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McChrystal Warns of Failure in Afghanistan without More US Troops; Obama not ready to make Decision
There is a serious and growing rift between the Obama White House and the uniformed officers over Afghanistan policy, according to Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Karen […]
Khamenei: We Fundamentally Reject Nuclear Weapons
The USG Open Source Center translates Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Eid al-Fitr Sermon, in which he categorically rejects the idea of Iran ever developing, possessing […]
Ahmadinejad Congratulates Karzai on Presidential "Victory"
Iranian authorities maintained that they counted the ballots of a nationwide election in June in only about 10 hours and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad immediately claimed victory, […]
Newsweek: US Intelligence Finds no Evidence of Iranian N-Weapons Program
Newsweek is reporting that the US intelligence community continues to assess that Iran is not working on getting a nuclear weapon. Iran insists that its […]
Ahmadinejad Spews Raving Lunatic Anti-Semitism on ‘Jerusalem Day’
Note: Revised 9/21/09 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a sermon on Friday for “Jerusalem Day” that is full of the most vile crackpot anti-Semitism that can […]
Truck Bomb in Shiite Village, Pakistan, Kills 33, wounds 80
A suicide bomber used a huge truck bomb to blow up the market in the Shiite village of Ustarzai, Kohat District, killing 33 and wounding […]
6 Italian troops, 10 civilians killed in Kabul Blast; 50 Wounded
Guerrillas attacked an Italian convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing 6 Italian troops and 10 Afghan civilians, and wounding over 50 others. Italian PM Silvio […]
Obama Scraps Land Missile Shield in E. Europe, says Iranian Missile attacks (?) can be Deterred by Sea
President Barack Obama has scrapped an expensive ($56 bn so far) and probably useless “missile shield” program in the Czech Republic and Poland to which […]
Is Afghanistan Vietnam or Iraq? Arguing with Obama and Rubin
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he would wait for a while before deciding whether to send more US troops to Afghanistan. The administration is […]