Posts tagged as: Leon Panetta

Pakistan cancels 33-year jail term of CIA Dr Shakil Afridi

Officials in Peshawar Thursday cancelled the 33-year sentence to a Pakistani doctor for “helping” the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in hunting down Osama bin Laden, and ordered his retrial, officials and lawyers said.  Dr. Shakil Afridi, who was accused of organizing a fake vaccination campaign to get DNA samples of the children of the slain […]

US Commander Gen John Allen cleared over e-mails

The Pentagon’s inspector general has cleared the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan of wrongdoing following an investigation into whether he exchanged inappropriate e-mails with the same Tampa socialite involved in the scandal that prompted David H. Petraeus to resign as CIA director, says media reports.   The FBI uncovered messages from Marine Gen. John R. […]

David Petraeus resigns over extra-marital relationship

United States (US) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director David Petraeus has tendered his resignation from his post, citing an extramarital affair.   Petraeus said in a message to CIA staff said, “Yesterday afternoon, I went to the White House and asked the president to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position as […]

United States to shift naval focus to Asia pacific within the next decade

The United States will shift the majority of its naval fleet to the Pacific by 2020 as part of a new strategic focus on Asia, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta told a summit in Singapore on Saturday. The decision to deploy more ships to the Pacific Ocean, along with expanding a network of military partnerships in […]

Leon Panetta says that U.S will not be held hostage by Pakistan

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vowed Sunday not to let the United States be “gouged” by Pakistan on the price it charges for overland deliveries of American military supplies to Afghanistan. Pakistan closed the land route to US supplies in November as punishment for a botched US air strike that mistakenly killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, […]

USA blames China for helping North Korea

USA has blamed People’s Republic of China for helping North Korea in its missile programme which eventually turned out to be a failure United States Secretary of Defence, Leon Panetta has caused a major stir by claiming that Pyongyang sought help from China for North Korea’s missile programme. Conflicting reports suggest that a missile transportation […]

US will pull back its forces from Afghanistan in 2013, says Leon Panetta

US will pull back its forces from Afghanistan in 2013, says Leon Panetta Defence Secretary Leon Panetta explained US Administration’s most clear depiction by expressing that USA would pull back its forces out of Afghanistan by the end of next year. He clarified that US and its alliances intend to retreat from Afghanistan in the […]

Pakistan knew of Osama Bin Laden’s whereabouts: Leon Panetta claims

Pakistan knew of Osama Bin Laden’s whereabouts: Leon Panetta claims In order to mount pressure on Pakistan, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reiterated his claim that someone in Pakistani authority knew of Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts prior to the operation carried out US Navy Seals to kill him on May 02, 2011. Speaking with an […]

Leon Panetta admits USA cannot win in Afghanistan without Pakistan

Leon Panetta admits USA cannot win in Afghanistan without Pakistan US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta said on Tuesday that it was important to reach out to Pakistan if the United States wants to dismantle Afghan militant havens. “It’s been said a number of times that ultimately we can’t win the war in Afghanistan without […]

Panetta calls for improvement in Pak-U.S relations and confident of re-opening of NATO routes

Panetta calls for improvement in Pak-U.S relations and confident of re-opening of NATO routes United States Defense Secretary, Leon E. Panetta, believes that the U.S must patch up their relations with Pakistan because without their support they cannot win the Afghanistan war. “It is essential to stability in that region that we not only achieve […]

United Nations warned Iran over hidden intentions of building nuclear weapons

United Nations warned Iran over hidden intentions of building nuclear weapons United Nations’ supervising body for global nuclear activities has warned Iran on its alleged plans to develop nuclear weapons.  The supervising body from U.N tends to get more suspicious about Iran’s nuclear activity. Iran has claimed that due the increase of it power consumption […]

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