International Criminal Court Seeks Afghanistan War Crimes Probe That Could Target US Troops

The ICC’s Chief Prosecutor said a preliminary examination found “a reasonable basis to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity” were committed in Afghanistan after US-led troops moved in following the September 11 attacks in 2001.

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FILE - In this Sunday, March 11, 2012 file photo, men stand next to blood stains and charred remains inside a home where witnesses say Afghans were killed by a U.S. soldier in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. military officials began investigating the massacre site more than three weeks after the killings occurred. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court is seeking an investigation of alleged war crimes committed in the war in Afghanistan, an unprecedented probe that could involve US troops. Fatou Bensouda said in a statement that a preliminary examination found "a reasonable basis to believe that war crimes and crimes against

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US Revives Afghanistan Airdrops, Signaling Escalation Of Conflict

A return to air drops signals a possible deterioration of security for US troops operating in Afghanistan.

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US Revives Afghanistan Supply Drops, Signaling Escalation Of Conflict

The US carried out its first combat airdrop in Afghanistan in more than two years last month, according to newly released US Air Force data. A return to airdrops signals a possible deterioration of security for US troops operating in Afghanistan. Airdrops minimise the time an aircraft and aircrew spends in a hostile environment, allowing them to

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Boots On The Ground: US Sends Troops To Syria’s Manbij

After ExxonMobil publishes press release announcing new fossil fuel projects in Gulf of Mexico, White House lifts text practically word-for-word.

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Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, center, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, and Russia's Chief of Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov and their delegations attend a meeting in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, Turkey, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Turkey's military says the Turkish, U.S. and Russian chiefs of military staff are meeting in southern Turkey to discuss developments in Syria and Iraq. The meeting comes amid renewed Turkish threats to hit U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish targets in the northern Syrian city of Manbij. (Turkish Military, Pool Photo via AP)

After capturing the Syrian city of al-Bab from ISIS, Turkish officials made it clear that the next military target was the city of Manbij, along the Euphrates River. Manbij was captured last year from ISIS by the Kurdish YPG, with considerable US military support. Turkey had long insisted that Kurds aren’t allowed west of the river, where Manbij

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Philippines’ President Wants U.S. Troops Out Of His Country

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his desire to end military relations with the U.S. on Oct. 26, saying, “I want in the next two years my country free of the presence of foreign military troops, I want them out…This will be the last maneuver, war games between the United States and the Philippines military.” (

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016.

Addressing growing tensions with the United States, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte declared today that he’s very much like to expel all the US troops from his country, saying he hates the idea of foreign military forces operating inside the Philippines. “I do not want to see any military man of any other nation except the Filipino,”

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Philippines Orders US Boots Off Its Ground, Signals Pivot To China

A considerable proportion of people in the Philippines do not want US troops in their country.

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wears a pilot's jacket which was presented to him during his "Talk with the Airmen" on the anniversary of the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 at the Philippine Air Force headquarters in suburban Pasay city, southeast of Manila, Philippines.

There are currently several hundred members of US special forces in the Philippines, undertaking training of local forces in an effort to combat insurgency in the south of the country. The force has been drawn down, but many people in the Philippines would prefer the US to stay out of the country altogether, analyst Dr Joseph Chang told

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Pentagon Admits ‘Well Above 4,000’ US Troops In Iraq

The overall U.S. presence on the ground could soon be well above 5,000, far above the figure negotiated with the Iraqi government.

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In this Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016 file photo, American soldiers participate in a training exercise at Basmaya base, 40 kilometers southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

While the Pentagon continues to talk up its intentions to send many hundreds more ground troops into Iraq, escalating their overall presence, officials today admitted that the number of US troops in the country is far above what they’d previously admitted. During last week’s deployment talks, the Pentagon suggested 3,700 troops were in Iraq, and

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