Topic: Robert Gibbs

Iraq in 'open war' with Qaeda after Baghdad bombs

AFP Global Edition - 669 days ago
Iraq said it was in "open war" with Al-Qaeda, after bombings in Baghdad killed dozens, as Washington insisted the bloodshed will not delay the withdrawal of its troops from the war-ravaged country.Six bombs in the capital on Tuesday killed at least 35 ...
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US halts Guantanamo transfers as Obama meets top spies

AFP Global Edition - 760 days ago
The United States Tuesday said it would halt transfers of Guantanamo Bay inmates to Yemen, as President Barack Obama met spy chiefs to probe an airliner bomb plot blamed on Al-Qaeda cells in the Arab country.The White House, under increasing political pressure ...
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Dead To Rights

Investors Business Daily - 967 days ago
Six years ago, our political cartoonist Michael Ramirez, while working for another newspaper, drew a U.S. soldier reading a jihadist his Miranda rights. But now a U.S. congressman believes it's happening in Afghanistan, likely by order of the Justice Department.. That's an ...

Iraq attacks not due to Obama withdrawals: White House

AFP American Edition - 1061 days ago
The White House on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that two recent bloody attacks in Iraq were a reaction to President Barack Obama's decision to pull out most combat troops by August next year.White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said security challenges remained in Iraq, ...
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Aide defends Obama's vow to 'snuff out' bin Laden

AFP American Edition - 1186 days ago
A top aide to Barack Obama denied Thursday the Democrat was indulging in irresponsible saber-rattling with his vows to " snuff out" Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden.The White House contender has sharpened his rhetoric on national security as Tuesday's election against Republican ...
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