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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59465287&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A timeline leading to the arrests of Najibullah Zazi, his father and an associate in a terror investigation, according to arrest warrant affidavits prepared by FBI special agents, public statements and public records:

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59463933&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The kidnappers holding an Iraqi auto mechanic's 11-year-old son gave him just two days to come up with $100,000 in ransom. When he could not, they were just as quick to deliver their punishment: They chopped off the boy's head and hands and dumped his body in the garbage.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59461380&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Police officials from some of Afghanistan's most violent regions questioned the need for more American troops, saying Monday it would increase the perception the U.S. is an occupying power and the money would be better spent on local forces.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59428255&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The leader of Iraq's largest Shiite party sought Monday to shore up political support before January's elections, urging his rivals to join him and resist what he called threats to their unity.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59421579&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Israel's military chief said Monday that all options remain "on the table" in dealing with Iran's nuclear program, indicating that the Jewish state has not abandoned the possibility of a military strike.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59419112&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Police officers foiled a plan to assassinate a regional education minister in northwestern Pakistan when they took on four militants in a gunbattle Monday that ended with a teenage suicide bomber blowing himself up, police said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59418924&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Police with machine pistols patrolled airports and train stations Monday after al-Qaida threatened Germans to vote to leave Afghanistan or face attack.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59407217&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK China's military now possesses most of the sophisticated weapon systems found in the arsenals of developed Western nations, the country's defense minister said in comments published Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59397176&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said in a confidential report that without additional forces, the war against insurgents there will end in failure, The Washington Post reported Monday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=59351846&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Barack Obama will try to get Mideast peacemaking back on track this week in a meeting with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, hoping the weight of the U.S. presidency can resolve a showdown over Israeli settlement construction and get the sides talking again after months of deadlock.