Tag: Pentagon
US used 2005 earthquake to send killer-spies to Pakistan
The Pentagon used the 2005 Kashmir earthquake to send operatives from the Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC — the secretive, über-elite military unit...
NATO supplies from Pakistani airspace never stopped: Pentagon
A Pentagon official said that the air supply routes for NATO forces in Afghanistan were never closed by Pakistan.
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little during...
Method in the madness?
The mess that is civil-military relations
The prime minister of late has developed a penchant for first making statements critical of the military establishment and...
US continuing dialogue with Pakistan: Pentagon
The United States is continuing military dialogue with Pakistan despite recent serious setbacks because the US-Pakistani relationship is very important, Pentagon spokesman George Little...
A flawed paradigm
Things have to change
The latest standoff between the United States and Pakistan was explosive. In recent history, hardly have we seen such damage being...
Pentagon chief in Libya after lifting sanctions
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was in Libya on Saturday to confer on the security needs of the new government, saying he envisioned a...
US wants ties with Pakistan back on track: Pentagon
Pentagon has said that it is trying to get the military co-ordination and cooperation with Pakistan back on track, saying that the US is...
Pakistan havens challenge US Afghan effort: Pentagon
Even as the US begins to withdraw from Afghanistan, insurgents abetted by Pakistan pose the major threat to US-led forces, the Pentagon said on...
Pentagon chief in bid to defuse Egypt-Israel tensions
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta was headed to Cairo from Tel Aviv on Tuesday in an effort to defuse tensions between Egypt and Israel...
Cuts could boost US unemployment, warns Pentagon
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is warning Congress that possible sweeping cuts to the defense budget would put millions more out of work and add...
Zawahiri in Pakistan, believes Pentagon
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is still in Pakistan, a Pentagon official said on Wednesday. “We have no information to indicate that he is...
Al Qaeda’s ‘nerve centre’ lies in Pakistan: Pentagon
Al Qaeda’s “nerve centre” lies in Pakistan even though the recent killings of Osama bin Laden in May and now its number two Atiyah...
Pentagon under fire over war contracts
The Pentagon has wasted more than $30 billion on contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan due to shoddy management and a lack of competition, an...
Review relationship with terrorist groups, Pentagon tells Pakistan
Pakistan needs to review the relationship it has had with terrorist groups, the Pentagon said emphasising the importance of continuing dialogue with Islamabad on...
US Senate confirms Panetta as Pentagon chief
The US Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to confirm outgoing Central Intelligence Agency chief Leon Panetta as the new secretary of defense, replacing the...
US Senate confirms Panetta as Pentagon chief
The US Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to confirm outgoing Central Intelligence Agency chief Leon Panetta as the new secretary of defense, replacing the...
Pentagon wants to extend surge until 2012
The US military is asking US President Barack Obama to maintain its troop surge in Afghanistan until the fall of 2012, a month before...
