NATO will reduce its troop levels in Afghanistan by 40,000 by the end of 2012, according to the Pentagon, as the overall military presence in the country begins to decrease. By that date, America's share of the pullout will include 33,000 soldiers - one-third of...
Amid Piles of Innocent Corpses, NATO Orders Retraining Effort on How Not to Murder
NATO's top commander in Afghanistan has ordered tens of thousands of troops to be retrained in how to avoid civilian casualties, while innocent corpses continue to pile up in the decade-long war. General Allen said NATO forces - over 70 percent of which are U.S....
Will Pakistan Bar US From Their Airspace?
Will Pakistan Bar US From Their Airspace
Egyptians Vote in Record Numbers
Egyptians came out to vote on Monday in record numbers after months of doubts regarding the election and more than 10 preceding days of violence against protesters by security forces. Egypt's Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) and the high election commission kept...
Lawyer: Feds Withholding Evidence in Manning Case
Lawyer: Feds Withholding Evidence in Manning Case
Libyan NTC Blames Former Deputy PM in Killing Military Commander
Libyan NTC Blames Former Deputy PM in Killing Military Commander | Essawi denies involvement in assassination
Pakistan’s Cutoff Doesn’t Have NATO Curbing Operations… Yet
Pakistan’s Cutoff Doesn’t Have NATO Curbing Operations… Yet | Pentagon ‘not aware’ US has personnel at drone base
Libya Still Holding 7,000 People Without Due Process
Former Libyan fighters are still holding about 7,000 people without charge or trial, some of whom have been subjected to torture and ill treatment, according to a U.N. report Monday. The report by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was made public before a Security...
Pakistan: US Attack on Base Lasted ‘Almost Two Hours’ as Calls to Stop Were Ignored
Pakistan: US Attack on Base Lasted ‘Almost Two Hours’ as Calls to Stop Were Ignored | Military spokesman angrily rejects claims they ‘provoked’ US
Vice Pres. Hadi to Run in Uncontested Election for Post-Saleh Yemen
Yemen's new interim prime minister, Mohamed Basindowa, has laid the groundwork for the country's current vice president, Major General Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, to be the chosen candidate in an uncontested election for a successor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the...