Three days after the Taliban used a grenade launcher to shoot down a Chinook military helicopter in Afghanistan, the Pentagon is now reconsidering landing the crafts in battle zones, McClatchy reports. The Chinook is vulnerable and slow during landings, exposing troops to attack. But the choppers can fit a lot of personnel and get them [...]
UAE Would Occupy Tripoli in Post-Gadhafi Libya | West prepares new state radio, mass arrest of regime opponents
Syria Replaces Defense Minister as Condemnation Grows | More ambassadors withdrawn as regime faces isolation
The Pentagon announced on Monday they will not allow any media coverage of the arrival of the remains of the 30 dead soldiers killed in this Saturday’s helicopter shootdown in Afghanistan. In 2009, President Barack Obama lifted an 18-year ban on media access to the flag-covered caskets arriving at Dover Air Force Base, but this [...]
Bahrain’s Shi’ites Report Worsening Crackdowns | Protests smaller, but detentions and beatings continue
The head of the U.N. agency that oversees press freedom sharply criticized NATO on Monday for its criminal July 30 airstrikes against Libyan state television that killed several people and wounded nearly a dozen. “I deplore the NATO strike on Al-Jamahiriya and its installations,” UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said in a statement. “Media outlets should [...]
Top US Officials Paid to Endorse Iranian Terror Group | MeK aims to buy its way off terror list
Libyan Rebel PM Ousts Cabinet Over Younes Killing | Rebel negotiations up in the air as cabinet sacked
Obama, Panetta Vow to Continue Afghan War | Insists continuing war needed to honor slain troops
Rep. Frank: Military Spending ‘Biggest Reason’ for US Downgrade | Senior Dem on Finance Committee vows to focus on military cuts
