The one prominent issue that both American political parties can seemingly agree on is that the U.S. should be less dependent on foreign oil. And Santa Claus has apparently listened and granted their wish. The United States is in the midst of a mini-oil boom, which has reversed, at least temporarily, the country’s increasing dependence …
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It’s 10 pm. Do you know where your drone is? Oh, the confusion of it all! The U.S. military now insists it was deeply befuddled when it claimed that a super-secret advanced RQ-170 Sentinel drone (aka “the beast of Kandahar“) that fell into Iranian hands on Dec. 4 — evidently while surveying suspected nuclear sites …
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The governor of Iowa says that if Ron Paul wins the GOP caucus, the best thing to do is to “ignore him” – and, if you go here, you can see the “mainstream” media agrees. Rich Lowry over at the National Review proclaims that if the only anti-interventionist candidate gets the votes of Iowa Republicans, …
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Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani called on Iraqi politicians to hold a “crisis summit” to discuss recent events surrounding Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s harassment of several Sunni politicians. Meanwhile, at least eight Iraqis were killed and 16 more were wounded in new attacks.
How many times have we heard that the United States cannot abandon Afghanistan to the mercy of armed militias and thugs like we did in 1989? So, why, pray tell, are we doing it? After the U.S. helped to fund the Afghan mujahideen that led to the Soviets’ legendary defeat and withdrawal of its forces …
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Having successfully harassed his vice president yesterday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki today refocused his anger on one of his deputies and basically demoted him. The political attacks come just after the Iraqiya bloc began a boycott of parliament that effectively shuts down the government. Meanwhile, at least nine Iraqis were killed and 21 more were wounded. One of the attacks also left one Iranian dead and two more injured.
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people gathered Saturday outside a U.S. military base where evidence against Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking classified information to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, is being presented before a military judge for the first time since Manning’s arrest. A U.S. Army intelligence analyst, Manning was arrested in May 2010 by …
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As the trial of Bradley Manning begins, the focus is on the boring and utterly irrelevant detail of his sexual “orientation”: the defense is, understandably, trying to get the charges dismissed by playing up this aspect of the case. His lawyers are making the argument that his disorientation as a gay (or transgender) man in …
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As the last U.S. troops left Iraq for Kuwait, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki accused his vice president of financing an assassination attempt at the premier. At least seven Iraqis were killed and 14 more were wounded in the most recent violence.
The Iraqiya political bloc boycotted parliament today over Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s failure to properly share power and the arrests of hundreds of Sunni Iraqiya supporters in a crackdown against alleged Ba’ath Party members. Meanwhile, at least five Iraqis were killed and four more were wounded in light violence.
