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US shifts military focus to militants, hi-tech weaponsWashington (AFP) Feb 1, 2010 The Pentagon on Monday shifted its strategy to focus on the threat of Islamist militants and the spread of hi-tech missiles, warning that US military power faced new limits and constraints. In a long-term strategy document, the Defense Department tossed out a doctrine entrenched for decades that the American military should be prepared to fight two wars at the same time against conventional armies. Instead, the military must prepare for a range of threats in an "uncertain security landscape" whe ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2010President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met Monday with Iraq's Sunni Vice President, Tariq al-Hashimi, and discussed the importance of Iraq's general election in March, the White House said. Eight days after Biden visited Iraq at Obama's request, the three leaders "discussed political and economic developments within Iraq, the importance of transparent elections with broad partic ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Feb 2, 2010South Korea's military was watching Tuesday for any North Korean missile tests after the communist state banned shipping from several more coastal zones in its territory. Pyongyang's move follows a three-day artillery barrage by the North last week that ratcheted up tensions on the Korean peninsula. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed a media report that the North had declared ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Feb 2, 2010A key South Korean minister questioned Tuesday whether North Korea will ever give up its atomic weapons, saying its latest demands "put a great stumbling block" on the path to denuclearisation. "With regard to the North Korean nuclear problem we are still stuck in a deep, dark tunnel," said Unification Minister Hyun In-Taek, Seoul's chief policymaker on the communist state, in a gloomy asses ... more |
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Marine deaths underscore US struggle in AfghanistanCamp Fiddler'S Green, Afghanistan (AFP) Feb 2, 2010 The incident, deadly and tragic as it was, rated only one short sentence on the official NATO website. The violent deaths of Marine Sergeant Daniel Angus, 28, and Lance Corporal Zachary Smith, 19, on January 24 underscore how quickly things can go from bad to worse in the frontline battle against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. Angus was a Marine squad leader on a patrol in the outskirts of Marjah, a Taliban stronghold in Helmand province in what was to have been a routine show of force ahe ... read more |
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