By PATRICK QUINNAssociated Press writerKABUL, AfghanistanThe Taliban claimed responsibility Saturday for an attack on a sprawling British base in southern Afghanistan that killed two U.S. Marines and wounded several other troops, saying it was to avenge an anti-Islamic film that
Yesterday, several Gold Star Families held a press conference on Capitol Hill to bring attention to the restrictive Rules of Engagement they say are crippling and killing our military. Karen and Billy Vaughn, parents of slain Seal Team 6 member
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has postponed a visit to Norway fearing a violent backlash at home over an anti-Islam film that sparked riots killing the US ambassador in Libya, according to officials. The assault, which killed four American diplomats in
The U.S. formally transferred control of its largest prison to the Afghans in a ceremony Monday at Bagram airbase north of Kabul. The Obama Administration agreed in March to cede control of Bagram, also known as the Parwan Detention Facility,
The Afghan government on Wednesday banned YouTube to prevent people from watching an anti-Islam film that sparked a violent anti-American demonstration in Libya which killed the US ambassador.
On the somber 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, nearly 2,000 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan since the war started in response to the attacks in 2001. The Defense Department has tallied 1,987 deaths. The Associated Press has counted 1,980.
(AP) Both campaigns eschew politics on 9/11 anniversaryBy PHILIP ELLIOTT and JULIE PACEAssociated PressWASHINGTONIt could be the only day before Nov. 6 without explicit partisan rancor. Both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney plan to take down their
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has released a video coinciding with the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, confirming for the first time the death of his deputy, US monitors said. The 42-minute video is Zawahiri’s first release in three months,
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Americans not to forget the troops who are fighting and dying in Afghanistan, as he paid tribute to the victims of the 9/11 attacks. In a visit to a memorial in southwestern Pennsylvania honoring
Reports indicate the terrorist group behind untold numbers of American military deaths over the last decade and beyond, is comfortable with a second term for Obama and ready to completely sever ties with Al-Qaeda. Four senior Taliban officials say they
By AMIR SHAH and DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanA teenage suicide bomber blew himself up outside NATO headquarters in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing six civilians in a strike that targeted the heart of the U.S.-led military operation in the
The lies began even before President Barack Obama started speaking. The introductory video claimed that Obama had been affected–and roused to action–by “watching [his] mother die.” Obama, while very emotive about his mother, neglected to visit her before she died
Embattled President Obama took to the stage at the Democratic Convention tonight to a smaller venue where, for the past two days, everyone from politicians to Hollywood tried to make the crowd more enthusiastic. Obama had to give the speech
By DEB RIECHMANN and AMIR SHAHAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAfghan authorities have detained or removed hundreds of soldiers in an investigation into rising insider attacks against international service personnel who are their supposed partners in the fight against Taliban insurgents and other
Occupy and anarchist protesters marched on the Democratic National Convention this afternoon in Charlotte, North Carolina. Protesters marched in support of Bradley Manning the American soldier who allegedly assisted Wikileaks publish thousands of secret military and government documents and information.
US special forces in Afghanistan have suspended training for about 1,000 Afghan police recruits to vet existing members, the military said on Sunday, after a surge in insider attacks on NATO. There has been a sharp rise in so-called “green-on-blue”
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Obama administration decision on Haqqani network will affect Pakistan relations Debate of effectiveness of terror designation of Haqqani network The Haqqani Network and the Pashtuns Obama administration decision on Haqqani network will affect Pakistan
By AMIR SHAHAssociated Press WriterKABUL, AfghanistanTwo suicide attackers, one driving a fuel tanker, blew themselves up near a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, officials said. The attack around dawn in the town of
(AP) US drone strike kills 5 militants in PakistanBy ZARAR KHANAssociated PressISLAMABADU.S. drones fired a barrage of missiles at a vehicle and a house in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least five suspected militants, Pakistani
Those Republicans are at it again. Here are just a few of the distortions, half-truths, and outright lies in the remarks actor Clint Eastwood made during the Republican National Convention last night. “I know what you are thinking. You are
Julian Assange expects to remain holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy for up to a year as the two countries struggle to resolve a diplomatic row over the controversial WikiLeaks founder. Assange took shelter in the embassy in June after
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Australia dealt a ‘physical blow’ by ‘shocking’ deaths in Afghanistan Egypt’s President Morsi shocks Iran with statement condemning Syria’s Assad Ban Ki-moon denounces Iran over calls to destroy Israel Iran’s Supreme Leader slams the
Breitbart News editor Dana Loesch confronted Code Pink demonstrators who attempted to disrupt Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s speech accepting his party’s nomination Thursday night. When two demonstrators stood up to the left of the stage and heckled Romney, Loesch
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressTAMPA, Fla.Republicans delivered a scathing indictment of President Barack Obama’s national security policy, although the Democrat’s aggressive approach has often been compared to that of his GOP predecessor, George W. Bush. Defense and foreign policy, largely footnotes
Occupy protesters, anarchists, and other left-wing revolutionaries have been ramping up direct-action protest demonstrations all week in opposition to the RNC convention being held in Tampa, Florida. While organizers claimed the Monday protests would draw thousands, only 250 showed
