Bleak Report on the Afghan War Middle East Online | An analysis by Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, which the US Army has not approved for public release but has leaked to Rolling Stone magazine, provides the most authoritative refutation thus far of the official military narrative of success in the Afghanistan War since the troop surge began in early 2010. ...
Iran to announce nuclear progress - Ahmadinejad The Star | TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic, targeted by tougher Western sanctions, would soon announce advances in its nuclear programme. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the offic...
NATO Acknowledges Bombing Killed Eight Young Afghans The New York Times | KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO acknowledged Wednesday that it killed eight young Afghans in an airstrike in eastern Afghanistan last week and vowed to try to help the isolated home village of the boys who were killed. | Notes from Afghanistan, Pak...
Iran claims 'nuclear advances' made NZ Herald | Iran has claimed that it has achieved two major advances in its program to master production of nuclear fuel, a defiant move in response to increasingly tough Western sanctions over its controversial nuclear program. | In a further show of resistan...
Azkals face Olyroos tonight Gulf News | Dubai: The "stray dogs" from the Philippines promise to have more bite than bark when they face the Qantas Australia Olyroos in the last of three friendly matches tonight that will cap the south-east Asian country's Middle East tour. | A ...
Iran waging campaign of terror: Israel Canberra Times | ISRAEL has accused Iran of waging a covert campaign of terror from the Middle East to Asia after a botched bomb plot in the Thai capital led to the capture of two men believed to be Iranian. | A series of blasts in Bangkok's Sukhumvit area wounded ...
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US kills al-Qaida-linked militant in Pakistan The Guardian | RASOOL DAWAR | Associated Press= DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region Thursday, killing five suspe...
Drone strike leaves several dead in Pakistan Al Jazeera | At least 10 people have been killed in an apparent US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region. | Pakistani security officials said the missile strikes on Wednes...
Qatar Airways' 2012 Route Expansion Program Underway Journal of Commerce Daily Services To Georgia Via Azerbaijan Mark Doha-Based Carrier’s First Entry Into South-Eastern Europe | Doha, QATAR – Qatar Airways’ 2012 expansion programme is un...
Fort Campbell's 2nd Brigade part of new, scaled-back Afghanistan deployment The Leaf Chronicle | WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Wednesday offered new details of its plan for shifting from a combat mission in Afghanistan to one focused on training and advising Afghan forces as they gradually shoulder more of the combat burden. | The Army identifi...
Pentagon offers details on shift in Afghan mission Austin American Statesman | WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Wednesday offered new details of its plan for shifting from a combat mission in Afghanistan to one focused on training and advising Afghan forces as they gradually shoulder more of the combat burden. | The Army id...
Iran Warns Europeans It Will Cut Off Oil The New York Times | Besieged by international sanctions, including a planned oil embargo by Europe, Iran warned its six largest European buyers on Wednesday that it might strike first by immediately cutting them off. It was a day of mixed signals, with Iran saying it ...
Obama Signed Executive Order Declaring War On Iran Pakalert Press Share | Collapse Network | On February 5, 2012, President Obama invoked the NDAA, which authorizes the use of military force, and issues an executive order declaring the “threat” of Iran a National Emergency. The video below shows this issuance of President Obama executive order which declares Iran’s threat to cut off oil supplies a national ...
