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U.S. Secretly Arrested Iranian Agent Two Years Ago After Sting and Extradited to U.S An Iranian government agent, who was secretly arrested two years ago and extradited to the U.S. for trying to export high tech American military equipment to Iran, told U.S. undercover agents he was helping his country prepare for a war with the United States that Iran was convinced was coming. The agent, Amir Hossein Ardebili, was secretly arrested overseas in Central Asia in October 2007 and pleaded guilty to charges that he violated the Arms Export Control Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, smuggling conspiracy...

NEW DELHI: US president Barack Obama’s announcement of an exit strategy for US troops in Afghanistan is causing ripples in India, which has a significant long-term stake in that country. Strategic community noted the Obama’s exit strategy is political in nature and aimed at a sceptical domestic constituency that largely sees the war in Afghanistan as a waste of resources. But the announcement of a July 2011 timeline is being seen in some quarters as counterproductive to counter-terrorism efforts and giving jihadists the idea that they can wait out the offensive. ``I think its part of a continuing misjudgement on...