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** FILE ** Pakistani army soldiers gather at the site of suicide bombing at a paramilitary camp in Bannu, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. A Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car filled with explosives into a paramilitary camp in northwestern Pakistan, killing a number of soldiers in the second attack in as many days meant to avenge the killing of senior commander in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)

U.S. fires 1st drone in Pakistan in 6 weeks; 4 dead

By Lolita C. Baldor and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press

Gul Rahman Qazi, center, head of an Afghan investigative commission speaks during a media conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Afghan President Karzai had charged the commission with investigating the detention of some hundreds of suspected militants and the investigative commission has accused the U.S. military of abusing detainees at its largest prison. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan panel alleges U.S. detainee abuse

By Kay Johnson and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Relatives carry the coffin of Rasha Hassan, 22, before her burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. A wave of explosions struck two Shiite neighborhoods on Thursday, killing and injuring dozens of Iraqis, police said, and intensifying fears that insurgents are stepping up attacks after the U.S. troop withdrawal that was completed last month. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

Attacks targeting Shiites kill 72

By Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

** FILE ** Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during the last day of the Loya Jirga, or grand council, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan Taliban to open Qatar office for peace talks

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Illustration: 9/11 by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

KEPHART: What now?

By Janice Kephart - The Washington Times

Illustration: Iran by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

SILBER: The mutating al Qaeda threat

By Mitchell D. Silber - The Washington Times

**FILE** This undated file photo reportedly shows the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar. (Associated Press)

GAFFNEY: Defining down the enemy

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

This image made from amateur video and made available by Ugarit News Group Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, purports to show an armored vehicle in Damascus, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Ugarit News Group via APTN)

Syria: Twin suicide bombs shake capital, kill 44

By Albert Aji and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Iraqi security forces inspect a crater created by a car-bomb attack in the neighborhood of Karrada in Baghdad. A series of blasts Thursday morning killed or wounded scores of people in coordinated explosions designed to wreak havoc in the capital. The last U.S. combat troops left the country on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Bombings rock Baghdad and kill scores

By Guy Taylor and Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces and people inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. A series of blasts Thursday morning in Baghdad killing and wounding scores of people in a coordinated attack designed to wreak havoc across the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Wave of bombings kills 69 across Iraqi capital

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

American Scene

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** This Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, file booking photo provided by the Sudbury, Mass., Police Department shows Tarek Mehanna, of Sudbury, after he was arrested and charged with conspiring to plot terror attacks. The jury found him guilty, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, on four terror-related charges and three charges of lying to authorities after deliberating for about 10 hours. (AP Photo/Sudbury Police Department, File)

Mass. man convicted of conspiring to help al Qaeda

By Laura Crimaldi - Associated Press

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House, Senate strike deal on defense bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration: Iraq

HUNTER: U.S. victorious in Iraq despite Obama

By Duncan L. Hunter - The Washington Times

World Scene

By From wire dispatches and staff reports

** FILE ** Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, opens hearings into Islamic radicalization on Thursday, March 10, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mr. King dismissed what he called the "rage and hysteria" surrounding the hearings. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Terrorists said to be infiltrating military

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Vacating base won’t stop drone operations

By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

** FILE ** Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud is pictured in Sararogha in the Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border in October 2009. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)

Pakistani Taliban splintering into factions

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. Carl Levin (left), Michigan Democrat, chats with Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

White House reiterates threat to veto defense bill

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times