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.
US vice-president JD Vance left Islamabad on Sunday after failing to reach a deal with Iran...
In his strongest words yet, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the "delusion of omnipotence" that...
When Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, announced that the US and Iran, along with their allies,...
