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Cat And Mouse Game Over Iran
New York (UPI) Jan 26, 2005The U.S. Air Force is playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Iran's ayatollahs, flying American combat aircraft into Iranian airspace in an attempt to lure Tehran into turning on air defense radars, thus allowing U.S. pilots to grid the system for use in future targeting data, administration officials said. US Marines scale down Sri Lanka relief mission COLOMBO (AFP) Jan 28, 2005 The United States has begun scaling down its tsunami relief operations and has withdrawn nearly two-thirds of its 1,600 Marines deployed on the island, defence ministry officials said Friday. Japanese court rejects damages over Koizumi's war shrine visit TOKYO (AFP) Jan 28, 2005 A Japanese court refused Friday to award damages to relatives of people killed in the fierce World War II battle of Okinawa who said they suffered distress from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a controversial war shrine. UN to reinforce Ivory Coast arms embargo UNITED NATIONS (AFP) Jan 28, 2005 The UN Security Council will Friday adopt a resolution aimed to improve efficiency of an embargo imposed November 15 on weapons headed to Ivory Coast, diplomatic sources said Thursday. |
EU, NATO wrongheaded on Serbia: minister BELGRADE (AFP) Jan 28, 2005 Serbia and Montenegro Defense Minister Prvoslav Davinic believes the international community is wrong to link better relations with the arrest of war crimes fugitives such as former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic. Bad weather blamed for helicopter accident in Vietnam HANOI (AFP) Jan 28, 2005 Preliminary inquiries showed bad weather was behind the crash of a helicopter in Vietnam in which sixteen armed forces officials including two generals were killed, military sources and the media said Friday. Democratic senator urges withdrawal of 12,000 US troops after Iraq vote WASHINGTON (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 Top Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy on Thursday called for the withdrawal of at least 12,000 US troops after Iraq's elections with a goal of a complete pullout next year. Analysis: How Bush Got Iraq War Cost Wrong 
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 26, 2005President George W. Bush is spending the political capital of his decisive re-election just as he said he would. But he is being forced to spend it where he least expected -- to fund the soaring, ongoing costs of the endless war in Iraq with no end in sight. |
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Clinton urges US to more diplomacy on Iran nuclear issue DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 Former US President Bill Clinton urged the current US administration Thursday to step up diplomatic efforts towards resolving a standoff on Iran's nuclear program. Sharon says "historic breakthrough" possible with Palestinians JERUSALEM (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that an "historic breakthrough" was possible with the Palestinians following truce efforts by their new leader Mahmud Abbas. Military sales lift Lockheed Martin profit to 372 million dollars BETHESDA, Maryland (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 Lockheed Martin Corp. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit rose eight percent from a year ago to 372 million dollars, driven by higher sales of missiles, sensors and satellites. Egypt admits failing to report nuclear research to UN watchdog agency VIENNA (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 Egypt admitted Thursday to failing to report a "number of research experiments" to the UN atomic energy agency, after diplomats said the agency was investigating an Egyptian lab that could be used to make plutonium, a nuclear weapons material. |
Air Force Lab Exercises Option For X-band Thin Radar Aperture Contract
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2005Raytheon's option to proceed with its X-band thin radar aperture contract has been exercised, allowing the company to produce the next generation radar antenna technology for the Joint Unmanned Air Combat System, that could revolutionize manned and unmanned combat systems. Top US general in Iraq says troop withdrawal conditional MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 The nature and size of the US troop presence in Iraq after the elections will depend on certain conditions, including the combat readiness of Iraqi forces, the US military's top general told AFP on Thursday. BAE to axe 1,400 jobs in Britain (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 British aerospace and defence giant BAE Systems on Thursday announced plans to axe almost 1,400 jobs at 13 sites across Britain, in part due to a declining workload. "The job losses are part of a previously identified year-planning round to match workload with capacity. It also takes into account anticipated orders," a company spokesman said. |
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