Purported tape from al-Zawahri calls country ‘most important battlefield’

“Iraq nowadays is the most important battlefield on which our mujahedeen are waging a war against the forces of the Zionist-Christian Crusade,” al-Zawahri said. “Therefore, supporting the mujahedeen in Iraq and especially the Islamic State of Iraq is a most important duty.”

Obama: Shift fight to Afghanistan, Pakistan

WASHINGTON (CNN) –Sen. Barack Obama says he would shift the war on terror to Afghanistan and Pakistan…

In his speech, Obama, D-Illinois, said things would look different in an Obama administration: “When I am president, we will wage the war that has to be won, with a comprehensive strategy with five elements: getting out of Iraq and on the right battlefield in Afghanistan and Pakistan…