Asia

Japan Offers to Enrich Uranium for Iran

Citing a February 24 report from the the Nikkei Business Daily, AFP news reported that Japan has offered to enrich uranium for Iran...

February 24, 2010

U.S. to Spend $600 million on Afghan Police Stations, but How?

Raven Clabough February 24, 2010

In an attempt to increase the size of the Afghan police force to 160,000, the United State military intends to invest more than...

Obama “Wouldn’t Rule Out” War Against Iran, Spokesman Says

Thomas R. Eddlem February 18, 2010

Americans received yet another confirmation on February 16 that President Obama has taken on the mantle of his war-mongering predecessor with a statement...

China Reacts to U.S. Arms Sale to Taiwan

Bob Adelmann February 11, 2010

Last month’s decision by the United States to sell $6.4 billion worth of arms and military supplies to Taiwan “will not affect steadily...

U.S. War in Pakistan Takes Casualties: 3 U.S. Soldiers Dead

Thomas R. Eddlem February 8, 2010

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

February 3, 2010

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...

Anwar al-Awlaki Admits Meeting with Abdulmutallab

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. February 2, 2010

The Nigerian suspected of attempting to bring down Northwest Flight 253 over Detroit on Christmas Day reportedly met with the expatriate radical cleric...

Clinton Pressures China to Toughen Iran Sanctions

February 1, 2010

VOA News reported on January 29 that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — who was in Paris meeting with senior French officials —...

Iraq’s “Chemical Ali” Executed

January 29, 2010

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...