As Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin makes her way around the television interview circuit, it allows us to learn more and more about her foreign policy positions. In her RNC address, she declared victory in Iraq within sight and cautioned against a myriad of threats from Russia, Iran, and al-Qaeda. In an interview with ABC [...]
Updated 9/26/2008 1:30 PM EST
According to the Washington Times the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives has shelved H.R. 362, fearing that the resolution would provoke a war with Iran.
The bill, authored by Rep. Gary Ackerman (D – NY), urged the President, among other things, to prevent Iran from importing any refined petroleum products [...]
The Guardian, citing senior European diplomatic sources, reported today that President Bush warned then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that he would not support an Israel attack against Iran during their one-on-one meeting on May 14. The sources believed that President Bush feared retaliation by Iran and Hezbollah.
Earlier in the month, it was reported that [...]
This morning NATO issued a statement saying that Pakistani forces opened fire on two US helicopters near the border between Afghanistan’s Khost Province and Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency. A US military spokesman confirmed the incident, and insisted that they did not return fire. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari insisted that the border forces only fired [...]
Updated 9/25 3:55 PM EST
NATO has issued a statement today saying that Pakistan troops opened fire on two helicopters near the Afghan border. This is the third such incident reported in the past two weeks, with the other two reports involving US helicopters in South Waziristan. This report is unique, however, in that it did [...]
North Korea has expelled IAEA monitors from its deactivated Yongbyon reactor today, as part of a reported plan to reactivate the facility. This follows a Monday announcement that North Korea had asked the agency to remove seals and surveillance equipment from the reactor. US Envoy Christopher Hill dismissed Monday’s report as part of the “rough [...]
Following up on yesterday’s myriad of reports regarding what did or didn’t happen to a US Predator Drone near the South Waziristan border, Pakistan’s military has officially admitted to recovering the wreckage of a downed US drone near the border which suffered a malfunction and crashed, finally putting to rest speculation about the incident.
Or perhaps [...]
Iraqi police and members of the Awakening Council fighters conducting a raid in a village south of Baquba in Diyala Province were ambushed by gunmen, and 35 have been reported killed. At least three of the dead were high-ranking officers, according to one report. The raid was reportedly aimed at tracking down “al-Qaeda operatives” in [...]
When Secretary of Defense Robert Gates spoke to the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday, he claimed that “it is essential for Pakistan to be a willing partner in any strategy” in the troubled border region. However when asked about the prospects for Pakistan backing unilateral US strikes in their country he conceded “I don’t think [...]
With the IAEA set to discuss Iran during today’s session of the Board of Governors meeting, the European Union has made available to reporters the comments that it intends to deliver to the IAEA’s board members. The comments describe Iran’s defiance of the Security Council as ‘troubling’ and warn that “it brings us closer to [...]
