NATO abruptly pulled all its staff from the Afghanistan's government ministries on Saturday after two high-ranking U.S. military advisers were shot dead inside a highly secure command center at the interior ministry in Kabul by an Afghan police officer. The Taliban...
AP Study Finds Most Drone War Casualties Are Militants
A recent investigation by the Associated Press into ten U.S. drone attacks in the tribal regions of Pakistan concluded that about 70 percent of those killed were militants, countering common Pakistani perceptions that the majority killed are civilians. Reporters from...
Israeli Attack on Iran Would Pull US into Another Unnecessary War
If Israel decides to preemptively strike Iran's nuclear facilities, a subservient United States could be drawn into another unnecessary but substantial war in the Middle East. If Israel's warplanes, donated from the U.S., managed to penetrate Iranian air space and...
Classified Cable From 2005 Echoes Current Fear-Mongering on Iran
A classified State Department cable sent by America’s top diplomat in Tel Aviv in 2005 warned that Israeli officials believed Iran’s progress towards a nuclear weapon was nearing the "point of no return," echoing current U.S.-Israeli tensions regarding intelligence...
New York Times: US Intelligence Says Iran Not Developing Nukes
The intelligence community in the United States believe there is no hard evidence that Iran has decided to build a nuclear bomb, the New York Times finally reported on Saturday. The New York Times ran a front page article on Saturday reiterating the consensus view of...
Yemen Announces Hadi ‘Victory’ in Single Candidate Vote
Yemen Announces Hadi ‘Victory’ in Single Candidate Vote | Obama cheers election of Hadi
Death Toll Figures Vary Widely on Another Bloody Friday in Syria
Death Toll Figures Vary Widely on Another Bloody Friday in Syria | Various opposition groups put toll between 50 and 103
Obama ‘Consulted’ Team Before Apologizing Over Quran Burnings
Obama ‘Consulted’ Team Before Apologizing Over Quran Burnings | Newt says Afghans don’t deserve apology
Obama Commits to US Intervention in Syria
Obama Commits to US Intervention in Syria | US can’t be bystander, president insists
US Continues Mixed Signals on Arming Syrian Rebels
US Continues Mixed Signals on Arming Syrian Rebels | Saudi FM: Weapons to FSA ‘an excellent idea’