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Obama orders Afghan strategy into forceWashington (AFP) Nov 30, 2009 President Barack Obama has given fateful orders likely to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan in a political gamble meant to forge an eventual US exit from a costly and gruelling war. "The commander in chief has issued the orders," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Monday, as Obama briefed world leaders of his new Afghan strategy, a day before making a major televised address to ... read more |
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Srinagar, India (AFP) Nov 30, 2009Work on a mountainous road in Indian-controlled Kashmir near the border with China has been stopped after objections from the Chinese army, an official and a report said Monday. "The road was being built for the locals following their persistent demands," a government official from Leh, the capital of the area of Ladakh where the road was being built, told AFP. The official, who asked ... more  
London (AFP) Nov 30, 2009George W. Bush first mentioned a link between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda to Tony Blair days after 9/11, but the British premier advised against pursuing the Iraqi dictator, an aide said Monday. The then US president spoke to Blair in a telephone conversation on September 14, 2001 and mentioned the possible Iraq link, said David Manning, who was Blair's foreign policy adviser at the time. ... more  
Carson City NV (SPX) Dec 01, 2009A program to develop a new family of light tactical vehicles for Army, Marine Corps and special operations forces is moving ahead at full steam, almost halfway through its technology development phase. A technology demonstrator for the joint light tactical vehicle, developed by the Office of Naval Research, was among possible replacement vehicles displayed at the Nevada Automotive Testing ... more |
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United Nations (AFP) Nov 30, 2009The United States on Monday stepped up criticism of Iranian plans to build 10 more uranium enrichment plants on with UN ambassador Susan Rice labeling them "unacceptable." And in a further sign that US patience with Tehran is wearing thin, Rice warned that the dual-track approach of President Barack Obama's administration on Iran could soon shift from engagement to "pressure." ... more 
London (AFP) Nov 30, 2009Britain is to send an extra 500 troops to Afghanistan in December, tipping its deployment there over the 10,000 mark, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday The announcement of new troops to arrive from early December came the day before President Barack Obama is set to announce tens of thousands of more US troops for Afghanistan. Brown said Britain's extra troops would be accompanied ... more 
Paris (UPI) Nov 30, 2009 France has taken delivery of laser-guided precision bombs and intends to use them in Afghanistan. Raytheon's Paveway II (P2) laser-guided smart bombs already equip the French air force's Mirage 200D, which supports U.S. and other NATO forces in Afghanistan. "We have indeed received what we ordered," an unnamed French air force official told Defense News. "We hope to use them in ... more |
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