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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta speaks to Sailors and Marines in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65).
Intelligence   Pakistan   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad   		 The Guardian 
Panetta cites key intelligence on bin Laden raid
Sat 28 Jan 2012
| ROBERT BURNS | AP National Security Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman)
Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
Nigeria   Photos   Politics   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Boko Haram   		 Gulf News 
Nigeria faces an existential threat
Sat 28 Jan 2012
| London: Nigeria is up against a hydra-headed monster in the Boko Haram sect that claimed responsibility for last Friday's devastating attacks on the city of Kano. | The group began its existenc... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
People clean the scene of a car bomb attack in Zafaraniyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.  Jakarta Globe  Fri 27 Jan 2012
Shiites in Firing Line as Dozens Killed at Iraq Funeral March
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 32 people in the latest brazen attack since the US troop withdrawal, o... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
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Governor of Jammu and Kashmir N N Vohra - India- Politics  Kashmir Observer  Fri 27 Jan 2012
Vohra Calls for Vigil on Frontiers
| Jammu, Jan 27: Jammu and Kashmir Governor, N. N. Vohra, Thursday said that “adversary elements” operating from across the borders had not given up their “malicious resolve to disturb and desta... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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Five planes in arrow formation fly over Raj path during the 63rd Republic Day Parade-2012, in New Delhi on January 26, 2012. The Times Of India Fri 27 Jan 2012
India flexes nuclear muscle on R-Day
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet NEW DELHI: It was bright and sunny as the nation put up on display its military might, its nuclear arsenal along with its cultural diversity on... (photo: PIB of India)
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100914-F-6350L-496 U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division walk out to a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prior to a parachute drop during a joint forcible entry exercise at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., on Sept. 14, 2010. A joint forcible entry training event is held six times a year in order to enhance cohesiveness between the Air Force and the Army. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence, U.S. Air Force. (Released) Jakarta Globe Fri 27 Jan 2012
US military to cut troop numbers, invest in future
The Pentagon proposed taking some 100,000 troops off active duty as the debt-ridden United States winds down a decade of war, but vowed new investments to exert power in ... (photo: AP / Staff Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence, U.S. Air Force)
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A Libyan rebel carrying a parachute flare shell left behind by pro-Gadhafi forces, walks by a rebels pickup truck armed with a rocket launcher with a pre Gadhafi flag and Arabic that reads "February 17th, Free Libya" at the western gate of Ajdabiya, Libya Wednesday, April 13, 2011. The Star Fri 27 Jan 2012
Arms from Libya could reach Boko Haram, al Qaeda - U.N.
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Libyan civil war may have given militant groups in Africa's Sahel region like Boko Haram and al Qaeda access to large weapons caches, acc... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Al Qaeda   Arms   Libya   Photos   Wikipedia: Aftermath of the 2011 Libyan civil war  
President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2012. WorldNews.com Thu 26 Jan 2012
The 'Malaise' of Hope
Before Dante Alighieri descended into hell in the "Divine Comedy," an inscription above the door read: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here. Listening to President Barack O... (photo: White House / Chuck Kennedy)
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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta speaks to Sailors in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). GlobalResearch Thu 26 Jan 2012
Panetta: Military Spending Is Going Up
| On Thursday, Leon Panetta held a press conference announcing what he called "cuts" to military spending.  The first question following his remarks pointed out that... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman)
Budget   Military   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Leon Panetta  
A view of saluting dais of the 63rd Republic Day Parade-2012, at Rajpath, in New Delhi on January 26, 2012. Irna Thu 26 Jan 2012
India celebrates its 63rd Republic Day with patriotic fervour: Report
New Delhi, Jan 26, IRNA – India on Thursday celebrated its 63rd Republic Day with impressive display of armour and unmanned aerial vehicles recently added to India's mi... (photo: PIB of India)
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President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2012. The 'Malaise' of Hope WorldNews.com
Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, are seen during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. Japan's foreign minister said on Thursday Feb. 10, that Russia has no legal right to occupy several disputed islands that have kept the two countries at odds for decades. Russia warns that Iran strike could trigger 'chain reaction' The Independent
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled out of a court house in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Egypt: Hosni Mubarak's lawyers begin defence after prosecution calls for death penalty The Daily Telegraph
President Barack Obama makes Thanksgiving Day phone calls to U.S. troops from the Oval Office, Nov. 24, 2011. Tensions high, US warns Iran not to block shipping The Guardian
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In this image from French TV, showing the TV interview with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, centre left, and U.S. President Barack Obama, centre right, in Cannes, France, during a national TV broadcast Friday Nov. 4, 2011. Report: Obama set to give missile defense secrets to Russia The Examiner
File - President Barack Obama walks to a meeting during the APEC summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. US steps up sanctions as Iran floats nuclear talks Zeenews
File - People make their way, at the Baharestan Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, as Sajjil, right, and Qadr-F, missiles are displayed, in an Iran's Revolutionary Guards hardware display in the "Sacred Defense Week" commemorating 31st anniversary of outset of Iran-Iraq war. Iran test fires long range missiles, amid nuclear tensions Ha'aretz
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An official passes by a part of the facility of the phases 4 and 5 of South Pars gas field after the official opening by Iranian President Mohammad Khatami in Assalouyeh, southwestern Iran in the Persian gulf, Saturday April 16, 2005. Iran won't build nuclear weapon in 2012, says draft Isis report The Guardian
Bollywood actors John Abraham with Bipasha Basu (sk1) Bipasha Basu: 'I injured myself when losing weight' Digital Spy
President Barack Obama speaks from the White House briefing room, Sunday, July 31, 2011, in Washington, about a deal being reached to raise the debt limit. Iran slams EU oil embargo, warns could hit U.S. The Star
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