Stories tagged "war" - Page 3

ALL THE NEWS THAT NOBODY KNOWS: I did not see Elvis today, but I did have lunch with...

For every day that we stay in Afghanistan, for every bomb we drop, for every gun we fire, for every civilian we torture and for every innocent villager we accidentally kill we create yet another recruit for the Taliban and make the resistance to US occupa

Prepare for war. Last week I met the Boogie Man, the former head of the Israeli Defence Forces, General Moshe 'Boogie' Ya'alon, who is preparing the political groundwork for a military attack on Iran's key nuclear facilities. 'We have to confront the Iran

A who's who guide to the people poised to shape Obama's foreign policy.

Shots were fired Sunday at a motorcade carrying the presidents of Georgia and Poland, but the motorcade was not hit and there were no injuries, according to the Interior Ministry of Georgia.

Light in the Darkest of Night, a poem for Christmas peace.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Friday that he would like to send more American forces to the war in Afghanistan before national elections scheduled for next year, and that grim depictions of the 7-year-old war are "far too pessimistic."

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child categorically prohibits involving children in war operations. But despite international conventions, minors continue to be used as soldiers in military conflicts around the world. Europe is no exception.

The five-day war between Georgia and the Russian Federation has had serious and lasting consequences for the civilian population caught in the crossfire. Nearly 20,000 ethnic Georgians are unable to return to their homes in South Ossetia.

To be honest, Obama, you lost me when you voted for the PATRIOT Act reauthorization in 2006. You lost me again when you voted for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) amendment in 2008. And you lost me every single time you voted for yet more