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Assailants on Tuesday gunned down the mother, aunt and siblings of a marine killed in a raid that took out one of Mexico's most powerful cartel leaders — sending a chilling message to troops battling the drug war: You go after us, we wipe out your families. Complete Story...
EDITOR'S NOTE — AP reporter Elliot Spagat followed Tijuana's new public safety chief, Julian Leyzaola, for eight months as he launches the city's most aggressive police reform to date, in the middle of a raging drug war.
EDITOR'S NOTE: AP reporter Elliot Spagat follows Tijuana's new public safety chief, Julian Leyzaola, for eight months as he launches the city's most aggressive police reform to date, in the middle of a raging drug war.
Ugly words on the playground were his first hurtful clue.
You may wonder how Thomas Gukeisen made it to lieutenant colonel, and by age 39 at that. He breaks Army rules and operates by his own rendition of counterinsurgency warfare whose arsenal includes Afghan poetry, chaos theory and the thoughts of a 17th-century English philosopher.
Bristling at criticism from Washington, Pakistan's army dismissed U.S. pressure to open a front against Afghan militants operating on its territory, saying Thursday it was stretched to the limit in a bloody war against its own Taliban.
Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines LLC has suffered a setback in its plans to challenge the monopoly Young Brothers Ltd. has on the interisland marine shipping business in Hawaii.
The death of reputed drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva in a shootout with Mexican marines is the latest in a long list of Mexican cartel leaders captured or killed by authorities. Some earlier cases:
Every day, criminals shove proceeds from U.S. drug sales in their shoes, tape it to their torsos, stash it under dashboards — or just wire it electronically to Mexico. It all adds up to $25 billion a year.
President Barack Obama spoke in personal terms Wednesday about the weight of war, calling his middle-of-the-night trip to Dover, Del., to greet the remains of fallen soldiers the most powerful moment of his presidency.
This year was particularly tough for the already rough border city of Tijuana, besieged by drug violence and slammed by the economic downturn in the United States.
Gunmen mowed down the family of a Mexican marine just hours after the military honored him as a national hero for losing his life during a raid that took down powerful drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva.
Mexican cartels are increasingly going "old school" to keep supplying America with methamphetamine despite an ingredient squeeze.
A former Argentine navy spy nicknamed the "Angel of Death" went on trial Friday for his alleged involvement in the disappearance and torture of dissidents during the country's military dictatorship.
OSLO, Norway - Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:
President Barack Obama, accepting his Nobel Peace Prize, says all nations must follow standards on the use of force.
At least seven federal police officers and a civilian were killed in Michoacan state in several attacks by gunmen against federal agents in less than 24 hours, state prosecutors said.
"Not one person murdered yesterday," Ciudad Juarez's leading newspaper proclaimed in a banner headline. It was big news in this border city, ground zero in the drug war — the first time in 10 months that a day had passed without a killing.
Up a dirt road inside the thick forest here, many fear the seeds of Africa's next civil war are being sown.
A retired army officer has been convicted and sentenced to 53 years in prison in the forced disappearance of civilians during Guatemala's civil war.
The U.S. ambassador to Mexico said Thursday that programs to provide more than $1.1 billion in equipment and training to help Mexico fight organized crime are on track.
Good evening. To the United States Corps of Cadets, to the men and women of our armed services, and to my fellow Americans: I want to speak to you tonight about our effort in Afghanistan - the nature of our commitment there, the scope of our interests, and the strategy that my Administration will pursue to bring this war to a successful conclusion. It is an honor for me to do so here - at West Point - where so many men and women have prepared to stand up for our security, and to represent what is finest about our country.
A pair of shootouts between troops and gunmen in northern Mexico have killed 13 people, including a bystander and a drug trafficker linked to the killing of a retired army officer.
Just before his Twitter account mysteriously disappeared, injured Oregon State quarterback Lyle Moevao tweeted about "payback" in this year's Civil War game.
The White House spokesman says President Barack Obama held an unannounced meeting with members of his war council on Afghanistan in the Oval Office Sunday night.
NGOs: World has broken faith with the people of Gaza The people of Gaza have been betrayed by the international community, which can and must do far more to end this illegal and inhumane blockade," the 18-page report says.
The Physics of Space BattlesFor the same reason that we have Space Shuttle launch delays, we'll be able to tell exactly what trajectories our enemies could take between planets: the launch window.
The Ohio Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park in Clinton, Ohio, 44216, was the idea of Dan Delarosa, Mansfield, Oh in 2004. Dan's inspiration was his dream to honor the death of his brother, Jesus Delarosa who was shot down in Vietnam. The park, located at 8005 Clev-Mas.
Gunmen kill relatives of Mexican marine in possible revenge attack -- latimes.comAhmadinejad Says U.S. Forged Report on Iranian Test of Atomic Bomb TriggerAhmadinejad was asked by ABC News about a report in London's Times newspaper last week on what it said was a confidential Iranian technical document describing a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator, the part of a warhead that sets off an explosion.
BAG Looks at War: Propaganda and the Iraq WarThe Iraq War has been (and still is) a frequent subject on BAGnews and, frankly, such a topic of government and media spin that I find it impossible to highlight the best posts in a single entry.
Obama Will Win: Why and How His Critics from the Left and Right Will be Proven WrongWe faithful Obama supporters still trust our initial impression of him as a great, good and uniquely qualified man to lead us.
America is stuck in a lousy position in the middle east and it will not be easy to get out.
Tzipi Livni, Israel's former foreign minister, faced a possible arrest if travelling to the United kingdom earlier this month.
Why are we in Afghanistan?What would you personally feel about a story like this one? I realize this borders on the tin-foil hat, but many of the facts are tough to argue, and the conclusions of this writer can't be just completely thrown out in my estimation.
From the time I was 4, we had a wal-mart a few towns over. It's a small, set back store that nobody really ever shops in. That was the pattern until the economy started spiraling.
Deep inside the 'kingdom of heaven'The second entry in an attempt to better understand this conflict. From the artcle:
I think he is. I think he has made a classic political mistake that Democrats often make, but seem unable to stop repeating. He is taking his liberal base for granted. He has decided that, no matter what he does, we'll fall in behind him and support him anyway. He's wrong.
Crew finds Centaur shipwreckA search team has discovered the wreck of the Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur.
Think about it. Wouldn't the world be so peaceful without religion? None of that jihad crap. No split between Sunnis' and Shiites. That means no war in the middle east!
Texas man brings hope to 'forgotten' disabled Iraqi kids - CNN.comI would like to feature a CNN Heroes article regularly to remind us of all the good works that for the most part get pushed to the back of our hectic rush to know more about the sex lives of our celebrities.
Why Do Republicans Hate Our Troops?Senate Republicans said Thursday that they would try to filibuster a massive Pentagon bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an unusual move that several acknowledged was an effort to delay President Obama's health-care legislation....
Folks, choose your favorite 2012 prophesy, even your least favorite, that you're so sure is going to be the doom of the planet. But in doing so, lay your worries aside.
Senate approves 2010 military budgetThe US Congress on Saturday sent US President Barack Obama a massive annual military spending bill that funds current operations in Afghanistan and pays for the troop withdrawal from Iraq.
With terrorist attacks more and more frequent in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the need to overpower the insurgency is greater than before.
How the Taliban prepare for battleI have been reading an ongoing series on the Taliban for a long time now. It is written from interviews of the Taliban leaders and provides an insight lost or ignored in our "news" media.
Iran invades 'Iraqi' territory to seize oil field - TelegraphTelegraph: "Iran staged an invasion of Iraqi territory on Friday as it established tank positions around an oilfield north of Basra raising fresh fears for Middle East stability. "
In 1973 I turned 17 and dropped out of high school to join the USAF. I did it because I wanted to go to Viet-Nam.
War Is Too Serious to Involve LiberalsLiberals have only one piece of wisdom to add to any discussion about war: "This war is just like Vietnam!" That's it. Nothing else. Every war is Vietnam, and Vietnam is very bad. That's all they know.
I didn't get a chance to watch Barack Obama's Nobel speech live, but I've read the transcript and found very little in the speech that couldn't have been given by any number of past presidents—including George W. Bush.
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