Bill Jefferson @ February 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The top U.S. military officer on Friday applauded the attack in Pakistan that killed a top al-Qaida commander, calling it an important moment in the global war on terror.”The strike was a very important one, it was a very lethal one,” Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon […]
Bill Jefferson @ January 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Afghanistan risks sliding into a failed state and becoming the “forgotten war” because of deteriorating international support and a growing violent insurgency, according to an independent study.
The assessment, co-chaired by retired Marine Corps Gen. James Jones and former U.N. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, serves as a warning to the Bush administration at a time military and […]
Bill Jefferson @ October 9, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday about his involvement in the privatization of Israel’s second-largest bank — one of two cases in which the Israeli leader is being investigated on suspicion of corruption.
Authorities suspect Olmert tried to rig the government’s sale of a controlling interest in Bank Leumi in favor of two associates […]
Bill Jefferson @ September 20, 2007 # No Comment Yet
In another sign of U.S. struggles in Iraq, the target date for putting Iraqi authorities in charge of security in all 18 provinces has slipped yet again, to at least July.
The delay, noted in a Pentagon report to Congress on progress and problems in Iraq, highlights the difficulties in developing Iraqi police forces and the […]
Bill Jefferson @ September 20, 2007 # No Comment Yet
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will seek a new five-year term in a presidential election set for Oct. 6, officials said Thursday, even as opponents urged the courts to stop him from running and vowed to quit Parliament in protest.
After the U.S.-allied leader signaled his plan to resign as army chief if re-elected, the Election Commission […]