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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55760724&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The United States is considering speeding up its withdrawal from Iraq because of the sustained drop in violence there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday following discussions with his top commanders in the war.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55759801&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A bomb ripped through the parking area at a court in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing two men guarding a Shiite Muslim lawyer, authorities said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55757634&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A former leader of Russia's top anti-terrorist commandos warned Wednesday that violence in the North Caucasus poses a growing threat to the nation.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55754985&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Antiterrorism officials are increasingly concerned about American-bred extremists who travel abroad for terror training and then return home, sometimes quietly recruiting followers over the years.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55754809&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A new Taliban code of military conduct that tells fighters to limit suicide attacks and avoid killing civilians is a sham that doesn't reflect the true nature of the insurgents, NATO and Afghan officials said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55753926&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A glance at the armed Basque separatist group ETA and its conflict with Spain.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55752357&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A North Carolina man described as family-oriented and quick to help neighbors was recruiting and training aspiring terrorists to wage jihad, federal authorities say, accusations that family and neighbors find hard to believe.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55749416&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Friction between Arabs and Kurds in northern Iraq is the greatest threat to security in Iraq, American military commanders said, overtaking the old Sunni-Shiite divide that threatened to push Iraq into civil war three years ago.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55745578&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK India joined an elite club of six nations last week with the launch of its own nuclear-powered submarine, but experts say it could be years before the prototype is transformed into a strategic asset.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=55743335&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Obama administration is trying a new gesture in its effort to engage with Syria, telling the country's leaders it will lean toward granting their requests to import non-sensitive American equipment normally banned by U.S. law.