F-15 warplanes fly over officers during a graduation ceremony at King Faisal Air Force University in Riyadh. Hassan Ammar / AFP-Getty Images
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Saudi Arabia Amassing Weapons To Confront Iran
Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 1st, 2010
F-15 warplanes fly over officers during a graduation ceremony at King Faisal Air Force University in Riyadh. Hassan Ammar / AFP-Getty Images
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Comments OffNorth Korea’s Leader Appears To Be Heading Back Home
Posted by War News Updates Editor on August 29th, 2010
Kim Jong-un, the son of the ruler of North Korea. Or so we think.Photograph: Yonhap/AFP/Getty Images
Kim Jong Il Appears To Head Home After Latest Hush-Hush Trip To Beijing — L.A.
Posted in North Korea Tags: Afp, Allies, Beijing, China, Communist Leaders, Communist Officials, Emergence, Getty Images, Kim Jong Il, Korean Leader, L A Times, Lead, Leader Of North Korea, North Korea, North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, Photograph, Private Train, Ruler, Succession, Youngest Son Comments OffRwanda Responds To The U.N.’s Genocide Charges
Posted by War News Updates Editor on August 29th, 2010
Rwanda Pushes Back Against U.N. Genocide Charges — New YorkerA draft report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights arguing that the Rwandan military may have committed genocide in Congo in the late nineteen-nineties has been leaked to the press.
Posted in World News Tags: Afp, Bbc, Christian Science Monitor, Congo Report, Dr Congo, Draft Report, Genocide, Genocide Charges, Guardian, Hutu Genocide, New York Times, New Yorker, Nineties, Rwanda, Rwanda Genocide, Rwandan Government, Rwandan Troops, United Nations, United Nations High Commissioner, United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights, War Crimes, Washington Post Comments OffA Dissenting And Blunt View From The Commandant Of The U.S. Marines
Posted by War News Updates Editor on August 24th, 2010
James T. Conway. Photo from Wikipedia
A Blunt View Of Afghan Deadline — BBC
The man in charge of the United States Marines, who has just returned from a tour of Afghanistan, has said President Obama’s plan to start withdrawing troops next summer has given sustenance to the enemy.
General James Conway said that it will be a few years before the time is right to hand over to Afghan forces in some key areas.
The assessment by the Commandant of the Marines, who are fighting in the most critical areas of Afghanistan, is the most blunt so far from a senior military figure.
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More News On General Conway’s Comments On An Early Afghan Withdrawal
Posted in World News Tags: Afghan War, Afp, Cnn, Commandant, Critical Areas, Enemy General, General Conway, James Conway, Key Areas, Military Figure, Obama, Radio Free Europe, Security Transfer, Sustenance, Taliban, United States Marines, Voice Of America, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Wikipedia, Withdrawal Deadline Comments OffFirst U.S. Fatality In Iraq After Departure Of Combat Troops
Posted by War News Updates Editor on August 22nd, 2010
The last American combat forces left Iraq last Thursday.Photograph: Staff Sgt Antonieta Rico/AFP/Getty Images
First US Soldier Killed In Iraq Since Withdrawal Of Combat Troops — The Guardian
Attack comes amid growing concern that security will deteriorate further after spate of bombings and shootings.
An American soldier was killed by a rocket strike near Basra today, in the first US fatality since the last combat troops left Iraq.
The announcement came amid growing concern that the withdrawal of combat forces will allow security in Iraq to further deteriorate.
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