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Secret diplomacy won Libya’s vow to give up arms

August 21, 2021 at 12:48 a.m.

Libya's surprise declaration giving up its nuclear, biological and chemical weapons was the culmination of a week of negotiations that followed months of secret diplomacy, including late-night meetings in Tripoli...

Iraqis question U.S. spending, deals

August 19, 2021 at 6:41 p.m.

Last month the Iraqi Governing Council questioned why the American occupation authority had issued a $20 million contract to buy new revolvers and Kalashnikov rifles for Iraqi police when the...

Allies stall interim government

August 21, 2021 at 12:54 a.m.

In an abrupt reversal, the United States and Britain have put off indefinitely their plan to allow Iraqi opposition forces to form a national assembly and an interim government in...

Mubarak: U.S. got pre-Sept. 11 alert

August 20, 2021 at 3:05 a.m.

Egyptian intelligence warned U.S. officials about a week before Sept. 11 that Osama bin Laden's network was in the advanced stages of executing a significant operation against an American target,...

Pakistani leader seeks U.S. respect

August 20, 2021 at 5:06 a.m.

President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan said Friday that he has come to the United States in search of major gestures from the Bush administration, including the release of American F-16...

Hezbollah, Hamas now subject to sanctions

January 30, 2019 at 11:39 a.m.

The Bush administration on Friday imposed stringent financial sanctions on the anti-Israel organizations Hamas and Hezbollah and 20 other suspected terrorist groups, significantly broadening the campaign to seize terrorist assets...

Hezbollah, Hamas now subject to sanctions

August 20, 2021 at 6:09 a.m.

The Bush administration on Friday imposed stringent financial sanctions on the anti-Israel organizations Hamas and Hezbollah and 20 other suspected terrorist groups, significantly broadening the campaign to seize terrorist assets...

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