Two NATO Soldiers Among 10 Killed in Afghanistan

by | Oct 19, 2011

A pair of NATO soldiers were killed today in a roadside bomb in the eastern portion of Afghanistan, according to reports from officials. The nationalities of the slain has so far not been disclosed. Five Afghan soldiers were also reported slain in the far west of the...

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US Officials Flock to Pakistan for More Haqqani Talks

by | Oct 19, 2011

In a move officials are calling unprecedented, three high profile figures, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, new Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey and CIA Director David Petraeus have all arrived in Pakistan today, with major talks on the Haqqani...

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Pentagon: IED Use Soaring Worldwide

by | Oct 19, 2011

In comments which likely don't augur well for his organization's future, Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, the head of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, suggested there was no real way to defeat improvised explosive devices. "If we think its going...

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Yemen’s Saleh Slams Calls to Resign

by | Oct 19, 2011

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh angrily rejected calls to resign today, claiming the opposition was not sincere in its calls for free elections and was simply mimicking the pro-democracy protests in other nations. "They don't have a culture of their own," Saleh...

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