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U.S. War in Pakistan Takes Casualties: 3 U.S. Soldiers Dead
The deaths of three American soldiers in Pakistan February 3 has exposed “Obama’s secret war inside Pakistan," according to theLondon Times February 7....
China May Sanction U.S. Arms Sellers
VOA News reported on February 2 that the Chinese government has expressed anger over a nearly $6.5 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan...
Read moreAnwar al-Awlaki Admits Meeting with Abdulmutallab
The Nigerian suspected of attempting to bring down Northwest Flight 253 over Detroit on Christmas Day reportedly met with the expatriate radical cleric...
Read moreClinton Pressures China to Toughen Iran Sanctions
VOA News reported on January 29 that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — who was in Paris meeting with senior French officials —...
Read moreIraq’s “Chemical Ali” Executed
One of Saddam Hussein's most notorious henchmen, Ali Hassan al-Majid — known as "Chemical Ali" for masterminding the poison-gas killing of some 5,000...
Read moreDefense Secretary Gates Visits India, Pakistan
During a news conference held in New Delhi, India, on January 20, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned that al-Qaeda, and what he...
Read moreYemen Jets Strike al-Qaeda Target
The Middle East-based al Jazeera news network reported on January 20 that Yemeni fighter jets have conducted an attack against the home of...
Read moreTaliban Continue Attacks in Kabul
The Middle East-based al Jazeera news network reported on January 20 that Yemeni fighter jets have conducted an attack against the home of...
Read moreU.S. Drone Strike Targets Pakistan Taliban
Missiles fired from U.S. drone aircraft struck a militant training camp in the Pakisani village of Pasalkot in a remote area of North...
Read moreChina’s Under-population Crisis
China is facing a population crisis — a tremendous gender imbalance in its population of young people. A report by the Chinese Academy of...
Read moreTaliban Incite Violent Afghanistan Protest
The town of Garmsir in southern Afghanistan exploded in violent protest on January 12, fueled by rumors spread by the Taliban that members...
Read moreChina Tests Missile Defense System
Mainland Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters on January 12 that China has successfully carried out a test of military technology...
Read moreU.S.Intelligence with Former Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist Chieftains in Yemen
The CIA has forged an alliance with Ba'athist exiles from Saddam Hussein's Iraq for intelligence in Yemen, according to the London Daily Telegraph...
Read moreU.S. Reaction to al-Qaeda in Yemen
Following the failed attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 by Nigerian Umar Abdulmutallab — a man with ties to al-Qaeda in Yemen —...
Read moreSounding a False Alarm on Yemen?
The Times of London reported December 29 that in the wake of the botched airplane Christmas day bombing Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr...
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