Special to WorldTribune.com The Iran-sponsored Hizbullah Brigades in Iraq have vowed to attack American troops after the U.S. Army said it would send reinforcements to support the international coalition fighting Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Hizbullah Brigades, which is not directly affiliated with Lebanon-based Hizbullah, said in a March 20 statement that “the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has formed a Marine Corps unit to intervene in North Africa. The Defense Department has overseen the transfer of hundreds of Marines to Italy as part of a rapid-response team in North Africa. Officials said nearly 200 Marines were already on alert in the southern Italian town […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Brian M Downing Carter Malkasian, War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier. (London: C Hurst & Co Publishers; New York: Oxford University Press, 2013). A government that is losing to an insurgency isn’t being out-fought, it’s being out-governed. – Bernard Fall In 1972, late in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com The Chinese Communist Party leadership has toned down its aggressive rhetoric regarding the South China Sea in an apparent effort to blunt the growth of Washington’s “anti-China containment policy.” During his recent tour of Hawaii, Australia and Indonesia, President Barack Obama gave indirect support to the claims of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com The Hu Jintao leadership is mapping out measures to blunt what Beijing perceives is an enhanced effort by Washington to counter China’s power projection in the Asia-Pacific Theatre. While visiting Australia on Nov. 16, President Barack Obama and host Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that U.S. Marines would […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — The United States, failing to obtain agreement for an extension, has proceeded with plans to withdraw its military from Iraq. Officials said the U.S. military, with 40,000 troops left, was ending training programs throughout Iraq. On Oct. 14, the Marine Corps completed its training mission in Iraq and left for […]