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New Agency Proposed to Improve Middle East Rebuilding Efforts
There has been a great deal of interagency bickering and confusion so far in the rebuilding efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to...
Feb 22, 20101 min read
US Narrows In On Chinese Cyber Security Threat
The Financial Times has reported that US investigators are narrowing their search for the author of malicious code which recently...
Feb 22, 20101 min read
NATO Forces Remain Engaged in Afghanistan
An airstrike yesterday in south Afghanistan resulted in a death toll of at least 27 people. The strike was carried out by NATO forces who...
Feb 22, 20101 min read
Attorneys Cleared by DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility
The U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility released a report clearing two attorneys who “authorized harsh...
Feb 20, 20101 min read
Attorneys Cleared by DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility
The U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility released a report clearing two attorneys who “authorized harsh...
Feb 20, 20101 min read
Darfur Rebels Agree to a Ceasefire
The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), one of Sudan’s rebel groups, signed an agreement with Sudan’s government for a temporary...
Feb 20, 20101 min read
U.S. War in Iraq Rebranded as “Operation New Dawn”
The new name is intended to reflect the reduced role of U.S. troops. The name will be activated in September of this year when it is...
Feb 20, 20101 min read
Budget Cuts Hit the Coast Guard
In a time when the U.S. military is being tasked with increasingly diverse multi-mission operations, the Coast Guard will have its budget...
Feb 20, 20101 min read
No Aid for Al-Shabab Means Little Aid for Somalia
Recently, UN coordinator Mark Bowden said that the US government has asked the UN and a variety of NGOs to allow aid to Somalis based on...
Feb 20, 20101 min read
Iran Reiterates That It "Does Not Believe in Nuclear Weapons" After IAEA Report
After the IAEA released a report on Thursday “expressing concern that the Islamic Republic may be aiming to develop a nuclear-armed...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Commander of Afghan Pro–Taliban Fighters Killed in Pakistani Drone Attack
Mohammed Haqqani, the brother of Sirajuddin Haqqani, was killed Friday in a drone attack in North Waziristan, along with several...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Iran Tops List of Countries Financing Terrorism
The Financial Action Task Force, an international watchdog group, issued a report on Thursday listing countries that have failed to stop...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Mossad Behind Assassination of Hamas Official, Says Dubai Police Chief
Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai’s police chief, said Thursday that there is a “99 percent” chance that the Mossad was behind the...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Two Chinese Schools Said to be Tied to Online Attacks
This week signaled a breakthrough in the National Security Agency’s investigation of the online attacks on Google and other servers. The...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Taliban Arrests in Pakistan Amid Talk of Policy Shift
Mullah Abdul Salam and Mullah Mir Muhammad, senior Afghan Taliban officials often called the “shadow governors” of two northern Afghan...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Democracy Via Coup?
Nigerian President Mamadou Tandja has been captured by the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD) in a bloody, and...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Bellinger Op-Ed in Sunday NYT, Claims Bush and Obama Similar on Int'l Law
In a Sunday Op-Ed piece for the New York Times, John Bellinger, partner at Arnold & Porter (and former Bush State Dept. lawyer) asserted...
Feb 18, 20101 min read
New charges for international arms dealer Bout
On Wednesday, U.S. officials announced new charges against international arms dealer Viktor Bout, counts of illegally purchasing U.S....
Feb 18, 20101 min read
TSA to begin swabbing for explosives as part of "layered approach" to airport security
TSA announced Wednesday that it plans to expand use of equipment to detect residues of explosives as an additional layer of airport...
Feb 18, 20101 min read
Secretary Clinton Cites Increased Pakistani-U.S. Cooperation
In the wake of Mullah Baradar’s capture, Secretary of State Clinton described the operation’s success as being illustrative of a new...
Feb 18, 20101 min read
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