October 28th Morning Readbook

Iraq's last chapter is still not written
A rise in attacks is designed not only to disrupt elections but also to dismantle the state – the US may yet have to delay withdrawal


The Long War: The US and al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is on the ropes. Driven out of Afghanistan and hunted in Pakistan, it has no place left to hide. Some, like General James L. Jones, the national security adviser to Barack Obama, the US president, say there are only 100 or so al-Qaeda operatives left in Afghanistan.


Recent major attacks in Afghanistan's capital
A look at recent major attacks in Afghanistan's capital:


Car bomb kills 57 in Pakistan's Peshawar city
A car bomb tore through a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 57 people hours after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in the country to show American support for its campaign against Islamist militants.


Joint Communiqué of FMs of China, Russia and India at Bangalore meeting
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Indian Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna signed on Tuesday a Joint Communiqué after holding the 9th meeting of foreign ministers of the three countries.


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