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Syria Burns As US Closes Embassy
Sara A. Carter National security correspondent A NATO report leaked to British news outlets found that Taliban leaders are confident they will regain power in Afghanistan after the U.S. withdraws, and said the insurgency has not been seriously eroded by the military efforts of America and its allies. That report illustrates the hazards of negotiating with the Taliban while preparing to pull out of the country, according to military analysts and Afghan officials. The… examinerpolitics.com
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Leaked NATO report says Taliban plan to rule Afghanistan after U.S. leaves
Sara A. Carter National security correspondent The Afghan Taliban claimed Saturday to have recruited the Afghan soldier who killed four French NATO forces last week, an incident that led French president Nicolas Sarkozy to suspended all military operations on the ground in Afghanistan. Sarkozy also sent French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet to Kabul to investigate conditions on the ground, and assess whether it is safe enough for French troops to continue military… examinerpolitics.com
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Taliban claim shooter who killed four French soldiers was recruit
Sara A. Carter National security correspondent Top U.S. defense officials are urging Israeli counterparts to show restraint with Iran, as part of an effort to lower the temperature in the ongoing crisis over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. On Friday, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is expected to begin talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Iran expected to top the agenda. Israeli officials said Thursday that they expect… examinerpolitics.com
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U.S. pressures Israel to avoid Iranian conflict
Sara A. Carter National security correspondent The Pakistani-American businessman who is at the center of a constitutional crisis brewing in Islamabad between the military and the civilian government became the butt of jokes Wednesday when a music video of him refereeing bikini wrestlers went viral on Twitter. Late last year Mansoor Ijaz, who was born in Florida, brought forward a memo he said was authored by Pakistani ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani in which… examinerpolitics.com
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Pakistan ‘Memogate’ figure in tawdry video
Sara A. Carter National security correspondent Iran is increasing security for its nuclear scientists following the mysterious assassination of a physicist in Tehran last week, and continuing to charge Israel and the U.S. with a covert killing campaign. Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, Iran’s first vice president, announced the “remarkable measures” to protect its scientists on Tuesday, Iranian state television reported. The assassination of Mustafa Ahmadi Roshan marked the… examinerpolitics.com
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Iran moves to protect nuclear program
Sara A. Carter National security correspondent American leaders joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai in expressing outrage and condemnation of a one-minute YouTube video that appears to show four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of three dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ordered an investigation into what he called an “utterly deplorable” act by the Marines. “I condemn it in the… examinerpolitics.com
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Investigation ordered into Marine urination video
Sara A. Carter National security correspondent The Obama administration announced Thursday that it has signed an arms deal with Saudi Arabia, selling more than $30 billion in highly advanced F-15 fighter jets and sending other advanced weapons to the kingdom just as tensions between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia’s regional neighbor Iran continue to escalate. The sale of 84 new aircraft, and the upgrading of 70 F-15s already in the Saudi air force, sends “a strong message to… examinerpolitics.com
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U.S. to sell $30b in fighter jets to Saudi Arabia
Sara A. Carter National security correspondent Pentagon officials warned Wednesday that any action by Iran to seal off the Persian Gulf’s oil access through the Strait of Hormuz would be stopped by the U.S. Navy. George Little, spokesman for Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, said any attempts by Iran to interfere with the transit or passage of vessels through the strait, “will not be tolerated.” He added, “The strait is important for security and stability in the… examinerpolitics.com
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Pentagon vows to keep Strait of Hormuz open
Sara A. Carter National security correspondent U.S. military officials took some responsibility for the cross-border friendly fire attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last month but blamed “overarching lack of trust” between Pakistan and the United States for a sequence of communications failures that led to the deadly strike. Air Force Brig. Gen. Stephen Clark, the Central Command officer who headed an investigation into the deaths that occurred on Nov. 26, said… examinerpolitics.com
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Military officials blame lack of trust for cross-border fire