US Marines launch offensive in Afghanistan

Three days after President Barak Obama announced that he was sending 30,000 Marine Corps reinforcements to Afghanistan, US Marines already in-country launched a new offensive aimed at Taliban supply and...

Taliban vow to fight US troop surge in Afghanistan

Yes of course this was expected, what else could they say.  Don't see them waving a white flag for some time. They now have to prove their not ready for defeat, I expect some horrifying terrorist attacks in...

Barack Obama issues new Afghanistan military orders

Media is still being creative, nothing has been released yet from the white house, Yes Gordon Brown has been out spoken but as yet Obama has not said a Dicky bird.     " US President Barack Obama has issued new orders for the US military in Afghanistan...

Obama May Add 30,000 Troops in Afghanistan - may not?

It looks like 22,000 and 7000 from NATO countries. At a guess my second guess this week I might aid and creative civilian journalism of course (Learning something from the big boys). 23,000 troops are on...

Train your guns on Terrorists, not Inda - Hillary to Pakistan

US Secretary of States, Hillary Clinton told Pakistan to get rid of “India phobia” and to worry about the ever spreading terrorism within the country or forget about the US and other foreign aid that...

Wartime troop brain injures could reach 360,000

"WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. troops who have suffered wartime brain injuries may be as high as 360,000 and could cast more attention on such injuries among civilians, Defense Department doctors said Wednesday. The estimate of the number injured — the...

Canada, allies will never defeat Taliban, PM Stephen Harper says

In an interview on CNN's Fareed Zakaria on GPS yesterday, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper doubts that Afghan insurgents can ever be defeated.  Watch Fareed Zakaria's full interview here.  ...

Bangladesh troop mutinies break out beyond Dhaka

The bloody mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) soldiers in the capital Dhaka has spread outside the city even though they had laid their arms at their headquarters. Police chiefs in six border districts have told...

U.S. Toll in Afghanistan at Record High in 2008

the exact statistics about foreign casualties is unclear but in some news tells that around 300 foreign combative death in 2008 and in some other new came that more than 300 fighters, NATO had casualties  last...

Open Case: Mary Badaracco

" DPS Search: State of Connecticut Department of Public...

Royal Marine who died on Christmas Eve

" Lance Corporal Benjamin Whatley, from Lima Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines Photo: MOD The soldier was named as L/Cpl Benjamin Whatley, 20, from King’s Lynn in Norfolk who was serving...

More Iraqi demands on security deal

Even though Bush administration continues to meet demands, Iraq reluctant to approve troop agreement

EU Rules out Congo Troop Deployment Despite Deepening Crisis

" The United States also said that it would not send troops to the UN peacekeeping force in the DRC, but backed UN calls for reinforcements to help stop the fighting.   "The peacekeeping office in the UN (United Nations) has put out a call for additional forces,"...

US-Iraq troop deal "crushing defeat" for Bush

This is not something we are seeing much coverage of."In an article on ipsnews.net, journalist and investigative historian Gareth Porter analyzed the final draft of the US Iraq Status of Forces Agreement on the US...

US-Iraq security deal in doubt again

Troop agreement with Iraq on the rocks as al-Maliki slams US commander for Iran bribery remarks

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