US forces conducted a dawn raid on a house in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in which they believed a "suspected insurgent" was hiding. When the clash was over, 11 members of a single Iraqi family were dead. The US wasn't specific about the nature of the deaths,...
In another embarrassing incident at a time when the Bush Administration is pressing for NATO membership for Georgia, key members of the Caucasus nation's opposition have launched an attack on President Mikheil Saakashvili, condemning him as an anti-democratic human...
An unverified report quotes Iraqi President Jalal Talibani as claiming that the United States has "threatened to use any means to seize Iraqi assets if we do not support the security pact." The quote reportedly comes from the Arabic language Marsadiraq, by way of...
Investigative French weekly magazine La Canard Enchaîné has obtained a leaked copy of a coded diplomatic message from French diplomat Jean-François Fitou. The message, sent on September 2nd, gives an account of a previous meeting with British Ambassador to Afghanistan...
A US missile strike destroyed a house in a North Waziristan village today, killing at least 21 people according to a senior Pakistani official. Of the 21, a local official said 16 of them foreigners. He also added that the house belonged to two Afghan refugees who...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai gave an interview on Pakistani television in which he implored Taliban leader Mullah Omar to return to the country and compete in the next presidential election. Karzai promised to be "wholly solely responsible for his safety." But top...
The first and only 2008 Vice President Debate is over, and between Governor Sarah Palin's "shout out" to third-graders from a particular elementary school and imploring "Joe Six-packs" and "Hockey Moms" to band together or Senator Joe Biden's quip about the "ultimate...
Iran has repeatedly vowed to continue its uranium enrichment program, but in a sign that they may be softening on that position, chief delegate to the IAEA Ali Ashgar Soltanleh suggested that Iran would "reconsider the position" if there were a "legally-binding...
With the United States admitting an increasing number of Iraqi refugees it is only natural that Michigan, with its large Arab-American population (and particularly Iraqi-American Chaldeans), would be a prime destination for those fleeing their war-torn nation. Indeed,...
Iraq's Awakening Council, a Sunni fighting force whose control the US military has just transferred to the Iraqi government, has warned the Shi'ite dominated government against any attempt to abandon the force's membership. The group wants its members to secure...
