Declassified CIA documents reveal that the United States drastically overestimated the number of Soviet missiles in the beginning of the arms race in the 1950s and 1960s. During the so-called Missile Gap period, American politicians and the public believed that the...
Truce Between Iran And Kurdish Rebels Holds
An anonymous Kurdistan Regional Government (K.R.G.) official is reporting that Iran and Kurdish rebels have reached a tentative cease-fire that has, so far, held for 10 days. The deal winds down hostilities that have affected hundreds of Kurdish civilians since July.
Uniformed Gunmen Attack Sahwa Member’s Family, Killing 5 and Wounding 7
Five people were killed and seven others were wounded when gunmen dressed in Iraqi army uniforms stormed the home of a Sahwa member in Abu Ghraib. The man’s wife, daughter, two sons and a fifth relative were killed. Seven other family members were wounded. He was not present.
Haiti’s President Hopes to Create an Army
Haiti’s President Hopes to Create an Army | 16 years after being disbanded in disgrace, will Haiti have a new military
AU: 3,000 More Troops Headed to Somalia
AU: 3,000 More Troops Headed to Somalia | Troops expected to come from Djibouti, Sierra Leone
Two Killed, Ten Injured as Yemeni DM Survives Assassination Bid
Two Killed, Ten Injured as Yemeni DM Survives Assassination Bid | Car bomb targeted his entourage in Aden
Pakistani PM: US Invasion Would ‘Violate Our Sovereignty’
Pakistani PM: US Invasion Would ‘Violate Our Sovereignty’ | Says he already warned Clinton not to invade
Iraqi Kurdish MP Slams US for Plan to Provide Drones to Turkey
Iraqi Kurdish MP Slams US for Plan to Provide Drones to Turkey | Says drones designed ‘to kill Kurds’
Iraq to Agree on US Trainers Soon Under Pressure From US
To comply with current law, the US has three months to completely withdraw from Iraq. But on Tuesday Iraq's foreign minister said he believes there will soon be a final agreement on keeping thousands of US "trainers" in Iraq past the December deadline outlined in the...
White House: More Deployment to Libya to Search for Missiles
White House: More Deployment to Libya to Search for Missiles | Some 20,000 missing SAMs have administration worried