

A 2001 TV grab shows followers of Osama bin Laden during training ...

(AFP) — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:14:00 GMT

(AFP) - A 2001 TV grab shows followers of Osama bin Laden during training at the al-Faruq base in Afghanistan. A naturalized Canadian man of Somali descent pleaded guilty to conspiracy and providing material support to the extremist network Al-Qaeda, the US Justice Department said. Warsame traveled to the Faruq training camp where he met Bin Laden Photo:/AFP

Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, speaks during a Reuters interview in his house in Alexandria, Egypt May 13, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

A view of the Treasury Department. The US Treasury Department ...

(AFP) — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - A view of the Treasury Department. The US Treasury Department on Thursday targeted Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) by focusing on a Syria-based militant through an executive order to freeze his assets under US jurisdiction. Photo:Karen Bleier/AFP

Map of Pakistan locating South Waziristan. A suspected US drone ...

(AFP) — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map of Pakistan locating South Waziristan. A suspected US drone attack killed up to eight people in a remote Pakistani tribal area near the Afghan border, the second such strike in a few days. Photo:Afp Infographics/Gal/Js/AFP

File photo shows an Italian special police squad officer holding ...

(AFP) — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows an Italian special police squad officer holding a shotgun before a raid. Italian police in the southern city of Bari have arrested two suspected Al-Qaeda members thought to have been preparing attacks in France and Britain, ANSA news agency reported Tuesday. Photo:Marcello Paternostro/AFP

US soldiers search for weapon caches in Afghanistan's remote ...

(AFP) — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - US soldiers search for weapon caches in Afghanistan's remote Kunar province in April 2009. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said US troops were indeed arriving 'late' in greater numbers to his country but insisted that 'it's never too late for a good thing'. Photo:Liu Jin/AFP

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (left) listens as US President ...

(AFP) — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (left) listens as US President Barack Obama speaks after a meeting in Washington on May 6. Pakistan jets bombed Taliban hideouts in the Swat valley Friday where the government sent fresh troops with orders to 'eliminate' extremists in the battle to control the northwest. Photo:Jim Watson/AFP

President Barack Obama addresses a prime time press conference ...

(AFP) — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - President Barack Obama addresses a prime time press conference at the White House in Washington, DC in April 2009. Obama will try to cajole leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan into a crackdown on resurgent extremism, in summits aimed at lancing mistrust hampering anti-terror efforts. Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP

A Pakistani Islamist during an anti-Taliban and also an anti-US ...

(AFP) — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Pakistani Islamist during an anti-Taliban and also an anti-US protest rally in Islamabad on May 4, 2009. President Barack Obama will Wednesday try to cajole leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan into a crackdown on resurgent extremism, in summits aimed at lancing mistrust hampering anti-terror efforts. Photo:Aamir Qureshi/AFP

Osama Al Harbi of Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad (C) strikes the ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Osama Al Harbi of Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad (C) strikes the ball as team mate Mishal Al Saeed and Khosro Heydari of Iran's Esteghlal (R) look on during their AFC Champions League soccer match at Tehran's Azadi stadium May 5, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN SPORT SOCCER)