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Pentagon weighing plan to send more troops to Iraq

Thu Aug 21, 2014 09:57:33

The Pentagon is considering sending about 300 more troops to Iraq to enhance security for State Department facilities in Baghdad, a U.S. official told POLITICO Wednesday, bringing the total number of uniformed Americans there to about 1,000.

US officials 'blind-sided' when Israel took Pentagon arms without asking

Fri Aug 15, 2014 19:29:16

The Obama Administration has halted missile shipments to Israel and a huge new diplomatic row, which some officials are calling a “very serious rupture” is emerging tonight, after the Wall Street Journal revealed Israel was taking US weapons to use in Gaza without the permission of the White House.

Pentagon seeks own mission on pretext of rescuing Yazidis

Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:52:28

The claim that 40,000 Yazidis have been trapped in Iraq’s Mount Sinjar is the pretext for US military intervention in Iraq, as set out by US President Barack Obama.

US warns airstrikes are not enough to roll back ISIL

Tue Aug 12, 2014 13:04:47

The Pentagon has warned that targeted American airstrikes won’t be enough to roll back the bloody advance of ISIL Takfiri terrorists in Iraq.

US directly arms Iraqi Kurds to fight ISIL: Officials

Tue Aug 12, 2014 10:31:29

Senior American officials say US intelligence agencies are directly arming the Kurds who are battling the ISIL Takfiri militants in what would be a shift in Washington's policy of only working through the central government in Baghdad.

US army set to train, arm Ukrainian national guard

Sat Aug 2, 2014 20:57:52

The Obama administration has notified Congress of its plans to train and arm the Ukrainian national guard next year, the Pentagon said on Friday, as Washington continues to intensify its response to Moscow's support for separatists in eastern Ukraine.

US paying for Israeli systematic campaign of terror: political expert

Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:16:25

Israel is engaged in a systematic, cold blooded genocide against the people of Gaza, at the expense of US tax payers, says a political analyst who has visited Gaza twice as a member of a fact-finding mission.

US to send largest ever Hellfire missile order to Iraq

Wed Jul 30, 2014 09:21:47

The Pentagon has signaled that it is mulling its largest ever shipment of Hellfire missiles to Iraq as the government in Baghdad digs itself in for a prolonged fight against ISIL terrorists who have taken over hundreds of square miles of territory across western and northern parts of the country.

Qatar to buy US Patriot missiles worth $11 bln: officials

Mon Jul 14, 2014 22:10:35

Qatar plans to buy US Patriot missile batteries and Apache attack helicopters in an arms deal worth about $11 billion, senior Pentagon officials said Monday.

Pentagon’s armed drones flying over Baghdad :Report

Fri Jun 27, 2014 19:37:29

The Pentagon has reportedly started operating armed drones over Iraqi capital Baghdad, as the Iraqi army is fighting against a massive insurgency launched by radical Takfiri militants in north of the country.

Pentagon got ‘acceptable’ immunity for US forces from Iraq gov’t

Tue Jun 24, 2014 17:09:55

Pentagon says the US government has secured “acceptable assurances” from Iraqi authorities shielding US Special Forces from local law for a possible military intervention against radical militants in the Arab country.

US rules out air attack on Iraq terrorists

Thu Jun 19, 2014 08:13:08

American officials have confirmed that the Iraqi government has explicitly asked the Pentagon to conduct airstrikes against militants taking their country by storm, but the United States is reportedly ill-prepared to wage suck attacks.

Pentagon spends millions to prepare for civil unrest

Sun Jun 15, 2014 09:31:48

The Pentagon is pumping millions of dollars annually into programs that set out to explore the factors responsible for creating civil unrest around the world, The Guardian reports.

China’s new weaponry may strike US forces: Pentagon

Sat Jun 7, 2014 20:08:36

China's military has advanced a program modernizing an arsenal of drones, warships, jets, missiles and cyber weapons, said the Pentagon, warning that the such arms could target US interests.

Ex-US official devised plan to arm Syria militants with Saudi prince money

Wed May 21, 2014 11:11:19

A group led by a former high-ranking Pentagon official planned in 2013 to supply the foreign-backed militants operating inside Syria with weapons that were to be financed by a Saudi prince, a report says.

US operates global drone war from Germany: Ex-pilot

Sun Apr 6, 2014 08:59:28

A testimony by a former US Air Force drone pilot has revealed that the US is using its Ramstein Air Base in Germany to wage highly controversial drone warfare in Africa, Yemen, and Pakistan.

Americans against US-Russia tension on Ukraine: Poll

Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:30:14

A new poll suggests Americans have very little appetite for any real involvement in the crisis in Ukraine and any move against Russia.

US to sell 24 Apache helicopters, 480 Hellfire missiles to Iraq

Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:27:57

The Pentagon says it plans to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq in a deal worth $4.8 billion to help Baghdad battle anti-government militants.

US probes photos of Marines burning corpses in Iraq

Wed Jan 15, 2014 22:01:17

The US Marine Corps has launched an investigation into photos released Wednesday that show troops burning corpses in Fallujah, Iraq, a spokesman says.

Israel test fires Arrow III missile over Mediterranean

Fri Jan 3, 2014 12:05:58

The Israeli regime claims it has carried out a second successful test of its upgraded Arrow interceptor, which is designed to destroy in space the any kind of missiles.