Sara Carter of The Washington Times reports on Islamic terrorists targeting Fort Huachuca, the nation’s largest intelligence-training center in Arizona.  Confidential security documents obtained by The Times stated that up to 60 Iraqi and Afghan terrorists were planning to attack the base using high-powered weapons smuggled into the U.S. with the help of Mexican drug cartels.  This incident is an important reminder of Iraq’s place in the larger War on Terror, as well as the need for the United States to secure its southern border.

The AP is reporting this morning that Iran has claimed to have produced a new missile with a longer range – capable of hitting U.S. and allied bases.  When combined with Iranian claims of nuclear advancement and their continued development of an even longer range missile capable of hitting much of Europe, this advance in delivery system represents the continued threat that Iran poses to the U.S. and its allies abroad.

In Iraq, Tom Vanden Brook of USA Today reports that formal talks are to take place early next year regarding the long term relationship of the U.S. and a post-war Iraq.  This agreement will lay out how Iraqi soldiers will be equipped and trained in the future and will extend the U.N. mandate for the U.S. presence in the region.  The establishment of a long-term security arrangement in Iraq is seen as an important step to guard against meddling in the Iraqi situation by its neighbor to the north – Iran.