Patriot Paradox

AP – South Korea and the United States will hold joint anti-submarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said Friday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Iraq cannot yet sustain its army despite having managed to quell a violent insurgency, US and local commanders told AFP, raising the prospect that American troops will stay on beyond 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – US commanders have proposed spending up to 1.2 billion dollars over five years on Yemen’s security forces, reflecting US worries about Al-Qaeda’s presence in the region, officials said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that America’s war in Iraq is over but admitted that the outcome will remain “clouded” by the reason it was waged in the first place. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Iraq is “close” to forming a new government nearly six months after elections, US Vice President Joe Biden told CBS on Wednesday during a visit to the country. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Vice President Joe Biden and Defence Secretary Robert Gates were on Wednesday to preside over a change of US military command in Iraq, after President Barack Obama declared an end to combat operations. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Vice President Joe Biden launched a new American military mission in Iraq on Wednesday, opening up a fresh phase in a seven-year deployment that has cost the lives of more than 4,400 US troops. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – US Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, a day after the US combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Battered by a savage economic recession, many Americans — not just supporters of President Barack Obama — hope his decision to end combat operations in Iraq will also end the vast economic cost of the war. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – US spy agencies view political stalemate in Iraq as the biggest threat to security in Iraq as the American military scales back its mission in the country, a senior official said on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »