Battleships, aircraft carriers, minesweepers and submarines from 25 nations are swarming into the Persian Gulf, in the largest such military exercise ever undertaken in the region, as concerns of a looming Israeli strike on Iran still linger Countries leading the...
US Struggles to Send Spies, Troops, Drones to Libya
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White House Claims Defense Cuts ‘Deeply Destructive’ to Economy, Security
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Netanyahu Deputy Breaks With Prime Minister’s ‘Red-Line’ Views on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's deputy for intelligence and atomic affairs on Thursday broke with the Netanyahu's call for Iran to be confronted with a "red line" which would prompt a military attack. In an interview, Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor...
Report: US Strike on Iran Would Spark Region-Wide War, Push Iran Toward Nukes
An extended US military strike on Iran would harm their military capabilities and marginally delay their nuclear program, but it would also prompt large-scale Iranian retaliation that would spark an uncontrollable regional war. That assessment is compiled in a report...
Al-Qaeda and Possibly Infiltrators in Libyan Forces at Center of US Consulate Attack
The assault on the US consulate building in Libya Tuesday night was a planned attack by al-Qaeda militants that may have involved infiltrators within Libya's new security forces. According to senior diplomatic sources, the US State Department had credible information...
Obama Sends More Drones, Marines to Libya, But Did They Ever Leave?
The Obama administration has ordered military reinforcements to Libya following the attack on the US consulate building this week, but the truth is drones had never left Libya's skies and US Marines have been carrying out missions on the ground since the end of NATO's...
Federal Judge Blocks NDAA Law on Indefinite Detention
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the government from enforcing a statute in a recent defense authorization bill permitting the indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects, even American citizens, only to have it appealed by the Obama administration....
IAEA Board Approves Resolution Admonishing Iran
The United Nations atomic agency's board on Wednesday approved a resolution brought by world powers that criticizes Iran for continuing to enrich uranium and aims at dissuading Israel from attacking Iran by stressing the need for diplomacy. The resolution cites the...
Obama: Egypt Is Neither an Enemy Nor an Ally
President Obama said in a televised interview on Wednesday that the US does not consider Egypt's Islamist-led government an ally or an enemy, even as Washington continues to flood the post-revolution country with billions in military and financial aid. "I don't think...