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Security gains of the last year could be lost, one general says. As Petraeus prepares to hand the reins to Odierno, bombs kill at least 35. As Iraq's government presses Washington for a deadline to withdraw American troops, top U.S. military officials Monday cautioned against pushing...(more)
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Anti-Americanism reaches new levels in Pakistan in the wake of US violations of Pakistani borders
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The military surge into Iraq that began more than 18 months ago has ended. But 150,000 U.S. troops remain, as many as 15,000 more than before the buildup began.
In recent days, the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade, the last of the five additional combat brigades sent...(more)
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AP - As of Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008, at least 4,189 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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submitted by Robby for team staff news 11 weeks 9 hours 29 minutes ago
Pakistan's prime minister condemns the latest American military intervention, which killed at least six
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Troops came under fire while trying to arrest Mahir Ahmad Mahmud Zubaydi and returned fire, killing Zubaydi and his wife, the military says. An Al Qaeda in Iraq leader suspected of executing a Russian official and orchestrating a recent wave of bombings in Baghdad has been...(more)
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submitted by Jazz 15 weeks 3 days 13 hours 46 minutes ago
South Ossetia may be tiny, but it has become the scene of an event of colossal proportions: the return of great-power politics.
Tanks once again decide what happens. “Soft power”, on which so many hopes had been pinned, has just been exposed as irrelevant. The Russians clearly...(more)
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submitted by Jazz 15 weeks 3 days 13 hours 48 minutes ago
The proposal, made amid growing outrage among Russia's neighbours over its military campaign in Georgia, could see Ukraine added to Moscow's nuclear hitlist. A Russian general declared Poland a target for its arsenal after Warsaw signed a deal with Washington to host interceptor missiles for America's...(more)
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The families of three SAS soldiers and a female corporal killed in Afghanistan when their Land Rover hit a landmine have a strong legal basis for suing the Ministry of Defence under the European Convention on Human Rights, according to a senior barrister.John Cooper, QC, gave...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 5 weeks 2 days 3 hours 29 minutes ago
Abu Ghadiyah was a key player in funneling foreign fighters to Iraq, a U.S. official says. U.S. commandos crossing into Syria in an unprecedented raid Sunday killed a senior Al Qaeda associate accused of funneling fighters, weapons and cash to the insurgency in Iraq, U.S. officials...(more)
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KABUL, Nov. 24 -- As the United States and NATO attempt to stamp out an increasingly potent insurgency on the doorstep of the Afghan capital, the senior U.S. Army commander in eastern Afghanistan said he plans to send hundreds of troops to two volatile provinces...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 5 weeks 4 days 29 minutes ago
Despite recent setbacks, a large-scale influx of conventional forces is unlikely because of troop commitments in Iraq. But special operations forces could narrowly target the most violent insurgent bands. In a sign that the U.S. military is scaling back its goals in Afghanistan, senior Pentagon officials...(more)
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