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Stephen Colbert left no doubt about his solidarity with American troops when he taped the first of four Comedy Central shows he’ll produce in Iraq this week. Colbert, wearing a business suit made of the same camouflaged material used for soldiers’ desert uniforms, submitted to a regulation military haircut as hundreds of U.S. troops cheered wildly Sunday.
Somalia needs international help to fight Islamist extremists battling for power in the lawless Horn of Africa nation, the country’s moderate Islamist president said Monday.
The photograph was shocking: a hooded detainee, in U.S.
The initial U.S. military statement on the killings Monday at Camp Liberty in Baghdad was predictably terse. “Five Coalition forces members were killed in a shooting at Camp Liberty in Baghdad today at approximately 2 p.m.,” the statement read
Warning: “This is not a blog for children.” That’s according to the mission statement of the blogger Legofesto, who’s amazingly found a way to use LEGO — the stackable, clickable, infinitely malleable children’s toys — to tell the story of Guantanamo Bay detainees, prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, British bank instability, and civilian deaths in the Iraq War. Legofesto, a blogger located in the United Kingdom, won’t reveal her identity, but her politics are clear.
Call it Chirac’s Revenge. Less than two years after he left office with nearly record low approval ratings, former French President Jacques Chirac finds himself atop polls again as the nation’s most popular politician
Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S.
It is a good thing the CIA is now out of the overseas prison business. Black sites, waterboarding and renditions were never really the CIA’s strong suit
The prospects are not good.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines has grounded 60 jets to conduct engine safety inspections, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.