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MQ-1 Predator UAS: A MQ-1B Predator aircraft from the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron takes off in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom June 12, 2008. Since January 2008, more than 1,000 Predator sorties were flown out of Balad, lasting more than 20,000 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julianne Showalter/Released) Why Pakistan Cannot Have [...]
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U.S. Troop Deaths In Afghan War Up Sharply — Washington Post KABUL – Twenty-two American troops have been killed in Afghanistan over the past five days, a spike that follows record-high death tolls for U.S. forces in June and July. Five of the troops were slain Tuesday, including four who were killed by two improvised [...]
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U.S. Troop Deaths In Afghan War Up Sharply — Washington Post KABUL – Twenty-two American troops have been killed in Afghanistan over the past five days, a spike that follows record-high death tolls for U.S. forces in June and July. Five of the troops were slain Tuesday, including four who were killed by two improvised [...]
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Vice President Biden went further, albeit grudgingly, than President Obama did in his Tuesday night Oval Office address in crediting the surge of troops into Iraq ordered by President George W. Bush in January 2007 with providing the political space for Iraq to arrive at this moment in the country’s post-Saddam history. Both President Obama [...]
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived Wednesday in Iraq on a surprise visit, as the US military officially ended its combat mission in the war-torn country, an AFP journalist said. Gates was scheduled to attend a change of command ceremony for the head of US forces in Iraq that would also mark the beginning of [...]
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Five U.S. troops were killed by roadside bombs and insurgent fire in southern and eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday. Outside Kabul, a gunman opened fire on a bus transporting Afghan Supreme Court clerks, killing three and wounding 12. Since Friday, 21 U.S. service members have been killed in Afghanistan. Taliban insurgents have waged a continuous campaign [...]
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Members of the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team and U.S. Army soldiers meet with Afghan elders in a village near Combat Outpost Mizan in Mizan district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug 19, 2010. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon Afghanistan Bomb Attacks Kill Twenty-One US Soldiers In 48 Hours — The Telegraph Twenty-one American [...]
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U.S. Army Capt. Cory Petro, left, waits for Afghan elders to arrive for a meeting near Combat Outpost Mizan in Mizan district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug 19, 2010. Petro is assigned to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon Bombs Kill Seven US Soldiers In Afghanistan — CNN [...]
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TOWER TEAM – U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Dain Dillonan, right, and an Asia security group guardsman perform tower watch at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, Aug. 23, 2010. Dillonan is a gas turbine system technician assigned to the Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team as a convoy driver. The Paktika team is assisting the [...]
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A bomb blast in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad Monday killed a district chief and injured up to five others, an official and the interior ministry said. “The explosion targeted the vehicle of La’al Poor district chief Sayed Mohammad Pahlawan at 9:15am (0445 GMT) this morning,” said Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for Nangahar province, [...]
THE LONG VIEW – U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, looks out over northern Afghanistan after a briefing on the challenges facing NATO forces, July 22, 2010. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail
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They are too busy making our $5 jeans and cheap toys, don't ruin that!