After 40 years of increasing disquiet over depleted uranium (DU), the UK’s last operational DU tank munition – CHARM3 – is nearing the end of its shelf-life. DU weapons are chemically toxic and radioactive. Their use (especially in Iraq) generates a hazardous legacy that states recovering from conflict struggle to monitor and mitigate. CHARM3’s propellant

Businesses have asked the US secretary of state to intervene as hundreds of staff are held, some for days, over visa and paperwork issues

This one is some short fiction by a milblogger, a former Marine in Iraq. Highly recommended.

Frankly, he's almost as clueless about foreign policy as Herman Cain and Ron Paul. Take a look at this, from Saturday's debate: Governor Perry, believe it or not, says he would send U.S. troops back to Iraq. "The idea that we allow the Iranians to come back into Iraq and take over that country, with all of the treasures, both in blood and money, that we have spent in Iraq- because this p...

Pulling our troops out of Iraq was, I suppose, a good political move by President Obama heading into an election year but as far as good foreign policy ... not so much! "A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a large group of Shiite pilgrims walking to the holy city of Karbala on Thursday afternoon, killing at least 48 and wounding more than 81, according to a provincial security chief. The atta...

Attacks in mainly Shia areas of Baghdad spark fears of increased sectarian strife

The religious cleansing against Christians is intensifying in Nigeria, where Christians have been told they have until Friday to leave the country or face attacks by Islamic extremists. As I wrote recently in the Daily Telegraph, this is a trend sweeping the Middle East. Thousands are fleeing Iraq and Egypt, but Nigeria is the scene of the most ferocious attacks. Its government condemns the attack...

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com People say FOX News is biased, but I can't imagine how you can possibly believe that when they allow a scumbag like Alan Colmes airtime. Regular members of Joshua's Army might remember that he actually applauded Iran's proxy war against our troops in Iraq and accused Sarah Palin of causing her son's Down's Syndrome. But his lates...

Will 2012 be a good year for Barack Obama? His job approval ratings reached a six-month high this week on the back of news that had he had secured a payroll tax cut for American workers. He's also benefitting from the conclusion of the Iraq war and the fact that, with next week's Iowa caucuses fast approaching, his Republican opponents look hopeless. Obama's populist re-election mes...

Israel's attack on an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 caught the Americans unaware, according to official papers.