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General: tribes might help with Afghan security

AP — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:37:42 +0000

Coalition commanders in Afghanistan are hoping to come up with a plan _ and the necessary money _ to use tribal militias to help with security, a tactic successfully used against the insurgency in...

Green Beret charged in Afghan death out of NC brig

AP — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:32:45 +0000

A Green Beret accused of killing an Afghan civilian and cutting off his ear has been released from jail to await his military trial.

Soldier formally charged in Afghan civilian death

AP — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:09:58 +0000

The Army says a Special Forces soldier will be court-martialed early next year on charges of killing an Afghan civilian and cutting off his ear.

Forces Undermine Afghanistan President To The Cost of 5 Children Lives

Hassan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:15:55 +0000

Foreign and Afghan forces accidentally killed five children in two separate operations Monday, further undermining President Hamid Karzai after he demanded a halt to attacks in civilian...

Green Beret: Leader shot, mutilated Afghan man

AP — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:09:23 +0000

The leader of an Army special forces team “grinned” as he held the ear of an Afghan man he suspected of being an insurgent after he shot him and left his body in the desert, a Green Beret testified...

Soldier may face murder charge in Afghan death

AP — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:30:53 +0000

Army prosecutors said Tuesday they plan to seek a murder charge against a Special Forces soldier accused of killing and mutilating the body of a civilian in southern...

US talks with Iraq could stretch years

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:21:23 +0000

The next White House will most likely inherit the difficult negotiations over the long-term status of American military forces in Iraq as disputes linger over setting timelines for expected troop withdrawals, U.S. officials say.U.S. negotiators...

Cal Beats Air Force in Armed Forces Bowl

AP — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:23:00 +0000

DeSean Jackson and Robert Jordan returned from their first-quarter benchings and caught touchdown passes to help California rally from a three-TD deficit and beat Air Force 42-36 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Monday. California (7-6), ranked No. 2 in...

Violence Reportedly Hampers Iraq Forces

AP — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:34:49 +0000

Iraqis have not made enough progress toward learning to manage their security forces because they’ve had to divert too much attention to continued violence and sectarianism, congressional investigators said Monday.For example, Iraqi recruits...

U.S. Over-Counted Iraqi Volunteer Guards

AP — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:17:06 +0000

The American military discovered there are fewer Iraqi civilians serving as volunteer guards in their home areas than it had thought, saying accounting mistakes had inflated the number by thousands.Senior military officers said they had reduced...