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North Korea’s Leader Appears To Be Heading Back Home
Kim Jong-un, the son of the ruler of North Korea. Or so we think.Photograph: Yonhap/AFP/Getty Images
After 8 Years, Israel’s Mossad Chief To Step Down
Image: Mossad chief Meir Dagan. Photo by: Nir Keidar
Meir Dagan, the head of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, could step down in three months after the country’s Prime Minister refused to extend his term, a television channel has claimed.
The unconfirmed reports will prompt speculation that Mr Dagan, 65, is being ousted over a botched operation in January to kill a Hamas operative in Dubai that led to a diplomatic backlash from some of Israel’s closest allies.
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Top military leadership will change hands within six months — Haaretz
‘Mossad doesn’t accept losers’ — Jerusalem post
Mossad chief’s tenure may not be extended: report — Global Times/Xinhuanet
Head of Mossad Ousted — FOX News
PM’s office: Mossad chief didn’t ask to extend his tenure — Ynet News
Dubai police chief: Dagan exit overdue — Haaretz
Dubai police chief: Dagan ousted because Israel won’t ‘accept losers’ — Haaretz
Dubai Police Chief: ‘Dagan quit as Israel won’t accept losers’ — Ynet News
Who will replace Dagan?: War for replacement of Mossad Chief Meir Dagan is already underway — Ron Ben-Yishai, Ynet News opinion



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An Analysis On What Is Al Qaeda Morphing Into — A Commentary
WASHINGTON — The country’s attention was riveted last week by the drama of the generals: Stanley McChrystal, whose indiscretions in Rolling Stone got him cashiered, and his boss, David Petraeus, who stepped in to take direct command of the troubled Afghanistan counterinsurgency effort.
But a startling scene in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday may have had more to say than the command shake-up about the larger fight to contain Al Qaeda and its allies, and the limits of any general’s ability to affect its outcome.
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My Comment: An interesting take on the war against radical Islam. Read it all.