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The U.S. military establishment believed they could easily pressure President Obama to back down on his pledge to withdraw troops from Iraq within 16 months. Having found Obama unconvinced by their argument, they have now launched a campaign in Washington to blame Obama's withdrawal policy for any future instability in Iraq.

Early End to U.S. Combat Role in Afghanistan Draws Cheers, Jeers, Confusion
By Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's surprise announcement Wednesday that U.S. troops will phase out their combat role in Afghanistan by mid-2013 is drawing mixed reactions, as well as a fair bit of confusion, from both critics and supporters of the 11-year-old war here.
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BANGLADESH
Coup Bid Reveals Extremism Within Army
Analysis by Naimul Haq
DHAKA - Bangladesh’s army has won paludits as leading United Nations peacekeepers, but the January coup attempt against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has exposed lurking religious extremism within its ranks.
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Pakistan Denies "Intimate" Taliban Links
By Correspondents*
DOHA, Qatar - Pakistan has rejected as "frivolous" a leaked NATO report which claims that the country's security services are helping the Taliban, and suggesting that the group believes it is poised to regain power.
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PAKISTAN
New Rehab Plan Brings Hope for War-Disabled
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The prolonged United States-led war against terrorism has left a large number of people disabled in Pakistan, compelling the government to institute a rehabilitation plan that will include imparting vocational skills.
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U.S. Probe of Border Attack Hardened Pakistani Suspicions
Analysis by Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - The Pakistani military leadership's response to the U.S. report on its helicopter attack on two Pakistani border posts Nov. 26 assailed the credibility of the investigation by Air Force Brig. Gen. Steven Clark and expressed doubt that the attack could have been "accidental".
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U.S. Condemns Boko Haram Attacks
By Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department Tuesday "strongly" condemned recent lethal attacks carried out by the Islamist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria, but also warned against an excessive reaction by the government's security forces.
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HONDURAS
Pressed by the U.S., Lobo Amends Extradition Laws
By Thelma Mejía
TEGUCIGALPA - Following a surprise meeting between President Porfirio Lobo and U.S. government officials, Honduran lawmakers voted to amend the constitution to allow extradition of its nationals.
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PAKISTAN
Taliban Bombs Get Deadlier
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR - In their efforts to kill and injure more people as part of a terror campaign in northern Pakistan, the Taliban militia have resorted to lacing bombs with toxic chemicals that leave survivors with complicated wounds.
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PAKISTAN
Forests Fall Victim to the Taliban
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR - The forests of northwestern Pakistan have become the latest victim of the Taliban’s increasingly desperate quest for resources to sustain and fund its military programme.
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PAKISTAN
New Price Tags on Stranded NATO Supplies
By Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI - From a distance, the neatly stacked red, blue and orange containers suggest that business is good at Karachi’s Kemari port.
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U.S.
A Decade in the Purgatory Called Guantanamo
By Charles Davis
WASHINGTON - Hundreds of protesters, dozens outfitted in orange jumpsuits and black hoods, took to the streets outside the White House on Wednesday to demonstrate against torture and indefinite detention on the 10th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
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PAKISTAN
Girls Defuse This Taliban Bomb
By Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR - Suicide bombing is down, bomb attacks are fewer, but the Taliban are keeping up attacks on girls’ schools. In retaliation, a growing number of girls are going for school education – without school buildings.
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Nigeria on Edge Trying to Avert North-South Clashes
By Mustapha Muhammad
KANO - Africa’s top oil producer is on edge, poised to deter possible sectarian clashes between Muslims in the north and Christians in the south, while Christians are becoming more vulnerable to attacks from Islamist militants.
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Terrorism, and the fight against it, has become all too common in today's news agenda. Reporting news often involves skimming facts from a minefield of propaganda generated on both sides. To find out the facts and reasons behind terrorism, its consequences and the reactions it generates from all over the world, read IPS's global coverage of terrorism.