The US military stopped vehicles carrying "suspected militants," sparking a clash which left 14 of them dead. The US used helicopters in the fight and seized numerous ammunition belts and small arms from the vehicles... another major victory over the Taliban...
US defense spending rose 72% over the course of the Bush Administration, from $381 billion in 2000 to $671 billion in 2008. President-elect Obama is expected to continue that trend, as he has vowed to increase the size of the military's ground forces. But the Defense...
The Associated Press has obtained a copy of the latest draft of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq, complete with all the changes requested by Iraq and agreed upon by the United States. Though the AP did not submit the entire...
The New York Times is reporting tonight that a secret military order signed by former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in spring of 2004 gave the military formal authority to conduct attacks against al-Qaeda anywhere in the world, including nations not current at...
Less than a week after Tuesday's election much of the US is still in the throes of Obamamania, and the widespread hope and the prospect of change are almost palpable. But before America goes off the deep end with expectations of a radically different world starting on...
As the US strikes continue, so do Pakistan's complaints about them. At a meeting last week with General David Petraeus, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari cautioned that the US strikes were causing a credibility gap, as the Pakistani government struggled to explain...
After Tuesday's election, Iranian citizens and officials hoped that President-elect Barack Obama's victory was the beginning of a radical shift in US foreign policy with respect to Iran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offered a congratulatory statement to...
London-based Arabic language newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi is reporting indications from a Yemeni with "very close" al-Qaeda ties that Osama bin Laden is plotting an attack against the United States that will "outdo by far" September 11. The report says that bin Laden...
NATO jets launched a bombing raid in the Khyber Agency's Tirah Valley today, killing eight and injuring three others. The strikes came after a reported exchange of fire between rebels and Afghan forces along the border. The attack targeted a banned organization known...
While stressing their allegations of Taliban complicity in the deaths, the US military admitted yesterday that it had killed 37 civilians in an air strike on a wedding party in Kandahar Province early last week. The report comes just days after Afghan President Hamid...
