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Plans were put in motion before recent incidents in Londonderry in which women were attacked in public.

While the Taliban argued the strike violated the terms of the 2020 Doha Agreement that put in motion the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the accord also included a promise by the Taliban not harbor al-Qaida members or others seeking to attack America.

In his 1977 book Preparing for the Next War: American Plans for Postwar Defense, 1941–45, historian Michael Sherry uncovered documents showing that U.S. officials—military commanders and civilian leaders at all levels—discussed, debated, and put in motion ideas for preserving U.S. interests after the end of World War II, even while their war against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan was still raging.

Tarrio wasn’t in Washington on Jan. 6 — he was arrested two days earlier in a separate case — but prosecutors say he helped put in motion and encourage the violence that stunned the world and interrupted Congress’ certification of Biden’s electoral victory.

Tarrio wasn’t in Washington on Jan. 6 - he was arrested two days earlier in a separate case - but prosecutors say he helped put in motion and encourage the violence that stunned the world and interrupted Congress’ certification of Biden’s electoral victory.