
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.

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.

AFP - Police on Friday said shots were fired at the US Marine Corps’ museum in Virginia overnight and investigators suspected it was related to a string of similar attacks on military buildings.

AFP - A computer glitch took 50 US nuclear missiles offline for 45 minutes over the weekend but there was no sign of sabotage, a military spokesman said Wednesday.

AFP - US officials defended the US military’s record probing civilian deaths and abuse in Iraq after graphic revelations in leaked secret documents triggered worldwide concern and condemnation.

AFP - US officials defended the US military’s record probing civilian deaths and abuse in Iraq after graphic revelations in leaked secret documents triggered worldwide concern and condemnation.

AFP - China’s state media on Monday said the revelations in Iraq war documents published by WikiLeaks has tarnished the credibility of the United States as a protector of human rights.

AFP - Ten years ago the military machinations of Saddam Hussein were a security obsession for the United States, but American forces in Iraq now aim to make the army of their former foe stronger than ever.

AFP - The United States likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad’s fledgling military, experts and former officers say.