Tag: pakistan
member name: Dave McGill
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August 23, 2009 04:44 PM EDT --
Less than two months since American forces in Iraq were largely removed from harms’ way, Army General Ray Odierno is now proposing to deploy troops in a northern territory that has been . . .
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January 16, 2008 12:54 AM EST --
Last Wednesday, President Bush departed the U.S. on a trip that was scheduled to involve six countries in the Middle East.
Could the timing have been any better. Tensions had been increasing . . .
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August 31, 2008 05:27 PM EDT --
Like bickering siblings, charges and counter charges flew back and forth between Russia and the U.S. this week. And, as every parent of bickering siblings knows, the truth in such situations is . . .
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February 22, 2009 04:06 PM EST --
Osama bin Laden has been tracked down by a group of sleuths to one of three buildings in the northwestern Pakistani city of Parachinar, and the trail was determined by the employment of assumptions . . .
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March 29, 2009 04:20 PM EDT --
No matter what your political affiliation is, you are likely to see both good and bad in President Obama's newly announced plans for Afghanistan. However, somewhat hidden below the . . .
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August 21, 2009 09:19 PM EDT --
Many Americans don’t know what to make of their new president. They’ve never seen one quite like him in their lifetimes.
He seems to have the unique idea that he represents all Americans . . .
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November 01, 2009 05:06 PM EST --
There are at least three ways to win an election. One would be by an honest outcome, another would be by fraud and a third would be by running unopposed.
In this respect, it looks like President Hamid . . .
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August 15, 2007 04:08 AM EDT --
A combination of factors have come together to create a possible combustible situation in Pakistan, a country that sits on the eastern edge of the volatile Middle East. Briefly, the significant . . .
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September 08, 2008 03:49 AM EDT --
Vice president Dick Cheney was in Italy this weekend continuing his efforts to annoy the Kremlin by supporting NATO membership for the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Ukraine.
Meanwhile, it . . .
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October 12, 2009 02:31 AM EDT --
A 110-page report, two years ago, by the Senlis Council, a Brussels-based think tank, reported that the Taliban’s resurgence had reclaimed 54% of Afghanistan. At that time, there was a NATO . . .
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March 16, 2008 10:08 PM EDT --
The news out of the Middle East has been hot and heavy during this, the final week of year five in the Iraq war.
And it comes at a time when interest in the war is waning, according to a survey by . . .
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June 15, 2008 02:10 PM EDT --
Steven McDowell will never forget this Father's Day. Either will 12-year old Joshua McDowell. They are both mourning the recent death of Steven's only son and Joshua's dad, Army Sgt. 1 st . . .
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August 10, 2008 12:19 PM EDT --
All-out war has broken out between Georgia and Russia, threatening the stability of the region.
Georgia, a small country about one-sixth the size of California, is located just east of the . . .
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March 08, 2009 07:35 PM EDT --
Officials announced today, according to the AP , that about 12,000 troops will leave Iraq by September, leaving over 120,000 still stationed in the country. All 4,000 British soldiers . . .
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June 05, 2007 04:37 PM EDT --
Congress is filtering back into Washington, only to find that its principle effort, the immigration bill, seems to have taken two steps backward during its spring break.
Libby was sentenced to 30 months . . .
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June 20, 2007 10:07 AM EDT --
Outside of the assembly instructions on a purchase made in the Orient, few things are more confusing than the haphazard patchwork quilt that represents the various factions and political groups of the . . .
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March 01, 2009 11:35 PM EST --
A recent State Department report condemns Iran's record with respect to the rights of minorities and dissidents. It states in part that the Islamic Republic has severely restricted freedoms . . .
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August 09, 2009 07:47 PM EDT --
A truly scary story – at least for the bad guys – is coming out of Pakistan but first, a bit of news relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to an article featured in today’s . . .
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October 19, 2009 05:09 AM EDT --
The Pakistani terrorist group known as Jundallah, or "The Army of God,” claimed responsibility for an attack within Iran that claimed 42 lives on Sunday. The dead included five senior commanders . . .
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December 07, 2008 06:38 PM EST --
As the global recession spreads, it seems that the world is aflame with struggles and upheavals that make the situation in the Middle East appear relatively tame.
Close to home, the drug-related . . .
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