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Out of Iraq, Into the Gulf
Doha :: Qatar | 3 days ago
Credibility
The Arabian Peninsula commands significant US attention and focus because of its importance to our interests and the potential for insecurity." He continued : "[T]he countries of the Arabian Peninsula are key partners.....We help develop indigenous capabilities...
Tags: Pentagon's Persian Gulf Pentagon, used military, US Army, Jordanian Armed Forces, used army, Al Udeid Air Base, Kuwaiti, Kuwait City, million contracting, training centers, Qatar, Doha, Constitutional monarchies, Persian Gulf states, Gulf War, Jordan, United States Central Command, Arab League member states, Western Asia, Arabia, War Conflict, Politics
Fears Obama may backtrack on gay policy
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility White House to the Capitol yesterday after President Barack Obama promised on Saturday to end the ban on gay people serving openly in the US military. March organiser Cleve Jones said he was worried Mr Obama was backing away from his campaign promises....
Tags: obama, us military, Barack Obama, Mr Obama, Washington, obama vowing, serve openly, activists marched, used military, Barack Obama
US military embraces robot 'revolution'
Baghdad :: Iraq | 3 months ago
Credibility US military is rushing to recruit the new warriors that never sleep and never bleed. The latest robotics were on display at an industry show this week at a naval airfield in Maryland, with a pilotless helicopter buzzing overhead and a "Wall-E" look-alike...
Tags: used military
Iran regional superpower, Mottaki says
Tehrān :: Iran | 5 months ago
Credibility Iran is emerging as a regional superpower given the increased role Tehran plays in international affairs, notably in Afghanistan, the foreign minister said. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki highlighted an interest expressed by Italy that Tehran...
Tags: Limitations of Iranian Power, Taliban, Afghanistan, Mullah Mustafa, taliban commander, Italy, air strike, Tehran, used military, U.S
GOP finds wedge issue with detainees
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility The emotional debate over where to put Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, terror detainees threatens U.S. President Barack Obama 's pledge to close the camp, analysts say. With U.S. polls showing a narrow majority of Americans favoring keeping the prison camp open...
Tags: Barack Obama, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Guantanamo Bay, U.S, president barack, Mike Mullen, used military, law changing, Iraqi, Pentagon
Roadside bomb kills two Americans near Kabul
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 6 months ago
Credibility US military spokesman Thomas Graves said the blast that occurred Wednesday morning killed one service member who was in the vehicle, and one US civilian on the road from Kabul to Bagram air base, the largest base for US-led troops in Afghanistan. Meanwhile,...
Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul, Bagram Air Field, used military, service member, Junior Grade Thomas Graves, U.S, roadside bomb, afghans civilians, used civilians
Civilian died in Afghan crossfire, NATO says
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 7 months ago
Credibility U.S. military to avoid civilian casualties and develop a well-coordinated condolence payment system for civilians victimized in the war. Troops saw a large group of insurgents placing a roadside bomb...Troops surrounded the compound and urged them to...
Tags: used military, Afghanistan, explosive device, troops killing, taliban commander, roadside bomb, Taliban, combined force, Helmand, improvised explosive
Pakistan rocket attack kills many
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 8 months ago
Credibility The attack took place in Landi Kotal town in the Khyber tribal agency, near the Afghan border, on Thursday night. The deaths occurred when one of the rockets hit a commercial area in the town...Pakistan has been carrying out an offensive in Khyber to...
Tags: Pakistani Frontier Corps, Afghanistan, Landi Kotal, attack killing, rocket attack, used military, Shia Muslim, gereshk district, Gereshk, Helmand
9/11 mastermind to face Guantanamo judge
Havana :: Cuba | about 1 year ago
Credibility Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of masterminding the attacks in New York and Washington on 11 September 2001. Today, he and four other suspects will be arraigned before the judge of a military commission at Guantánamo Bay. There has been widespread...
Tags: administration, Mohammed Mohammed, Guantanamo Bay, sheikh mohammed, death penalty, bush, Cuba, khalid sheikh, Kuwaiti, used military
US soldier uses Koran for target practice
Baghdad :: Iraq | about 1 year ago
Credibility IST(18/5/2008) US military commanders have apologised to community leaders in Iraq after an American soldier used a copy of the Koran for shooting practice, moving quickly to calm anger among US-allied tribesmen. Bloody protests have sometimes been held...
Tags: iraq, Iraqi, islam, U.S, Baghdad, used military, used soldiers, soldiers used, target practice, Koran
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