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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
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A British army corporal, Donald Payne, has been convicted of a war crime, marking the first conviction of a British soldier for the inhuman treatment of Iraqi civilians. At the center of the trial is a disturbing practice known as "the choir," where prisoners were subjected to systematic
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A suicide bomber on a bicycle targeted Canadian troops distributing sweets to children in southern Afghanistan, killing four soldiers and injuring several others, including scores of children. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred a day after the end of a two-week operation to drive militants out of
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Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a historic decision by the German cabinet to send 2,400 air and naval troops to join a 15,000-strong United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. The decision will be ratified next week by Parliament and marks a significant shift in Germany's role in
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Wednesday that the country will deploy troops to aid the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, a move that marks the first German military deployment in the Middle East since World War II. The mission, which includes a maximum of 1,500 German sailors and
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Senator Prof. Khurshid Ahmad has expressed grave concerns over the Pakistani government's proposal to send troops to Lebanon under a UN peace mission. He argues that the situation in Lebanon is precarious, with UN forces being ineffective and vulnerable to Israeli aggression. Prof. Khurshid cautions that Pakistan should
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Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora announced Monday that his country will invite Germany to send troops as part of the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, bordering Israel. The move comes as part of a broader effort to increase international participation in the mission, with other European nations also committing
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Indonesia plans to contribute 1,000 soldiers to the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, despite initial concerns from Israel. Israel had expressed objections to soldiers from Muslim countries that do not have diplomatic relations with it, but Indonesia's position has softened. The dispatch of Indonesian troops
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The Centrale gnerale du personnel militaire, the most powerful trade union in the Belgian military, has given its approval to the government's decision to send 400 peacekeepers to Lebanon. Initially, the union had expressed concerns about the mission involving the disarmament of Hizbollah, but after being reassured that
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Efforts by the United Nations and the European Union to broker a peaceful resolution to the ongoing election unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa, were underway as international observers expressed fears of not being able to monitor the upcoming run-off election. The UN has deployed
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel emphasized Germany's role in maintaining peace in Lebanon, pledging to contribute naval troops to the UN peacekeeping force while ruling out the deployment of ground troops. Her comments came at a time when the international community was seeking to strengthen the peacekeeping mission, which
