After the crash course the world received on Yemen in the wake of the failed Christmas Day attack by an operative based in Yemen and affiliated with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula , coverage of the country has abated.
As Georgians gather today with friends and family to celebrate America’s Independence Day, parades, barbecues, fireworks and picnics will highlight this most patriotic day of the year.
Pakistan, you say, is mounting a full-court press to defeat the home-grown extremist groups targeting regional governments – ” and even the US?Not so fast.Three months after US officials showered praise – ” and dollars – ” on Pakistan’s government and military for unprecedented offensives against the Taliban and Al Qaeda-aligned subversives, …
US officials recently praised Pakistan for taking the fight to extremist groups in its midst.
Members of a right-wing association of former special military commandos who were trained for espionage missions in North Korea, pay their respects to their fallen comrades during a rally held on the eve of South Korea’s Memorial Day in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 5, 2010.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, meets with the President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Myung-Bak, during the Shangri-La Dialogue’s Asia Security Summit in Singapore, Saturday, June 5, 2010.
On the night a torpedo-armed North Korean submarine allegedly sank a South Korean patrol ship, the U.S. and South Korea were engaged in joint anti-submarine warfare exercises just 75 miles away, military officials told The Associated Press.
Members of a right-wing association of former special military commandos who were trained for espionage missions in North Korea, pay their respects to their fallen comrades during a rally held on the eve of South Korea’s Memorial Day in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 5, 2010.
Members of a right-wing association of former special military commandos who were trained for espionage missions in North Korea, pay their respects to their fallen comrades during a rally held on the eve of South Korea’s Memorial Day in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 5, 2010.
The Vatican will review its security procedures after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, managing to knock him down before being pulled away by security, the Vatican spokesman said Friday.