US defense secretary Robert Gates accused Syria and Iran of “providing Hizballah with rockets of ever-increasing capability,” adding, “This is obviously destabilizing for the whole region and we’re watching it very carefully.” SOURCE: DEBKAfile Iran, […]
A series of car bombs and roadside bombs killed at least 32 people in Baghdad Friday. Most people were killed near Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s office in Sadr city where at least 21 died and […]
A Russian-designed Grad that was fired from beyond Jordan’s borders damaged a refrigerated warehouse a northern outskirt region of Aqaba, Jordan. Israeli news media reported that two rockets hit Aqaba and Israel’s nearby port of […]
Grenades exploded Thursday night near political protests in the Thai capital, killing at least 1 and injuring 75. Authorities blamed “Red Shirt” anti-government protesters for the blasts, which set off scuffles with police. The government […]
Video of the launch of the X-37B on Thursday, April 22, 2010. The X-37B spacecraft was launched as a United States Air Force mission, rather than a NASA mission, on April 22, 2010. The Boeing […]
Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the two most senior leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq were killed in a joint Iraqi-U.S. operation. A U.S. soldier was killed when a U.S. helicopter crashed during […]
April 18, 2010 — Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday extolled the country’s military might during an annual army parade, saying the country is so powerful today that no one would dare attack it. President […]
Afghanistan-born imam Ahmad Afzali has avoided jail after being sentenced four days September 20 to 24, 2009 after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI. The Afzali said he had wanted to help authorities in […]
A new U.N. report that blames Pakistan’s security establishment for failing to stop the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. A United Nations report has claimed that the Pakistan government failed “to respond to […]
Obama video at Nuclear Security Summit: Two decades after the end of the Cold War we face a cruel irony of history. The risk of a nuclear confrontation between nations has gone down, but the […]
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