WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The general chosen to lead U.S. forces in Afghanistan through the critical transition to Afghan security control in 2014 declined to speculate on Thursday on how quickly American troops would be withdrawn from the country. Pressed by lawmakers at his confirmation hearing on whether he would support keeping troop levels at about 68,000 for the next two years to reassure Afghans and U.S. allies, Marine General Joseph Dunford said he wanted to assess the military capabilities that would be needed through 2014 before making that judgment. …
Hamas targets Tel Aviv as part of rocket barrage
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Tunisian held over U.S. embassy attack dies in hunger strike: lawyer
TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian Salafist held in custody after protesters ransacked the U.S. embassy in Tunis in September died on Thursday after nearly two months on hunger strike, his lawyer said. Bechir Gholli, 26, had been one of dozens of Salafists who had begun a hunger strike over prison conditions. They were among 144 people arrested over the protests on September 14, triggered by an anti-Islam video made in the United States. “Bechir Gholli, a student on hunger strike for 57 days in custody, was transferred to the hospital and he died today,” his lawyer Anouar Aouled Ali told Reuters. …
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