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Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan 8 Nov 2009 00:51 GMT
... Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan By Jonathan S. Landay, John Walcott and ... that Obama, who has little experience in military affairs, should back his commander and send ... "breaking" the force by reducing the time soldiers can spend at home between deployments, overtaxing ...
Some fear backlash against Muslims in US military 8 Nov 2009 00:12 GMT
... Some fear backlash against Muslims in US military By MICHELLE ROBERTS and RACHEL ZOLL Associated ... - and wasn't treatedas an American and soldier should be. He visibly lived his faith, ... hand over security responsibilities in Iraq and Afghanistan to local authorities. But when combat troops ...
Some fear backlash against Muslims in U.S. military 8 Nov 2009 00:15 GMT
... harassed as a Muslim in the U.S. military - and wasn't treated as an American and soldier should be. He visibly lived his faith, ... hand over security responsibilities in Iraq and Afghanistan to local authorities. But when combat troops ...
Fears Over Backlash Against Muslims in Military 8 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... harassed as a Muslim in the U.S. military - and wasn't treated as an American and soldier should be. He visibly lived his faith, ... hand over security responsibilities in Iraq and Afghanistan to local authorities. But when combat troops ...
With Unemployment at 40 Percent, Afghan Teens Enlist in Army, Police 8 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
... Nov 2 (IPS) -- Niamatullah joined the Afghan National Police (ANP) for the same reasons ... sources say that there are no underage soldiers or officers in the ANP and Afghanistan ... Abdurrahman lies in a bed at Bagram's military hospital, recovering from wounds suffered during a ...
Last troops from Black Watch home after 'hard tour' 8 Nov 2009 00:32 GMT
... Scotland yesterday after a seven-month tour in Afghanistan. The soldiers from B Company of the 3rd Battalion ... Airport to welcome the final Black Watch troops home, said: "This has been a highly ...
Shock, sadness grip tight-knit Fort Hood communi... 8 Nov 2009 01:16 GMT
... on a deadly shooting spree at the military post. A grief counseling center was set ... are tight. Town merchants depend on the soldiers who shop at their stores and eat ... Fort Hood soldiers stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan. "Most of our clientele are soldiers, so ...
Gunman kills 12 at Fort Hood Army base, suspect alive 8 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... A soldier opened fire at a U.S. Army base ... officers during the attack at the biggest military facility in the world. "He's not currently ... and nearly eight years of fighting in Afghanistan have taken on the U.S. military and ...
Shooting suspect off ventilator: Army 8 Nov 2009 03:14 GMT
... still remains in intensive care at a military hospital. Spokesman Colonel John Rossi told reporters ... he was about to be deployed to Afghanistan. He reportedly said the US struggle against ... under the pressure of his job counselling soldiers traumatised by combat. In Texas, poignant details ...
12 Taleban killed: Army 8 Nov 2009 01:10 GMT
... ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's military said Saturday it had killed 12 Taleban ... in the South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan. Some 30,000 troops backed by fighter jets ... 12 terrorists have been killed, and five soldiers including two officers were injured,” the statement ...
Shortage of military therapists creates strain 8 Nov 2009 01:14 GMT
... stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides. But with ... or fear of his pending service in Afghanistan might be to blame. An uncle of ... was deeply affected by his work treating soldiers returning from war zones. "I think I ...
Army: Civilian officer shot gunman, ended rampage 8 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
... Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about ... a run for it. Pushing two other soldiers in front of him, he made it ... the worst mass shooting on an American military base, a rampage of more than 100 ...
Two U.S. soldiers missing in Afghanistan, with 25 wounded in search mission 8 Nov 2009 02:51 GMT
... search has been continuing for two U.S. soldiers missing in northwest Afghanistan's Badghis since Wednesday, as 25 NATO and ... dropped accidentally in the water from a military helicopter. Both the soldiers, according to Afghan ...
Painful Stories Take a Toll on Military Therapists 8 Nov 2009 00:14 GMT
... professional therapist numb or angry. in today's military, is the prospect of their own deployment ... of working under fire in Iraq or Afghanistan, where the Pentagon has assigned more therapists ... around the world. As a result, some soldiers home from war, suffering from , say ...
NATO 'friendly' strike kills Afghan security personnel 8 Nov 2009 00:34 GMT
... NATO 'friendly' strike kills Afghan security personnel KABUL (AFP) - – Seven ... signalling further trouble for a fraying Western military effort. The "friendly fire" incident occurred when ... the Taliban, while searching for the two soldiers who went missing Wednesday while trying to ...
Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces 8 Nov 2009 02:14 GMT
... KABUL - U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO ... to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two ... search team and Taliban insurgents, the U.S. military said. Eight Afghans - four soldiers, three ...
Election risk for UK's Afghan troops 8 Nov 2009 01:15 GMT
... the view that Britain's continued participation in Afghanistan will be more acceptable to an increasingly ... fears that the death toll among British soldiers, now standing at 230, could rise to ... be welcomed by the growing number of military experts and politicians, including senior figures in ...
Nato commander wants UK troops 'out of harm's way' for general election 8 Nov 2009 01:33 GMT
... the view that Britain's continued participation in Afghanistan will be more acceptable to an increasingly ... fears that the death toll among British soldiers, now standing at 230, could rise to ... be welcomed by the growing number of military experts and politicians, including senior figures in ...
25 troops hurt searching for two paratroopers: Friendly fire may be to blame in incident in western Afghanistan 8 Nov 2009 02:11 GMT
... More than 25 international and Afghan troops were wounded Friday in western -- ... who had gone missing, according to the military. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) ... ISAF. News service reports said that the soldiers disappeared in the northwestern province of Badghis ...
Neighbor: Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment 8 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment ... worst mass shootings ever on an American military base. Though his motive wasn't known, some ... been struggling with a pending deployment to Afghanistan and faced pressure in his work with ...
Could Fort Hood visit redefine Obama's relationship with the military? 8 Nov 2009 00:30 GMT
... major decision on a troop surge in Afghanistan. Only raising the stakes, Obama is also ... years of tension between Democrats and the military as US soldiers battle along two major foreign fronts. A ...
'Friendly fire' kills Afghan personnel 8 Nov 2009 00:35 GMT
... Seven Afghan security personnel have been killed in a ... signalling further trouble for a fraying Western military effort. The "friendly fire" incident occurred when ... the Taliban, while searching for the two soldiers who went missing on Wednesday while trying ...
Army Tests Sole-Killer Theory as Details Emerge 8 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... to Iraq, he said, or maybe to Afghanistan. That was just one of many small ... mosque. He was trained to counsel troubled soldiers, but bottled up his own distress about ... bullets fired by the police. But the military and federal investigators pointedly refused to release ...
Afghans say NATO airstrike killed 20, including 12 civilians: U.S. says its troops were attacked, cites fewer casualties 8 Nov 2009 02:11 GMT
... KABUL -- Afghan officials said Saturday that a NATO airstrike ... NATO airstrike had inadvertently killed several Afghan soldiers and policemen a day earlier in northwestern ... disappeared in the area Wednesday. The U.S. military said the soldiers on the search operation ...
When Soldiers' Minds Snap 8 Nov 2009 03:15 GMT
... of war in South Vietnam in 1968. Soldiers attend a suicide prevention class in Fort ... in August. , the Army psychiatrist who military officials said gunned down dozens of soldiers ... coming. The current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have claimed more than their share of ...

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