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Wearing an advanced bomb protection suit, an Iraqi Bomb Disposal School student attempts to connect a “pull-rope” to an improvised explosive device during a field exercise. Photo taken by By U.S. Navy Journalist 2nd Class John J. Pistone, MNSTC-I Public Affairs. BASRAH -- One of the greatest threats to the security of Iraq, and a common tactic of terrorists and insurgents, is the use of improvised explosive devices and mines.The majority of casualties suffered by Coalition and Iraqi Forces are mostly from some form of IEDs, vehicle borne IEDs and suicide bombs. There is an additional threat in Iraq by...

9/11 Panel Gives White House Mixed ReviewBy BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer 1 hour, 10 minutes ago Fred Fielding, a member of the Sept. 11 commission, prepares to join other panelists in a progress report on the 2004 recommendations aimed at guarding against future terrorist attacks, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, Monday, Nov. 14, 2005. Fielding, a former Nixon White House counsel, praised U.S. attempts to integrate the Arab and Muslim world into the global trading system and in fighting terrorism financing. The Bush administration was given a mixed review and was criticized for not...

Do you remember how quickly the amendment to the Constitution which enables the president to appoint a vice president in the event of a vacancy virtually snuck up on us? There really wasn't much understanding in the country of the implications of that amendment until one day Americans woke up to the fact that they now had the first non-elected president in their history. When the duly elected Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew resigned, President Richard Nixon then appointed House Minority Leader Gerald Ford as president. This choice was quickly ratified by Congress without much thought, because at that point no...