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More than 4 months into the "surge" strategy the statistics of US., insurgent and civilian casualties reveal an escalating war that may be entering a decisive "tipping point" phase. The Pentagon claims that since January, US forc
Under the legislation co-authored by Abercrombie and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), the original war authorization passed by Congress in October 2002 would expire 180 days from enactment of the bill, and a new authorization by Congress would be required to co
While Washington lawmakers play procedural games with an out-of-control executive branch, Iraqi legislators are working to bring an end to the occupation of their country.
Resource wars will destroy planetary life unless ended
The official Turkish news agencey Cihan reports the force, backed by armored vehicles and combat aircraft, is targeting rebel strongholds in 11 provinces in southeastern Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan. (Turkey's Foregin Ministry and Military General
While Washington lawmakers play procedural games with an out-of-control executive branch, Iraqi legislators are working to bring an end to the occupation of their country.
Following revelations of a Bush administration policy to hold Iran responsible for any al-Qaeda attack on the US that could be portrayed as planned on Iranian soil, former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski warned might use such an inciden
CBS's Lou Dobbs asked his audience "are you tired yet" of the presidential campaign, adding, "It's overkill and it's under-delivery." "These debates are as much about the free flow of money as about the flow of
The three-member panel at a Marine command center in Kansas City recommended that 25-year-old Marine Cpl. Adam Kokesh be given a general discharge -- one step below an "honorable discharge" and a reflection of "significant negative
Good intentions frequently lead to unintended bad consequences. Tough choices, doing what is right, often leads to unanticipated good results.
U.S.-led soldiers control only about a third of Baghdad, the military said on Monday, almost four months into a security crackdown during which troops are dying at rates not seen for more than two years. More than 18,000 extra U.S. troops have bee
From south and north, Iraq's Kurdish region felt pressure from two sides Saturday, as saboteurs bombed a vital bridge link to Baghdad, and Turkish troops across the border massed for a possible strike. "We won't allow it to be turned
“ABC News Learns of Plans to Keep Troops in Iraq Beyond 2009,” was the top story posted on Saturday morning’s edition of Antiwar.com. Then the story disappeared. The link now says “You’ve requested an ABCNews.com page that does not exist.”
It's no news that George W. Bush and his handlers don't know much about history, but their latest stab at pretending otherwise is among their most ludicrous.
The man who led coalition forces in Iraq during the first year of the occupation says the United States can forget about winning the war. “I think if we do the right things politically and economically with the right Iraqi leadership we could stil
The U.S. military launched a strike against a suspected al Qaeda target in northern Somalia, CNN reported. A U.S. Navy destroyer targeted the suspect from off the coast of the African nation, the cable news network said, citing unidentified source
A senior official said one long-term plan would have 30,000 to 50,000 U.S. forces in Iraq for five to 10 years beyond 2009.
The night before, 30 other soldiers crowded around him with questions for the senator. He wrote them all down. At the top of his note card was the question he got from every one of his fellow soldiers: "When are we going to get out of here?
Even as troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are serving longer and more often _ three, four, even five times _ roughly half of Americans in uniform have not been sent at all. That's partly chance, partly a matter of timing. It also illustrates the
Iraqi PM al-Maliki told Lara Logan of CBS Evening News in an exclusive interview on Wednesday that he has a real fear of a coup by the Iraqi army.
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Thursday of imperialism and starting a new arms race, but Washington said its ex-Cold War foe's foreign policy showed it was behind the times.
Elliot Abrams, the deputy national security adviser for global democracy strategy, is again sowing the seeds of conflict in the Middle East. This time it's in the disputed Western Sahara, under Moroccan control following the end of Spanish colon
Politicians start wars for political reasons. They may seek to control resources or a foreign population. Or they may want to secure existing interests that could be at risk without war. The military is a means to political ends.
U.S. military commanders are talking with Iraqi militants about cease- fires and other arrangements to try to stop the violence, the No. 2 American commander said Thursday. Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno said he has authorized commanders to reach out to
[hummmm] U.S. troops battled al-Qaida in west Baghdad on Thursday after Sunni Arab residents challenged the militants and called for American help to end furious gunfire that kept students from final exams and forced people in the neighborhood to hu
Detailed plans for the new U.S. Embassy under construction in Baghdad appeared online in a breach of the tight security surrounding the sensitive project. Computer-generated projections of the soon-to-be completed, heavily fortified compound were
Since joining the Army in 1987, he had risen to the rank of sergeant first class, serving in both Gulf Wars, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Korea. He has shrapnel scars, a Purple Heart and is back after his last tour in Iraq. One e-mail derailed his career and
Two more US soldiers have been killed in Iraq confirming that May had become the deadliest month for American forces in two-and-a-half years. Meanwhile, the hunt was continuing for five Britons who were snatched at gunpoint from a finance mini
Spc. David William, 22, of Boston had two note cards in his pocket Wednesday afternoon as he waited for Sen. Joe Lieberman. Williams serves in the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, NC., the first of five "surge" brigades to arrive in
Even the Iraqi government today admitted that it could barely trust its own interior ministry police. Speaking on the BBC's Today programme, Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari was frank in spelling out the shortcomings of the interior ministr
