
Contents: President Obama reverses himself on Afghanistan troop withdrawal; The ‘surge’ strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan; China and US poised for South China Sea military confrontation
by John J. Xenakis16 Oct 2015, 6:13 AM PST0

Former CIA Director Michael Morell declared “AQI [Al Qaeda in Iraq] would never have rebounded had we stayed there in some number” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Morell initially stated, “I think that the strategy in Iraq,
by Ian Hanchett20 May 2015, 7:57 PM PST0

In yet another example of either the utter incompetence and ignorance of Barack Obama as commander-in-chief or the more nefarious possibility that he loftily ignored signs of Islamic terror, a report shows his administration received warnings in 2012 of the rise of the Islamic State.
by William Bigelow18 May 2015, 6:05 PM PST0

The White House, Muqtada al-Sadr, a powerful Iraqi Shiite Cleric, and the Iraqi government have come out against a proposed U.S defense bill that authorizes sending arms and funds directly to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Sunni tribal fighters in Iraq.
by Edwin Mora30 Apr 2015, 10:20 PM PST0

The United States will send 400 troops to train ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels this spring as part of its campaign against IS militants in the region. Pentagon spokesman Maj James Brindle confirmed the proposed deployment, according to An Nahar in Lebanon.
by A.B. Sanderson16 Jan 2015, 3:48 AM PST0

Indians have expressed shock over the brutality of the barbaric massacre that took place on Tuesday in Assam province, in India’s far northeast.
by John J. Xenakis26 Dec 2014, 2:22 PM PST0