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Odierno Certain that US Troops will be Out of Iraq by Late 2011
General Ray Odierno, after months of appearing to want to wriggle out of the requirement in the Status of Forces Agreement that US troops depart […]
Take a Deep Breath on Pakistan
I don’t know David Kilcullen. But the things he is alleged to have told Paul McGeogh of the Sydney Morning Herald about Pakistan are just […]
Pakistan: US Drones have killed 687 Innocents
Pakistani authorities investigating the aftermath of US bombing raids in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan have come to the conclusion that they cause […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 9 Sons of Iraq, wounds over 30
A suicide bomber wearing an explosives vest detonated his payload Saturday in the midst of a crowd of Sunni Arab militiamen in Iskandariya south of […]
Truck Bomber Kills 5 US Troops in Mosul;
McClatchy reports that a suicide truck bomber hit a police barricade in the northern city of Mosul on Friday, detonating 200 pounds of explosives just […]
Tens of Thousands Rally against US on Anniversary of Saddam’s Fall
April 9 was the sixth anniversary of the fall of the Saddam Hussein government in Iraq. The date passed without much remark in the United […]
Cole at "Confronting Napoleon": San Francisco’s Humanities West
Humanities West, a San Francisco cultural institution, is having a program April 17-18 on Napoleon at which I will speak on Napoleon’s Egypt. Media Contact: […]
US to Join UNSC Talks with Iran on Nuclear Program
The US will join Germany and United Nations Security Council partners in face to face negotiations with Iran on its nuclear enrichment program. The Bush […]
Obama in Iraq Again Pledges Troop Withdrawal
President Barack Obama made an unscheduled stop in Baghdad on Tuesday, meeting with US troops and also with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Obama told US […]