The defence bill President Barack Obama will sign into law on Wednesday contains a new provision that would pay Taliban fighters who renounce the insurgency, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said on Tuesday. Pure genius...
2nd Lt. Brooke Brzozowske of the U.S. Army reported last week that an agricultural training event took place in the Paktika province of Afghanistan.
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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair will be publicly questioned about the Iraq war during Britain's long-awaited inquiry into mistakes made before and during the conflict, the inquiry chairman said Friday.
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"Saudi Arabia on Tuesday imposed a naval blockade on the Red Sea coast of northern Yemen to combat Shiite rebels along its border, an adviser to the government said, in the latest escalation of fighting in the southern Arabian peninsula.
This is a link to the PDF file put out by the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute that identifies Nidal as one of the contributors to the report that was delivered to the Obama presidential transition team.
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Ian Fisher, American Soldier This is how an American soldier is made.
This decision is symbolic; I doubt any penalties will be paid, nor that any prison sentences will be served.
After fleeing their bloodied homeland, where violence and increasing conservatism confine their compatriots' lives, some Iraqis in exile are taking the opportunity to enjoy living outside the box.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens told Congress on Wednesday that U.S. energy companies are "entitled" to some of Iraq's crude because of the large number of American troops that lost their lives fighting in the country and the U.S.
GENEVA (AP) -- The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush leaned back in his chair and soaked in the round of applause.
Iraq News has not initiated any private discussions.