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DHS, FBI Warn of Possibility of Female Homicide Bombers

The growing use by terrorist groups of women — some disguised as expectant moms — to deliver deadly homicide bombs has prompted the Department of Homeland Security and FBI to issue a rare warning that such attacks could take place on American soil. The joint security assessment cited recent female …

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Pentagon Inspector General to Probe Delay in Mine-Resistant Vehicle Deliveries

WASHINGTON – The Marine Corps has asked the Pentagon’s inspector general to examine allegations that a nearly two-year delay in the fielding of blast-resistant vehicles led to hundreds of combat casualties in Iraq. The system for rapidly fielding needed gear to troops on the front lines has been examined by …

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Radical Shiite Cleric al-Sadr Announces Cease-Fire Extension

BAGHDAD – Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced Friday that he has extended a cease-fire order to his Shiite Mahdi Army by another six months, giving Iraq a chance to continue its fragile recovery from brutal sectarian violence. His message was delivered by Shiite clerics during prayer services in mosques dominated …

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