A military judge is expected to rule Wednesday on a request to dismiss all charges against a US soldier accused of passing a trove of secret government documents to the WikiLeaks website. Lawyers for Army private Bradley Manning have demanded
A 30-year-old veteran who served three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan was shot to death Saturday in Lancaster, CA, sheriff’s officials said. Nathen Taylor’s family is grieving and in disbelief.
The case of Lt. Michael Behenna has all the intrigue and suspense of a Brian Haig political thriller, with the main character a JAG defense attorney. Unfortunately, this is not a novel, but instead a true story of injustice. According
In a press conference on Friday, White House press secretary Jay Carney responded to the recent new Keystone pipeline bill passed by Congress earlier this week, as the Washington Examiner reports: “It would be preemptively sacrificing American sovereignty” to approve
(AP) Iraqi premier starting talks in IranTEHRAN, IranIraq’s prime minister is in Tehran for top level talks, underlining the close ties between governments of the two countries. Nouri al-Maliki is expected to meet Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and
I thought we were supposed to “never forget” 9/11? Well, they don’t call Hollywood La-La Land for no reason. Yesterday, Bette Midler, political commentator and historian par excellence, waxed eloquent on Twitter about why the United States is in an
By BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian troops fired bullets and tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters Friday, activists said, and state media reported that a roadside bomb killed 10 soldiers in the latest violence to defy international efforts to calm the
Watching “The Lucky One” is like catching “Saturday Night Live” hosted by a professional athlete. Chances are the athlete is handsome and talented, but he or she looks lost attempting sketch humor. The same sense of displacement happens with Zac
Old-timer Phil Donahue, who–rumor has it–used to have some sort of TV show back in the previous century, has recently turned up on NPR for some reason. And, like his long past career, he’s dwelling equally in the past with
By STEVEN R. HURSTAssociated PressWASHINGTONMitt Romney wants the United States to get much tougher with Iran and to end what a top adviser calls President Barack Obama’s “Mother, may I?” consensus-seeking foreign policy. With the presidential nomination all but locked
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – When it comes to romantic drama, Nicholas Sparks has the Midas touch. All of his books have been global best-sellers, and six of them – including “The Notebook” and “Nights in Rodanthe” – have been turned
The deadly and coordinated attack by Taliban forces on Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, is but the latest in a string of deadly assaults on U.S. forces, Afghan soldiers, and above all civilians. President Barack Obama’s clear intention to withdraw before the
The first episode of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s new TV interview show will be broadcast on Tuesday on Russia Today and online, the whistle blowing website said on Friday. WikiLeaks remained tight lipped about the identity of Assange’s interviewee in
The technology that sent unmanned aircraft over the skies of Iraq and Afghanistan soon could be steering naval boats to do tasks like intelligence gathering and mine sweeping.
(AP) Iraq: Video appears to show top Saddam deputyBy ADAM SCHRECKAssociated PressBAGHDADA video posted online Saturday purports to show Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest ranking member of Saddam Hussein’s ousted regime still at large, lashing out against Iraq’s Shiite-led government.
There are few more unsettling experiences in life than stopping at a secluded ATM for cash in the middle of the night. First-time director David Brooks explores that fear in his new movie “ATM” (opening in New York and Los
Iraq’s fugitive Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has accused Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s Shiite government of waging a systematic campaign against Sunni Arabs in Iraq. In an interview with the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera network aired late on Wednesday, Hashemi said the accusations
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pressuring the Islamic Republic of Iran to put its money where its mouth is and agree to an international plan that would require it to prove it is not pursuing a nuclear
Last night, President Obama spoke at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. There, he attacked his political opponents’ philosophy: They’ve got one message and that is, we’re going to make sure that we cut people’s taxes even more –
NATO commanders are struggling to contain the damage from a spike in “fratricidal” attacks by Afghan forces, seeking to protect their troops without rupturing a frayed partnership with Kabul. With Afghan soldiers opening fire on their NATO comrades with alarming
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Sunni leaders snub Shia-led Iraq at Arab League summit Iraq accuses Sunni nations of forming an ‘anti-Iran alliance’ The Middle East is waiting for a ‘new baby’ Azerbaijan grants Israel access to air bases
Rosie O’Donnell’s 50th birthday was last week, and to celebrate that fact, yesterday Oprah Winfrey’s new network chose to air the final show one day earlier than scheduled. The show had 500,000 viewers when it began and the audience had
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Security fence separating Israel from Egypt nears completion Israel cancels army’s Passover vacations, raising concerns of military plans U.S. Dept of Education turning to private debt collectors for student loans Syria’s al-Assad continues slaughter
The Pentagon has a high-tech ray gun that can stop a person in his tracks without killing or even injuring him. It seems ideal for use in certain situations in Iraq or Afghanistan, but it has never been used,.
Scrambling to put something on the table to counter House Republicans, Democrats have released a budget relying on anticipated military drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan for cuts, while enabling the same type of failed stimulus spending most associated with the
