US Drone Attack Kills 10 in North Waziristan Village

Updated 10/23 6:30 PM EST A missile attack by what is assumed to be a US drone has targeted a village near Miramshah in North Waziristan. The village is the same one targeted last month in a strike which killed at least 23. It is the site of a religious school founded...

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Disillusioned Afghans Seen Turning on Karzai

Beset by a rising civilian death toll and widespread corruption charges Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who once boasted an enormous approval rating, is seen as an increasingly ineffective and unacceptable leader by the Afghan population. With the country earlier this...

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Iraqi Govt Slams US Statement on Security Pact

Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabagh issued a statement today harshly criticizing Admiral Michael Mullen's recent warnings regarding Iraqi officials' criticisms of the terms of the latest draft Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Al-Dabagh warned that the...

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US Digs In as Iraq Voices SOFA Concerns

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen issued an unusually harsh warning to Iraq regarding the growing resistance to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Though he acknowledged that Iraq should engage in "a healthy debate" on the pact, he said he was...

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Japan to Extend Naval Mission to Afghanistan

Japan's lower house of parliament approved a bill today to extend its naval refueling mission to landlocked Afghanistan. The bill will allow Japanese ships to continue refueling warships in the Indian Ocean past January 15. The bill is expected to be reject by Japan's...

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