| Gates Criticizes Turkey’s Rejection of Iran Sanctions Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressed his disappointment at Turkey’s vote against U.N. sanctions, but said, “Allies don’t always agree.” nytimes.com |
Iran Says Scientist Provided Information on C.I.A. Iranian officials were in touch with Shahram Amiri while he was in the U.S. and said that they won an intelligence battle against the C.I.A., according to the semi-official Fars news agency. nytimes.com |
We Owe the Troops an Exit There is no silver lining to the war in Afghanistan, and its toll — in dollars and in lives — is growing. nytimes.com |
Attacks on Baghdad Green Zone Surge The heavily fortified Green Zone in Iraq’s capital has in recent weeks come under an intensifying barrage of rocket attacks. feeds.nytimes.com |
Afghanistan, Iraq 'most corrupt' nations IRAQ and Afghanistan came near the top of a global list of perceived corruption published by watchdog Transparency International (TI), despite efforts to stamp out graft in the war-torn nations. news.com.au |