Bush likely to pull 8,000 troops from Iraq in January

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush is expected to keep U.S. troop levels in Iraq near their current level through the end of the year, then pull home up to 8,000 combat and support troops by mid-January, The Associated Press has learned. ...

Pentagon orders Marines to stay longer in Afghanistan

US Marines will stay longer than intial plan in Afghanistan. Earlier the plan was to withdraw the Marines from Afghanistan after sometime when normalcy is restored but they are still fighting Taliban militants in the volatile south."The Pentagon has ordered roughly 1,250...

Iraqi Chicken Farmers Get Jumpstart With Egg Delivery

" BAGHDAD, April 28, 2008 – Chicken farmers in Mahmudiyah, 20 miles south of Baghdad, received the jumpstart their industry needed with the arrival of 45,000 eggs, each ready for hatching. Army Capt. Benjamin Neusse, a civil military operations officer with 3rd...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

Mily commander apologizes for attack on police HQ

""I apologize to the people of Masohi for the attack by certain military individuals," the military commander said by phone when confirmed here on Saturday.He was contacted after holding a meeting with Maluku Police Chief Brig. Gen. Muhammad Guntur Ariyadi and the Maluku...

Latest British fatality in Afghanistan was friend of Prince William

"In a statement, royal officials said Prince William, 25, was "deeply saddened" to learn of Roberts' death. He said he remembered the officer with "great respect" and said he was also a "good friend". Roberts taught William during a posting to Britain's elite military...