Posts Tagged ‘government’
Bombings near embassies in Baghdad kill 35
BAGHDAD — Suicide attackers detonated three car bombs near embassies in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 200 in back-to-back attacks, authorities said. The bombings came two days after a chilling execution-style attack by gunmen who raided homes south of Baghdad, killing 24 people, many of them believed to [...]
McChrystal, Karzai talk to Afghan tribal chiefs
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan met with tribal leaders Sunday in the volatile south, where trepidation is rising over a planned offensive against entrenched Taliban forces. The meeting comes amid tensions with Washington over Karzai’s scathing accusations of foreign interference in [...]
McChrystal, Karzai visit Afghan tribal chiefs
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged Sunday that a NATO drive into Taliban territory in Kandahar province would only begin after thorough consultations with local tribal leaders, in a bid to beef up support in the volatile south. Karzai’s remarks to about 2,000 officials and tribal leaders in the Taliban’s spiritual [...]
One in three young vets now unemployed
Disturbing new statistics from the Labor Department show that one in three veterans under age 24 is unemployed — and that the unemployment rate for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans has jumped to 14.7 percent, half again as high as the national employment rate of 9.7 percent. The March unemployment rate of 30.2 percent for veterans aged 18 to 24 [...]
U.S. looking for leaders in Afghan army
PUL-E-CHARKI, Afghanistan — Zakirullah Omid was a natural choice for a suicide bomber. The 15-year-old boy was young and an enthusiastic believer in the Taliban, having already committed brazen attacks against NATO and Afghan soldiers. The Taliban visited his family one day and gave Omid a final assignment: blow himself up at an outpost [...]
Pentagon eyeing drone shift to aid Somalia
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is considering dispatching surveillance drones and other limited military support for a Somali government offensive against al-Qaida-linked insurgents, U.S. officials said, part of a cautious move to increase U.S. assistance to the anarchic African nation. U.S. diplomats are pressing Somali leaders to detail the [...]
The UK’s FSTA: An Aerial Tanker Program – With a Difference
FSTA Concept (click to view full) Unenthusiastic NAO report, AirTanker program update, base construction, flight milestones, additional background. (March 30/10) Back in March 2005, “ British AirTanker Deal May Go Private ” discussed the deal for a potential public-private partnership to buy, equip, and operate the RAF’s future [...]
NASA to Probe Toyota Acceleration Problem
NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are joining the government's effort to figure out what caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to Toyota's massive recalls. Here is the original post: NASA to Probe Toyota Acceleration Problem
Support of tribal elders critical in Afghan war
BABA SAHEB, Afghanistan — Village elders from across the Arghandab River Valley waited for a weekly meeting, or shura, to get underway. Though the official head of the government — the district governor — was there, he and the others waited until Said Amir Mohammad Agha, a tribal elder from the western side of the river, was [...]
New plan released to replace Pave Hawk
The Air Force is trying a second time to replace its approximately 100 HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters with a newly designed helicopter. The new plan, released March 23 by the Aeronautical Systems Center, calls for awarding a contract in 2012 and reaching initial operational capability with eight aircraft by September 2015. No date has been [...]
