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Here we go again: EU, US say onus on Iran to disprove nuclear allegations
The European Union and the United States challenged Iran today to prove that allegations it was involved in nuclear weapons work were false, as Tehran claims. http://tinyurl.co m/2p2lkh Ahmadinejad... ...
Sunni Insurgents Exploit U.S.-Sponsored Militias
The mainstream Sunni insurgents who have been fighting al Qaeda appear to have outmaneuvered U.S. strategists by using Awakening Councils to pursue their interests in weakening their most immediate enemy,... ...
Pause in Iraq? Try Permanent Bases in the Region
The "pause" is now official, replacing the surge. This road to the pause has been in play for some time, and those in the military and defense establishment who believe that the United States requires... ...
McCain: Bush Should Veto Bill That Would Bar Torture
By LIBBY QUAID The legislation bars the CIA from using waterboarding, sensory deprivation or other harsh coercive methods to break a prisoner who refuses to answer questions. Those practices were banned... ...
Limbo for US Women Reporting Iraq Assaults
James Risen of The New York Times writes: "Mary Beth Kineston, an Ohio resident who went to Iraq to drive trucks, thought she had endured the worst when her supply convoy was ambushed in April 2004. After... ...
US Oil Companies Offered Five Million Dollar Bribes To Iraqi MP's?
Reported today on Akhbar Alkhaleej newspaper An Iraqi MP preferred to remain anonymous told the newspaper that highly confidential negotiations took place by representatives from American oil companies,... ...
US and Thailand: Allies in torture
Asia Times by Shawn Crispin 01/24/08 Revelat ions confirmed in a US congressional hearing that the CIA ran a covert interrogation facility at a Thai military base raise new questions about twisted links... ...
US Boosts Its Use of Airstrikes in Iraq
The Washington Post's Josh White reports, "The U.S. military conducted more than five times as many airstrikes in Iraq last year as it did in 2006, targeting al-Qaeda safe houses, insurgent bombmaking... ...
US Shifts Sunni Strategy in Iraq
Peter Spiegel reports for the Los Angeles Times, "Eager to cement the security gains of last year's troop buildup, the US military has shifted its strategy from the streets to the corridors of power in... ...
Military use of unmanned aircraft soars
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram 01/01/08 The military’s reliance on unmanned aircraft that can watch, hunt and sometimes kill insurgents has soared to more than 500,000 hours in the air, largely in Iraq,... ...