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he U.S. military has been using killer drones to take out enemies for years. But those strikes ordinarily targeted small groups, or lone individuals. Last night, an American pilotless plane reportedly killed 20 people during an attack on a militant compound in Pakistan. It could well...(more)
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The crew is "extracted," a U.S. official says. In another attack, a suicide bomber kills 2 coalition soldiers at a police station. KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgents today downed a U.S. helicopter in a province near the capital, the American military said — a highly unusual feat...(more)
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By Andrea Bruce {vbar} Washington Post Staff Photographer As the visiting families enter the guarded room, a technician sprays a flowery fragrance over them, attempting to mask the faint smell that permeates the Baghdad morgue. Four computers and a flat-screen television, arranged in front of...(more)
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AP - As of Monday, Oct. 20, 2008, at least 4,186 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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Iraqi political leaders meet in late night session to discuss plans for a deal to keep US troops in the country until 2011.
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AFP - A general who has called for more multinational troops to be sent to Afghanistan is set to be named the new head of the British army within days, a newspaper reported Friday.
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AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed a purported foreign militant Thursday in a Pakistani tribal area considered a haven for the Taliban and al-Qaida, while a suicide bombing left four security personnel dead, officials said.
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AFP - Turkish warplanes bombed Sunday a Kurdish rebel hideout in northern Iraq where senior militants were believed to be, the army said.
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The reported plan for Policharki prison involved freeing Taliban and criminal inmates. Meanwhile, a new interior minister is named. Mohamad Hanif Atmar replaces Zarar Ahmad Moqbel. Afghanistan's intelligence service said Saturday that it had broken up a Taliban plot to attack the country's most notorious prison...(more)
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AP - NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to US$100 million (euro74 million) a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters.
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AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband sought Tuesday to play down suggestions by his country's top military commander in Afghanistan that multinational forces would not achieve a "decisive" win there.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 1 -- The Iraqi government on Wednesday began assuming control of the U.S.-backed armed groups that have helped curtail violence here, in a high-stakes test for the American strategy to pacify this war-ravaged land. Iraqi authorities officially took command of about 54,000 Sons...(more)
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