The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has admitted killing BBC reporter Ahmed Omed Khpulwak in July. Khpulwak was one of 19 people killed when US-NATO forces battled insurgents in the town of Tarin Kowt in southern Uruzgan...
US Drone Strikes Kill 10, Wound Dozens in Southern Yemen | 25 killed as Yemeni troops clash with rebels in Abyan
Congressional Hawks Push for Even Bigger 2012 Iraq Force | Reject 3,000 troop plan as too few
The United States is giving weapons and legitimacy to thugs and murderous warlords in Somalia, some with ties to al Qaeda and al Shabab. The US-sponsored African Union force, currently occupying large swaths of Mogadishu, has a membership more prone to blowback than...
A senior Republican lawmaker urged President Obama to publicly promise to veto the Palestinian bid for membership at the United Nations, charging that a "full court press" to block the Palestinian right to statehood was not being seen. The Palestinian Authority plans...
Another Libyan Details British ‘Rendition’ to Gadhafi Torture | British spies ‘tricked’ former Gadhafi foe
At Least 23 People Killed Nationwide in Syrian Offensive | Tanks attack city of Homs, state media claims clash with ‘insurgents’
An as yet unpublished United Nations report criticizes the US-supported Afghan government for torturing detained prisoners with beatings, sexual assault, and electric shock treatment. The report recommends NATO to suspend prisoner transfers to some detention...
Panetta Cites Yemen in Warning of Another 9/11 | Comes in wake of Crocker’s claim Afghan occupation prevents this
Libya’s Stockpile of Missiles Vanishing | Carloads of surface-to-air missiles looted
