Conflicts / Tags / Missile

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Feb 28, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

CNN -- A missile strike in a remote part of Pakistan killed at least eight suspected militants and wounded three others Thursday, Pakistan's state media reported. The strike happened in South Waziristan, a rugged mountainous region of Pakistan near its border.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 10:10pm neoform

CNN -- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Wednesday that U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield in Europe are arrogant and threaten to usher in a new Cold War. Speaking to CNN from Moscow as the Group of Eight Summit got under way in Germany, G.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue May 15, 2007 @ 4:50pm neoform

BBC News -- The US will not allow Russia to stop it from deploying anti-missile defences in Europe, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said in Moscow. "I don't think anyone expects the United States to permit a veto on American security interests," she sai.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 4:21pm neoform

CNN -- A cargo plane that had delivered equipment for Ugandan peacekeepers in the Somali capital was shot down by a missile during takeoff Friday, the owner of the plane said. A witness said the aircraft crashed in flames after one of its wings fell into the Ind.. Read More

CONFLICTS / OPINION Sat Feb 24, 2007 @ 2:21pm neoform

Alter Net -- We’re all in trouble if Russia follows up on its threat to withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty in reaction to America's attempt to construct missile defense bases in Eastern Europe. In October 1986 what was supposed to be merely a pr.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Feb 20, 2007 @ 12:13am neoform

BBC News -- US contingency plans for air strikes on Iran extend beyond nuclear sites and include most of the country's military infrastructure, the BBC has learned. It is understood that any such attack - if ordered - would target Iranian air bases, naval bases, m.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri May 23, 2008 @ 8:23am neoform

BBC News -- Russia and China have condemned a US plan for a missile defence shield, saying it will set back international disarmament efforts. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the joint statement with Chinese President Hu Jintao while in Beijing on his fir.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Feb 28, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

BBC News -- At least 12 people, including suspected militants, have died in a missile attack on a house in a Pakistan village near the Afghan border, reports say. The house in Kalosha village, in the troubled South Waziristan region, was destroyed, officials and r.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Feb 28, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

MSNBC -- A missile struck a house in a Pakistani region known as being a safe haven for al-Qaida early on Thursday, killing 10 suspected militants including foreigners, intelligence officials and residents said. The attack took place near Kaloosha village in th.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

USA Today -- A number of top U.S-based physicists have concluded that the Bush administration used inaccurate claims to reassure NATO allies about U.S. missile defense plans in Eastern Europe. They say the planned Polish-based interceptors and a radar system in the.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Aug 7, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- Russia has committed an "act of aggression" against Georgia by firing a guided missile at its territory, officials in Tbilisi say. They say the missile landed outside the village of Tsitelubani on Monday, some 60km (37 miles) north-west of the capital.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Wed Jul 4, 2007 @ 8:24am neoform

BBC News -- Russia has raised the idea of basing new missile forces in Kaliningrad, close to Poland and Lithuania. Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov linked the possible move to US plans to locate parts of a new missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic... Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Thu Jun 7, 2007 @ 12:20pm neoform

Al Jazeera -- It is one of the routine missile tests North Korea carries out every year," the source said. "We consider today's launch as part of routine military training as was the May 25 launch." Previous tests In May, North Korea launched missiles into.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Tue Jun 5, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

USA Today -- Once again, Americans and Russians are at each other's throats over the fate of Eastern Europe. This time, however, the United States is allied with the Czech Republic and Poland on a missile defense system that has triggered Cold War-style rhetoric fr.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri May 25, 2007 @ 12:34pm neoform

Al Jazeera -- Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, who usually takes a hardline on North Korea, downplayed the significance of the missiles. "I do not consider it as a grave issue for Japan's security," Abe told reporters, adding that he wanted North Korea to a.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Sun May 20, 2007 @ 6:05pm neoform

CNN -- Israel's air force fired a missile at a house in Gaza City late Sunday, killing at least eight people, residents and hospital officials said. The strike followed a decision to step up attacks against Islamic militants in response to rocket fire from Ga.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Feb 9, 2007 @ 3:35pm mrmdc

Reuters -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Friday rejected U.S. arguments for deploying an anti-missile defense system in eastern Europe and insisted Russia would not be drawn into a Cold War-style arms race. Ivanov said there was no need to base part o.. Read More