Nov 10

US military faulted over Fort Hood massacre response 
    (AFP)

AFP – US military services released their final reports Tuesday into the “lessons learned” from a shooting rampage at a Texas army base, but were criticized for ignoring Islamic radicalization as a threat. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 10

US open to keeping troops in Iraq after 2011: Gates 
    (AFP)

AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said Washington was open to keeping troops in Iraq beyond a 2011 deadline, but it was up to Baghdad to make a request. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 10

US military faulted over Fort Hood massacre response 
    (AFP)

AFP – US military services released their final reports Tuesday into the “lessons learned” from a shooting rampage at a Texas army base, but were criticized for ignoring Islamic radicalization as a threat. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 10

Mystery missile vapor trail stumps Pentagon 
    (AFP)

AFP – The US military said it has detected no launch of a foreign military missile off the coast of California and offered assurances that whatever happened there posed no threat to the United States. Read the rest of this entry »