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Covered dead bodies are seen after an explosion in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria.

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U.S. officials: Al Qaida behind Syria bombings

By Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers

The Iraqi branch of al Qaida, seeking to exploit the bloody turmoil in Syria to reassert its potency, carried out two recent bombings in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and likely was behind suicide bombings Friday that killed at least 28 people in the largest city, Aleppo, U.S. officials told McClatchy. » read more

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Mark Rogers of Otego, N.Y., listens as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

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Conservative activists revved up - but lukewarm on Romney

By David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers

Conservatives are fired up, convinced that this will be a big year, but they worry that Mitt Romney will make their task harder. » read more

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Special report: Honor Tarnished

McClatchy found errors and embellishments in the Marine Corps' Medal of Honor nomination for Dakota Meyer, whose deeds have been retold in a book and numerous news reports.

Special report: Chimp research

Chimpanzees at a federal primate facility are at the center of an impassioned debate between the National Institutes of Health and the animal-rights community.

Special report: Military Injustice

An ongoing McClatchy probe reveals troubling flaws in the nation's military justice system, from an error-ridden crime lab to botched death penalty cases and ethical conflicts.

Special report: Afghan contracts

The U.S. program to spend billions of dollars on Afghanistan's facilities is failing. Corruption, nepotism and mismanagement hobble the reconstruction.

Afghanistan and Pakistan

Read McClatchy coverage of Afghanistan and South Asia from correspondents in Kabul and Islamabad, as well as our national security team in Washington.

More on Camp Lejeune water

Scientists studying water contamination at Camp Lejeune have learned of another source of leaking fuel near a drinking well that served thousands of Marines and their families.

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