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Published on: 22 November 2011

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China publicly links recent attacks in Xinjiang province to Pakistan-based terrorist group. Radical anti-US cleric...
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Military success but political failure: the fight against Al-Shabab in Somalia

Published on: 28 June 2011

Written by: Christopher Anzalone All articles by Christopher Anzalone

While cooperation between international forces, the Somali army and allied militias have delivered victories against...
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Published on: 4 December 2009

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Allied countries inside and outside NATO have committed an additional 7,000 troops to Afghanistan. A bloody suicide...
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DPJ victory threatens US-Japan military deal

Published on: 22 October 2009

Written by: Sarah Gallagher All articles by Sarah Gallagher

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