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Pentagon Rule Prevents Obama from Troop Visit
The varying explanations for the cancellation of Barack Obama’s planned visit today to the U.S. military’s Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany are leaving campaign-watchers puzzled. Obama had been scheduled to greet U.S. troops at the hospital just before...
Lessons From a Childhood
A lesson I learned from my mother as a youth: “Don’t speak before you think, don’t talk before you know, and don’t know without the facts.” You see, when I was about 8 years old, my brother took one of my favorite toys, or so I thought. Without asking any questions... Five killed in Kashmir explosion
Why can't India and Pakistan live in harmony? How many do they have to sacrifice just for a silly action? In my point of view, India and Pakistan have something in common."At least five people have been killed in an... Army marches on Rome
ROME - the Italian Senate has passed a new law and order bill that the the government hopes will cut down on crime.Not a particularly remarkable announcement, you might think, until you read the bill's proposed... Five killed in Kashmir explosion
After months of relative peace, the Kashmir Valley has seen a number of attacks in recent weeks. On Monday, four people, including two civilians, were killed in two separate attacks in the disputed region. The violence comes days after senior officials from India and... Former Dutch soldiers in emotional Srebrenica return
""I was here in July. Now I came to pay respect to the victims and to talk to you," Boudewin Kok, one of the former UN peacekeepers, said in a meeting with survivors.
"I think that this should be the beginning of our joint search for some answers, including to why Radovan... McCain indicates US troops withdraw in 2 years
Republican presidential candidate John McCain appeared to leave a door open on Monday to a large-scale drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq in the next two years.McCain, who has wrapped up his party's White House... Obama Concedes That Surge Didn't Go As He Expected
Sen. Barack Obama said it was "fair" to notice that he did not anticipate that the surge of U.S. troops into Iraq would be coincident with the so-called Sunni Awakening and the decisions of Shia militias to reduce... Iraq Withdrawal Comes to Light
Coming on the heels of President Bush’s “time horizon” speech, which has been considered a withdrawal by man, Iraq Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has come in support of a more rapid... US troops abandon Afghan outpost
Militants have started brekaing through defences and into the temporary base in an outpost after US troops abandoned it. American foces have said that the outpost had been temporary and that "regular patrols" in the area would be maintained. " American troops... Nato build-up gives tribesmen the jitters in Pakistan
There is widespread panic undergoing in the borders areas of Pakistan after heavy deployment of NATO forces. Now local tribesmen are terrified for military actions against them. "After deployment along the...Obama vows to end US role in Iraq
Barack Obama has said today that his main priority if he is elected president would be to end US involvemnet in Iraq.I'm thinking he has said something to this effect before, but today he made if official and plans...Soldiers face off on Thai-Cambodian border
Thai troops have allegedly mounted an incursion into Cambodian territory over a border dispute involving a 900-year-old temple."The incident was sparked when three Thai protesters crossed barbed wire to enter the disputed site and were arrested by Cambodian border guards. A... Obama promises 10,000 more troops for Afghanistan
Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has spelled out his priorities for the deployment of US forces. He would like to cut down the forces presence in Iraq and Kuwait and deploy... The War in Somalia, Black Hawk Down, and Katrina All from Global Warming?
Global Warming Led to 'Black Hawk Down' By Albert N. Milliron, Editor, Politisite.com The writer, while in the US Army, can't remember in my mobilization orders that we had a war on Global warming, ...
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