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Old animosities thrive in post-Kadafi Libya
ZINTAN, Libya — The prized scion of Moammar Kadafi is a prisoner of tribesmen in these mountains of scrub and ocher rock. The rebels who captured him after the 2011 civil war that toppled his father have refused to turn him over to the central...
Tags: Human Rights, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief, Christopher Stevens, International Criminal Court
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McManus: Inching toward Syria
Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like a success story now. Yet the Obama administration is edging reluctantly into a civil war in Syria, aiding rebels...
Tags: Human Rights, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief, Weaponry, Muammar Gaddafi
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North Korea belligerence looms ominously over Iran nuclear talks
More carrot, less stick. That’s the advice of some nonproliferation experts for the United States and its five partners in negotiations that resume Friday aimed at dissuading Iran from building a nuclear bomb. But with threats of nuclear...
Tags: Nuclear Policy, Almaty (Kazakhstan), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Weaponry, United Kingdom
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What we learned in Iraq
Ten years ago this week, Americans were about to be introduced to a strange new concept, as they awaited the U.S. war to bring regime change in Iraq. Coined by American military officers, it encapsulated a situation in which everything went right until...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Wars and Interventions, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Barack Obama, Muammar Gaddafi
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Libya's south teeters toward chaos — and militant extremists
SABHA, Libya — Their fatigues don't match and their pickup has no windshield. Their antiaircraft gun, clogged with grit, is perched between a refugee camp and ripped market tents scattered over an ancient caravan route. But the tribesmen keep...
Tags: Butterfly Ballots, Wars and Interventions, Chad, Religion and Belief, Christopher Stevens
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COLUMN: US is inching toward Syria
Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like a success story now. Yet the Obama administration is edging reluctantly into a civil war in Syria, aiding...Tags: Human Rights, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief, Weaponry, Al-Qaeda
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A bipartisan abdication
"President Obama has arguably established the authority of the president to intervene militarily virtually anywhere without the consent or the approval of Congress, at his own discretion and for as long as he wishes." -- Jim Webb WASHINGTON -- As...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Treaties, Parliament, Barack Obama, George W. Bush
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Conflict in Syria causing discord
Last August, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then-CIA Director David H. Petraeus proposed that the United States change its policy and send weapons and other aid to the rebels fighting the Syrian government. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Joint Chiefs of Staff, John Kerry, Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama
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COLUMN: Syria could be next bipartisan abdication
"President Obama has arguably established the authority of the president to intervene militarily virtually anywhere without the consent or the approval of Congress, at his own discretion and for as long as he wishes." — Jim Webb WASHINGTON...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Treaties, Parliament, Barack Obama, George W. Bush
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France, Western allies likely to be mired in Mali for years
French troops backing a Mali government campaign to retake the northern half of the country from Islamic militants have been cheered as liberators since their convoys rolled into historic Timbuktu this week and hundreds of paratroopers dropped from the...Tags: Western Africa, Religion and Belief, France, North Africa, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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60 Minutes serves the president some softballs
In the days of the late Mike Wallace, "60 Minutes" was known for hard-hitting, aggressive journalism that asked the questions viewers wanted answered and held the powerful accountable. The Jan. 27 program on which Steve Kroft interviewed President Obama...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Russia, Barbara Walters, Central Intelligence Agency, ABC (tv network)
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