Egypt hosted Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Sudan, Yemen, and the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia on Thursday in a bid to
protect valuable maritime trade routes from pirates.
In what terrorism analysts say is an attempt to show that the president-elect may not meet Muslims' expectations for change
in the Middle East, Ayman al-Zawahiri called Obama 'dishonorable.'
Hajji Hammadi, a senior member of Al Qaeda in Iraq, was believed by US military officials to have been responsible for the
abduction and murder of US Army Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin in 2004.
A new pact that faces final approval from parliament will keep US troops in Iraq for up to three more years. By June 2009
US forces will pull back to major bases.
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