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NATO Accedes to U.S. Request to Play Larger Role in Iraq…

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Responding to pressure from the United States, NATO defense ministers have agreed “in principle” to take over more of the training and advising of Iraqi troops, so that the U.S. can begin to draw down its forces in Iraq. The announcement followed a meeting at NATO headquarters in which U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper called […]

U.S. Halts Secretive Drone Program with Turkey over Syrian Incursion…

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The United States has halted a secretive military intelligence cooperation program with Turkey that for years helped Ankara target Kurdish PKK militants, four U.S. officials told Reuters. The U.S. decision to indefinitely suspend the program, which has not been previously reported, was made in response to Turkey’s cross-border military incursion into Syria in October, the […]

Pentagon: 34 US Troops Suffered Concussions, Traumatic Brain Injuries in Iranian Missile Strike…

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Thirty-four U.S. service members suffered concussions and traumatic brain injuries following the Iranian missile attack on American forces at two Iraqi military bases earlier this month, said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman on Friday. “Eight service members who were previously transported to Germany have been transported to the United States” for more treatment, Hoffman said in […]

US Admits 11 Troops Injured by Iranian Retaliatory Missile Strike…

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It looks like the Iranian government wasn’t the only one hiding critical details about the aftermath of the Islamic Revolutionary regime’s ‘retaliatory strike’ from the public. According to several media reports, eleven US service members were flown out of Al Assad Air Base in Iraq and treated for concussion symptoms after Iran’s rocket attack targeting […]

Rouhani: Iran Working to Prevent War, Wants Dialogue…

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Friday he wanted to avoid war after Iran and the U.S. appeared on the brink of direct military confrontation in early January for the second time in less than a year. Ahead of parliamentary elections on Feb. 21 – predicted to be a challenge for Rouhani’s camp – and amid […]

Senate Sends Mammoth $738BN Defense Bill to Trump’s Desk, Creating Space Force…

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The U.S. Senate has joined the House of Representatives in passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020, and it will now go to the White House where President Trump is expected to sign it into law. The Senate passed the massive $738 billion defense spending bill on Tuesday, which as we […]

Treating Pakistan as a Friend Was a Critical Error: U.S. Officials in Afghanistan Papers…

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US officials in the Bush and Obama administrations believe the treatment of “Pakistan as a friend” in the country’s trillion-dollar 18-year-long Afghanistan war was a “critical error”, The Washington Post has revealed in its “secret history” of the conflict. On Monday, the American daily published US government papers in an extensive report, ‘The Afghanistan Papers’. […]

The Afghanistan Papers Show the Swamp at Its Worst…

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On Monday, the Washington Post published its story on the Afghanistan papers: 2,000 pages of interview notes of those involved in the war effort. It details the widespread deception and futility that characterized the war in Afghanistan. SIGAR, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, compiled these interviews and adjacent data into seven reports. SIGAR […]

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