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The Pentagon announced Wednesday that the military trial at Guantanamo Bay will resume for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others over their alleged roles in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The defendants face the death penalty in the military commission trial if convicted, the Pentagon said.

Several extremist websites that are part of al Qaeda's propaganda efforts were knocked offline 12 days ago.

Washington and Kabul are close to a deal that would allow U.S. forces to continue night raids on suspected terror targets in Afghanistan, while giving Afghan leaders a lead role in those operations. 

As negotiations to re-open NATO supply lines in Pakistan continue amid strained U.S.-Pakistan relations, the Pentagon said Tuesday that things are “settling” between the two countries.

The November incident in which NATO troops killed 24 Pakistani soldiers blew up an already tense relationship between Islamabad and Washington, and Pakistan closed down supply routes and called for an end to U.S. drone attacks.

U.S. and Pakistani military officials have discussed re-opening the supply lines, and the Pakistani legislature is considering measures to re-assess the U.S.-Pakistan relationship.

One of the largest U.S. military prisons for suspected terrorists is now officially under Afghan control. 

The smaller conflicts elite U.S. forces are fighting around the world are heating up.

The U.S. military is pushing more troops into Colombia to assist in that country's war with insurgent groups and narcotraffickers, the Pentagon's top military officer said Friday. 

The Pentagon should not cut ties to Russian defense firms supplying Afghan forces, if it means harming the American military campaign in the country, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Ct.) said today. 

The Defense secretary Tuesday acknowledged polls showing the public tired of war, but said Washington would not abandon its mission.

The Defense Department has no plans to stop supplying Russian-made military hardware for countries like Afghanistan, despite congressional demands to stop.