Tag: afghanistan
U.S. Plans New Prison in Afghanistan
The U.S. is set to spend $60 million to build a new prison in Afghanistan, after claiming that its current facility in Bagram is no longer sufficient to house prisoners, and that an Afghan-run prison wouldn't be able...
US warns China over weapon links in Iran, Iraq, A...
"The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday.He said he conveyed the concerns personally to...
Terror threat from South Asia still top US concern
"The United States has poured nearly 40 billion dollars in aid to South Asia since the September 11 attacks but the terror threat from the region remains a top problem, a congressional hearing was told Wednesday."South Asia is arguably the place from which America faces the...
Bush Widens 'Secret' War On Iran
OPINION: I am going to attempt to recount what has brought us to this secret Presidential "finding", see story below, but what passes for logic in the Whitehouse is so Byzantine in its convolutions it is difficult to...
Dozen Taliban killed in Afghan US-led raids
US Marines and British troops in a joint operation have killed 12 taliban militant in Garmser area of Afghanisatan. The combined operation was launched two weeks ago to push out Taliban and destroy insurgent support networks.
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NeoCons meet Stephen King - Were war dead cremate...
This is one of those stories that make even the most ardent administration supporter wonder if military outsourcing has gone too far. "WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has, since 2001, cremated some of the remains of U.S. service members killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and...
U.S. Post-War Suicides Could Exceed Combat Deaths
In thinking ahead a few years, this becomes a very powerful and troubling assertion. Could post-war suicides really surpass the number of U.S. soldiers killed during the war in Iraq? "At the American Psychiatric...
Canada Reaches Out To Taliban
" Khenjakak, Afghanistan - Canadian troops are reaching out to the Taliban for the first time, military and diplomatic officials say, as Canada softens its ban on speaking with the insurgents. After years of...
Al Jazeera Cameraman Freed From Guantanamo After ...
" Khartoum, Sudan - An Al-Jazeera cameraman was released from US custody at Guantanamo Bay and returned home to Sudan early Friday after six years of imprisonment that drew worldwide protests. Sami al-Haj arrived...
Top Somali Islamist killed in airstrike
A man believed to be the head of al-Quaida in Somalia has been killed in an airstrike along with eight other people, according to an Islamic insurgent group."The spokesman for the Islamic Al-Shabab militia says an...
India worst hit by terror: US report
A recent US State department report has called India one of the worst affected by Terrorism causing death of more than two thousand people. "India was among the countries worst affected by terror with militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and in...
Prince William makes secret Afghan trip to meet w...
Though he's not serving in a combat zone like his brother Prince Harry, Prince William, the second in line to the British throne, flew into Afghanistan over the weekend to meet with British troops. The news comes...
Fort Bragg Soldiers Living in Deplorable Conditions
Believe it or not, I learned about some ought-to-be-condemned facilities in which Army soldiers are living at Fort Bragg by reading a post at the ON DEADLINE blog at USA TODAY:Edward Frawley posted this video on YouTube after seeing the conditions his son was living in at...
Black Hole in Bush's Brain
"Judging from the campaign rhetoric coming out of both camps, whoever wins the Oval Office will be inclined to continue the failed military policies in Iraq and to pursue a confrontation with Iran. Apparently it does...
Coalition Treats Afghans in Medical Outreach Effort
" BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, April 28, 2008 – Several hundred citizens from a village near Tag Ab Valley in Afghanistan’s Kapisa province swarmed a makeshift hospital April 19 during a village medical outreach hosted by Task Force Gladiator servicemembers....
