Although the Pentagon officially has welcomed the new accord on a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, senior military officials are privately criticizing President Bush for giving Iraq more control over U.S. military operations for the next three years than the U.S. had ever contemplated.
This official, and others, all who spoke anonymously to be candid, offered a first glimpse into the dynamics of the secret negotiations, which gave Iraq almost unprecedented control over U.S. troops in the period between Jan. 1 and a final U.S. withdrawal from Iraq on Dec. 31, 2011.



Israel launched another wave of strikes across Iran on Tuesday, March 24, escalating its military campaign...
The United States and Israel expected a rapid internal uprising in Iran to help bring the...
After warning of retaliatory attacks on U.S. and Israeli infrastructure, Iran on Saturday night launched missiles...





























