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...military has recruited thousands of Sunni insurgents to join the fight against jihadist groups like al-Qaeda, but the Shi'ite militias mainly responsible for last year's sectarian carnage remain largely untouched. In August, Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Mahdi Army, ordered it not to attack American troops. But U.S. commanders on the ground know there was no goodwill behind the decision. "It wasn't because Sadr saw Jesus--let's put it that way," says Major Christopher Coglianese, a staff officer in Baghdad. More likely, the Mahdi Army is waiting for the Americans to begin their drawdown...
...more than tournament play, once left a table where he was losing by $700,000 to attend his son's Little League game. His secret: denial. "If you think about the money and what it means," he said, "you're gone." Reese was 56 and died of a heart attack...
Muse held off the rest of the Crimson’s attack, accruing 34 saves and helping the Eagles kill six out of eight penalties, three of which came in the first period. Combined with the BC defense, Muse’s goaltending gave the Eagles extra chances on offense and catalyzed another score in the first, putting them...
...complex. Though its strikes have thus far been limited to Algerian soil, the group claiming responsibility for the strikes - al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) - has signaled its desire to internationalize its jihad. With Tuesday's violence marking the first time AQIM has struck foreign targets in a major attack in Algeria, security officials fear it signals a significant broadening of the group's terror action that will inevitably reach Europe itself...
...Probably the biggest threat to us today is the scenario of a small, well-prepared group of Algerians making it to France without detection, and quickly unrolling an attack," a French intelligence official tells TIME. Interviews with French intelligence and counter-terrorism officials indicate recent busts of jihadists groups in France have uprooted networks seeking to recruit and transport young militants to fight U.S.-led forces in Iraq. The last group caught working toward an attack against France dates back to September 2005 - and had been working on instruction of AQIM's earlier incarnation, Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat...