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Displaying all 4 Articles for the Category: wars and conflicts

Wars and Conflicts Articles

Article:
Who are the Taliban? - The Afghan war deciphered
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Published:12/4/2008 by TomDispatch.com
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Submitted by:Picka 30 days ago
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Categories: Wars and Conflicts & Military and Defense
Article Details:   Who exactly are the Afghan insurgents? Every suicide attack and kidnapping is usually attributed to "the Taliban." In reality, however, the insurgency is far from monolithic. There are the shadowy, kohl-eyed mullahs, head-bobbing religious students, erudite university students, poor, illiterate farmers, and veteran anti-Soviet commanders. The movement is a mélange of nationalists, Islamists, and bandits that fall uneasily into three or four main factions of competing commanders.
Wars and Conflicts
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Obama urges Germans to work with US to stop terror
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Published:7/24/2008 by AP
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Submitted by:Shayon 165 days ago
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Category: Wars and Conflicts
Article Details:   Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago.
Darfur
Article:
Sudan Gets New Darfur Crisis Mediator
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Published:7/21/2008 by VOA News
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Submitted by:Shayon 167 days ago
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Category: Darfur
Article Details:   Some Sudanese are reportedly expressing optimism after the new chief mediator visited the country yesterday with a new mission to finding a solution to the Darfur crisis. Djibril Bassole, who is Burkina Faso’s foreign minister, is expected to begin what some are describing as a Herculean task of reigniting the stalled peace talks and ensuring a cessation of hostilities between the rebels and Khartoum.
2003 Iraq War
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Obama Hits McCain on Iraq Comments & Tax Cuts
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Published:6/12/2008 by ABC News
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Submitted by:JasonK 206 days ago
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Categories: 2003 Iraq War & Taxes
Article Details:   ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Obama continued to draw clear contrasts with Senator McCain at a town hall in Kaukauna, Wisconsin over tax policy and the war in Iraq.

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