VERSIONS: روسيا اليوم NOTICIAS FREEVIDEO ИНОТВ RTД FIND US ON: YouTube Twitter
breakingnews
Go to main page   USA   News   US Army follows footsteps of Alexander the Great – journalist  
MORE ON THE STORY
16.02.2009, 18:16 3 comments

Soviet-Afghani stalemate: military success – political failure

Even though Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan twenty years ago without tasting a single significant defeat, they were unable to bring peace to Afghanistan.

06.08.2009, 14:44 23 comments

Israeli strike on Iran just a matter of time?

Despite all diplomatic efforts the US has undertaken to dissuade Israel from striking Iranian nuclear facilities, the attack now seems virtually inevitable.

An Iranian long-range Shahab-3 missile is fired in desert terrain at an unspecified location in Iran (AFP Photo / Shaiegan / Fars News) 18.12.2009, 15:28 20 comments

Israel can withstand Iranian missile strike - experts

A leading Israeli missile expert said this week that the damage Iranian missiles are capable of causing Israel is limited, whereas Israel is capable of setting back Iran’s nuclear program by several years.

Tzipi Livni (AFP Photo/ Jini / Pool/ Emil Salman) 25.02.2009, 19:14 8 comments

Israel threatens new operation in Gaza

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned that the Jewish state may launch another military operation, unless Iran stops smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip.

Israel, Tel Aviv: Retired Israeli general Giora Eiland  holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on July 12, 2010. (AFP Photo / Jack Guez)
				12.07.2010, 22:57 3 comments

Israel admits “planning flaws” in aid raid, but no one blamed

An Israeli military investigation says poor planning and intelligence led to the deadly attack on a Gaza aid flotilla in May.

AFP Photo/Ahmad AL-Rubaye 19.07.2009, 17:47 4 comments

Has life in Iraq changed for the better without Saddam Hussein?

Thirty years ago, Saddam Hussein came to power in Iraq. His dictatorship ended with the US-led invasion in 2003, followed by his execution later. But are Iraqis better off after Saddam?

The two received a hero's welcome in the Golan Heights village of Majdal Shams.  (Photo:Avihu Shapira / ynet.co.il) 10.12.2009, 19:10

The memoirs of a prisoner

Stuck in between two states and unwittingly linked to a conflict with a third one – two Druze security prisoners have returned to the Golan Heights after the airing by Hamas of Israeli prisoner Gilad Shalit's video.

04.02.2009, 12:56 1 comment

Hidden war: Israelis eat away at Palestinians’ lands

While the world’s attention is focused on the fragile peace in Gaza and the food crisis it is facing after Israel’s military offensive, Palestinians in the West Bank see their land confiscated, polluted and walled off.

AFP Photo / Ahmad Gharabli 15.02.2009, 11:34 2 comments

Taliban: difficult to ignore but still no dialogue

As the U.S. plans to increase troops deployed to the war in Afghanistan – a war with seemingly no end – some still feel quite belligerent and doubtful whether it’s worth even talking to the Taliban.

AFP Photo / Mahmud Hams 10.03.2009, 15:53 1 comment

Israeli strategists’ two-state solution suggestion doesn’t include Palestine

Amidst widespread calls for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, leading Israeli strategic thinkers are suggesting that one of those two states need not be Palestine.

US Army follows footsteps of Alexander the Great – journalist

Published: 24 November, 2009, 01:55
Edited: 27 November, 2009, 13:21

(15.5Mb) embed video

TAGS: Conflict, Military, Middle East, USA


US Special Forces are now helping anti-Taliban militias in parts of Afghanistan, according to Sunday's New York Times. Washington Times contributor Tony Blankley told RT the idea is hardly new.

+6 (8 votes)
 
Back to top
next MORE NEWS
British soldiers, Iraq (AFP Photo / Mauricio Lima) 23.11.2009, 17:43 2 comments

British top brass say US generals in Iraq like 'Martians'

Top British commanders in Iraq claim talking to their American counterparts felt like talking to 'a group of Martians'. The Daily Telegraph reports, the allies didn’t have equal rights in so-called joint operation.

24.11.2009, 09:47

Ex-broker bunkers down for real

An ex-stockbroker from Chicago has transformed a former missile silo into a residential safe haven.

Aleksandar November 27, 2009, 09:46
0

Aleksandar Macedonian is the real name of Aleksandar. "The Great" is only British historic falsifcate.

Bianca November 24, 2009, 21:13
0

While any comparisons here with the timesof Alexander the Great is not obvious, it may just be worth remembering that he died in Persia.

Meslin November 24, 2009, 15:37
0

Ridiculous statement; nothing else.