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South Korea's Defense Ministry plans to submit a bill to the National Assembly early next month to dispatch about 400 troops, mainly special forces, to Lebanon to participate in a multinational peacekeeping operation. This decision comes after a field survey was conducted in October to assess the feasibility
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Chad has sent 150 troops to the Central African Republic to help stabilize the northeastern part of the country and crack down on rebels. The Chadian contingent has been deployed in the CAR region of Paoua since the weekend in support of the CAR army to maintain order. The move
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Sen. John Kerry's criticism of U.S. troops in Iraq has sparked a bipartisan backlash, with even Democratic lawmakers and the party's chairman criticizing his remarks. The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee apologized for his comments, which suggested that a lack of intelligence and poor academic performance
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As the world marks the 9/11 anniversary of the devastating terrorist attack that sparked the global war on terror, the situation in Afghanistan is more precarious than ever. Despite the efforts of Nato forces, the country remains plagued by insurgency, with chronic insecurity hindering development and reconstruction efforts. The
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Senator John McCain, a prominent Republican voice on the Iraq war, said on Friday that the United States should deploy an additional 20,000 troops to the country. This proposal comes as McCain, a possible 2008 presidential candidate, continues to weigh in on the ongoing conflict. A member of the
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A group of Tibetan refugees, allegedly fired upon by Chinese soldiers on September 30, have described the incident as an "unprovoked attack" where they were shot at without warning. The refugees, who were attempting to flee to Nepal, were left reeling after the incident, with one 12-year-old boy
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As the Muslim month of Ramadan enters its final weeks, the situation in Baghdad is deteriorating, with attacks on US soldiers and Iraqis increasing 43 percent since midsummer, according to Maj. Gen. William Caldwell. The US-led security sweep, which involves over 15,000 American troops and more than 40,000
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Tensions between North and South Korea have reached a boiling point, with the North accusing the South of unprovoked attacks on its soldiers near the heavily fortified inter-Korean border. The incident occurred on Saturday, when five North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the borderline and were met with 60 warning shots
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The Ministry of Defence has been accused of paying the National Health Service (NHS) to accelerate treatment for injured servicemen, amidst growing criticism over the treatment of soldiers wounded on operations. According to Air Cdre Paul Evans, director of healthcare for the MoD, the wounded would now be seen within
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The coroner investigating the killing of two British troops in Iraq said that the soldiers should not have been allowed to enter the town where they were ambushed. The Oxford court was told that a journalist, Terry Lloyd, had been killed on the same road 24 hours before the ambush
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The US military leadership has sounded a grave warning that the Iraq war has become a costly and unwinnable conflict, with three retired senior military officers accusing Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld of bungling the war and the Director of the National Intelligence Estimate suggesting that the war has fueled Islamist
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British forces shot and killed a leading al-Qaida terrorist, Omar al-Farouq, in a raid on his home in Basra, Iraq, more than a year after he escaped from a maximum security military prison in Afghanistan. According to officials, al-Farouq was an expert in bomb making and had entered Iraq three
