Thirty thousand more will be enough to secure cities and roads, mostly, but will not be nearly enough to defeat the Taliban. This looks much like Iraq 5 years ago." Mullen's comments...
Obama is making the samemistake as Bush made in Iraq.Not willing to pull out and notwilling to send enough troopsto win. " Think Iraq was hard? Afghanistan, former Secretary of State Colin Powell argues, will be...
"Gaza resistance fighters have been firing deeper into the occupied territories in recent days and a spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas vowed on Tuesday rockets would be fired even further if Israel doesn't...
Though many of them have now served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon has alerted 40,000 US troops that they will be deployed in the war zones in the fall. Some of them have been home less than...
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" WASHINGTON — President Bush is expected to announce next week that Army tours in Iraq and Afghanistan will be reduced from 15 to 12 months, FOX News has confirmed. A senior U.S. official told...
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From the Israeli Press, March 12, 2008 (21.50 PM)
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Muhammad Shahade, an Islamic Jihad operative who Palestinian sources say was behind the terror attack in Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem last week, has been...
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Are Democrats so upset progress is being made in Iraq that they are trying to come up with another way to speed up surrender to the enemy? After Failing to discredit a respectable career military officer with the...
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"WASHINGTON — After a brief trip to Iraq, Sen. Carl Levin said Monday that the Iraqi Parliament should vote no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki because of its sectarian nature and...
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This commentary was originally published in IntelligentaIndigena Novajoservo:
Blissful Arrogance:
The exploitation of the legacy of the
European Holocaust and what it means for Jews as well as Arabs in Occupied
Palestine
6.15.2007
"Israel,
like South Africa,
is an...
"DEBKAfile Exclusive: Egypt braces for a round of Palestinian terrorist strikes in Sinai"Won't the Palestinians ever learn that attacking those who are trying to help you never works?
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"The general in charge of training the much-needed Iraq army and police said yesterday that the final target of 325,000 personnel will be met before the end of this month, with "dramatic improvement" in...
" November 2, 2006 Brigades in the Harvey shire will tell the Fire and Emergency Services Authority they do not want to colocate in response to the authoritys review of emergency services in Bunbury and surrounding areas. The review called for the colocation of the...
Bad timing for US President George Bush. With midterm election campaigners deployed in full battle gear, the specter of calling up more troops to Iraq cannot be welcome for most Republicans seeking reelection."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army is considering whether...
"Six Israeli army brigades - up to 10,000 troops - were in southern Lebanon last night as the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the army was "winning the battle" in its 21-day offensive against Hizbollah.
Mr Olmert's assertion, which appeared to be preparing Israelis...
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