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A Pakistan army helicopter take off as troops wait for clearance to use heavy artillery towards alleged militants hideouts in the mountain ranges in Mamad Gat, in Pakistan's Mohmand tribal region along the Afghan border, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. A top Pakistani army commander said that the military has no imminent plans to launch an offensive in the North Waziristan tribal region, home to numerous militants who focus on attacking U.S. and NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) (AP)

Al-Qaida militant killed in US strike in Pakistan

Ishtiaq Mehsud
The senior operative, Ilyas Kashmiri, was a possible successor to bin Laden

The Gitmo no one talks about

Justin Elliott
Not only has Obama not closed Guantanamo, he has also vastly expanded a similar prison in Afghanistan

Spies hack al-Qaida’s Inspire magazine

Paisley Dodds
British intelligence agents replace bombmaking instructions with cupcake recipe
Anwar al-Awlaki

Criminalizing free speech

Glenn Greenwald
The administration now justifies punishing or even killing citizens, like Anwar al-Awlaki, because of their ideas
FILE- In this April 1998 file photo, exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden is seen in this April 1998 picture in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden's Yemeni wife once dismissed the terror leader's offer to return to the safety of her home, saying she wanted to stay and be "martyred" alongside her husband, her family says. In interviews with The Associated Press, Amal al-Sada's relatives paint a portrait of an ambitious, resolute and conservative young woman told friends and family she hoped to "go down in history" after her marriage to the world's most wanted man. (AP Photo, File) (AP)

How compromising is Osama’s “paper trail”?

Emma Mustich
As the U.S. continues to analyze intelligence from Abbottabad, older documents remind us: We may be in for details
Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Angered by civilian casualties, Karzai said Tuesday he will no longer allow NATO airstrikes on houses, issuing his strongest statement yet against strikes that the military alliance says are key to its war on Taliban insurgents. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (AP)

Afghanistan “sovereignty”

Glenn Greenwald
The Afghan President's decision to bar NATO air attacks on homes is deemed "merely symbolic"
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey speaks to family members of fallen service members at a Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors seminar, Friday, May 27, 2011, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)

Obama chooses Dempsey to be next Joint Chiefs head

Robert Burns
Accomplished Iraq war veteran set to succeed Navy Adm. Mike Mullen this autumn, pending Senate confirmation
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Establishment thought and the War on Terror

Glenn Greenwald
The bin Laden killing is used to justify an acceleration, rather than winding down, of the War on Terror
An Afghan policemen stands guard as an aerial view of Kabul city is seen from atop a hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) (AP)

NATO troops among those killed in Afghan attack

Rahim Faiez, Jon Gambrell
Suicide bomber disguised as police officer sets off deadly blast in northern Afghanistan
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses a news conference at U. S. embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan Friday, May 27, 2011. Clinton said that relations between the United States and Pakistan had reached a turning point after the killing of Osama bin Laden and Islamabad must make "decisive steps" in the days ahead to fight terrorism. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash) (AP)

Clinton: Bin Laden raid a watershed for Pakistan

Anne Gearan, Nahal Toosi
"We have reached a turning point," Clinton says after meeting with senior Pakistani officials
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses a news conference at U. S. embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan Friday, May 27, 2011. Clinton said that relations between the United States and Pakistan had reached a turning point after the killing of Osama bin Laden and Islamabad must make "decisive steps" in the days ahead to fight terrorism. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash) (AP)

Clinton: Pakistan needs to take ‘decisive steps’

Anne Gearan, Nahal Toosi
The secretary of state also said any peace deal in Afghanistan would not succeed unless Pakistan was involved

House backs tribunals only for terror suspects

Donna Cassata
The bill limits President Barack Obama's authority handling detainees

The Army gives you superpowers!

David Sirota
The Pentagon has long used movies as a recruiting tool but its new X-Men campaign is dangerously hypocritical
A man walks in front of the Deauville Congress Center, in Deauville, western France on Monday, May 23, 2011 where world leaders of the G8 will meet for a summit May 26 and May 27. World leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations will put aside the squabbling over deficits and austerity that has marked their recent gatherings and seek to marshall their combined economic might behind the grass-roots democracy movements that have swept North Africa and the Middle East since their last meeting a year ago. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (AP)

Arab uprisings top agenda as Obama attends G-8

Julie Pace
Two days of meetings in France are getting under way today
Then Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaking at a campaign rally in Clearwater, Fla., Monday, Jan. 28, 2008.

Does Rudy Giuliani know how to take a hint?

Ben Adler
He wants us to believe he might jump in the presidential race -- four years after his epically disastrous campaign
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, left, is welcomed by Chinese President Hu Jintao for a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, May 20, 2011.

Has America miscalculated in Pakistan?

Dilip Hiro
Should its relationship with the U.S. collapse, Islamabad has another patron to fall back on: China
U.S. President Barack Obama, second left, and first lady Michelle Obama, right, walk with Britain's Prince Charles, left, and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, at Winfield House in London, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Obamas welcomed at Buckingham Palace

Julie Pace
First couple receive a 41-gun salute after tour of the royal residence, where they will stay for two nights

The Pentagon’s attempt to greenwash the military

David Sirota
The army's clean energy measures ignore the real problem: Our permanent wars are wrecking the environment
An Afghan policeman stands guard at the scene of an explosion in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, May 22, 2011. In Kandahar, two police officers suffered injuries Sunday when a motorcycle laden with explosives detonated as they tried to disarm it, the ministry said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) (AP)

Taliban denies leader has been killed in Pakistan

Heidi Vogt, Rahim Faiez
The insurgent group claims that Mullah Omar is alive and well in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in Washington Sunday, May 22, 2011. Obama said the bonds between the U.S. and Israel are unbreakable. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (AP)

Obama stands by Israel-Palestine border policy

Bradley Klapper
President says 1967 boundaries reflect longstanding U.S. position
An unidentified U.S. soldier is seen at the scene of a suicide attack in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Why can’t we learn from our mistakes in Afghanistan?

Tom Engelhardt
When it comes to our endless occupation, the same depressing story lines keep playing out again and again
President Barack Obama addresses an audience during a campaign fundraising event, in Boston, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) (AP)

The illegal war in Libya

Glenn Greenwald
The always dubious claim that the War Powers Resolution authorized the war is coming to an end
Afghani people hold the lifeless body of one of the four Afghans, killed during a NATO raid in Taloqan, Takhar province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. More than 1,000 protesters poured into a northern Afghan city Wednesday, shouting "Death to America!" and calling for justice as they clashed with security forces following an overnight NATO raid they claim killed four civilians. (AP Photo/Fulad Hamdard) (AP)

Afghan rally over NATO raid turns violent, 12 die

Heidi Vogt, Rahim Faiez
Night raids targeting insurgents regularly stir up controversy in Afghanistan
U.S. Senator John Kerry speaks during a press conference at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 15, 2011. U.S. Sen. John Kerry says the U.S. relationship with Pakistan is at a "critical moment" because of the killing of Osama bin Laden. But he also said that bin Laden's death may present a new opportunity for reconciliation with the Taliban in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (AP)

Kerry says relations with Pakistan at crossroads

Associated Press
The senator spoke Tuesday after returning from a trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan
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