
US Probes Allegations of Narcotics Trafficking by Afghan Air Force
• http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser, March 08,An Afghan Air Force colonel who killed eight U.S. Air Force officers in April may have been involved in the drug running
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An Afghan Air Force colonel who killed eight U.S. Air Force officers in April may have been involved in the drug running
Marine Sgt. Gary Stein first started a Facebook page called Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots to encourage service members to exercise their free speech rights. Then he declared that he wouldn't follow orders from the commander in chief, President Bara
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Only 19 percent of Israelis support an attack against Iran without the backing of the United States, a new poll released on Wednesday found.
The US Border Patrol recently ordered an investigation into allegations that its agents were mistreating illegal immigrants entering the United States, said Michael Fisher, the agency’s chief.
President Barack Obama said he was “confident” the United States could stick to its Afghan drawdown timetable despite a week of deadly unrest over the burning of the Koran at a US base.
North Korea has agreed to halt nuclear tests, long-range missile launches and enrichment activities at its Yongbyon nuclear complex in exchange for food aid from the United States, the State Department said Wednesday.
The Air Force’s F-35A Joint Strike Fighter is finally cleared to begin introductory flights at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida — four months late.
There’s a growing threat to the U.S. military, according to the Pentagon’s premier research wing. No, it’s not Iran’s nukes or China’s missiles. It’s the iPads, Android phones and other gadgets we all carry around with us every day.
China usually holds its military hand very close to the vest-things “mysteriously” leak that it doesn’t (does) want the world to know about--so we wonder why the People’s Republic has decided to publish this in the journal Advanced Materials Research
Obama to cut healthcare benefits for active duty and retired US military
Since the Gay Marines Facebook page posted it on Saturday, a photo of Sgt. Brandon Morgan and his partner Dalan Wells sharing a welcome home kiss in Hawaii has been getting quite a bit of attention:
The US military has no plans to alter its troop drawdown timetable in Afghanistan despite a week of deadly unrest over the burning of the Koran at an American base, the Pentagon said Monday.
US President Barack Obama and international diplomats gathered at the “Friends of Syria” meeting in Tunis issued statements yesterday pressing for military intervention in Syria.
I keep seeing reports in the media about the murder of two US military officers in Afghanistan. Two things. 1. Why is it only murder when they kill us? Has no one in Afghanistan been murdered by US forces? 2. Why does the largest, most powerful milit
Afghan President Hamid Karzai went on television Sunday to appeal for calm after five days of violent anti-US protests across his country over the burning of Korans at a US military base.
There's been a lot of loose talk about the Death Star lately. I want to put it into a bit of perspective.
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Whatever the outcome of the WikiLeaks suspect's trial, many of us believe he holds to a higher standard of truth than this court's
US Army analyst Bradley Manning, who is accused of leaking thousands of “classified” documents to WikiLeaks