Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, despite repeated pledges to the contrary, has ruled out military intervention to stop Syria from using its chemical weapons. The administration of President Barack Obama has acknowledged that the U.S. Army would not be deployed to stop President Bashar Assad from firing CW at either Sunni rebels […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff has reported differences with Israel in the interpretation of intelligence on Iran’s nuclear program. Officials said the U.S. intelligence community regarded the latest information as supporting Washington’s position that Teheran could still be swayed by economic sanctions while Israel concluded that Iran was […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, less than a year after its troop pullout, has expressed dissatisfaction with defense and military cooperation with Iraq. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has been concerned by the slow pace of U.S. defense projects in Iraq. They said Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Iran has been developing a militia loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. Officials said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was providing training and weapons to an unidentified militia meant to fight the Sunni revolt in urban areas. They said the militia would be similar to IRGC’s Basij, which quelled unrest […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has ordered the purging of unflattering references to Islam in military training programs. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has issued a directive to review military education programs that deal with Islamic insurgency or extremism. Officials said the directive to the heads of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama was not expected to ship advanced GBU-28 bunker-busters to Israel. The officials said Obama himself offered to transfer the GBU-28 as well as the KC-135 refueling aircraft to Israel. They said the president, however, demanded an Israeli commitment not to attack Iran […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu The newly established Air Sea Battle Concept, which heavily favors the Air Force, Navy and Marines, is facing a new challenge that has the potential of replacing it. It’s called Joint Operational Access Concept, or JOAC, and was unveiled at the Pentagon on Jan. 17 by Army Gen. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The United States, concerned over an Iranian backlash, has canceled a major ballistic missile defense exercise with Israel. Israeli sources said the administration of President Barack Obama requested the cancellation of Austere Challenge-2012, meant to take place around April and include more than 2,000 soldiers. They said the administration […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. military plans to retain a presence in 10 bases in Iraq in 2012. The Defense Department and Joint Chiefs of Staff have approved a plan in which U.S. military trainers would operate out of 10 bases in Iraq after the American troop pullout at the end of 2011. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com from Geostrategy-Direct.com The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said last week that the United States is engaged in a war of ideas in battling Islamist extremists, setting a new tone for dealing with the terror war. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said in a speech Oct. 13 that at the […]