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Troops Launch Offensive in Afghanistan
U.S. Marines and Afghan troops have launched a new offensive in the Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. A military spokesman said...
Dec 4, 20091 min read
NATO to Contribute 7,000 Troops to Afghanistan
NATO has responded to the new strategy for the war in Afghanistan by pledging 7,000 more troops. President Obama unveiled the new...
Dec 4, 20091 min read
Britain to Provide Aid Package to Pakistan
Britain has agreed to deliver an aid package worth $83 million to Pakistan’s government. Gordon Brown, Britain’s prime minister, stated...
Dec 4, 20091 min read
UK High Court Rules Terror Suspects Cannot Be Denied Bail Based On Secret Evidence
Two High Court judges in the United Kingdom have ruled that secret evidence may not be used to deny terror suspects bail, the BBC...
Dec 3, 20091 min read
Pakistan Drone Program Set to Expand
To complement the military expansion in Afghanistan that President Obama announced Tuesday, it was reveled today that the CIA will expand...
Dec 3, 20091 min read
Guinea's Military Leader Injured in Shooting; Fingers Aide as Mastermind
The commander of Guinea’s military was injured when shots were fired Thursday evening in the capital city of Conakry. Captain Moussa...
Dec 3, 20091 min read
Confusion and Clarification in Post-Eastern Bloc Europe
Twenty years after the reunification of East and West Germany, promises about the role of NATO in the former Soviet-controlled territory...
Nov 30, 20092 min read
Israel Claims Gazans Tried to Launch Rockets Days After Hamas Agreement on Ceasefire
The Israeli Air Force launched an attack on Friday against a target in Gaza, claiming that it was thwarting an attempted rocket attack...
Nov 27, 20091 min read
German Official Resigns Over Afghan Air Strike
Franz Josef Jung, a German cabinet official and former Defense Minister, resigned over accusations that the German military withheld...
Nov 27, 20091 min read


Belarus Considers Recognizing Break-away Georgian Republics
Belarus sent diplomats to Georgia this week to discuss a possible Belorussian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. So far, only...
Nov 27, 20091 min read
Governor of Afghanistan's Second-Largest City Injured in Bomb Blast
Tooryalai Wesa, governor of Khandahar, was injured when his motorcade was hit by a roadside bomb. The governor was riding to noon-time...
Nov 27, 20091 min read
Khmer Rouge Member Asks Court to be Freed
Kaing Guek Eav, 67, known by his war moniker “Duch,” asked the panel in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia to release...
Nov 27, 20091 min read
IAEA Votes to Censure Iran
The IAEA officially censured Iran for the first time in four years. Director General Mohamed ElBaradei cited several reasons for the...
Nov 27, 20091 min read
US Defense Contracts Funding the Taliban
One contract between the Department of Defense and six Afghan trucking companies is worth $2.2 billion, or 10% of the Afghan GDP....
Nov 27, 20091 min read
Blackwater Accused of Running Covert Operations in Pakistan
The Nation published an article Monday accusing Blackwater of planning assassinations and running “snatch and grab” operations in...
Nov 24, 20091 min read
Saudi Forces Reported to Have Carried Out Attack in Yemen
Houthi rebels reported today that Saudi forces launched an attack against Houthi forces in Yemeni territory. An Al Jazeera reporter said...
Nov 23, 20091 min read
Suspected U.S. Missile Attack Kills 8 in North Waziristan
In what was believed to be a U.S. Predator drone airstrike, several militants were killed when a missile hit a stronghold...
Nov 20, 20091 min read
Secretary of State Clinton Visits Afghanistan to Demand Progress Against Corruption
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday. She pressed President Karzai to tackle corruption,...
Nov 20, 20091 min read
Israel Negotiating with Hamas According to Abbas; Obama Criticizes Settlement Expansion
On Thursday in an interview with the BBC, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that Israel is carrying out secret negotiations with...
Nov 20, 20091 min read
Clarification on Iran's Link with Yemeni Rebels
Earlier, the National Security Law Brief posted a story on fighting on the Yemeni border between Houthi rebels and Saudi forces. Later,...
Nov 20, 20091 min read
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