This is especially so for all who recall the historic commitment that organization made tothe Nation's past death-struggle against a hostile ideology with global ambitions - Soviet communism - and who understand that we currently confront a no-less-dangerous ideology in Islamofascism.
News that Hosni Mubarak, ousted last year after 30 years as despot, was near todeath after a stroke in prison may be irrelevant tothe outcome of the current power struggle.
The Pakistani Taliban have not confirmed Mehsud's death because of an ongoing power struggle over his successor, the top U.S. envoy tothe region said Monday.