The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could represent juicy targets for budget cutters in Washington. But how much do the wars actually cost U.S. taxpayers? Nobody really knows. The war budgets are huge and complex. But Nancy Youssef at McClatchy Newspapers explains how many trillions the Pentagon has run up. Read the full report here!
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Here in the sixth month of what was supposed to be a few days of NATO’s war in Libya, it seems Muammar Gadhafi may be on the verge of being ousted from power. The rebels have expanded their control of a number of cities and towns outside of the de facto rebel capital Benghazi and [...]
Gadhafi Sons Captured in Battle in Tripoli: Is the End Near? | Conflicting stories abound as war reaches the capital
Gaza militants agreed to a ceasefire with Israel, a Hamas official said Sunday, three days of violence from all sides. The Hamas official said militants in Gaza have agreed the truce would go into effect Sunday evening, in accordance with the deal brokered by Egypt. Egyptian officials said Israel would agree to halt strikes only [...]
Crowds of Egyptians protested at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo after Israel expressed regret over the killing of five Egyptian security personnel. Egypt condemned Israel in a statement after a second cabinet crisis meeting Saturday. “Egyptian blood is not cheap and the government will not accept that Egyptian blood gets shed for nothing,” state news [...]
Israel apologized to Egypt Saturday for killing three Egyptian soldiers during a cross-border clash with Palestinian militants, hours after Cairo threatened to withdraw its ambassador to protest the killings. Israel, Gaza, and Egypt were embroiled in a series of tit-for-tat attacks in the past couple of days, and Israel suspected Gaza militants of having crossed through [...]
The Syrian city of Homs was the latest to be attacked as the Assad regime continues making war on its own people, despite promises to end the assaults. Army tanks rolled into Homs early Saturday, snipers took positions, and shots have been firing indiscriminately. Residents reported that bombs were dropped, homes burned, and phones lines [...]
