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Indian police get jungle warfare training
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:16 PM
NEW DELHI, May 16 (UPI) -- India has asked its state governments to provide jungle warfare training to its police personnel to counter Maoist insurgents. -
DHS announces IPA grants
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:13 PM
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Grants to aid cities in the event of terrorist attacks or natural disasters were announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. -
Record year against organized crime
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:12 PM
LONDON, May 16 (UPI) -- British officials say 2007-2008 was a record year in the war on drugs, according to an annual report by the Serious Organized Crime Agency.
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Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:16 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The daily Al Sabaah newspaper said Friday in its editorial that observers of the political process in Iraq today cannot illustrate it or acknowledge its aims or intentions, which turns the process of analyzing it into something close to a guessing game. -
German industry targeted by Russian spies
Published: May 16, 2008 at 8:56 PM
By STEFAN NICOLA
UPI Germany Correspondent
BERLIN, May 16 (UPI) -- The German government has accused foreign intelligence services -- blaming mainly Russian agents -- of having spied on German companies. -
Feature: U.S. cites attacks despite truce
Published: May 16, 2008 at 2:34 PM
By RICHARD TOMKINS
BAGHDAD, May 13 (UPI) -- A new cease-fire has been declared between the Iraqi government and Shiite gunmen of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, but U.S. and Iraqi forces say their troops are still coming under attack in Sadr City. -
Dogs of War: Blackwater, Najaf -- Take Two
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:28 AM
By DAVID ISENBERG
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- One aspect of private military and security contractors that is relatively ignored is their relationship with regular military forces. Such discussion, as there is, is generally limited to sound bites about the reported envy that soldiers have for allegedly better paid security contractors. -
Analysis: Indian agencies start blame game
Published: May 15, 2008 at 8:36 PM
By KUSHAL JEENA
UPI Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 15 (UPI) -- India's intelligence and security agencies are indulging in a blame game over a recent foiled infiltration bid by militants on the Pakistani border, with one agency accusing the paramilitary forces guarding the border of lacking alertness. -
Iraq press roundup
Published: May 15, 2008 at 7:20 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The daily Al Mashriq newspaper had an editorial Thursday titled "Last lines for the chaotic months" that said although Iraq has been in a war for five years, the government in the last few weeks has been chaotically carrying out quick military operations and offensives in many cities and areas around the country.
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Iran invites Maliki for talks
Published: May 8, 2008 at 2:27 PM
TEHRAN, May 8 (UPI) -- A top official with the Shiite Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council said Tehran invited Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for talks on Iraqi national security.
Mohsen Hakim, son of party founder Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and a senior adviser, said no formal date was set but expressed optimism any future meetings between the two neighbors would yield positive results.
Baghdad wanted to move forward to resolve any open issues with Tehran to address security conflicts and sovereignty issues, Hakim told The Tehran Times.
He called the latest visit to Iran by a delegation handpicked by Maliki "constructive and fruitful," adding Tehran expressed its support for the Maliki government on "political, economic and security" issues.
The invitation comes on the heels of statements from Iranian officials saying any further talks with Washington while violence escalated in Baghdad were out of the question.
"In view of the U.S. open bombing and the assault of the Iraqi nation, Iran-Iraq-U.S. trilateral talks would be meaningless," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said.
"The trilateral talks require a special psychological climate where all sides believe in the main purpose of the discussions. … If one of the three sides lacks this belief, the negotiations will face serious problems," he added.
Mohsen Hakim, son of party founder Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and a senior adviser, said no formal date was set but expressed optimism any future meetings between the two neighbors would yield positive results.
Baghdad wanted to move forward to resolve any open issues with Tehran to address security conflicts and sovereignty issues, Hakim told The Tehran Times.
He called the latest visit to Iran by a delegation handpicked by Maliki "constructive and fruitful," adding Tehran expressed its support for the Maliki government on "political, economic and security" issues.
The invitation comes on the heels of statements from Iranian officials saying any further talks with Washington while violence escalated in Baghdad were out of the question.
"In view of the U.S. open bombing and the assault of the Iraqi nation, Iran-Iraq-U.S. trilateral talks would be meaningless," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said.
"The trilateral talks require a special psychological climate where all sides believe in the main purpose of the discussions. … If one of the three sides lacks this belief, the negotiations will face serious problems," he added.
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