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For years, the debate raged within the CIA: Should the United States hunt down and kill its terrorist foes, or would Israeli-style "targeted killings'' only invite retribution and feed an endless cycle of violence?

Analysis: Disputed missiles are key to Iraqi strategy

A classified State Department report expresses deep skepticism that installing a new regime in Iraq will foster the spread of democracy in the Middle East, a claim President Bush has made in trying to build support for a war, according to intelligence officials familiar with the document.

He could be straight from a spy movie - but he's real and has the power to terminate any threat

New details about compensation in excess of $1m suggest that civilians with no ties to Al Qaida were among casualties

But officials see no indication that the terrorist group directed the assault