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In a front-page article citing unnamed U.S. military and political officials, the New York Times reported Tuesday that the Obama administration is close to approving a...
made popular Dec 23 2010
For a man who is supposedly not running for president, Texas Governor Rick Perry certainly has taken to the national media in recent weeks.
made popular Nov 22 2010
Mr. Gates announced new guidelines Tuesday that would accelerate a cost-saving drive launched earlier this summer. That initiative aims to eliminate $100 billion in...
made popular Sep 15 2010
It was a long time of seven years before U.S. finally ended its mission in Iraq. What exactly was the mission, that’s still unclear though… It all started with a...
made popular Sep 2 2010
The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 said terrorists hijacked four...
made popular Sep 2 2010
Even as Washington is recasting the narrative of the Iraq war in terms of the troop withdrawal and campaign promises, Iraqi citizens say they’re still caught in...
made popular Aug 31 2010
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday his government had information al Qaeda-linked groups were planning a series of attacks across the country, state...
made popular Aug 28 2010
The U.S. military said on Tuesday the number of its troops in Iraq had dropped below its August 31 target of 50,000, when the 7-1/2 year U.S. combat mission comes to an...
made popular Aug 24 2010
The U.S. military is on track to cut numbers in Iraq to 50,000 by end August, when the 7-1/2-year combat mission launched by former President George W. Bush ends and...
made popular Aug 20 2010
A Guantanamo jury has recommended a 14-year sentence for an al-Qa’ida cook, though he could be released much sooner under a plea bargain that will limit the time...
made popular Aug 12 2010
General Stanley McChrystal has submitted a letter of resignation to President Obama in the aftermath of an article to be published this week in “Rolling...
made popular Jun 23 2010
The United States gave strong backing to plans by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to punish North Korea for sinking one of its naval ships, White House spokesman...
made popular May 24 2010
The US has stopped all troop flights to Afghanistan from its controversial air base in Kyrgyzstan, a day after the country’s new leadership said it would close...
made popular Apr 10 2010
A BBC investigation in Iraq has confirmed a disturbingly high number of birth defects among children in the town of Falluja.
Six years ago, in 2004, there were fierce...
made popular Mar 4 2010
Explosions and gunfire in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, have left at least 14 people dead, officials say.
A suicide bomber detonated explosives near...
made popular Feb 26 2010
A U.S. military helicopter crashed in western Germany on Wednesday, killing all three people aboard, according to a spokesman for U.S. Army Europe.
made popular Feb 4 2010
A US army major has opened fire on fellow soldiers at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, with death toll now standing at 12, with 30 injured.
Base commander Lt Gen...
made popular Nov 6 2009
A Sunni cleric known for denouncing insurgents in Iraq was killed Friday by a bomb that ripped apart his car, a police official said, in the second targeted attack on a...
made popular Oct 10 2009
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Iraqi Sunni Sheikhs are beside themselves. Their cash-rolling masters, U.S. occupation troops, have left are years of collaboration and the Sheikhs know not what to do....
made popular Oct 5 2009
Recently, an Army National Guardsman and Arabic translator who openly challenged the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, was...
made popular Jul 11 2009
The U.S. military, which built itself for Iraq, is racing to remake itself for Afghanistan.
The effort is on full display at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, a sprawling...
made popular Jun 9 2009
Pakistan Security Forces are successfully fighting an enforced battle all along her western boundaries since 2001. In the on going operation, the Security forces...
made popular Jun 2 2009
The United States military wins hearts and minds:
Steven Green, 22, who was discharged for a “personality disorder” before the slaying was discovered,...
made popular Apr 10 2009
Gates landed Thursday in the Afghan city of Kandahar, where he was met by Gen. David McKiernan, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces battling a resurgent Taliban and...
made popular Dec 12 2008
A powerful excerpt from ‘Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan’ lays bare the racism at the core of the Iraq occupation.
made popular Oct 13 2008
The Citizens Peace Watch said the US military has bases and that its troops are involved in actual combat operations against insurgents and terrorist groups in southern...
made popular Oct 3 2008
Four bombs killed at least 32 people and wounded scores in busy districts of Baghdad on Sunday as Iraqis shopped and broke their fast for the Muslim holy month of...
made popular Sep 29 2008
The U.S. military says it has captured a suspected Shiite militia leader south of Baghdad. A military statement says the suspect and five others were detained Tuesday...
made popular Jun 3 2008
Matthis Chiroux is the kind of young American US military recruiters love.
“I was from a poor, white family from the south, and I did badly in school,” the...
made popular May 17 2008
Location: Al-Sadr hospital, Sadr City, Baghdad.
Date: Sat May 3, 2008.
Time: Approximately 10 am local time (0700 GMT).
A US rocket attack blasts its way down and...
made popular May 4 2008
Under pressure to meet combat needs, the Army and Marine Corps brought in significantly more recruits with felony convictions last year than in 2006, including some...
made popular Apr 22 2008
Military interrogators assaulted Afghan detainees in 2003, using investigation methods they learned during self-defense training, Pentagon documents released Wednesday...
made popular Apr 17 2008
A drug that can protect against the effects of radiation, whether from cancer treatment, a nuclear accident or an atomic bomb, is unveiled today.
made popular Apr 11 2008
Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran’s borders, a high-ranking security source said...
made popular Mar 30 2008
U.S. President George W. Bush got an earful on Thursday about problems and progress in Afghanistan where a war has dragged on for more than six years but been largely...
made popular Mar 20 2008
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