Senator Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) proposed additional economic sanctions on Iran on Thursday aimed at crippling the country’s central bank and stifling the Iranian economy. One of the bill’s top supporters, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), said, “Critics [of the sanctions] argued...
Pakistan Recalls US Envoy: Claims Grow that Zardari Sought to Move Against Military | Ambassador Haqqani offered to resign
The United States is seeking to counter China as a rising military and economic power in Asia-Pacific, as President Obama promised to “make our presence and missions in the Asia-Pacific a top priority.” After the announcement on Wednesday that up to 2,500 U.S. troops...
Report: Gadhafi Govt Sought to Bomb British Officials in Libya | MI6 thwarted suicide car bomb plot, officials claim
US Drones Kill at Least 18 in South Waziristan | Reports: Pakistani Taliban commanders among the slain
NATO Airstrike Kills 27 ‘Insurgents’ in Eastern Afghanistan | Forces detained a number of ‘suspects’ in Nangarhar
The practice by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of concocting fake yet grandiose terrorist attacks in order to entrap otherwise harmless Muslims has become increasingly prevalent and used as a tactic to claim progress in the war on terror. But this is really just...
For monts the Pentagon has unleashed scare tactics in the media and on Capitol Hill to try and influence Congress away from cutting defense budgets. They claim any cuts would endanger national security and strangle their ability to do their jobs. But this is merely "a...
The Chilcot inquiry, the British investigation into the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath, will be delayed for at least six months due to a dispute with the government over the release of secret documents. The findings, resulting partly from 18...
American Censorship Day Held to Protest New Congressional Bill | SOPA would have government creating ‘Internet blacklist’
