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tehran times : Pakistan army ordered to hit back at U.S. forces

TEHRAN (Press TV) -- The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based U.S. troops inside the country.

Army Spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the orders in a brief interview with Geo News on late Thursday night.

Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

Ingrid Betancourt arrived in France today after being held captive for six years in the Colombian jungle, amid claims that a ransom was paid to free her.

The Colombian government said that she was freed in an audacious operation after the military tricked Farc into handing the French-Colombian politician over without a shot being fired.

t r u t h o u t | US General Accuses Bush Administration of War Crimes

Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba (now retired) served as the deputy commanding general for support for the Third Army for ten months in Kuwait during the early days of the Iraq occupation. In a statement released today, he bluntly accuses the Bush administration of war crimes and lays down a challenge for prosecution.

John McCain Withdrawing Troops "Not Too Important" Comment

Democrats seized an opportunity to attack John McCain after a comment he made saying withdrawing troops from Iraq was "not too important."

Right Web | Pentagon Reined in Cheney's Plans for Iran Strikes

Pentagon officials firmly opposed a proposal by Vice President Dick Cheney last summer for airstrikes against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) bases by insisting that the administration would have to make clear decisions about how far the United States would go in escalating the conflict with Iran, according to a former George W. Bush administration official.

Institute for Policy Studies: Iraq War Entering Year Six: Multiple Crises Rising in Middle East

Gaza is under murderous assault and the United States is escalating regional threats while pushing new sanctions against Iran.

Nine WWI Vets Survive Worldwide

Following the death of the Italian-French war veteran Lazare Ponticelli, a total of nine men who served in their countries' armed forces during World War I are known to be still alive around the world.

National security agencies have failed in Iraq, Afghanistan (3/10/08) -- www.GovernmentExecutive.com

America's national security institutions have failed and the military has been left holding the bag in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan, conducting nation-building tasks for which it is ill-suited, according to the final report of a House Armed Services Committee panel established in 2007 to examine military roles and missions.

Rapid Pentagon Report on Saddam's Iraq Censored?

ABC News' Jonathan Karl Reports: The Bush Administration apparently does not want a U.S. military study that found no direct connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda to get any attention. This morning, the Pentagon cancelled plans to send out a press release announcing the report's release and will no longer make the report available online.

Trial by Fire: How Military Commissions Work and Why They Fail - Brookings Institution

More than six years after the Bush administration first introduced military commissions, finally we will learn whether they offer a plausible means of trying terrorists or whether the system really is the total flop it has seemed to be so far.

DoD Watchers Mull the Next President

Kansas City Star | By Scott Canon | February 20, 2008 Truman had MacArthur. Kennedy stumbled into the Bay of Pigs. George W. Bush returned the force of nature that is Donald Rumsfeld to the Pentagon. Whoever becomes the next commander in chief will wade into the sometimes uneasy world where admirals and generals cross paths, and sometimes swords, with presidents.

Russian state TV suggests USA involved in drug-trafficking from Afghanistan - RAWA News

Russian state-controlled Channel One TV has broadcast a report containing allegations that US forces are involved in drug-trafficking from Afghanistan to Europe. It also highlighted the problem of drug abuse in the British army.

Nation & World | Damage From U.S. Extremists a Concern | Seattle Times Newspaper

When it comes to fears about a terrorist attack, people in the U.S. usually focus on Osama bin Laden and foreign-based radical groups. Yet researchers say domestic extremists who commit violence in the name of their cause _ abortion or the environment, for example _ account for most of the damage from such incidents in this country.

Reason Magazine - Open-Source Warfare

Let the world make its own choice between life and death. Why should we be saddled with the responsibility?

RAND | News Release | United States Lacks the Capability to Counter Insurgency in the Muslim World

Recognizing that the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan will not be the last of their kind, a new RAND Corporation study issued today finds that U.S. capabilities to meet the threat of Islamist insurgencies are seriously deficient and out of balance.