The shadow over Iraq
It is August 2010, the month when the last United States combat troops are scheduled to leave Iraq. It is therefore time to take stock of the situation in Iraq, which has changed places with Afghanistan as the forgotten war.
Kazakh, British, US troops start drills
Kazakh, British and US troops have teamed up for 10 days of joint military exercises called the 'Steppe Eagle' drills.
Russia Moves Missiles Into Breakaway Region
Russia announced Wednesday that it had deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system in the breakaway Georgian enclave of Abkhazia, a sign that Russian forces were becoming further entrenched in a disputed region at the focal point of Russia’s brief war with Georgia two years ago.
The Afghan war’s real problem is India, Pakistan and Kashmir
The United States is struggling to implement a strategy for Afghanistan that will improve the lives of the Afghan people and allow US troops to go home.
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On paper, the plan for the foot patrol looked perfectly safe. A stroll through a couple of villages. Introductions to a few village elders. A two-mile drive back to the guarded walls of the Afghan police headquarters.
Israeli defense chief tells panel aid flotilla was a 'provocation'
Israel's defense minister has told a investigation into a deadly raid on an aid convoy to Gaza that the flotilla was a "planned provocation." The comments follow a stern defense of the raid by Israel's prime minister.
Iran 2010: Enriching Uranium, Saudi Arabia Buying Fighters
The Obama Administration plans to sell 84 F-15 Eagle jet fighters to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the next ten years for a total of $30 billion.
China Seizes on a Dark Chapter for Tibet
The white fortress loomed above the fields, a crumbling but still imposing redoubt perched on a rock mound above a plane of golden rapeseed shimmering in the morning light.
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