President Obama's former ambassador to Iraq, who served during the withdrawal of US forces, said on Thursday he was in favor of keeping troops in Iraq beyond 2011, reaffirming what the Obama campaign has doggedly tried to erase from history. "My feeling was we needed,...
78 Soldiers Slain as Syrian Rebels Release Video of Executions | Video depicts war crime in progress, notes Amnesty
Israel has officially admitted after more than two decades of secrecy that it ordered the Israeli spy agency Mossad to carry out the assassination of Palestinian leader Khalil Ibrahim Wazir. Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad, founded the Palestine Liberation Organization...
Roadside Bombs Kill 17 in Afghanistan’s South | Bombs hit civilians in Helmand, Kandahar
US Govt Picks and Chooses Among Offers of Hurricane Aid | Spurns offer of aid from Pakistan’s Jamaat-ud Dawa
Taliban Leaders Can Run in Afghan Presidential Vote | IEC promises no discrimination among candidates
A study released Wednesday by a respected Mexican think tank concludes that if current ballot measures in certain American states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana pass, it could cut the earnings of Mexican drug cartels by as much as 30 percent. The study...
UK Commander: NATO Struggling to Deal With Afghan Green-on-Blue Attacks | Promises new ‘psychological tests’ to root out Taliban
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday warned of "extremists" trying "to hijack the Syrian revolution," and detailed US efforts to organize a cohesive Syrian opposition to replace the defunct Syrian National Council. "We've made it clear that the SNC can no...
Barak: Israel Won’t Rely on Allies to Attack Iran | ‘No mercy for the weak’ in Mideast, Israel DM insists
