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Articles that reference The Pentagon
- US Set to Use Mines in Iraq (December 11, 2002)
...WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is preparing to use anti-personnel land mines in a war with Iraq, despite... - Detainees Flow Into Guantánamo (August 5, 2002)
..., Kuwaitis, Afghans, Pakistanis and Australians among them.
Last month the Pentagon authorized the construction of more than 200 additional cells, expanding t... - Pentagon Orders 77,000 Body Bags (February 11, 2003)
...lties on British and American troops intensified yesterday when it emerged the Pentagon had ordered almost five times the number of body bags it requested before... - Pentagon Criticized Opposing Troop Pay Raise (August 14, 2003)
...ASHINGTON — Presidential contenders and congressional Democrats criticized the Pentagon on Thursday for opposing legislation that would extend an increase in comb... - Pentagon Favors Air Strikes on Syria to Overthrow Assad, Free Lebanon (March 4, 2005)
...The Pentagon is now convinced that air strikes on Syria have become necessary to overth... - Task Force Hints at Long-Term Afghan Stay (May 14, 2002)
...hanistan, a move that signifies a long-term U.S. commitment to the region, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
The headquarters will be fully operational by the end of... - The Unreported Casualties of the War (November 18, 2001)
...... - Pentagon Had Plans for Possible Plane Crash (November 3, 2000)
... 2000 – The fire and smoke from the downed passenger aircraft billows from the Pentagon courtyard. Defense Protective Services Police seal the crash sight. Army m... - The Emporer is Butt-Naked (the Media Too) (January 7, 2002)
...... - Pentagon: War Costs $30B for Year (February 25, 2002)
...btained by The Associated Press.
President Bush and Congress have given the Pentagon $17.4 billion for the war and the domestic fight against terrorism this fi... - US Gives Up Search for bin Laden and Omar (January 7, 2002)
...... - Status Report on War in Afghanistan (March 29, 2002)
...... - US Uncovers Own 'Doomsday' Weapons (May 28, 2003)
...The Pentagon has finally discovered evidence of weapons of mass destruction — buried in... - Rumsfeld Out to Unshackle the Military (July 17, 2002)
...series of sweeping proposals that will weaken congressional supervision of the Pentagon and give the military more freedom to manage itself.
The Pentagon has... - Video Allegedly Shows bin Laden Bragging (December 13, 2001)
...... - Pentagon Reveals Deaths in Custody (May 6, 2004)
...y-five prisoners have died in US military custody in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon has admitted. At least two of the deaths were believed to have been at the... - Pentagon wants to send troops to Indonesia (March 19, 2002)
...lians were slaughtered in separatist East Timor. Congressional sources say the Pentagon wants to get forces on the ground to assess the strength of al-Qaeda.
B... - US Releases Three Teenage Guantánamo Prisoners (January 29, 2004)
...Four others have been transferred to Saudi Arabia for detention there.
The Pentagon said the boys' names were not being released for fear of reprisals against... - US Doctors Leaflets, Showing bin Laden in Western Clothes (January 4, 2002)
...... - Release of bin Laden Tape Postponed (December 12, 2001)
...... - Airborne Troops Relieving Marines at Kandahar Base (December 31, 2001)
...... - Coyote Rummy (February 24, 2002)
... "snowflakes" or "Rummygrams."
I want Rummy to send a Rummygram telling the Pentagon to kick its addiction to fiction.
A day after we learned that the milit... - US Wants bin Laden Alive (December 15, 2001)
...... - New Pentagon Plan May Spark Korean War (July 21, 2003)
...f the same administration hard-liners who advocated regime change in Iraq. The Pentagon only recently began offering details of the plan to top officials at the W... - Justice Dept. Neglected to Discuss a Military Tribunal for Suspect with Pentagon (December 12, 2001)
...... - 1999 Report Warned of Suicide Hijack (May 17, 2002)
...sama bin Laden's terrorists might hijack an airliner and dive bomb it into the Pentagon or other government building.
"Suicide bomber(s) belonging to al-Qaida'... - In Jail Without Charge (April 15, 2002)
...s on which it is holding Yaser Esam Hamdi, the American-born detainee whom the Pentagon recently brought to American shores. It should do so immediately. Mr. Hamd... - Bomb Attack After bin Laden Sighting (December 8, 2001)
...... - Wolfowitz Granted Authority for Tribunals (June 24, 2003)
...o procedures, motions or facts, Wolfowitz will make the final decision.
The Pentagon's Office of General Counsel and chief prosecutor are reviewing information... - Warplanes Attack Afghan Convoy (December 22, 2001)
...... - Fighting in Afghanistan Sometimes Hand-to-Hand (March 7, 2002)
...ll, its all al-Qaeda soldiers," said Sgt. Maj. Frank Grippe.
Talk from the Pentagon remains optimistic. American Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says he... - Pentagon: Strikes Against Iraq Could Be Coming (February 19, 2002)
...ited States could be on the horizon as the United States fights terrorism, the Pentagon's No. 2 official said Tuesday.
"We've already lost enough Americans. We... - Senate Panel Approves $400b 'Defense' Bill (May 9, 2003)
...The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a $400.5 billion bill for the Pentagon that clears the way for possible research on low-yield nuclear weapons, ba... - US Accused Of Airstrike Cover-Up (July 28, 2002)
...nd, more detailed, UN investigation, they will cause huge embarrassment to the Pentagon.
UN sources said that the findings pointed to an American cover-up, an... - Violent Prison Revolt Continues (November 26, 2001)
...... - Analysis: A War of Loose Ends (January 9, 2002)
...... - US May Deploy Forces to N. Korea (February 4, 2003)
...Washington — The Pentagon is considering whether to dispatch additional forces to the Pacific Ocean... - War's Reality — Risks Remain (March 3, 2002)
...INGTON, March 2 — In mounting a major military offensive near Gardez, the Pentagon's aim is to wipe out the last major pocket of Al Qaeda resistance in Afgha... - Newspapers Change Reporting on Iraq Deaths (November 4, 2003)
... reported the number of total U.S. military deaths in Iraq, not just those the Pentagon attributes to combat or hostile action.
On Monday, USA Today, The N... - Iraq Condemns Strike on Airport (September 26, 2002)
...ern port city of Basra. The announcement did not mention casualties.
A Pentagon official said two strikes early Thursday were in response to Iraq's firing... - US Families Want Troops Home (August 14, 2003)
...hip and uncertainties of this essential mission."
Far from over
The Pentagon has been making it increasingly clear that while the war is over in Iraq,... - Human-Rights Group to Estimate Civilians Killed in War (February 8, 2002)
...omplete and the security situation across the country generally improving, the Pentagon is facing closer scrutiny about the extent of civilian casualties reported... - The Myth of Military Lawyers (December 14, 2001)
...... - Secret Talks With Iranian Arms Dealer (August 8, 2003)
...rent sensitive backchannel negotiations with the Iranian regime.
"They [the Pentagon officials] were talking to him about stuff which they weren't officially a... - US Admits to Using Napalm in Iraq Attacks (August 10, 2003)
...cks caused massive fireballs that obliterated several Iraqi positions.
The Pentagon denied using napalm at the time, but Marine pilots and their commanders ha... - Hussein Enters Post-Sept. 11 Web of Prisons (December 18, 2003)
...prisoner No. 1 in what has developed into a global detention system run by the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency, according to government officials.
... - Democracy: Not A Multiple Choice Question (February 12, 2004)
...urthermore, he is one of the only Democrats who actually plans to increase the Pentagon budget. (Note that it is already at more than $400 billion a year, over bi... - Troop Defenses Against Chemical, Biological Attack Inadequate (October 14, 2002)
...ng more than a billion dollars a year on chemical-biological preparedness, the Pentagon lacks millions of needed boots, masks, gloves and suits; provides inadequa... - US Plan for New Nuclear Arsenal (February 19, 2003)
... the Los Alamos Study Group, a nuclear watchdog organisation that obtained the Pentagon documents, said the meeting would also prepare the ground for a US breakaw... - US Troops Arrive on Hostage Island (April 20, 2002)
...n be moved around more quickly in operations against the Abu Sayyaf group, Pentagon officials said.
However, given Philippine sensitivity over the return... - Two Terror Allies Get More US Troops (April 8, 2002)
...WASHINGTON ‹ The Pentagon is preparing to send reinforcements into the war on terror with new troops... - Nuclear Arms for Deterrence or Fighting? (March 11, 2002)
...LONDON, March 10 – The Pentagon's new blueprint on nuclear forces has raised the question whether the Bush... - The War, Part II (January 8, 2002)
...... - Fear & Favor 2001: How Power Shapes the News (March 24, 2002)
...... - Interrogation Abuses were 'Approved at Highest Levels': Surfacing Evidence (June 13, 2004)
...inistration about how far interrogators could go," said a legal adviser to the Pentagon. "And the answer they came up with was 'pretty far'. Now that it's in the... - Attack Could Be Launched Within Days (March 7, 2003)
...The Pentagon has provided President George Bush with options for an attack against Iraq... - Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11 (September 8, 2002)
...arned that barely five hours after American Airlines Flight 77 plowed into the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was telling his aides to come up wit... - Black-Ops Budget Increases Dramatically (August 27, 2003)
...hat classified spending next fiscal year will reach about $23.2 billion of the Pentagon's total request for procurement and research funding. When adjusted for in... - US Has No Plans to Count Civilian Casualties (April 15, 2003)
...The Pentagon said yesterday that it has no plans to determine how many Iraqi civilians... - Pentagon May Eliminate New Office of Influence (February 25, 2002)
...WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 — The Pentagon appeared increasingly likely today to eliminate a new office intended to i... - US Missile Defense Set to Get Early Start (February 1, 2004)
...The Pentagon plans to begin operation of a national missile defense system this summer,... - Seven Nations Have Units Aiding US Offensive (March 8, 2002)
...ensive in eastern Afghanistan, elevating their profile in a war managed by the Pentagon.
American and Afghan forces are providing the primary punch as the larg... - World Media Recoil from 'Shock and Awe' (March 20, 2003)
..."Shock and Awe" is out of print, it is available online at the Web site of the Pentagon's National Defense University.
In perhaps the most controversial pa... - Never Saying 'Sorry' (March 3, 2004)
...unit took on work for which it was in fact, ill-suited.
Since January, the Pentagon has been engaged in a criminal investigation of Halliburton's unit, Kellog... - 'Precision' Weapons Fail 1 Time in 10 (March 31, 2003)
...ly into Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, leading the Saudis and Turks to ask the Pentagon to stop firing them across their territory. Iran has protested at least th... - Spy Networks Being Rebuilt (April 24, 2002)
...nce September, it has doubled the manpower of its counterterrorism center. The Pentagon is also enlarging its corps of covert intelligence officers who specialize... - No Easy Victory Is Seen in Fierce Battle (March 5, 2002)
...re is no question that Al Qaeda members and other "non-Afghan Taliban," as the Pentagon calls its foe, will be defeated by a qualitatively and numerically superio... - Pentagon Admits War Planning Mistakes (July 24, 2003)
...WASHINGTON — Back from a four-day whirlwind tour of Iraq, the Pentagon's number two civilian, Paul Wolfowitz, has admitted that many of the Bush... - US Convoy Attack May Have Been Inside Syria (June 24, 2003)
...qi leaders injured five Syrians and may have occurred on Syrian territory, Pentagon officials said Monday.
CNN reported that Syrian border guards were enga... - Pentagon Readies Efforts to Sway Sentiment Abroad (February 19, 2002)
...WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 The Pentagon is developing plans to provide news items, possibly even false ones, to fo... - Media Access To Troops Can Be Denied (February 4, 2004)
...WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Pentagon has no constitutional obligation to provide the media access to U.S. troop... - Reserve Call-Up for an Iraqi War May Equal 1991's (October 28, 2002)
...If President Bush orders an attack against Iraq, the Pentagon has plans to mobilize roughly as many reservists as it did during the Pers... - Pentagon Orders Navy to Ready for Iraq (December 27, 2002)
...The Pentagon has ordered the Navy to prepare two aircraft carriers and two amphibious a... - US and Britain Begin New Combat Mission in Afghanistan (April 16, 2002)
...d on defusing 107-millimeter rockets were announced at today's briefing by the Pentagon spokeswoman, Victoria Clarke.
They were Staff Sgt. Brian T. Craig, 27,... - Rattling New Sabers (March 10, 2002)
...argets, a secret report to Congress describes in detail the military gains the Pentagon is seeking. But it says much less about the diplomatic price the Pentagon... - Rumsfeld Overruled Generals on Size of Force, Tactics (March 30, 2003)
...h Iraq, it is being alleged.
The New Yorker magazine quotes unnamed Pentagon sources as saying that Mr Rumsfeld insisted at least six times before the... - Pentagon Plans System to Peek at Personal Data of Americans (November 9, 2002)
...The Pentagon is constructing a computer system that could create a vast electronic drag... - US Wants Secret Questioning of Lindh Witnesses (May 17, 2002)
...sday to a federal judge, Lindh's lawyers would submit written questions to Pentagon interviewers, who would make detainees in Cuba believe it was all part of... - Iraqi Scientist Ignored, Jailed (June 27, 2003)
...nts and blueprints for an illicit nuclear program was initially ignored by the Pentagon and jailed by U.S. military forces in Baghdad as he tried to get the mater... - Big Brother is Back (December 2, 2002)
...The official logo of the Information Awareness Office, the Pentagon’s secretive new terrorist-detection experiment, isn’t subtle.
A pictu... - Saudis 'Should Reconsider US Ties' (August 17, 2002)
... was accused of being a supporter of terrorism and an enemy of the US.
The Pentagon subsequently tried to distance itself from the briefing given to one of it... - Kissinger, Quayle, Gingrich and Perle on a Lie Detector? (August 7, 2002)
...Will the Pentagon wire up Henry Kissinger, Dan Quayle and Newt Gingrich--that is, submit the... - US Military Pioneers Death Ray Bomb (August 14, 2003)
...al problems mean it could be decades before the devices are developed. But the Pentagon is taking the project seriously.
The plans are getting under way at a... - Officials Debate Whether to Seek a Bigger Military (July 21, 2003)
...their global missions are prompting new debates on Capitol Hill and within the Pentagon over the question of whether the military needs more troops worldwide.
... - Pentagon to issue wireless disconnect order (August 1, 2002)
... of wireless devices is now a matter of national security.
John Stenbit, the Pentagon's CIO, said this week that he plans to issue new policy guidelines that wi... - Moussaoui Case May Be Moved to Military Tribunal (November 11, 2002)
...da members to hijack planes and crash them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last year. If convicted, he faces execution. He is the only person charged... - Pentagon Charges Halliburton with Profiteering (December 12, 2003)
...ia services that seemed to be inflated by $67 million, the officials said. The Pentagon rejected that proposal, they said.
The problems involving Halliburton,... - 'Total Information Awareness' Stalled by Congress (February 12, 2003)
...e leaders agreed with Senate fears about the threat to personal privacy in the Pentagon program, known as Total Information Awareness. So they accepted a Senate p... - US Prepares to Expand Cuban Prison (July 25, 2002)
...undreds of suspects from the war on terrorism, officials said Thursday.
The Pentagon has accepted bids and expects to award a contract in the next several days... - Afghan Prisoners Complain of US Brutality (February 11, 2002)
...on Thursday after 16 days' detention in the American base in Kandahar.
The Pentagon has acknowledged that the raids were conducted in error, apparently becaus... - Pilotless Plane to Fly Routinely in Civilian Airspace (August 21, 2003)
.... Since then two more were lost while flying in combat zones.
However, Pentagon data on the number of crashes per hours flown show that the Global Hawk ha... - Now the Pentagon Tells Bush: Climate Change Will Destroy Us (February 22, 2004)
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'Disruption and conflict will be endemic features of life,' concludes the Pentagon analysis. 'Once again, warfare would define human life.'
The findings w... - Military Lawyer Criticizes Tribunals (January 22, 2004)
...nce demonstrated that he and other military defense attorneys appointed by the Pentagon to represent defendants in the tribunals agree on many points with human r... - US Troops Were Subjected to Wide Chemical Weapon Testing (October 9, 2002)
...ss on Wednesday.
Sixteen of the newly declassified reports, prepared by the Pentagon, describe how chemical and biological exercises, until now undisclosed, us... - Quashed DoD Report Urged Intervention in Liberia (August 17, 2003)
...N — As Liberia's humanitarian crisis was approaching its peak this summer, the Pentagon quashed a report by its own team of specialists calling for an immediate U... - Military Admits Raid Was Mistake, Pays Families of Dead (February 3, 2002)
...ed intelligence. But the U.S. military has yet to offer an explanation. At the Pentagon, senior officials insist they remain largely in the dark about what their... - US Nuclear Plan Sees New Weapons and New Targets (March 10, 2002)
...raq, Iran, North Korea, Syria and Libya.
The Nuclear Posture Review, as the Pentagon report is known, is a comprehensive blueprint for developing and deploying... - Wider Military Role in US Is Urged (July 17, 2002)
...attacks.
As recently as May, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the Pentagon would not seek any changes in the law, and the legal review contained in P... - Philippine Guerrilla's Body Sought (June 22, 2002)
...ysts said Friday's operation and the rescue of Gracia Burnham suggest that the Pentagon's original, more limited strategy has worked.
The Philippine soldiers c... - Bombing Victims Gather in Kabul (April 7, 2002)
...killed by bombs that went astray. Only two bombing mishaps investigated by the Pentagon involved civilian deaths, according to a March 29 Pentagon report.
As f... - Military Wants More Planning Prior to Iraq War (December 18, 2002)
... in secret reviews of the war plan, promises to be the last major issue in the Pentagon's consideration of that plan, as more signs point toward forces being read... - US Bombing Kills at Least 30 at Afghan Wedding (July 1, 2002)
...essed that they made a mistake."
BOMB MISSED TARGET
In Washington, the Pentagon said at least one bomb
dropped by Western warplanes had missed its target... - Pentagon to Pay Millions for Robot Soldiers (September 21, 2003)
...Robot soldiers manufactured to kill enemy troops have been designed for the Pentagon by a tiny Glasgow computer company which is set to make millions from the... - Detained Citizen Meets Lawyer After Two Years (February 4, 2004)
...ation refused to allow Hamdi a lawyer. It reversed itself in December when the Pentagon announced that Hamdi would be allowed access to counsel because his intell... - US Fires Guantánamo Defense Team (December 3, 2003)
...efend alleged terrorists held by the US at Guantanamo Bay was dismissed by the Pentagon after some of its members rebelled against the unfair way the trials have... - Liberia Faces Human Disaster as Battles Rage (July 24, 2003)
...examining the options and was still considering sending combat troops. But the Pentagon was believed to be reluctant to commit soldiers.
Away from the immediat... - Rumsfeld Moves to Strengthen His Grip on Military Intelligence (August 2, 2002)
...tch functions and missions," with a single civilian official to coordinate the Pentagon's many intelligence holdings.
Many officials say they expect Mr. Rumsfe... - Overseer in Iraq Seeks US Reinforcements (July 2, 2003)
... said. None of the officials said how many troops Bremer had requested.
The Pentagon has been looking for three international divisions, about 60,000 troops. T... - Story of find in Afghan cave 'was made up' to justify sending British marines (March 24, 2002)
...by a number of newspapers yesterday, was denied emphatically last night by Pentagon and State Department sources.
A White House spokesman, drawn into the... - Iraq Attack Plans Alarm Top Military (July 30, 2002)
...support.
Some British military sources suggest the US plans, leaked by the Pentagon, are merely psychological warfare on Washington's part. Their preferred op... - Pork: Congress' Priorities Unchanged (May 13, 2002)
... days earlier, al Qaeda terrorists had attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Now it was time to focus on George W. Bush's defense budget. "Our men and... - US Scraps Nuclear Weapons Watchdog (July 31, 2003)
...e more difficult to understand what they are planning to do."
Hawks in the Pentagon and the energy department are pushing for the development of tactical nucl... - Saudi Arabia is Now 'Kernel of Evil' (August 6, 2002)
...the US faces in the Middle East.
The briefing, presented last month to the Pentagonís Defence Advisory Board – former senior officials and academics who advis... - When Bad Information Kills People (March 3, 2002)
...ught might be bin Laden. Villagers say the dead man was a scrap collector; the Pentagon says he was al-Qaeda. And on Jan. 24, special forces raided a compound in... - US Ready to Wage War on Two Fronts (April 27, 2002)
...while continuing operations in Afghanistan, General Tommy Franks, chief of the Pentagon's central command, indicated in London yesterday.
"We have the capabil... - Raid May Have Involved Mistaken Deaths, Beatings of Innocents (February 11, 2002)
...WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's military spokesman on the Afghan war on Monday defended a CIA missile st... - Sept. 11 Families Seek Peace (September 1, 2002)
... to understand.î
A year after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, more people, like Hamdani, question whether war is the answer. There once... - Pentagon Told of Risk to Museums (April 14, 2003)
...collectors and antiquities dealers asked for and were granted a meeting at the Pentagon to discuss their misgivings. McGuire Gibson, an Iraq specialist at the Uni... - Coalition Forces Close in on Regrouped Taliban (September 1, 2003)
... the government of President Hamid Karzai and frustrated US officials.
Pentagon officials acknowledge there have been signs of a growing threat from recon... - 'Bullet Magnets' Prepare for Iraqi Frontline (March 1, 2004)
...training pressed into service.
Tens of thousands are on the move now as the Pentagon carries out the largest rotation of forces in its history, relieving battl... - Rumsfeld May Expand Secret War (August 12, 2002)
...aign against terrorism that knows no boundaries.
Some officials outside the Pentagon express concerns that the proposals ultimately could lead the military int... - Pipeline Brigade (April 8, 2002)
... terror² is really about oil, and their suspicions have been heightened by the Pentagon¹s clear intent to keep access to bases in the oil-rich Caspian Sea region... - More Bombing Casualties Alleged (January 4, 2002)
...he issue with Afghanistan's interim government and with U.S. officials.
The Pentagon has responded sharply and defensively to similar reports in the past, and... - Pentagon Agency Belittles Information Given by Iraqi Defectors (September 29, 2003)
...al Congress. Both have enjoyed powerful backing from civilian officials at the Pentagon and are playing a significant role in the provisional government in Baghda... - Costs of War in Iraq, Afghanistan Approach Levels of Vietnam (September 7, 2003)
...agon spending during the Vietnam War, Defense Department figures show.
The Pentagon is spending nearly $5 billion per month in Iraq and Afghanistan, a pace th... - US Pursues Ex-Generals to Topple Iraq Leader (March 11, 2002)
...ls and Iraqi dissidents said.
The overtures – which have irked some in the Pentagon – have intensified since January, when President Bush declared that Iraq,... - A Secret Hub for the US in Afghan War (March 6, 2002)
...nced International Studies who has been studying the Shahbaz operation.
The Pentagon would neither confirm nor deny the use of Shahbaz as a base for offensive... - Darpa Offers No Food for Thought (February 17, 2004)
...Soldiers' moms will no doubt be horrified. But the Pentagon is looking into ways for GIs to fight for up to five days -- without eatin... - Officials Confirm Dropping Firebombs on Iraqi Troops (August 5, 2003)
...ar, Pentagon spokesmen disputed reports that napalm was being used, saying the Pentagon's stockpile had been destroyed two years ago.
Apparently the spokesmen... - Rumsfeld Toughens Terror Fight (August 2, 2002)
...ditional law enforcement.
Gen. Holland's draft is circulating inside the Pentagon. He was scheduled to brief Mr. Rumsfeld soon, perhaps as early as today.
... - Questions Over Int'l Force for Iraq (June 30, 2003)
...empt to broaden the operation and take the pressure off its own troops.
The Pentagon says it has received pledges for an additional 30,000 personnel, to be ava... - Military Lands Exactly Where It Didn't Want To (March 6, 2002)
...erce combat unfolding in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan is just what the Pentagon had hoped to avoid in this campaign: a battle in which superior air power... - Ghosts of Vietnam Era Haunt US in Endgame (March 5, 2002)
...tary machine known to history, have hit back with a vengeance.
For all the Pentagon's efforts to present the loss of the lives of at least nine US servicemen... - 'Dr. Strangeloves' Meet to Plan New Nuclear Era (August 7, 2003)
...ich critics believe could mark the dawn of a new era in proliferation.
The Pentagon has not released a list of the 150 people at the secret meeting, but accor... - New Plan — Join the Fray (March 4, 2002)
... use its muscle to prevent the Qaeda and "non-Afghan Taliban" fighters, as the Pentagon refers to Arab and other foreign forces, from getting away.
U.S. Planes P... - Oops, More Unexpected Casualties (September 24, 2002)
... of illness related to Gulf War service."
For five years after the war, the Pentagon and the VA refused to admit that our troops had been exposed to chemical w... - U.S. Harbored Terrorists to Bolster Its Case (March 15, 2004)
...rinceling who's come to Iraq to mastermind the worst terror attacks there. The Pentagon has added him as a 53rd card, a wild card, to its deck of Iraqi villains.
... - A Bloody Peace in Iraq (July 21, 2003)
...are 150,000, and the number is expected to grow. Mr. Rumsfeld's defense of the Pentagon's reaction appears to be that it all depends on your definition of "severa... - US Bars Iraq Contracts for Nations That Opposed War (December 9, 2003)
...The Pentagon has barred French, German and Russian companies from competing for $18.6 b... - Pentagon Unveils Plan to Bolster Forces in Iraq (July 24, 2003)
...The Pentagon unveiled its long-awaited plan yesterday for maintaining troop strength in... - Perle Speaks at Charity with 'Terrorist Ties' (January 29, 2004)
..."
Perle, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, said he was contacted by the Premiere Speakers Bur... - Sonic Bullets Acoustic Weapon of the Future (July 16, 2002)
...aid our skulls would literally start to vibrate.
Police departments and the Pentagon are flocking to Norris' headquarters in San Diego to see this revolutionar... - Lack of Planning Contributed to Chaos in Iraq (July 12, 2003)
...ington could install a favored Iraqi exile leader as the country's leader. The Pentagon civilians ignored CIA and State Department experts who disputed them, resi... - Iraq Contract Decision Reopens US-European Rift (December 10, 2003)
...ance, Germany, Russia and other nations whose companies are excluded under the Pentagon directive.
"Iraq's debt to the Russia Federation comes to $8 billion an... - Terrorist Risk Raised to "High" (September 10, 2002)
...ay, the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
At least two of the closures were attributed to "credible" threats of... - Rebels Alleged To Send Money To Al Qaeda (April 2, 2002)
...n and al Qaeda, the prime suspects in the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon.
U.S. Special Forces are providing counterterrorism training to Philipp... - Pentagon E-Voting Plan Scrapped (February 6, 2004)
...nags continue to mar e-voting efforts. Amid a public outcry over security, the Pentagon said it would pull the plug on its plan to let U.S. citizens living abroad... - Terror War Going More Covert (September 17, 2002)
...The Pentagon is preparing to consolidate control of most of the global war on terrorism... - US Planning Afghan Spring Offensive (January 28, 2004)
...rations in Afghanistan haven't succeeded in shutting down terror networks, the Pentagon is planning a "spring offensive" and ordered troops to start working on lo... - Iraq Disorder Worries Senators (May 15, 2003)
...msfeld, who appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee to outline the Pentagon's $380 billion budget request for 2004, defended the performance of the U.... - American Arsenal in the Mideast Is Being Built Up to Confront Saddam Hussein (August 18, 2002)
...Aug. 18 – In the first tangible signs of a logistical buildup around Iraq, the Pentagon is sending weapons and other supplies to the Middle East that could be a c... - In First Step, US Sends War Planners to Gulf (October 12, 2002)
...The Pentagon has issued orders to the Army's V Corps and 1st Marine Expeditionary Force... - US to Deploy Anti-Missile System by 2004 (December 17, 2002)
...c defenses and away from offensive nuclear missiles in 1983.
Until now, the Pentagon was investigating whether various methods of shooting down incoming missil... - US to Send Troops to Yemen (March 1, 2002)
...e, spokeswoman for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, told reporters at the Pentagon Friday that plans for helping Yemen were "very much a work in progress."
... - Invasion of Iraq Sooner Than You Think (May 6, 2002)
...ilateralism of the Bush Administration, there is no reason to believe that the Pentagon hasn't been given a green light for its invasion plans.
Of course, the... - U.S. Soldier Killed in Fierce Fighting in Eastern Afghanistan (March 1, 2002)
...ping in eastern Afghanistan. Defenders fought back with heavy weapons, and the Pentagon said one American was killed and others were injured.
Military officia... - Crash Course (May 17, 2002)
...and slam it into the World Trade Center, take another one and slam it into the Pentagon, that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane... - Pentagon Had No WMD Intelligence on Iraq Before War (June 6, 2003)
...The Pentagon's intelligence service reported last September that it had no reliable evi... - A Deliberate Debacle (December 12, 2003)
...ofiteering in Iraq — will apologists finally concede the point, now that a Pentagon audit finds overcharging? And reports suggest a scandal in Bechtel's v... - Perle Admits Iraq War Was Illegal (November 20, 2003)
...t, or right to act, contrary to international law in relation to Iraq".
The Pentagon adviser's views, he added, underlined "a divergence of view between the Br... - US Sends Commandos to Hunt Down Bin Laden (December 15, 2001)
...uts are not known.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Thursday that the Pentagon had increased the number of Special Operations Forces in eastern Afghanist... - The Domination Effect (January 8, 2004)
...lustrated by the attack on al-Jazeera's office in Kabul in 2001, which the Pentagon justified by claiming al-Qaida activity in the al-Jazeera office. As i... - Tenet Now, Rummy and Wolfie Soon (June 8, 2004)
...ailures, although great, pale in comparison to those at the high levels of the Pentagon.
The Bush administration is trying to make Tenet a sacrificial lamb for... - Bush Knew of Terrorist Plot to Hijack US Planes (May 19, 2002)
...fanatics loyal to bin Laden might try to hijack a jetliner and fly it into the Pentagon.
The memo received by Bush on 6 August contained unconfirmed informatio... - Rumsfeld Scolds Staff Over Press Leaks (July 17, 2002)
...the separate question of why a memo on leaks was disclosed to the media, a Pentagon spokesman insisted the document was sanctioned for official release.
H... - New Assault Prepared Near Gardez as US Leaders Find They Misjudged Size, Firepower of Enemy (March 8, 2002)
...eck, the U.S. commander in the battle, requested an additional 16 Apaches. The Pentagon immediately approved the request, and the aircraft were in Afghanistan jus... - US Shows Off Robot Plane (July 13, 2002)
...tion fighter planes.
The Darpa, which develops future technologies for the Pentagon, has at least half-a-dozen other drones under development, some no larger... - Iraq and Poison Gas (September 23, 2002)
...and America re-established diplomatic ties.
From mid-1986, assisted by the Pentagon, which secretly seconded its Air Force officers to work with their Iraqi c... - Experts Warn of High Risk for American Invasion of Iraq (August 1, 2002)
...to use military force to remove Mr. Hussein – as many in Congress expect – the Pentagon could not assume that the Iraqi military would collapse without a fight or... - $2b Raytheon Pact Approved (December 6, 2002)
...fiscal 2005 for the next 227, according to a "decision document" signed by the Pentagon's comptroller.
"This budget news reflects that Tactical Tomahawk should... - Are We Committing War Crimes in Iraq? (July 7, 2003)
...ts as they claimed the convoy was just a group of livestock smugglers.
The Pentagon did not treat this story like the rescue of Private Lynch, where videotape... - Largest US Ground Assault of War Underway (March 4, 2002)
...he Army's 101st Airborne Division and 10th Mountain Division. In addition, the Pentagon said that forces from Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany and Norw... - Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies (August 6, 2002)
... group of prominent intellectuals and former senior officials that advises the Pentagon on defense policy.
"Saudi Arabia supports our enemies and attacks our a... - Air Marshal Aimed Gun in Delta Cabin (September 1, 2002)
... 11 hijackings of four jetliners that crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a western Pennsylvania field.... - Military Bids to Postpone Iraq Invasion (May 24, 2002)
...The uniformed leaders of the U.S. military believe they have persuaded the Pentagon's civilian leadership to put off an invasion of Iraq until next year at th... - The New Nukes (August 6, 2002)
...truction - chemical and biological as well as nuclear weapons.
Last week the Pentagon, for the first time, secured funds from Congress to develop "mini-nukes",... - Iraq's Humanitarian Crisis (March 28, 2003)
... More than 10,000 refugees died from disease and food shortages.
So far the Pentagon has not targeted Iraq's urban infrastructure. Pentagon officials and even... - POSSE COMITATUS: Caution is Necessary (August 6, 2002)
...Eberhardt, the designated head of the new Northern Command (NORTHCOM) that the Pentagon is forming explicitly for homeland security functions, said he would favor... - Iraq Tried to Avert War with US, Was Rebuffed (November 6, 2003)
... border in March and diplomats argued about war, an influential adviser to the Pentagon received a secret message from a Lebanese-American businessman: Saddam Hus... - Troop Morale in Iraq Hits 'Rock Bottom' (July 7, 2003)
...oops inside Iraq and 12,000 from Britain and other countries. According to the Pentagon, the number of foreign troops is expected to rise to 20,000 by September.... - Bush Developing Military Policy Of Striking First (June 10, 2002)
...ation's embrace of the new doctrine has triggered an intense debate inside the Pentagon and among military strategists about the feasibility and wisdom of preempt... - US Weighs Tactical Nuclear Strike on Iraq (January 25, 2003)
...As the Pentagon continues a highly visible buildup of troops and weapons in the Persian Gu... - Feds Share College Students' Info (November 14, 2002)
... your application to the U.S. Department of Education is being shared with the Pentagon, the Justice Department and other agencies, even private companies like de... - US Remains Leader in Global Arms Sales (September 25, 2003)
...North Korea is suspected of selling missile technology to Iran and others, Pentagon officials said.
The study says that none of the major arms makers deliv... - Pentagon Moving B-2 Bombers Closer to Baghdad (November 7, 2002)
...The Pentagon is moving the jet that fired the opening salvos of the last two U.S. wars... - CIA to Build Secret Police Force in Iraq (January 4, 2004)
...asing number of extra-judicial killings of prominent former Ba'athists.
The Pentagon and CIA hope to organise the various and sometimes competing groups into a... - Pentagon Unleashes Holy Warrior (October 17, 2003)
...G. "Jerry" Boykin. The day before Boykin appeared at the pulpit in Oregon, the Pentagon announced that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld had nominated the gene... - Bush Told Leaders About Domestic Threats, Not Hijackings (May 16, 2002)
...ation received prior to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) called for a congres... - White House Wants to Restrict Protections for Marine Mammals (April 20, 2002)
... exempt the military from key provisions of environmental legislation.
The Pentagon's proposed changes to six landmark environmental laws were presented to Co... - Allied Aircraft Attack Iraqi Air Base (September 7, 2002)
...y at coalition jets patrolling the southern no-fly zone of that country, a Pentagon official said.
The official said that in two different strikes, 12 coa... - US Stocking Uranium-Rich Bombs? (March 10, 2003)
...so-called "bunker-buster" bombs and missiles unleashed on Afghanistan.
The Pentagon has not confirmed the use of uranium or depleted uranium in the bunker-bus... - What a Lovely War–If No One Dies (November 3, 2002)
... to know what they're like."
IN March 2001, after 10 years of research, the Pentagon unveiled a weapon that fires microwaves more than a third of a mile to dis... - US Sorts Suspects at Guantánamo, Releases Few (May 6, 2003)
...agencies, including the FBI, the Justice Department, the State Department, the Pentagon, the CIA and U.S. immigration services, he said.
"That's not an excuse... - US Commander Requests Troops in Iraq as Deaths Spiral Upwards (April 13, 2004)
...the United States Central Command in Iraq, General John Abizaid, has asked the Pentagon to send 10,000 more troops to Iraq to quell the uprising, backtracking on... - Carnegie Study Calls Iraq Threat Overstated (January 9, 2004)
...ed with bad information from Hussein's government.
Also yesterday, a US Pentagon official confirmed that 400 of the 1,400-member team of US government weap... - US Envisions Blueprint on Iraq Including Big Invasion Next Year (April 28, 2002)
...e Middle East crisis obscure his goal. But he has not issued any order for the Pentagon to mobilize its forces, and today there is no official "war plan."
Inst... - America Rattles Saddam's Cage, Hoping He Will Lash Out (July 13, 2002)
...orist attacks, or even 11 September itself. After the attacks, the CIA and the Pentagon seemed if anything to play down reports that Mohamed Atta, the hijackers'... - Bush Channels Orwell (July 28, 2002)
... about its intentions of propagating falsehoods. In February, for example, the Pentagon announced a plan to create an Office of Strategic Influence to provide fal... - North, South Korea Exchange Fire Over DMZ (July 17, 2003)
... of violence.
In Washington, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Dan Hetlage said: "The Pentagon is aware of the incident but has no comment."
North Korean soldiers fi... - This Memo Must Not Be Leaked (October 25, 2003)
... after it was written (at least ostensibly) for an "eyes only" audience at the Pentagon.
In the document, Mr. Rumsfeld observed that American forces in Afghani... - 41 Nobel Laureates Against a War Without Int'l Support (January 28, 2003)
...Kohn, a former adviser to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency at the Pentagon; Norman F. Ramsey, a Manhattan Project scientist who readied the Hiroshima... - Lawmakers Propose Creation of Top Intelligence Position (December 11, 2002)
...tional intelligence director, lawmakers are likely to face opposition from the Pentagon and its supporters in Congress.
Tenet oversees the overall intelligence... - Pakistanis Arrest Qaeda Agent Seen as Planner of Sept. 11 (March 2, 2003)
...en who planned the suicide hijacking attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, as well as other terrorist acts.
It is also the most prominent arrest... - Military Buildup Strains Public Safety (February 17, 2003)
... infrequent call-ups; the numbers were small and the service period short. The Pentagon has never tracked how many of the nation's 1.3 million reservists wear a s... - DoD Task Force Said Iraqi Oil Would Not Fund War (October 5, 2003)
...ic records and government officials.
The task force, which was based at the Pentagon as part of the planning for the war, produced a book-length report that de... - War on Iraq Condemned (March 19, 2003)
...ere now in a position to launch an attack when the order came.
However, the Pentagon has denied a report from Kuwaiti security sources that US troops had passe... - Deluge of Hate Crimes After Sept. 11 (July 6, 2002)
...le acts in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Joe Montez drew two years' probation for telephoning a truck stop in Hewi... - Saddam in the Crosshairs (November 21, 2001)
..." said a senior Pentagon official. "This is both an internal discussion at the Pentagon, and one between departments. Our policy guys are thinking Iraq. Our quest... - US Readying Forces for Iraq Invasion (September 23, 2002)
...ould bring their counterterrorism skills to covert missions while allowing the Pentagon to maintain that no uniformed combat forces were in action.
The Navy ha... - Rumsfeld Admits Number of Security Forces May Have Been Underestimated (December 7, 2003)
...ld H. Rumsfeld said he wants senior commanders in Iraq to consider whether the Pentagon underestimated how many U.S.-trained Iraqi security forces would be needed... - Aide: Hussein Got Rid of WMD (August 1, 2003)
...roops never used such weapons during the war.
Intelligence officials at the Pentagon, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said some experts had raised the... - Making Money on Terrorism (February 5, 2004)
... 2000, Clinton's final year. These firms get one out of every four dollars the Pentagon doles out for everything from rifles to rockets. In contrast, Bush's No Ch... - When Rupert Murdoch Calls... (March 22, 2004)
... is investigating the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States is expect... - Wolfowitz: Weapons Issue Secondary In Iraq (July 22, 2003)
...battlefield in the aftermath of the war, but so far nothing has turned up. Pentagon officials have said they believe the key is getting lower-level Iraqi offi... - US to Use Toxic Gases in Iraq (March 2, 2003)
...dded: "I would think that if they get a chance to use them, they will."
The Pentagon said last week that the decision to use riot control agents "is made by th... - Bush Not Certain on Iraqi War (July 15, 2002)
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