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Pakistan stares into a valley of death By Syed Saleem Shahzad Dec 2, 2010 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's military headquarters has decided in principle to mount a military operation in the North Waziristan tribal area before the start of the Taliban's summer offensive in Afghanistan next year...

Why The Army’s New Combat Vehicle Is Doomed Loren Thompson - forbes.com Dec. 2 2010 The U.S. Army has wasted an inordinate amount of money on failed technology projects over the past 10 years. An airborne sensor designed to seek out hostile emitters was canceled after the...

The futuristic flying car that's a helicopter and a plane AND a Humvee By Ian Drury 2nd December 2010 It looks too far-fetched to be anything but a child’s toy. But for front-line troops in Afghanistan, this revolutionary vehicle could soon be a reality. The road-going army truck turns...

Kiyani is in the same position as Zia al Huq and Pervez Musharraf — appointed as the goat by an incompetent and corrupt government. Don’t be too surprised if he takes the same route out. (current senario showing dissatisfaction overall, mostly pakistanis disappointed and fade-up by the...

The (Not So) Secret (Anymore) US War in Pakistan Jeremy Scahill Despite sustained denials by US officials spanning more than a year, US military Special Operations Forces have been conducting offensive operations inside Pakistan, helping direct US drone strikes and conducting joint...

WikiLeaks shows America's imperious attitude to Pakistan The WikiLeaks US embassy cables reveal just how dangerously involved the Americans are in every aspect of Pakistan's affairs Simon Tisdall guardian.co.uk WikiLeaks cables report the rule of President Asif Ali Zardari (above) was...

WikiLeaks row: Putin labels US embassy cables 'slanderous' Russian prime minister condemns cable describing him and President Dmitry Medvedev as Batman and Robin Tom Parfitt in Moscow and Reuters guardian.co.uk Wednesday 1 December 2010 Vladimir Putin gave his reaction to the...

WikiLeaks cables: Pakistan opposition 'tipped off' Mumbai terror group WikiLeaks cables relay allegations that Nawaz Sharif’s government in Punjab province helped the group responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks evade UN sanctions. US embassy cables say President Zardari alleged warning...

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WikiLeaks founder could be charged under Espionage Act By Ellen Nakashima and Jerry Markon Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, November 30, 2010 Federal authorities are investigating whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange violated criminal laws in the group's release of government...

U.S. says foreign ties can withstand leaks By Karen DeYoung and John Pomfret Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, November 30, 2010 The Obama administration sought Monday to dilute the fallout from the disclosure of more than 250,000 State Department cables, insisting that strong...

SO WE have another WikiLeaks release, and this time it's secret diplomatic cables. So far the interesting material is on Arab states' and America's relationships with Iran. It seems all those fervid background-only reports of Arab states urging America to bomb Iran, which I mistrusted at the...

Japan hit by 6.9-magnitude earthquake The Associated Press Monday, November 29, 2010 TOKYO -- A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast Tuesday, shaking a broad swath of the country and swaying buildings in downtown Tokyo. No damage or injuries were immediately...

Iranian nuclear scientist killed, another injured in Tehran bombings By Thomas Erdbrink Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, November 29, 2010 TEHRAN - A prominent Iranian nuclear scientist was killed Monday and a second was seriously wounded in nearly simultaneous car bomb attacks in...

Obama administration is weak in the face of WikiLeaks By Marc A. Thiessen Monday, November 29, 2010 Is the United States of America really powerless to stop a nomadic cyber-hacker - who sleeps on people's couches and changes his hair color to avoid surveillance - from causing enormous...

The new front in the culture wars: food By Brent Cunningham and Jane Black If you shelled out $10 a pound for a "heritage turkey" this Thanksgiving, tea-brined it and stuffed it with rosemary bread (that you made), speck (from the local charcuterie guy), fennel (from the farmers market) and...

Hillary's Remarks to the Press on the Release of Confidential Documents (WikiLeaks) Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC November 29, 2010 SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon. Do we have enough room in here?........... ..........I want to take a...

Is North Korea Moving Another 'Red Line'? North Korea and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed border in the Yellow Sea/West Sea on Nov. 23. The incident raises several questions, not the least of which is whether Pyongyang is attempting to move the real “red line” for...

America's Failed War of Attrition in Afghanistan Jeremy Scahill At the end of the NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal this weekend, the leadership of the Afghan Taliban issued a statement characterizing the alliance's adoption of a loose timeline for a 2014 end to combat operations as "good...

Russia and NATO: Cooperation or Confrontation? by Eric Walberg Medvedev’s presence in Lisbon was more a show of Russia’s importance than of subservience to the Euro-Atlantic alliance The results of the NATO summit were as predictable as a Soviet Communist Party congress, with the word...