Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on Monday that he was replacing the general in charge of the Pentagon’s largest weapons program — the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter — and withholding $614 million in award fees from the contractor, Lockheed Martin. Full Story, New York Times
Archive for February 1st, 2010
Gates Shakes Up Leadership and Funding for F-35
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged F-35, Robert Gates on February 1, 2010 | Comments Off
Karzai rejects Taliban terms & preconditions
Posted in Afghanistan, Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, Gen. McChrystal, Hamid Karzai, Taliban on February 1, 2010 | Comments Off
‘Chemical Ali’ Hassan al-Majid executed in Iraq
Posted in Iraq, tagged Iraq on February 1, 2010 | Comments Off
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s government spokesman says Saddam Hussein’s notorious cousin ”Chemical Ali” was executed Monday about a week after being sentenced to death for the poison gas attacks that killed more than 5,000 Kurds in 1988. http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-chemical+ali-executed-in-iraq-rs-04
