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An Iraqi man is consoled by friends at the scene of a car bomb attack Monday in front of a Syrian Catholic Church in Baghdad. Islamic militants held about 120 Iraqi Christians hostage in a church Sunday before security forces freed them, ending a standoff that left dozens of people dead. (Associated Press)

Iraqi Christians mourn after church siege kills 58

By Barbara Surk and Hamid Ahmed - Associated Press

A cargo plane is loaded at the FedEx distribution center in Cologne, Germany, on Monday. Investigators say packages that terrorists in Yemen attempted to smuggle onto an aircraft in an al Qaeda terrorism plot were moved through Cologne. (Associated Press)

Air-cargo screening back on Hill’s radar after Yemeni plot

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Package bombers not ‘quite there yet’

By Eli Lake and Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Nov. 26, 2008, file photo, Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is seen in Orakzai tribal region of Pakistan. The Pakistani army says it is investigating reports that Mehsud has died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike. Pakistani army spokesman Gen. Athar Abbas says the army is using its agents in Pakistan's northwest where the death is reported to have occurred to try to confirm or deny the reports. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)

EDITORIAL: The return of the snipers

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Britain’s spy master goes public

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration: Congressional chess by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

WILSON: What war on terror?

By Heather Wilson - The Washington Times

Bin Laden threatens France in new tape

By Maamoun Youssef - Associated Press

Pakistani troops leave for patrol at their camp in Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan tribal region along the Afghan border. Pakistan's army has waged a major ground offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan. (Associated Press)

Pakistan border region becomes terror epicenter

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

Canadian pleads guilty to killing a U.S. soldier

Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: (Mis)understanding terrorism

By Joshua Sinai - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan is pictured at the Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas, in April 2010. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriff's Department)

EDITORIAL: Death for Hasan

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

CIA review of killings finds flaws

By Kimberly Dozier and Adam Goldman - Associated Press

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chats with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. (AP Photo)

Pakistan’s haven for terror unit irks U.S.

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Yemeni policemen patrol the area near the courthouse during the trial session of Saleh al-Shawish in San'a, Yemen, on Monday. A court in Yemen has sentenced the al Qaeda militant to death after convicting him of involvement in terror attacks and manufacturing explosives. After hearing Monday's verdict, al-Shawish vowed that al Qaeda will exact revenge on Yemen's government. (Associated Press)

U.S. urges Yemen to step up fight

By Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press

Osama bin Laden

Bin Laden, henchman reported in Pakistan

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Illustration: Twin Towers by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

PATTERSON: Praise Allah and pass the ammunition

By Matt Patterson - The Washington Times

Yemeni al Qaeda publishes second edition of English magazine

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Men watch satellite TV in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September. A 2008 fatwa issued by the chief of the country's top court said it would be permissible to kill the owners of satellite networks that show "immoral" content. He was removed as chief. (Associated Press)

Saudi king’s fatwa on fatwas

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

This image from video provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows the still picture of Osama bin Laden shown on the video released on jihadist forums on Oct. 1, 2010. Al Qaeda released a new audio tape of Osama bin Laden on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, in which the leader of the terror network calls for the creation of a relief body to aid Muslims harmed in natural disasters and wars. The authenticity of the tape could not be immediately verified. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group)

EDITORIAL: Think globally, kill locally

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times