The sleepy West Bank village of Naalin, with a population of just under 5,000 Palestinians, has seen more than its share of controversies this year. Israel's contentious West Bank barrier will pass through the village, and has already led to the Israeli military...
Pakistan's military has confirmed that at about 5:30 AM this morning a US drone struck a home and a former government school near the North Waziristan town of Miramshah. The strike killed at least 14 people and injured 12 others. Residents said the shuttered school...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, while very supportive of a change in US strategy which would involve increased strikes on militants in Pakistan, a strategy he says he has pushed for years, said today that he opposes a long-term presence of foreign troops within...
In her interview today with ABC News' Charles Gibson, Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin stated in no uncertain terms "we cannot repeat the Cold War". However, in a follow-up question about a possible hot war with Russia, the Alaska Governor's answer was...
President Bush secretly gave his approval for unilateral US ground assaults on Pakistani soil without prior Pakistani government approval, the New York Times reported today. The revelation comes just one day after Admiral Mullen's testimony to Congress indicated he...
Yesterday, Admiral Mullen announce his new "comprehensive strategy" for the war in Afghanistan, the centerpiece of which is ratcheting up attacks in neighboring Pakistan. The American intelligence community has warned the administration against such attacks, saying...
With the war in Afghanistan increasingly retaking its role as the emphasis of America's ongoing foreign policy struggles, Admiral Mullen reported yesterday to the House Armed Services Committee that he does not believe the United States is winning that war. And with...
The European Union has issued an official statement, and in it they have declared that they recognize Ukraine as "a European country". While this comes as hardly a surprise to anyone with access to a globe, the relevant message of this statement was clear: that...
In testimony today before the House Armed Services Committee Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Michael Mullen said that he believes the present strategy in Afghanistan is not working, adding "I'm not convinced we're winning it in Afghanistan". This is just the...
With drone attacks already up over threefold from 2007 the US desire to ramp up attacks inside Pakistan even further has run into another wall today as Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Parvez Kayani announced that foreign forces would no longer be allowed to...
