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Fallujah is test case for post-US Iraq

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45995030&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Americans are gone from Fallujah, but the "King of Kentucky Chicken Restaurant" is open for business in a bullet-pocked building.

Obama: Taliban and al-Qaida must be stopped

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45988801&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama on Friday ordered 4,000 more military troops into Afghanistan, vowing to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat" the terrorist al-Qaida network in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.

Iraq to move Iranian opposition group: official

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45982831&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq plans to move members of an Iranian opposition group from a camp north of Baghdad to remote areas elsewhere as it steps up efforts to rid itself of a major source of tension with Tehran, a top government official said Friday.

Russia plans to create Arctic military force

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45980701&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia plans to create a new military force to protect its interests in the disputed Arctic region, a Kremlin strategy paper says.

With eye against Iran, Arabs wooing Syria

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45975830&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK When the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Egypt last had Syria's president alone in a room, earlier this month, it was classic "good cop-bad cop."

Report: Russia building new nuclear submarines

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45968556&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Russia said that new submarines will be armed with improved nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, a state-connected news agency reported Friday.

Report: Al-Qaida staged Yemen attack on S. Koreans

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45968513&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The militant group Al-Qaida in the Arab Peninsula is reportedly claiming responsibility for an attack earlier this month in Yemen that killed four South Korean tourists and their Yemeni driver.

INTERVIEW-UPDATE 1-Pakistan says U.S. Afghan plan is "positive"

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45968460&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK * Pakistan minister says new U.S. strategy "positive"

Obama: Iran, other nations have Afghanistan stake

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45961013&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday that many nations, including NATO partners and also countries like Iran and China, have a stake in achieving security in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

U.S. surveys flashpoint W.Bank settlement

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=45960879&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK JERUSALEM, March 27 (Reuters) – U.S. diplomats assessed Jewish settlement activity at an Israeli-occupied district near Jerusalem on Friday, in a public signal of greater activism by the Obama administration in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A spokeswoman for the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, confirmed the visit took place "as part of our [...]