Charles Tiefer
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 07:23
Important but overlooked news this week: the U.S. command in Afghanistan has asked India to step up military aid to Afghan forces. India provided four attack helicopters to the Afghan military in Dec. 2015; the U.S. and the Afghans want more, as well as spare parts for Russian-made military equipment, to be used in part against the Islamist network built up by Pakistan called the Haqqanis.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 06:22
For Egypt, the U.S. Government has effectively whitewashed gross abuses of human rights, even as it approved giving $6.5 billion in aid illegally, as suggested in a government report released on May 12
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - 06:09
Press reports have come in of a number of tourists, including several Mexicans, killed mistakenly by Egyptian forces. This occurred in the western desert, a region where insurgents have started operating. It seems likely that the Egyptian forces used U.S. weapons, namely, Apache APA +0.00% helicopters, provided to the country through U.S. military aid.