John Diamond

Pro-Israel groups intensify political front in U.S.

August 20, 2021 at 3:23 a.m.

Thousands of people rallied Monday in front of the Capitol to show their support of Israel, revealing another major front in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rallies in major cities across the...

U.S. launches offensive

August 20, 2021 at 8:14 a.m.

One American was killed and a number wounded Saturday when U.S. and Afghan troops attacked suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda forces in the largest allied ground operation of the war...

Pentagon: Bad intelligence led to deadly Afghan raid

August 20, 2021 at 3:19 a.m.

Faulty intelligence and an imperative to pursue suspected terrorists led to a commando raid gone badly wrong last month in Afghanistan, according to a U.S. military investigation disclosed Thursday. The...

We’ll keep pressure on Arafat, Bush says

August 20, 2021 at 2:07 a.m.

Rebuffing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's request that the United States cut ties with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, President Bush on Thursday instead emphasized his concern over the plight of...

Enemy ambush kills U.S. soldier

August 20, 2021 at 8:03 a.m.

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier caught in a firefight in eastern Afghanistan on Friday became the first American serviceman killed by hostile fire in the three-month war against terrorism,...

Al Qaeda prisoners seize bus, flee

January 30, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

As Pakistan struggled to close its porous, snowcapped border to fleeing Osama bin Laden loyalists, a group of captured Al Qaeda fighters staged a prison bus hijacking Wednesday that ended...

Captured files become game of true/false

January 30, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

Senior national security officials differ on the quality of intelligence being gathered from captured fighters and documents in Afghanistan, with some expecting a major windfall while others warn that solid...

U.S. eases bombing, enters caves

January 30, 2019 at 5:33 p.m.

With Al Qaeda forces all but defeated and U.S. bombing drastically scaled back, eastern alliance troops and U.S. commandos on Monday began scouring caves in the mountainous Tora Bora region...

U.S. will hunt Al Qaeda beyond Afghan borders

January 30, 2019 at 5:33 p.m.

With Al Qaeda apparently routed from the caves of Tora Bora and no sign of Osama bin Laden, the U.S. military campaign against terrorism now becomes a manhunt. The first...

Taliban waves white flag

January 30, 2019 at 5:34 p.m.

The besieged Taliban militia agreed Thursday to surrender its last bastion of Kandahar, but the deal was shrouded in uncertainty over the fate and the whereabouts of the regime's spiritual...

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