Public StoningIranian courts still order public stonings, and those sentenced are often severely whipped before they are stoned. Women are buried up to their necks before a stoning. If convicted of adultery, Iranian law requires the stones not be too big or too small so that the probable death is...
The U.S. Army has identified the man shown captured in a video filmed by the Taliban in Afghanistan as an American soldier. The military mentioned that his name was Pte Bowe Bergdahl. He is 23 years old and belongs to Ketchum, Idaho. He was captured by the Taliban from a U.S. military base near...
Osama bin Laden is known today as a notorious terrorist who leads a group of fundamentalist and extremist Muslims that caused so much turmoil in the United States during the September 11 attacks. Osama bin Laden is a son of a multi-millionaire Saudi Arabian patriarch named Mohammed Awad bin Laden....
Nato and US military leaders are worried after Taliban insurgents have mounted highly successful surprise attacks against US and Afghanistan troops. A recent poll shows Americans growing weary over the seemingly pointless front against the Taliban and would love to see their troops brought home....
UK’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair will give all the proceeds of his forthcoming autobiography to a charity that helps war veterans, his office announced on Monday.The book, which is entitled "A Journey", will be published on September 1. It will be Blair’s first personal account of...
On Tuesday, October 30, 2012, three soldiers for Britain’s 1st Battalion of The Royal Gurka Rifles were shot and killed at Nahr-e Saraj in the Helmond Province of Afghanistan. Officials report the shooter was an armed Afghan man impersonating a police officer and that a third man, believed to be...
Also known as Bulgarian Shepherd Dog, its ancestry can be traced to Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran. A flock guard dog, it is not actually recognized by any international organization so the physical standards are based on observations of the breed. It typically weighs from 88 to 125 pounds...
Running an army is kind of like running a day care, only instead of rattles, the children have bombs and guns. Hey, it may not be easy to win a war, but we should at least expect military leaders to be more adept than some kid playing Starcraft.
Several days ago the United States and Pakistan troops captured Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Baradar is second only to the top commander in the Taliban, founder Muhammad Omar. Baradar is in Pakistani custody and being interrogated by a U.S. Official. No word on if the interrogation has yielded...
Based on the information printed on the CIA World Factbook, the government spending on the military is extremely huge worldwide. Based on the figures, military spending all over the world is pegged at 741 billion dollars a year. The figure itself is approximately about 1.5% of the world’s Gross...
