AP – Large new cuts in defense spending would “terribly weaken” U.S. national security, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday as he and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton used a rare joint interview to argue that the nation cannot afford to keep playing partisan chicken with its finances. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The convicted ringleader of the US military guards who abused detainees at Abu Ghraib and took scandalous pictures of their acts was released on parole from military prison, the US Army said. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – A Texas grand jury on Tuesday indicted an Army private accused of plotting to kill soldiers from the Fort Hood military base with a homemade bomb, setting the stage for a trial. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The use of roadside bombs in Afghanistan against foreign troops and civilians has reached record highs, with US forces struggling to cut off the flow of Pakistani fertilizer used to build them. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Iraqis on Sunday expressed anger at the release of the ringleader of US guards who abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, and said US troops should not be granted further immunity from Iraqi prosecution. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Iraqi leaders have trumpeted a joint Arab-Kurdish “Golden Lions” security unit in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk but key issues remain over its funding and expansion. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The convicted ringleader of the US military guards who abused detainees at Abu Ghraib and took scandalous pictures of their acts was released on parole from military prison, the US Army said. Read the rest of this entry »
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