Armed with a pressure-cooker explosive and five pipe bombs, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing made a spur-of-the-moment decision last week to give the Big Apple a taste of their mayhem, New York officials say. The potentially deadly scheme fell apart when the brothers realized the car they had hijacked was low on gas. […]
Armed with a pressure-cooker explosive and five pipe bombs, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing made a spur-of-the-moment decision last week to give the Big Apple a taste of their mayhem, New York officials say. The potentially deadly scheme fell apart when the brothers realized the car they had hijacked was low on gas. […]
Dale Gavlak Jordan is being drawn further into the Syrian crisis with Washington’s recent announcement that it will send 200 army planners to the kingdom to defend its border with Syria. Described as a command and control force, it could serve as the vanguard for a possible deployment of 20,000 U.S. troops should President Obama […]
Dale Gavlak Jordan is being drawn further into the Syrian crisis with Washington’s recent announcement that it will send 200 army planners to the kingdom to defend its border with Syria. Described as a command and control force, it could serve as the vanguard for a possible deployment of 20,000 U.S. troops should President Obama […]
Stephen Lendman On April 20, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel began a weeklong Middle East trip. Planned stops include Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Republic (UAE). Late Sunday morning, he arrived in Israel. Discussions will focus on Iran, Syria and weapons sales to regional allies. A major arms deal with Israel sends […]
Stephen Lendman On April 20, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel began a weeklong Middle East trip. Planned stops include Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Republic (UAE). Late Sunday morning, he arrived in Israel. Discussions will focus on Iran, Syria and weapons sales to regional allies. A major arms deal with Israel sends […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel kicked off his week-long Middle East trip in Israel on Sunday, his first such visit as Pentagon chief. Hagel took a hard line on Iran and its nascent nuclear program, while reassuring Israel that the U.S. fully supported its right to self-defense in a “dangerous, combustible” part of the world. The defense […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel kicked off his week-long Middle East trip in Israel on Sunday, his first such visit as Pentagon chief. Hagel took a hard line on Iran and its nascent nuclear program, while reassuring Israel that the U.S. fully supported its right to self-defense in a “dangerous, combustible” part of the world. The defense […]
For just a few minutes, it seemed like the dragnet that had shut down a metropolitan area of millions while legions of police went house to house looking for the suspected Boston Marathon bomber had failed. Weary officials lifted a daylong order that had kept residents in their homes, saying it was fruitless to keep […]
For just a few minutes, it seemed like the dragnet that had shut down a metropolitan area of millions while legions of police went house to house looking for the suspected Boston Marathon bomber had failed. Weary officials lifted a daylong order that had kept residents in their homes, saying it was fruitless to keep […]
BEIRUT — Syrian rebels captured a military base in the strategic Homs province on Thursday as opposition fighters try to expand territory under their control near the Lebanese border, activists said. The central region is important to President Bashar Assad because it links Damascus, his seat of power, with one of his main allies, the […]
BEIRUT — Syrian rebels captured a military base in the strategic Homs province on Thursday as opposition fighters try to expand territory under their control near the Lebanese border, activists said. The central region is important to President Bashar Assad because it links Damascus, his seat of power, with one of his main allies, the […]
Dale Gavlak The Syrian Jabhat al-Nusra group’s public pledge of allegiance to al-Qaida last week has increased tensions with other predominantly Sunni Muslim rebel forces seeking more military support from the West which, particularly in the form of lethal weapons, it has so far denied. While the militant group is credited with winning many […]
Dale Gavlak The Syrian Jabhat al-Nusra group’s public pledge of allegiance to al-Qaida last week has increased tensions with other predominantly Sunni Muslim rebel forces seeking more military support from the West which, particularly in the form of lethal weapons, it has so far denied. While the militant group is credited with winning many […]
