Senator Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) proposed additional economic sanctions on Iran on Thursday aimed at crippling the country’s central bank and stifling the Iranian economy. One of the bill’s top supporters, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), said, “Critics [of the sanctions] argued...
The United States is seeking to counter China as a rising military and economic power in Asia-Pacific, as President Obama promised to “make our presence and missions in the Asia-Pacific a top priority.” After the announcement on Wednesday that up to 2,500 U.S. troops...
The practice by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of concocting fake yet grandiose terrorist attacks in order to entrap otherwise harmless Muslims has become increasingly prevalent and used as a tactic to claim progress in the war on terror. But this is really just...
For monts the Pentagon has unleashed scare tactics in the media and on Capitol Hill to try and influence Congress away from cutting defense budgets. They claim any cuts would endanger national security and strangle their ability to do their jobs. But this is merely "a...
The Chilcot inquiry, the British investigation into the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath, will be delayed for at least six months due to a dispute with the government over the release of secret documents. The findings, resulting partly from 18...
The U.S. Air Force has begun to receive deliveries of a new 30,000-pound bunker-buster bomb that’s capable of penetrating deeply buried enemy targets. In August, the Boeing Co. received a $32 million contract that included plans for eight of the massive munitions,...
Yemeni troops killed seven alleged al Qaeda-linked militants – including an Iranian, a Pakistani and two Somali nationals – in fighting in a southern province, an anonymous security official said Wednesday. The official claimed the seven were killed when the Yemeni...
At a meeting on Wednesday, President Hamid Karzai demanded an end to night raids - U.S. military operations in which Afghan homes are raided in the middle of the night - as one of the conditions for a security partnership with the U.S. that would keep American troops...
The United States will begin to permanently station up to 2,500 U.S. Marines in Australia, President Obama announced on Wednesday after finalizing a new bilateral defense deal with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. In a move widely considered to be aimed at...
About 2,000 Afghan elders will gather this week for a loya jirga, or grand council, with President Hamid Karzai, who is seeking support for a security partnership with the U.S. that would keep American troops in Afghanistan for a decade past 2014. The council will...
