Though the United States has not set any firm dates for adding troops to Afghanistan beyond January, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says he would like to see "significant" additional forces added to the troubled nation before its next national election, scheduled...
After its second formal protest in the past month alone over the ever growing number of US drone strikes being launched in and around Pakistan's tribal areas, Pakistan's military appears to be taking the growing public disquiet over the attacks more seriously, and is...
Thousands of Shi'ites took to the streets of Baghdad today in the latest public expressing of opposition to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq, presently the subject of contentious (and occasionally violent) debate in Iraq's...
Persistent complaints by Iraq's Kurdish parties over Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's creation of "Support Councils," militias allied with him and operating under a similar basis to the Sunni Awakening Councils have led to an ever escalating feud with top officials in...
Citing unidentified military sources, the Washington Times is reporting today that the US forces in Iraq will begin, as soon as December 1, to apply for warrants from Iraqi courts before detaining suspects or searching homes. A key portion of the yet-to-be-ratified...
Though President-elect Barack Obama's office said it has yet to receive official confirmation, confidants of Senator Hillary Clinton report that she has decided to give up her Senate seat and will accept the offer to assume the role of Secretary of State when Obama...
After eight years of President Bush expanding the power of the executive branch to unparalleled levels, President-elect Barack Obama will take office in January with enormous discretion on policy. The Obama campaign's mantra of change really hit home with a lot of...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed an agreement today allowing Spain to use its territory to send supplies to Afghanistan for NATO's military operation there. The Russian Foreign Ministry has also reported that it will allow Germany to use Russian railroads to...
As the Taliban's influence in southern Afghanistan grows, the faction is setting up its own local government institutions and court systems in some areas to mediate property and inheritance disputes. The move is just the latest example of how the Taliban movement,...
Constitutional law scholars yesterday warned a congressional subcommittee that the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq potentially runs afoul of the constitutions of both nations, and has urged the Bush Administration to rather seek an...
