MSNBC has been covering this all night. Two weeks ahead of schedule, the final combat troops in Iraq are crossing the border into Kuwait. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Of course 50,000 troops will remain indefinitely in a non-combat capacity. Despite that number, this is still a huge […]
I really don’t know what to take away from this: The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to 300 billion dollars to help it curb the global financial meltdown, Kuwait’s daily Al-Seyassah reported Thursday. Quoting “highly informed” sources, the daily said Washington has asked Saudi Arabia for 120 billion dollars, the […]
Yesterday when I blogged about the Marine being convicted of killing an Iraqi citizen, I also talked about the problems out troops are facing by being forced into these extended stays. To further that point, here is an article, published today, about a soldier being released from medical care earlier and sent back to Iraq: […]
MSNBC: A first wave of additional U.S. troops will go into Iraq before the end of the month under President Bush’s new plan, a senior defense official said Tuesday. Up to 20,000 troops will be put on alert and be prepared to deploy under the president’s plan, but the increase in forces on the ground […]
AFP Reports AL-AHMADI, Kuwait (AFP) – Kuwait announced that it had made a major gas find in the north of the emirate that promised to sharply reduce its dependence on imports from the other Gulf states. “We can say now that Kuwait has entered the world of natural gas,” Energy Minister Sheikh Ahmad Fahd al-Sabah […]