US Warns Syria: "Don't Invade North Lebanon!"

Could this be game-changer' McCain needs to get Americas attention off the economy? "Stern US warning to Syria not to invade Northern LebanonDEBKAfile Exclusive Report2 Oct.: Washington accompanied this warning to Damascus, DEBKAfile has learned, with its first...

U.S. reverses course, will send envoy to talks with Iran

"The Bush administration has decided to break with previous policy by sending one of its most senior diplomats to engage Iran's top nuclear official, the White House announced Wednesday. ...

US blacklists Pakistan militants

America has banned four Pakistan militants and put financial sanctions. They are accused of spreading Muslim terrorism. Leaders of the terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) have been accused of creating violence in India." The United States has imposed financial...

DoD Announces New Relocation Tool for Families

" WASHINGTON, April 28, 2008 – It’s almost peak moving season again for military families, and Defense Department leaders want families to know new resources are available to help. “Plan My Move,” soft-launched in late summer, is the next generation...

More "verifying and editing" needed -- WaPo Mess

Here is the correction that the Washington Post has posted online, after the damage had been done by their Front page article about the Pentagon's IG report on Undersecdef Douglas Feith."A Feb. 9 front-page article about the Pentagon inspector general's report regarding the...

Pentagon: Dubious Intelligence the Foundation of Iraq Invasion

I hesitate to call this "news", as it is something widely known and accepted by most of the world. However, this is the first time it is coming from the mouth of a Pentagon official. "Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the...

U.S. Pushes for Iranian conflict...

"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington’s way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday. Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary...

U.S. Diplomat Warns Iran to Back Off

"A second U.S. aircraft carrier strike group now steaming toward the Middle East is Washington's way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top U.S. diplomat said here Tuesday. Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs,...

U.S. freezes Iranian bank assets over missiles

"The Bush administration, tightening the financial vise on Tehran, moved today to block the assets of a major Iranian bank suspected of helping spread weapons of mass destruction. The action against Bank Sepah, Iran's fifth-largest state-owned financial institution, means...

U.S. to defend space with military force

"The United States will use military force in space to protect satellites and other space systems from attack by hostile states or terrorists, the Bush administration's senior arms-control official said yesterday. Robert Joseph, undersecretary of state for arms control...