In the fourth such accusation in the past month, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell today accused the Iranian government of meddling "in its most destructive, devious and deadly ways," and trying to "undermine" and "derail" the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between...
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...
Admiral Mullen Vows Military Support for Baltics Against Hypothetical Russian Attack
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen was in Lithuania today hoping to reassure former-Soviet Republics and current NATO members Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia in the wake of August's brief war between Russia and Georgia. During the visit, Admiral...
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...
At Least 15 Pakistani Troops Killed in Swat Valley Battle
Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) forces used a roadside bomb to ambush a Pakistani military convoy in northwestern Swat Valley. The ensuing multi-hour firefight left 5 militants and 15 Pakistani soldiers confirmed dead, according to local police officer Noor Rehman....
US Air Strike Kills Nine Afghan Soldiers at Checkpoint
Coalition and Afghan soldiers briefly traded fire near an Afghan army checkpoint in Khost Province early this morning, before the coalition called in an air strike against the checkpoint, killing nine Afghan soldiers and wounding at least three others. A coalition...
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...
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...
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...
Iraq’s SOFA: What Changed, What Didn’t, and What Iraqi Officials Are Saying About It
The Associated Press has obtained a copy of the latest draft of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) being negotiated between the United States and Iraq and has made available a collection of excerpts translated from Arabic into English. The excerpts provide specific...