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CGS: We Do What We Do In the Nation's Name
UK Ministry of Defence, Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt has spoken passionately today, Friday 21 September...
Iran again under scrutiny after new Afghan weapons find
Agence France-Presse, HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP): For the second time this month, Iran has come under scrutiny after Afghan security forces...
Iran Shows Off New Missile, Taunts Israel
Agence France-Presse, Iran on Sept. 22 showed off a longer-range missile in public for the first time and proclaimed a...
Blackwater denies smuggling weapons to Iraq
Agence France-Presse, WASHINGTON (AFP): US military contractor Blackwater USA rejected Saturday allegations that it had been shipping unlicensed automatic weapons...
Iran leader warns West over perils of attack
Agence France-Presse, Iran on Saturday warned the West of the "serious consequences" of launching any attack against the Islamic republic...
Iraqi Government says US Security Firm Suspended, Not Expelled
Voice of America News, BAGHDAD: Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says the company that provides bodyguards to U.S. diplomats in...
France does not want war with Iran: Sarkozy
Agence France-Presse, PARIS (AFP): President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted Thursday that France did not want a war with Iran over its nuclear...
Korean Gov't Eyes 9% Growth In Defense Budget
Korean Information Service, The Korean government aims to increase its defense budget 9 percent to 26.7 trillion won ($28.9 billion)...
Long-term US Iraq bill to be 25 billion dollars: Congress
Agence France-Presse, WASHINGTON (AFP): A decades-long US presence in Iraq would cost around 25 billion dollars a year in combat...
US, Iraq, Set Up Panel to Examine Role of Security Contractors
Voice of America News, STATE DEPARTMENT: The U.S. and Iraqi governments are setting up a joint commission to examine the...
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