Al Jazeera Manila begins hostage crisis probe | Authorities in the Philippines have begun a three-day inquiry into a botched hostage rescue operation in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in the capital, Manila. | Leila de Lima,... (photo: AP / Noel Celis)
Al Jazeera Karzai slams Nato civilian killings | Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned an air strike by Nato-led forces which he said killed 10 election campaign workers, although US officials maintained it was aimed at an Islamist leader. |... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Gulf News The risks of withdrawal loom | Entering a war is easy; getting out of it is the hard part. That axiom is particularly true for the United States today, as it muddles through three wars — two of which were forced upon it (Af... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) DefenceIraqPhotosUSWikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq