Jun 15

US general assumes command in Afghanistan (AFP)

AFP – US General Stanley McChrystal took command of nearly 90,000 US- and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan Monday, tasked with turning around the war against the Taliban as attacks reach record levels. Read the rest of this entry »

Jun 15

US: Significant fall in foreign fighters in Iraq (AFP)

AFP – The US army has seen a “significant decrease” in the number of foreign fighters entering Iraq in the past several months, the top US commander in the country said on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

Jun 15

Most US troops out of Iraqi cities: US commander (AFP)

AFP – Most US troops have moved outside Iraqi cities and the American pull-out from the country’s urban centres, due by the end of the month, is on schedule, the top US commander said on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

Jun 15

Recruiter shootings spark homegrown terror fears (AP)

AP – Carlos Bledsoe’s transformation from Tennessee youth to an American-born Islamic extremist charged in a bloody rampage outside an Arkansas military recruiting station may signal an ominous new wave of violent homegrown jihadists, counterterror officials say. Read the rest of this entry »