Two Tampa men pretended to be law enforcement agents in recent days, police and deputies say. ...more

October 6, 2008

Concern over upcoming elections and widening tensions among Iraq's religious and ethnic groups appear to be the reasons for the U.S. military's recommendation to put the brakes on withdrawing more American troops from Iraq despite improvements in security. ...more

September 6, 2008

A secret deal with an Iran-backed militia kept British forces out of a battle in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, leaving U.S. and Iraqi forces to fight alone, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The Ministry of Defense denied any deal was struck and said it held back to ensure that the operation was seen as Iraqi-led. ...more

August 6, 2008

As a wall of pessimism begins to crack, where's the diplomacy? Watching Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice making repeated trips to Israel to try to broker some kind of deal between Israelis and Palestinians, while Iraq remains politically unresolved, leaves me feeling like my house is burning down and the fire department has decided to stop along the way to get two cats out of a tree. ...more

November 27, 2007

Former President Carter confronted Sudanese security services on a visit to Darfur on Wednesday, shouting, 'You don't have the power to stop me' at some who blocked him from meeting refugees of the conflict. ...more

October 4, 2007