The Bush Administration and new Democratic-led Congress have different views over the way forward in the war on terrorism, but a new World Public Opinion poll shows Americans of both parties are lining up on the same side. The December poll shows a majority of both Republicans and Democrats want a timeline in Iraq that would bring most US troops home by early 2008. A majority of Americans in both parties also agree with the Iraq Study Group that it is time to talk with Iran rather than continuing to use the threat of military force to effect a change in behavior.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.