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In this Sunday, May 5, 2013 image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, men stand near a wrecked helicopter, left, in Deir el-Zour, Syria.
Photos   S Arabia   Syria   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war		  The Siasat Daily 
Saudi vies to avoid Afghan-style blowback from Syria
Sun 19 May 2013
May 19: Chastened by the experience of Afghanistan, where hundreds of Saudis fought before returning to sow terror at home, the kingdom is battling to avoid similar blowback from the conflict in... (photo: AP / Shaam News Network via AP video)
This Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran
Photos   Politics   Syria   US   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war		  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Assad warns U.S. to avoid interfering in Syria politics
Sun 19 May 2013
BEIRUT -- Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
In this photo taken with a mobile phone, Tuesday, May. 7, 2013, soldiers and journalist looks at bodies of prison officials killed by Islamic extremist during heavy fighting in Bama, Nigeria.  BBC News  Sun 19 May 2013
Nigeria army's offensive to continue "as long as it takes"
Nigeria's army has vowed to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes" to achieve its main objectives. Brig Gen Chris Olukolade told the BBC the... (photo: AP / Abdukareem Haruna)
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 photo, a police officer armed with an AK-47 rifle walks past pedestrians as he patrols a major road in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The radical sect Boko Haram, which in August 2011 bombed the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, is the gravest security threat to Africa's most populous nation.  The Star  Sat 18 May 2013
Nigeria says 10 rebels killed in northeast, 65 arrested
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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People evacuate dead and wounded victims from the scene of a bomb attack in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, 2013. STL Today Sat 18 May 2013
Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq
Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major... (photo: AP / Adem Hadei)
Iraq   Photos   Sunni   Violence   Wikipedia: Civil war in Iraq
A Pakistani man who was injured in a suicide bombing is rushed by volunteers to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. The New York Times Fri 17 May 2013
Mosque Bombings in Pakistan Kill at Least 13
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — In what officials called the first major terrorist attack since last week’s general elections, at least 13 people were killed and 30 injured when two... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad)
Al Qaida   Pakistan   Photos   Suicide Bombing   Wikipedia: War in North-West Pakistan
File - President Barack Obama attends a meeting with electric utility executives and trade association representatives at the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2013. WorldNews.com Fri 17 May 2013
Curse of Second Term Presidential Collapses
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling There appears to be a curse stalking second term presidents, specifically starting with Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Photos   Politics   Scandal   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
File - A detainee prepares for the mid-day meal at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo. WorldNews.com Fri 17 May 2013
Granting Sanctuary, Gaining Amnesty
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "I am flying on the wings of thought...And so, even in this cage, I know a greater freedom."(1) -Shaikh Abdurraheem Muslim... (photo: US Navy / MCS3 Joshua Nistas)
Guantanamo   Human Rights   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Statue Cruise , New York . Huffington Post Fri 17 May 2013
Asymmetrical Warfare: For all Americans a 21st Century Challenge
"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force." Darth Vader from... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
Photos   Terrorism   United States   Warfare   Wikipedia: Asymmetric warfare
This Tuesday, May 14, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows the mother of a Syrian rebel cleaning a rifle, in Aleppo, Syria. CBC Fri 17 May 2013
Syrian regime's position strengthens as world pushes for diplomatic solution
If there’s one thing you can say about Bashar al-Assad, it’s that he has staying power. For more than two years, the Syrian president has defied predictions that his... (photo: AP / Aleppo Media Center AMC)
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