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Retaliation may follow Anwar al-Awlaki killing

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Oct. 1, 2011   Leave a Comment  

The government warned that the killing of an American-born terror leader in Yemen has raised the risk of anti-American violence around the globe. The State Department said Saturday that the death of Anwar al-Awlaki could motivate terrorists or terror groups to retaliate against American interests or individual U.S. citizens. The State warning says that al-Awlaki [...]

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Top 5 Mid-East governments at risk of toppling

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Feb. 15, 2011   1 Comment  

The Egyptians weren’t the first peoples in the Arab world to rise up against an oppressive government in 2011. Before that Facebook group was made, the people of Tunisia rose up against their (now former) president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, kicked him out, and have had an acting president since mid-December. Egypt got so much [...]

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The Embassy Cables: Saudi Arabia attacked civilians using American intel

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Dec. 10, 2010   Leave a Comment  

In a US embassy cable released by Wikileaks, American Ambassador James B. Smith, the ambassador to Saudi Arabia, met with Saudi Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation Prince Khaled bin Sultan in February to relay concerns that the Saudis, battling with a Yemeni separatist group, attacked a hospital in Yemen using American satellite photos. The [...]

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