“War_Conflict” on The Daily Caller

CAIRO (AP) — Facing a popular uprising, Egypt’s president fired his Cabinet early Saturday after protesters engulfed his country in chaos — battling police with stones and firebombs, burning down the ruling party headquarters and defying a night curfew enforced by the army. (more)

A car bomb has ripped through a funeral tent in a mainly Shia Muslim area of Baghdad, killing 48 people. (more)

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Yemen, one of the Middle East’s most impoverished countries and a haven for Al Qaeda militants, became the latest Arab state to see mass protests, as thousands of Yemenis took to the streets in the capital and other regions demand a change in government. (more)

Reporting from Cairo — (more)

The U.S. Armed Forces are on the verge of allowing women to serve in ground combat units beneath the brigade level. Women already are serving and dying (over 110 in Iraq and Afghanistan) in many hazardous military jobs. They serve as fighter, bomber and helicopters pilots; and they serve in ground combat-support units that put them in harm’s way. Why shouldn’t they serve in front-line combat units? (more)

ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Drawing inspiration from the revolt in Tunisia, thousands of Yemenis fed up with their president’s 32-year rule demanded his ouster Saturday in a noisy demonstration that appeared to be the first large-scale public challenge to the strongman. (more)

The government is considering allowing women to serve in combat. That would be a huge mistake. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari discussed terrorism and Pakistan’s economy in a short meeting Friday. (more)

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Mobs and security forces allied to Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo attacked at least six U.N. vehicles Thursday, setting some ablaze and injuring two people in the latest round of violence sparked by this West African nation’s disputed election. (more)

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has eased pressure on Japan over the huge American military bases in the country, while asking for Tokyo’s help with North Korea. (more)

The Pentagon will have to cut spending by $78 billion over the next five years, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday, forcing the Army and Marine Corps to shrink the number of troops on active duty and eventually imposing the first freeze on military spending since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (more)

Until Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly’s explosive belt went off prematurely in Stockholm last month, Sweden was the poster child for isolationism in the war on terror. While Abdulwahab’s bomb failed to achieve his desired result, it did obliterate the myth that nations can remain neutral to global terrorism. (more)

The United States lost an exceptional public servant last month with the passing of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, and I lost a friend and mentor. I came to know Holbrooke during the negotiations that ended the war in Bosnia and brought a diplomatic solution to a war-torn people. He masterfully directed a peace agreement that demonstrated the true importance of civilian-military cooperation with a team that included me, General Wesley Clark, and Ambassadors Chris Hill and James Pardew. (more)

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The governor of Pakistan’s most dominant province was shot and killed Tuesday by a bodyguard who authorities said was angry about his opposition to blasphemy laws carrying the death sentence for insulting the Muslim faith. (more)

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The severed head of a young man was found hanging from a bridge in the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Monday. (more)

NEW DELHI (AP) — India increased security in major cities across the country Tuesday after receiving information that a Pakistan-based militant group was planning an attack over New Year’s weekend. (more)

LONDON (AP) — Nine men suspected of plotting attacks on the U.S. Embassy and the London Stock Exchange were charged with terrorism-related crimes Monday and jailed until their next court appearance. (more)

BAGHDAD (AP) — When police came hunting for a 19-year-old woman they believed had been recruited by al-Qaida to be a suicide bomber in a town north of Baghdad, they found she was already dead: Slain by her father, who told police he strangled his daughter out of shame and then cut her throat. (more)

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Police launched a manhunt in India’s financial and entertainment capital Friday for four alleged Pakistani militants authorities believe entered Mumbai to carry out a terrorist attack, a top police official said. (more)

Harvard University will welcome ROTC back to campus now that Congress has repealed a ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, university president Drew Faust said. (more)