December 10, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Pakistani lawmaker: Air defense weapons may be deployed to Afghan border after NATO airstrikes 09 Dec 2011 Pakistan may deploy air defense weapons to the Afghan border to prevent future NATO airstrikes such as the ones last month that the Pakistani military claims were pre-planned and that killed 24 [...]
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December 10, 2011
December 10, 2011
US told to stay away from Iran airspace
December 10, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis US told to stay away from Iran airspace 09 Dec 2011 A senior Iranian lawmaker has warned that the next time the US ventures to violate Iran’s air sovereignty it would receive a “frightful” response. Deputy Chairman of the Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Esmail Kowsari [...]
December 4, 2011
Iran Says it Shot Down US Spy Drone
Iranian media report that Iran’s armed forces have shot down an unmanned U.S. spy plane after it allegedly violated Iranian air space. The reports quote military officials who say the spy drone was not badly damaged and is in the Iranian military’s possession. Iranian media say Iran’s military shot down the U.S. drone in the [...]
December 1, 2011
September 18, 2011
Lawmaker Offers Plan to Lure Migrant Farm Workers
The lawmaker, Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced his farm guest worker bill late on Wednesday and held a hearing on it in the House on Thursday. He is proposing a thorough overhaul of the existing guest worker program for agriculture, known as H-2A, which is shunned by [...]