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Updated at: 1200 PST, Thursday, April 09, 2009 TOKYO: Police arrested a man for throwing hot coffee on American Consul General Kevin Maher in Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture. According to police, Maher had gone to a coffee shop near the American Consulate, when a 43-year-old man who...

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — President Barack Obama says it will take time for the world to see how he is leading America in a different direction from his predecessor. Obama reminded students in Turkey that he opposed the war in Iraq that was started by then-president George W. Bush. But...

Threats To Aircraft Carriers Bolster Case for Unmanned Jets 4 2,009 By Sandra I. Erwin The Navy’s aircraft carriers for decades have been hailed as the most dependable means to secure U.S. military access to troublespots around the world. As floating airbases, the carriers are...

U.S. Wants More Help From Allies? Not Really 4 2,009 By Sandra I. Erwin Obama administration officials, including the president himself, have called for U.S. allies to take on more prominent roles in planning operations in Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has reached out...

AFGHANISTAN: WAR WITHOUT END PART 3 OF 3 -Al-Qaida- Al-Qaida is an international alliance of militant Sunni jihadist organizations. Its roots can be traced back to Osama bin Laden and others around the time of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989. Al-Qaeda's objectives include...

AFGHANISTAN: WAR WITHOUT END PART 2 OF 3 -Taliban- The Taliban are an extremist and ethnic fundamentalist Sunni Muslim Pashtun movement that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1995 until 2001, when their leaders were removed from power by a cooperative military effort between the United...

AFGHANISTAN: WAR WITHOUT END PART 1 OF 3 Veteran broadcaster Sandy Gall recounts the history of Afghanistan from the time of Alexander the Great to the Taliban. A long and turbulent journey of invasion and resistance. It is probable that there were well-developed civilizations in S...

By Matthew Bigg ATLANTA (Reuters) - Many Americans say they support the deepening U.S. commitment to the war in Afghanistan, as long as the focus is fighting terrorism, but they are wary of getting bogged down as in Iraq. Citizens, both Republicans and Democrats, voiced broad approval in...

originally posted on 29-march , if already posted pls delete NEW YORK - Vice President Joseph Biden warned against US getting into a political and military quagmire in Afghanistan during an intense internal debate before President Barack Obama approved the plan to widen American involvement...

There is only one " AIR FORCE ONE " and it is in USA **

" Pakistan has to provide guarantees that it will not support terror against India before Washington doles out billions in fresh civil and military assistance to Islamabad, the US Congress has proposed. " well well , you want to say that they ( USA ) forgot 911/afghanistan/etc etc and...

Boeing Demonstrates Command and Control of ScanEagle UAS From Wedgetail AEW&C Aircraft posting from asian defence blog Boeing [NYSE: BA] on March 16 successfully demonstrated simultaneous command and control of three ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a Royal Australian Air...

Originally posted at asian defence India is seeking to buy an EL/M-2052 active electronically scanned array radar from Israel’s Elta for its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), after efforts to develop a radar failed, Indian Defence Research and De*velopment Organisation (DRDO) sources said. The...

Original posting from asian defence DNA had exposed the leak of national secrets from the naval war room in South Block. Statements by officers allegedly involved in leaking the secrets had revealed that efforts to award the medium-range surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) contract to the Israeli...

‘In Time, Everyone Will Pick Up The Gun In India’ Rengam, a Naxal ‘commander’, speaks to AJIT SAHI from his hideout in the forests of Bijapur What’s your role in the Communist Party of India (Maoist)? To fight the Salwa Judum and bring back the people they have displaced. To those who...

my 86th post in plus two years time , This article iwas first printed in jan 2009 , so if it is a double post, pls delete it New Delhi: Over-emphasis on indigenous work is hurting India's readiness for war.As India's vital submarine arm struggles with dangerously low numbers, a top-end...

Don't call Afghanistan `Obama's war' BY CAL THOMAS tmseditors@tribune.com One frequently reads and hears that Afghanistan has become ''Obama's war.'' The implication by many who use that phrase is that if things go badly in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama will be blamed and it will cause...

India's missile deal with Israel in controversy, Marxists demand probe, Congress rejects Wed, 2009-04-01 03:10 By M Rama Rao, India Editor, Asian Tribune New Delhi, 01 April, (Asiantribune.com): (asiantribune.com): India’s Rs. 10,000 crore deals with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for a...

12 killed in US drone attack in Orakzai Agency Updated at: 1055 PST, Wednesday, April 01, 2009 ORAKZAI AGENCY: Twelve militants have been killed and several injured in US drone attack on militants’ hideout in Orakzai Agency on Wednesday. According to sources, US drone fired...

Pakistan will ask Friends of Pakistan (FoP) to provide $500 million to $1 billion assistance for establishing 80,000-men special force equipped with the latest arms to combat militants in various parts of the country especially in volatile tribal areas“We will ask the world to compensate us in...