Massive rallies, a powerful cleric predicting an “Iraq spring” and Arabs and Kurds at loggerheads: Iraq is mired in a cycle of interlocking crises with elections increasingly seen as the only solution.
The United States Armed Forces (USAF) turned over to the Philippines several classrooms that they built as part of the 2012 Balikatan Exercises.
The last US forces left Iraq and entered Kuwait Sunday, nearly nine years after launching a divisive war to oust Saddam Hussein, and just as the oil-rich country grapples with renewed political deadlock.
PULI ALAM – Thirty US troops, including special forces, died when the Taliban shot down their helicopter, officials said, in the biggest single loss for foreign troops in the decade-long war. Seven Afghan special forces were also among the dead late Friday when a rocket fired by Taliban insurgents hit their Chinook as it began [...]
The militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) has assailed the US government for distributing condoms to American troops taking part in the 17th Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (Carat) joint naval exercises in Palawan. Renato Reyes Jr., Bayan secretary general, on Monday took exception to reports the US was giving away free condoms to its military [...]
