<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Retaliation</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/specials/attacked/retaliation?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><description>Retaliation</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism On Al Qaeda Is Growing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17985-2003May5.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17985-2003May5.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The failure of al Qaeda to launch terrorist attacks against the U.S. or its allies during the war in Iraq has bolstered a belief among intelligence agencies that 19 months of arrests have nearly crippled the organization.]]></description><author> Walter Pincus and Dana Priest</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kurdish-U.S. Assault Takes Town]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44821-2003Mar28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44821-2003Mar28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. Special Forces and 6,000 Kurdish fighters Friday overwhelmed a band of radical Islamic Kurds in northeastern Iraq.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terror Plots Thwarted, U.S. Officials Say]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44606-2003Mar28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44606-2003Mar28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Authorities in Yemen and Jordan have broken up plots by Iraqis who were preparing to bomb Western targets in those nations in recent days, and the United States has warned 10 other countries that small groups of Iraqi intelligence agents are readying similar attacks against Americans and other Westerners, according to U.S. government officials.]]></description><author> Susan Schmidt  and Walter Pincus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Afghan Figure Sent to U.S. Facility in Cuba]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44352-2003Mar28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44352-2003Mar28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Naeem Koochi, the Afghan tribal leader whose capture by U.S. forces almost three months ago caused major protests by his followers and Afghan government leaders, has been transferred from Bagram air base to the detention  facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Cross Worker Gunned Down in Afghanistan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44248-2003Mar28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44248-2003Mar28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The International Committee of the Red Cross suspended field operations across Afghanistan Friday after gunmen ambushed and killed  one of its workers on an isolated road in a southern province that was formerly a Taliban stronghold.]]></description><author> April Witt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Remote Corner of Iraq, An Odd Alliance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12762-2003Mar11.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12762-2003Mar11.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As a U.S. invasion force gathers on Iraq's borders, Kurdish officials say the Ansar al-Islam enclave of Taliban-style extremists associated with al Qaeda will be destroyed as part of the larger conflict.]]></description><author> Karl Vick</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspect Said to Reveal Bin Laden Meeting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7628-2003Mar10.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7628-2003Mar10.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Breaking its official silence on the arrest of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Pakistan's secretive intelligence agency said Monday that Mohammed told interrogators he met with Osama bin Laden in December but wouldn't tell them where.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Probing Deaths of 2 Afghan Prisoners]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42373-2003Mar4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42373-2003Mar4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Army is conducting a criminal investigation into whether its  soldiers caused the deaths of two Afghan prisoners at Bagram air base in December, a spokesman said Tuesday.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commerce, Confidence Grow in Kabul]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2374-2003Feb25.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2374-2003Feb25.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[While life in Afghanistan is still precarious, an economic mini-surge has made the Kabul of today almost unrecognizable as the austere city recently ruled by the Taliban.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Afghan Rebels Routed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57509-2003Jan28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57509-2003Jan28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. and allied forces, including aircraft, surrounded and pummeled about 80 guerrillas, killing at least 18 in the largest battle in the country since spring, military officials said.]]></description><author> Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain Snares 16 Alleged Al Qaeda Operatives]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39678-2003Jan24.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39678-2003Jan24.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Spanish police today arrested 16 suspected al Qaeda operatives in pre-dawn raids that also netted explosives and bomb components, suspected toxic material and manuals on chemical warfare, Spanish officials said. The raid came as police in other European countries have been targeting North Africans whom they suspect of plotting chemical attacks.]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pilot on Trial for Afghan Bombing Was Told to 'Hold Fire']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8539-2003Jan17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8539-2003Jan17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A U.S. pilot who mistakenly bombed Canadian troops in Afghanistan last year, killing four of them, was under orders to hold fire when he dropped the bomb, a fellow airman testified Friday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revamp of Special Operations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24748-2003Jan7.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24748-2003Jan7.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld announced Tuesday a plan to give Special Operations forces greater authority and a substantially larger budget to pursue al Qaeda and other terrorist networks around the world.]]></description><author> Bradley Graham</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking Comfort and Care to the Troops]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8064-2003Jan3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8064-2003Jan3.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The USNS Comfort, with its breakthrough technology, is expected to embark next week as the United States builds up military forces in the Persian Gulf.]]></description><author> Steve Vogel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families Defend Pilots in Bombing of Canadians]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64056-2003Jan1.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64056-2003Jan1.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Families of pilots charged in a "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan insist the Air Force is second-guessing battle decisions and believe the Bush administration is selling them out for Canada's backing on Iraq.]]></description><author> Robert E. Pierre</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family Mourns Soldier]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48647-2002Dec28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48647-2002Dec28.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Friends, relatives and fellow soldiers gathered today to grieve for a U.S. paratrooper killed during a firefight in Afghanistan, with a major general calling him a "servant of our nation."]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Afghan City, New Hope Exists Amid Rocket Fire]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3953-2002Dec17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3953-2002Dec17.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Just a few months ago, gunmen swaggered through the bazaars and the new governor hardly left his house. Now Khost is peaceful and hopeful, but the shadow of violence still looms over the nearby Pakistani border.]]></description><author> Pamela Constable</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army, Navy to Alert Reservists]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55584-2002Dec14.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55584-2002Dec14.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Navy and Army plan to alert about 27,000 National Guard and reservetroops to prepare for a possible call to active duty, probably in the Persian Gulf region, defense officials said yesterday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[N. Korean Scud Ship Released to Yemen]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42786-2002Dec11.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42786-2002Dec11.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The United States agreed to release the vessel after strong protests by the Yemeni government suggested that the seizure would affect its cooperation in the war on terrorism.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler  and Thomas E. Ricks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Forces Move Into Horn of Africa]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11044-2002Dec4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11044-2002Dec4.html?nav=rss_nation/specials/attacked/retaliation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Just an hour's ride in a fast boat from Osama bin Laden's ancestral homeland, the United States is building a military task force in Djibouti to combat al Qaeda.]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item></channel></rss>