Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told reporters Wednesday that the U.S. would end its combat role in Afghanistan by next year and switch primarily to a support and training role, reiterating the administration's longstanding timetable. While the media is treating the...
ACLU Sues for Records on Assassination of US Citizens
ACLU Sues for Records on Assassination of US Citizens | Repeated public comments negate ‘secrecy’ claims
British Terror Plot: Four ‘Islamists’ Planned to Try to Blow Up a Toilet
British Terror Plot: Four ‘Islamists’ Planned to Try to Blow Up a Toilet | Captures touted as ‘triumph of electronic surveillance’
Rival Militias Battle in Tripoli
Rival militias in Libya fought an extended gun battle in the capital Tripoli on Wednesday, in yet another sign of how unstable the NATO mission that removed former leader Muammar Gadhafi has left the country. Both heavy and light weapons were heard from the battle as...
US Military ‘Leak’: Taliban Set to Retake Power in Afghanistan, With Pakistan’s Help
The Taliban are set to retake control of Afghanistan with Pakistan's help once NATO forces withdraw from the country, according to a secret U.S. military report apparently leaked to the Times of London. The leaked document, reported to have been "highly classified,"...


