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Sudan and South wage propaganda war

4/6/2012

 
KHARTOUM, Sudan — As guns blazed on the border between Sudan and South Sudan in recent days, the air waves and newspapers of both countries fired salvos of their own in an intense propaganda war.

NKorea's Kim Commands Military Live-Fire Drills

3/15/2012

 
North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un commanded live-fire drills involving all three branches of the military, state media reported Thursday, as he bolsters his credentials as commander in chief.

With Arms for Yemen Rebels, Iran Seeks Wider Mideast Role

3/15/2012

 
WASHINGTON — In the past several months, Iran appears to have increased its political outreach and arms shipments to rebels and other political figures in Yemen as part of what American military and intelligence officials say is a widening Iranian effort to extend its influence across the greater Middle East.

NATO to boost Afghan security after soldiers killed

3/15/2012

 
(Reuters) - NATO plans to boost anti-infiltration and other security measures after the January killing of four French soldiers by a rogue Afghan soldier, a NATO spokeswoman said on Wednesday with the alliance facing increasing protests in Afghanistan.

Cameron and Obama Show Unity on Afghanistan

3/15/2012

 
WASHINGTON — Seeking to project a united front on Afghanistan after a spate of bloody setbacks on the battlefield, President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain pledged on Wednesday that their countries would stick to the timetable for winding down the war by the end of 2014.

With Pakistan supply route still shut, Russia offers NATO life line

3/15/2012

 
MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday endorsed a proposal to allow NATO use of a southern Russian air base as a hub for transport of supplies to Afghanistan and suggested it was premature to withdraw troops from the war-torn country.

Obama aims to dispel Afghan anger over massacre

3/14/2012

 
WASHINGTON/KABUL,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought yesterday to dispel Afghan anger over a U.S. soldier’s massacre of 16 villagers even as protests erupted in Afghanistan over the incident and Taliban insurgents threatened to retaliate by beheading American troops.

Militants Attack at Memorial for Massacre Victims

3/14/2012

 
PANJWAI, Afghanistan — Militants riding motorcycles attacked a high-level Afghan government delegation during a memorial service on Tuesday in the village where an American soldier is said to have killed 16 people, mostly children and women, in a door-to-door rampage two days earlier.

Panetta Is Safe After Breach Near His Plane at Afghan Base

3/14/2012

 
KABUL, Afghanistan — A tense visit to Afghanistan by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta got off to an unscripted start when a stolen truck sped onto a runway ramp at the British military airfield as his plane was landing. Mr. Panetta was unhurt, but Pentagon officials said the Afghan driver emerged from the vehicle in flames.

Iranian-backed terror groups expanding reach in South America, warns general

3/14/2012

 
Iranian-backed terror groups are strengthening their ties to transnational criminal groups in South America and are working to expand their influence in the region, according to a top U.S. general.

Iraq’s Tribal Chiefs Step Into the Breach With Swift Justice

3/14/2012

 
ISHAQI, Iraq — Fearful of a future as violent as the past, and exasperated by corrupt and incompetent politicians, the men who hold power here have seized the moment of American departure and national political chaos to administer their own form of justice: expelling suspected insurgents and their families from this town with the threat of death.

Syria Expands Assault, Hitting Rebel Enclaves in City in North

3/14/2012

 
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Emboldened by faltering diplomacy and a Russian pledge to keep supplying weapons, Syria's armed forces assaulted insurgent enclaves in the northern part of the country on Tuesday, invading the city of Idlib in an expanded campaign to crush the year-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad

Americans to support strike against Iran if nuclear claims proven

3/14/2012

 
A majority of Americans would back a US strike against Iran if given evidence that Tehran was building nuclear weapons, even if it led to a surge in fuel prices.

Iran May Not Open a Site to Inspectors

3/14/2012

 
Iran signaled on Tuesday that it was unwilling to grant a request by international nuclear inspectors for unfettered access to a restricted military complex that they suspect may house a chamber designed to test explosives used in atomic weapons triggers.

Violence across Syria; soldiers killed in ambushes

3/13/2012

 
 (Reuters) - Syrian government forces killed dozens of people in the northern city of Idlib, dumping their bodies in a mosque, while some 22 soldiers died in two separate rebel ambushes, opposition activists said on Tuesday.

A deal with the Taliban is the only way out

3/13/2012

 
In an army of 150,000 US and Nato soldiers in Afghanistan, one rogue soldier who massacres 16 civilians, including nine children, does not necessarily mean that the discipline and morale of the whole force is breaking down. However, when the spate of recent incidents is put together – US soldiers burning copies of the Koran, footage apparently showing US marines urinating on bodies of dead Taliban fighters and a series of accidental killings of civilians during US attacks on the Taliban – the situation looks far more grim.

In the Persian Gulf, A Vulnerable Fleet

3/13/2012

 
It didn't take Chief Warrant Officer Jason Echevarria more than a glance through the ship's binoculars to figure out what the Iranian-flagged dhow 3,400 yards off the starboard beam wasn't doing.

US drones kill 8 in Pakistan

3/13/2012

 
A US drone strike in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt on Tuesday killed eight fighters supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan but not hostile to Pakistani authorities, local officials said.

Syrian opposition calls for “urgent” military intervention

3/13/2012

 
The opposition Syrian National Council called on Monday for an "urgent" foreign military intervention in Syria after reports that 47 women and children were killed in a Homs "massacre," AFP reported.

Iran Sure No Attack Will Go Through Azerbaijan

3/13/2012

 
Iran is confident that neighboring Azerbaijan would not allow attacking forces to pass through its territory, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday, according to the official IRNA news agency.

Britain to Join Obama in Discouraging a Strike on Iran

3/13/2012

 
WASHINGTON — Britain will add its voice to President Obama’s in discouraging an Israeli military strike on Iran when Prime Minister David Cameron begins a three-day visit here this week, a senior British diplomat said Monday.

Missile Defenses Offering Israel Calm in Conflict

3/13/2012

 
BEERSHEBA, Israel—Facing the worst barrage of rockets from Palestinian militants since 2009, Israel is getting a boost from a new interceptor system that destroys missiles in midair before they fall on population centers.

Afghan killings mar special operations outreach

3/13/2012

 
WASHINGTON—The Army staff sergeant accused of massacring Afghan civilians while they slept was providing security at a remote base for special operations forces that were teaching the Afghans how to defend themselves.

US ambassador: Taliban could 'regenerate' if troops withdraw from Afghanistan now

3/13/2012

 
As shocking details continue to emerge from the shooting deaths in Afghanistan last weekend said to have been carried out by a rouge U.S. soldier, the top American diplomat in the region said he understands public fatigue with the war after more than a decade, but also stressed the need to stay the course.

U.S. Officials Debate Speeding Afghan Pullout

3/13/2012

 
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is discussing whether to reduce American forces in Afghanistan by at least an additional 20,000 troops by 2013, reflecting a growing belief within the White House that the mission there has now reached the point of diminishing returns.

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