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Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse at Fort Meade, Md., on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, after receiving a verdict in his court-martial. Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy — the most serious charge he faced — but was convicted of espionage, theft and other charges, more than three years after he spilled secrets to WikiLeaks. (Associated Press)

Bradley Manning acquitted of aiding the enemy

By David Dishneau and Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press

People clean up after a car bomb attack hit a Shiite mosque in the neighborhood of Bayaa, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July. 29, 2013. A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing scores in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Wave of car bombings in Iraq kills at least 47 people

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

PIPES: Islamism’s likely doom

By Daniel Pipes

An Iraqi army soldier inspects the damage inside the Abu Bakr Mosque in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 19, 2013. A bomb hidden in an air conditioner that ripped through a Sunni mosque during midday prayers and other attacks killed dozens in Iraq on Friday, extending a wave of violence targeting worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan. (Associated Press)

Wave of car bombings rip through Baghdad, kill at least 30 in Ramadan blasts

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** FILE ** President Obama and veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas (left) celebrate a shared birthday on Aug. 4, 2009, in the White House Press Briefing Room in Washington. Ms. Thomas died on Saturday, July 20, 2013. (Associated Press)

Helen Thomas, pioneer journalist, dies at 92

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Embassy Row: ‘Suffer and leave’

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

RIDGE: The friends left in the shadow of war

By Tom Ridge

** FILE ** This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels preparing to fire locally made rockets, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

Syria is jihad central: 6,000 terrorists flood new al Qaeda training ground

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Chief of Staff of the Army,right, and Gen. David M. Rodriguez wait to be introduced during Forces Command Assumption of command ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

Army casualties: Combat brigades cut from 10 bases

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Radio host and columnist Armstrong Williams. (Image courtesy of New Chapter Publisher)

WILLIAMS: Syria: Pick your poison or pass the cup

By Armstrong Williams

** FILE ** This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels preparing to fire locally made rockets, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

LYONS: Serious Syrian misstep — by arming the rebels, we’re aiding al Qaeda

By James A. Lyons

Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ron Paul on Syria: ‘Another multi-billion dollar war has begun’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (left) shakes hands with U.S. Marines based in Baghdad during his visit to the U.S. Embassy in the Iraqi capital on Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

Sensitive security vetting at U.S. Embassy in Iraq is turned over to troubled State Department

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Mourners carry the coffin of a man killed in a liquor store attack in Baghdad, Iraq, May 15, 2013. More than a year after the U.S. military left Iraq, the country is reeling from its most sustained violence since 2008. Over the last two months more than 1,200 people have been killed, raising fears the country is sliding back into chaos. (Associated Press)

Rocket attack kills 2 Iranian dissidents, wounds dozens in Iraq

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack at al-Ameen neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 8, 2013. Iraqi authorities say the car bomb explosion has killed and wounded people in a commercial street in the Shiite neighborhood of al-Ameen, southeastern Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Back-to-back bombings kill 14 in busy market in Iraq

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Iraqis walk past posters of Abbas Mahmoud al-Maliki, an Iraqi Shiite fighter who was killed in Syria as he was protecting the Sayida Zeinab shrine, in Baghdad on Sunday, June 9, 2013. Iraqi Shiite fighters are playing an increasingly prominent role in neighboring Syria's civil war, exacerbating Iraq's own fraught sectarian tensions even as violence in the country spikes to its highest level in years. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq hit by wave of bomb attacks; at least 39 killed

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

** FILE ** Mourners carry the coffin of a man killed in a liquor store attack in Baghdad, Iraq, May 15, 2013. More than a year after the U.S. military left Iraq, the country is reeling from its most sustained violence since 2008. Over the last two months more than 1,200 people have been killed, raising fears the country is sliding back into chaos. (Associated Press)

Iraq unraveling? U.N. says more than 1,000 killed in May

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Embassy Row: ‘Excuse for attack’

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** CIA Director John O. Brennan.

Al Qaeda remains a threat to U.S. via its franchises despite Obama’s boast

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Scores killed as car bombings rip through Baghdad

Associated Press