Rowan Scarborough
Monday, November 7, 2016 - 07:29
The U.S. spent more than $160 billion to rebuild war-wrecked Iraq and Afghanistan, but there appears to be little appetite in Washington to fund a third big reconstruction era for Iraq’s ongoing second war.
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 06:43
The U.S. command in Iraq acknowledged Wednesday that some civilians were killed when it targeted two cash centers in Mosul, as war planners weighed the benefit of destruction against the downside of collateral damage.
Monday, January 11, 2016 - 06:33
When Ukraine's border defense forces look east and south, they see nothing but Russian trouble. Yet for one of the world's most dangerous stretches of territory, the Ukrainians are woefully short of devices to spy on the other side to anticipate the next attack and spot intruders.
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 07:07
Army Col. Steve Warren, the top American military spokesman in Baghdad, told reporters that Iraqi forces, backed by a U.S.-led air bombardment, have now taken back 40 percent of the land the Islamic State took in 2014-15 in northern and western Iraq.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 06:33
The Pentagon said on Tuesday that Afghanistan forces still can’t “operate entirely on their own” as it explained why U.S. special operations troops were involved in a firefight that killed one of them.
Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 06:05
The Obama administration has told a congressman it cannot ship Predator or Reaper remotely piloted vehicles to Jordan because of restrictions under the Missile Technology Control Regime.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 08:20
The al Qaeda-linked army now conquering territory in Syria and Iraq ultimately wants its emerging Islamic state to be a launching pad for attacking the U.S. homeland, says a new congressional report.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 06:31
As the U.S. masses air power on Iraq’s doorstep, analysts are warning that missiles and bombs will have limited impact on Islamic militants unless the Iraqi army stops running and starts fighting.
The Islamic extremists present no large targets and fight out of civilian structures, meaning Iraqi security forces must engage to flush them into the open.
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 00:00
With regularity, new evidence emerges showing how the government of firebrand socialist Hugo Chavez aids one of the most insidious terror groups in the world: the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia