WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Preparing for a strike against Iran involves far more than just military preparations; it also requires making a case to try and gain public support. And that is likely to be much harder after the release this month of the key judgments from the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate, which said Iran had most probably halted its nuclear weapons program.

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 24, the 236th day of 2005 with 129 to follow.

WASHINGTON, April 23 (UPI) -- The Pentagon has decided not to charge four of the top five commanders of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison during an abuse scandal there.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- An independent U.S. panel investigating prisoner abuses at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison has criticized every level of command up to the defense secretary.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The United States considered using force to seize oil fields in the Middle East during an oil embargo by Arab states in 1973.

WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- A bipartisan group of 18 former cabinet-level officials from the departments of Defense, State and Treasury, along with officials from the the National Security Council and Congress, released a joint declaration calling for exploration of ways to strength

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Ongoing conflicts between the United States and its European allies over American policies towards Iraq and other critical issues are symptoms of a fundamental ideological between the sides, experts said Friday at a think tank forum in Washington.

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