Report: US, Israel to Postpone ‘Defense Drill’ as Tensions Rise With Iran | Israeli officials say drill will take place in summer
Report: US, Israel to Postpone ‘Defense Drill’ as Tensions Rise With Iran
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Is Eight Enough? US Reports Killing Hakimullah Mehsud Yet Again
Is Eight Enough? US Reports Killing Hakimullah Mehsud Yet Again | Pakistani Taliban again denies leader’s slaying
Court Cases on Bush Torture and Rendition Policies Shift to Europe
While the Obama administration has stuck to its promise of immunizing Bush administration officials who condoned and conducted torture, other countries have not signed on to that sort of intransigence. A Spanish judge in Madrid, Judge Pablo Rafael Ruz Gutierrez,...
US Military Officials Complain of Iranian Vessels Harassing US Navy in Persian Gulf
U.S. military officials have told CNN that Navy and Coast Guard vessels in the Persian Gulf have recently been "harassed" by Iranian vessels twice earlier this month. The incidents occurred on January 6, according to an anonymous senior U.S. military official. In the...
Gitmo Prison Holding Back Settlement Deal in Afghanistan
The Obama administration's failure to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is part of what's preventing substantive negotiations with the Afghan Taliban. The leaders of the insurgency against the U.S. war in Afghanistan have pushed a Gitmo prisoner...
US Quietly Surges Troops and Weapons in the Middle East
The Pentagon has quietly surged combat troops and warships in U.S. bases throughout the Middle East after the top American commander in the region warned that he needed additional forces to counter rising potential threats, including Iran. Marine Corps Gen. James...
Iran Sends Letter in Response to Attacks on Nuclear Scientists
Iran said on Saturday it has evidence that the latest assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist was orchestrated, at least in part, by the Washington and the CIA. The Iranian nuclear scientist, 32-year old Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, was killed on Tuesday by a magnetic...
US Worries About Impending Preemptive Israeli Strike on Iran
U.S. defense leaders are increasingly concerned that Israel will take military action against Iran despite U.S. objections and are beefing up U.S. facilities in the region in case of a regional conflict, according to the Wall Street Journal. President Barack Obama,...
Two Killed as Rival Libyan Militias Clash South of Tripoli
Two Killed as Rival Libyan Militias Clash South of Tripoli | Neighboring towns’ militias fight over ‘arrests’
Afghans Condemn US Over Urination Video
Afghans Condemn US Over Urination Video
