The international press is atwitter with talk of the now nearly-finalized Iraq-US draft agreement. While it appears unlikely that the United States Senate will have any say in the deal once finalized, it would be hasty to declare such a deal inevitable. As recently as...
Last Updated 8/23 11:50 AM EST Just one day after US airstrikes in Laghman province were reported to have killed at least 20 civilians, a much larger incident has occurred on the opposite side of the country in Herat Province. As with yesterday's story, the initial US...
Updated 8/22 10:05 AM EST During a press briefing Thursday, National Security Council Press Secretary Gordon Johndroe declared that though consultation remains ongoing with certain members of Congress, no ratification of any security deal made with the Iraqi...
Early Thursday, the United States reported having killed 30 insurgents in an attack in the Afghan province of Laghman. While it was unclear if the attack was directly related to the killing of 10 French soldiers earlier this week in a nearby ambush, top coalition...
last updated 8/22 5:45 PM 8/20 - Shortly after 7:30 pm on Wednesday evening an attack leveled a home owned by Yaqub Mughal near South Waziristan's capital of Wana. While casualty figures are still unclear, it appears that at least eight people were killed. The owner...
Iraq: Stalled measures, killing of Maliki relative strain relations with US Three US "benchmark" proposals -- on opening the Iraqi petroleum industry to foreign investment and participation, holding provincial elections in Iraq, and a continued US military presence in...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened to invade Pakistan Sunday in response to cross-border attacks by Taliban-affiliated Pakistani militants. Meanwhile, more than 1,100 prisoners --- including hundreds of Taliban fighters -- escaped from a Kandahar detention...
Citing terms that compromise his country's sovereignty, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki proclaimed security talks with the US "stalled" on Saturday. Nouri received support from the President Jalal Talabani and a unanimous Political Council on National Security...
