Iraq
NYC Trial for Accused 'Merchant of Death' Set to Start
October 12, 2011By Carolyn Weaver / New York/ -- The trial of a former Soviet Air Force officer and alleged international arms dealer dubbed by security experts the “merchant of death” is underway in New York. Jury selection wass held in the federal trial...
STRATFOR analysis: Iran at a Crossroads
September 27, 2011By Kamran Bokhari / STRATFOR / Austin, TX -- Geopolitically, a trip to Iran could not come at a better time. Iran is an emerging power seeking to exploit the vacuum created by the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq, which is scheduled to conclude in a...
80% of U.S. Marines shot in Iraq died because of inadequate body armor
August 17, 2011The Army improperly tested new bullet-blocking plates for body armor and cannot be certain that 5 million pieces of the critical battlefield equipment meet the standards to protect U.S. troops, the Defense Department's inspector general found. The Pentagon...
Top Terrorism Risk list by Maplecroft (198 countries)
August 04, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Maplecroft, a consultancy firm that studies and monitors political, economic, social, and environmental risks, developed the Terrorism Index to allow business to identify and monitor the risks posed...
At least five dead in Iraqi 'day of rage' protests
February 25, 2011At least five people have been killed in anti-government protests in Iraq as thousands take to the streets in cities across the country for a "day of rage". Baghdad has been virtually locked down, with the authorities banning traffic in the...
George W Bush had 'sickening feeling' over WMD lack
November 03, 2010Former US President George W Bush still has "a sickening feeling" about the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, US media report. The revelation comes in his memoir, "Decision Points", set to be published next...
Heavy casualty toll follows series of Baghdad explosions
November 03, 2010Iraq's Interior Ministry is reporting that at least 60 people were killed and hundreds wounded in a series of at least 12 explosions across the capital Baghdad. Multiple explosions rocked several mostly Shi'ite targets across the Iraqi capital, Baghdad...
Obama to address US on Iraq transition
August 31, 2010President Barack Obama will address the American people on Tuesday about the new advisory and training role for the U.S. military in Iraq. Mr. Obama's speech from the Oval Office comes after a visit with U.S. troops at Ft. Bliss, Texas and private visits...
US troops in Iraq drop below 50,000
August 24, 2010The U.S. military says the number of its troops in Iraq is now less than 50,000 -- the lowest level since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003. The announcement comes ahead of an August 31st deadline to switch the US mission in Iraq from combat to to advice...
More U.S. troops in Afghanistan than Iraq
May 25, 2010By Katherine Tiedemann Supreme decision Earlier today, Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the Lahore High Court's decision to release Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and suspected mastermind of the deadly 2008 terrorist...