The Iraqi government continues to scramble to get ready for tomorrow's talks on the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and tentatively the vote (though it has already been delayed twice this week). It is now being reported that the government has agreed on a demand by...
Updated 11/27 10:35 AM EST Attacks on at least ten sites in the Indian city of Mumbai targeted railway terminals, five star hotels, airports and hospitals, with officials saying 125 killed, 327 wounded and other reports suggesting nearly 1000 wounded. Among those...
When President-elect Barack Obama announces his national security team next week, the most obvious break ushered in will be from his promise for dramatic foreign policy change. For while Senator Obama ran his campaign around a mantra of change, his team will consist...
As heated debate gives way to last minute negotiations, the Iraqi Parliament has delayed today's anticipated vote on the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States until at least tomorrow. No official explanation was given for the delay, but Iraqi Prime...
As the war in Afghanistan continues to go poorly, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is hoping to negotiate a political sentiment with the Taliban insurgency. But the international forces seem intent on shoe-horning the strategy they are convinced "succeeded" in Iraq onto...
Seven years into the war in Afghanistan, Major General Robert Cone sought to tout the "great progress" made in readying Afghanistan's own security forces, but rather wound up giving the impression that little has really been accomplished and the US mission has, in his...
The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between Iraq and the United States is scheduled for a vote tomorrow in the Iraqi Parliament, and while Maliki tries to shore up domestic support, he also faces growing concern among Iraq's neighbors about the prospect that the...
With Iraq's vote on the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States less than 24 hours away. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is doing everything he can to shore up support for the floundering deal, which many in the Iraqi government see as a great victory...
President-elect Barack Obama is set to announce his national-security team early next week, and reports from officials suggest that none of the appointees will do anything to stem the growing disquiet among antiwar activists about the hawkish composition of Obama's...
The Iraqi Parliament is scheduled to vote on the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States sometime tomorrow, but before that happens aides to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki are holding a last ditch round of press conferences to shore up support...
