http://www.usanewlook.com Usanewlook.com Copyright 2008 Usanewlook.com http://usanewlook.com/article.aspx?gidview=5024In a surprise shake-up last month, Robert Gates, the US defense secretary, dismissed Army General David McKiernan as the most senior US and Nato commander in Afghanistan and selected McChrystal as his replacement, saying it was time for "fresh thinking".http://usanewlook.com/article.aspx?gidview=5023The US president's nominee to take over command of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan has pledged to reduce Afghan casualties as the US steps up its war against Taliban fighters in the country.http://usanewlook.com/article.aspx?gidview=5022Despite Barack Obama’s formation of a new task force to review government secrecy, and an ongoing investigation into use of the so-called state-secrets doctrine, lawyers for the new administration refused last week to disclose information on the government’s use of warrantless wiretaps and backed legislation to block the release of photos of prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan.http://usanewlook.com/article.aspx?gidview=5021The United States has agreed to equip South Korea with 'bunker buster' bombs capable of destroying underground facilities of North Korea.http://usanewlook.com/article.aspx?gidview=5020Former US Vice President says there was no Saddam Hussein involvement in 9/11 terrorist attacks but that the Iraqi dictator provided terrorists with a safe haven.http://usanewlook.com/article.aspx?gidview=5019Two-thirds of Americans are against closing the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba with even more rejecting the idea of relocating its detainees to US prisons.http://usanewlook.com/article.aspx?gidview=5018The United States president is embarking on his first ever Middle East trip to seek Arab support for his efforts to revive the so-called peace process.http://usanewlook.com/article.aspx?gidview=5017US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has come under pressure over her country's approach toward Cuba at the annual Americas Summit, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.http://usanewlook.com/article.aspx?gidview=5016The new commander of the US army in Afghanistan has warned that al-Qaeda would again use the country as a base if Washington failed in its mission.http://usanewlook.com/article.aspx?gidview=5015Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi has warned the US against providing financial support for terrorist groups that operate against Iran.