Reuters – The Pentagon is monitoring radiation from Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday when asked about the possibility of bringing home U.S. troops stationed there. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Dozens of activists, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers on the Vietnam War, were arrested Sunday at a military base holding the US soldier suspected of leaking secret US cables, supporters said. Read the rest of this entry »
The Christian Science Monitor – The U.S. and European nations pounded Muammar Qaddafi’s forces and air defenses with cruise missiles and airstrikes Saturday, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat.The longtime Libyan leader vowed to defend his country from what he called “crusader aggression” and warned the involvement of international forces will subject Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The U.S. prepared to a launch a missile attack on Libyan air defenses, but American ships and aircraft stationed in and around the Mediterranean Sea did not participate in initial French air missions Saturday, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the unfolding intervention. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The United States is deploying additional warships to the Mediterranean to support possible United Nations-approved military action in Libya, the US Navy said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »