24/Jun 2008 | Report: $6 billion in aid to Pakistan poorly tracked | Story Highlights. Report says the Pentagon cannot prove funds have been spent properly. defends Pakistan's contributions, acknowledges accounting concerns . WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States has n... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | North Bend High School graduation to commence | North Bend High School graduation will be held at 7:30 p. on Friday, May 30, at the North Bend High School gymnasium. Commencement speakers will be Principal Bill Lucero and Karen Helland, North Bend ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Boxing Up the Crazies | The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting it to come out different." -- attributed to Benjamin Franklin One problem with using the rational actor model to forecast... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Media & Gov't Torture Cover-up: Sen. Levin, Release the 12/01 SERE Docs | Something very odd occurred during the hearings last week of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on the use of torture against detainees. But before we examine that, let's first examine how the... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Death of Quincy soldier in Afghanistan ruled a suicide | Army National Guard Cpl. Ciara Durkin, 30, of Quincy, was killed under mysterious circumstances on Sept. GI to kin: I made enemies (10/03/07) . Durkin s ashes to be flown to Ireland (10/09/07) . Wor... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Plastic surgery likely to get lift despite downturn | The nation is facing a vanity-fueled epidemic. Lip plump, brow lift, "Gummy Bear" breast implants, anyone? The number of cosmetic surgeries will increase fivefold in a few years, according to those wh... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama Asks Donors to Raise Money for Clinton | Barack Obama asked his finance committee this afternoon to help Senator Hillary Clinton retire her debt. On a conference call that lasted about 45 minutes Obama made a personal plea to his top donors,... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Pentagon sent $2 billion in questionable aid to Pakistan | Overall, the U. has paid more than $5 billion to reimburse the country for counter-terrorism expenses, some of which have been exaggerated, the GAO report says. WASHINGTON -- The United States has pai... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bush Administration Weighs Striking Iran's Nuclear, Trigger 3rd War In Region | Israel Prodding U. To Attack Iran Bush Administration Weighs Striking Iran's Nuclear Complex, Which Could Trigger 3rd War In Region Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen leaves Tuesday night on an... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Billeci graduates basic training | Accident takes lives of three. Paul Billeci has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tra... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | US civilians killed in Iraqi bombing | Six Iraqis, two American soldiers and two US civilians have been killed after a bomb was placed at a local council office in eastern. One of the US civilians was an official with the state department ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Iraq Through the Looking Glass(es) | The state of the Iraq war, as it lurches into its sixth hot summer, is in the eye of the beholder. That much is clear from the release, this week, of a pair of U. government reports that offer dueling... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | USD/IDR | US Dollar v Indonesian Rupiah Indonesia's Government is planning to gradually increase fuel prices - Fuel prices may be increased by 2%/month. USD/IDR ] Yesterday 09:04pmUS Dollar v Indonesian Rupiah ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Children Caught In Brutal Kenyan Crossfire | CBS Evening News. Job Bwonya stands outside his office in Bungoma, Kenya, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Bwonya has been collecting information on atrocities committed by both sides in the Mount Elgon violenc... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bruce Orville Cude | March 4, 1926 to Roy B. He joined the United States Navy on June 2, 1944 and was discharged May 20, 1946. He worked for the Jones & Laughlin Company in Alice, Texas, from 1946 until 1961. He then bega... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | A Sad Day for Copperheads | You won't easily find it on Fox News or CNN or Google News , but somewhere, between the shocking news that Don Imus might have a race-relations problem and the ground-breaking development that Palesti... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Soldier heads to Afghanistan with stuffed toy | FORT HOOD, Texas Pvt. Bechel Crew deployed to Afghanistan on Tuesday with more than 200 other Fort Hood soldiers and an unusual good luck charm. Making the journey is his tricolor, stuffed toy cat, ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Defiant Mugabe vows to hold Zimbabwe run-off, rival calls for military force | Defiant Mugabe vows to hold Zimbabwe run-off, rival calls for military force | Read More.26 militants, two NATO soldiers killed in Afghan violence | Read More.Bush sends aid to Philippines, praises Vi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Germany plans to increase troops in Afghanistan | Breaking News ::.Defiant Mugabe vows to hold Zimbabwe run-off, rival calls for military force | Read More.26 militants, two NATO soldiers killed in Afghan violence | Read More.Bush sends aid to Philip... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Family, Community Mourns Loss of Arlington Soldier | Gunman in Iraq kills 2 American soldiers, wounds 4. The Pentagon says an Arlington soldier was one of four killed in Kandahar City, Afghanistan when their vehicle met an IED and small arms fire. Fort... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | GAO: U.S. can't track $5.5 billion in Pakistan aid | Story Highlights. Report says the Pentagon cannot prove funds have been spent properly. defends Pakistan's contributions, acknowledges accounting concerns . WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States has n... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Little Girl's Christmas Wish Comes True | One local family received exciting news last night after four long years of waiting. They've been in a legal battle with the Wichita County Heritage Society, fighting to protect the rights of their di... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | MILITARY: U.S. transferring Anbar responsibility to Iraqis | An Iraqi soldier with the Anbar Provincial Security Forces stands at his post as Marines from Camp Pendleton's India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, move luggage... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Tanker Dogfight | The Air Force has fumbled the bidding for new aerial refueling tankers for seven years now, and suddenly it's John McCain's fault. The Democratic National Committee claims it was Senator McCain who st... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Canadian soldiers track border-crossing insurgents | View larger image Cars and trucks cross the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the community of Spin Boldak. View larger image A Canadian soldier speaks with a Pakistani official near the A... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | PDM Solution Architect | Job Title: PDM Solution Architect Company: BAE Systems Land & Armaments L Location: US-CA-Santa Clara Reference Code: 10011578 Job Category: IT/Software Development . Description Critical resource fo... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | White House Brings Army Plan To A Hault | The White House won a big victory in its quest for ultimate power yesterday, thanks to the Supreme Court.SCOTUS rejected a legal challenge from the Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club yesterday ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bush, Talabani to Discuss Long-Term Security Pact | President George W. Bush will meet Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday to discuss a long-term security pact for U. forces to stay in Iraq, among other issues, the White House said on Tuesday. ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Local, Pregnant Soldier Found Dead In No. Carolina | Former Campbell County High School student, Army Specialist Megan Touma, was found dead in a Fayetteville, N. The Fayetteville Police Department called the death suspicious. Authorities said they do n... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Corning boxer is state champ | Jose A. Santiago, a 16-year-old Corning resident, traveled to Marquette, Mich. last week to compete in the USA Boxing Junior Olympic National Championships. Santiago, who will be a junior this fall at... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The best auto shops in the area | Local & Regional. A survey of the Puget Sound area suggests many local drivers are paying more than they need to, for maintenance and repair work on their car. We're talking about a difference of hun... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bush pledges US help in talks with Arroyo | Reuters WASHINGTON - President George W. help to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the aftermath of a typhoon, saying he was sending an aircraft carrier to aid in the relief effort. Bush... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Families cheer returning heroes of 730th | GRAY It s great to be home, Sgt. Susanne Harrison said while hugging her 6-year-old daughter, Jazmyne, Tuesday night. Harrison and about 100 other soldiers in the Tennessee Army National Guard s ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Canadian allegedly attended terrorist training camp | TORONTO (AP) A Canadian man charged with participating in a plot to bomb British buildings allegedly attended a terrorist training camp with the plot's ringleader, a key witness testified Tuesday. Moh... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Imagining the Pentagon Under | Illinois Sen. Barack Obama talks with foreign policy adviser Richard Danzig during a flight to West Virginia in May. McCain adviser Richard Armitage (left), a former deputy secretary of state, testif... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Lions of Iwo Jima | Henry Holt and Co. On Sale: 8/5/2008 ISBN: 978-0-8050-8325-5 ISBN-10: 0-8050-8325-1 Trim: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches 288 pages, 1 16-pg. Warren Major General Fred Haynes USMC (Ret d) commanded a combat team... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Is Congress going to write-off the 4th Amendment? | Wed, 2008-06-25 01:29. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issu... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | New four-star would strengthen U.S. forces | A fourth star can make America proud. Eight days ago, Dunwoody earned a promotion as chief of the Army Materiel Command. She ll be based in Virginia, overseeing subordinate commands employing 4,534 on... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bush, Talabani to discuss security deal | The US president will meet his Iraqi counterpart to discus forging a strategic deal to extend the US military presence in Iraq after 2008. "President Bush and Jalal Talabani will discuss the strategic... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Another dirtnap for Al Qaeda | It doesn t pay to be Al Qaeda: US forces kill al Qaeda s leader in Mosul US forces kill al Qaeda s leader in Mosul By Bill Roggio June 24, 2008 5:57 AM US Special Operations Forces scored a major vict... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | 'Cabinet to vote on swap deal Sunday' | Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has promised that the deal with Hizbullah for release of the two reservists it kidnapped, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, will be brought to the cabinet on Sunday, Goldwass... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | CJTF-101 Briefing | Combined Joint Task Force-101, and Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division, Maj. Schloesser from Afghanistan (Note: Major General Schloesser appears via teleconference.) BRYAN WHITMAN (deputy assi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Chomsky: US public irrelevant | Noam Chomsky, the renowned US academic, author and political activist, speaks to Avi Lewis on Al Jazeera's Inside USA. They discuss whether the US election this year will bring real change, the ongoin... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | KATCOM Sheds New Light on Wartime Control of Troops | A picture of two KATCOM soldiers who were assigned to the Commonwealth Forces during the Korean War. Little is known about the squad called the Korean Augmentation Troops to Commonwealth Division, or ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | NATO Steps Up Attacks Against Taliban Along Pakistan-Afghanistan Border | RTTNews) - Tuesday, in one of the latest incidents, suspected Taliban militants attacked check posts, kidnapped Pakistani policemen, and blew up oil tankers destined for the U. In turn, NATO forces st... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Guthrie man killed in Iraq bombing AP Photo | Guthrie resident Steven Farley felt he was making a difference working for the State Department to help build up the city government in Sadr City, Iraq. On Tuesday, Farley paid for that work with his ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Fine threat for former officer who faces being called up | A 54-year-old former Scottish Army officer has been threatened with a 1000 fine for failing to complete a questionnaire which could see him called up for frontline service in Afghanistan or Iraq - al... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Government warned over | Search: Biosecurity UK laboratories Security at British laboratories handling some of the world's most deadly diseases is being put at risk by poor maintenance and under-investment, MPs have warned. T... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bush, Talabani to meet on Iraq security | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will meet Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday to discuss a long-term security pact for U. forces to stay in Iraq, among other issues, the White ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Top 10, er, 20 - athletes with earrings? (just going off the Ed | The Can of Worms and of course, The Cookie Jar It's been said - that I am "an idiot with a keyboard." Which isn't true; I'm an idiot with TWO keyboards. On judging others 3 - "And why do you look at ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | R.B. Stuart: The Weapon of Mass Destruction Is Cancer | Operation Enduring Freedom , but if she survived during her one-year deployment, she would return to the U. Although the changes that would occur two years to the day from her return home were changes... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | General: Russia must guard Arctic region | 5 nations chart Arctic course. Russia must be ready to fight for its national interests in the Arctic region, home to vast untouched natural resources, a military official said Tuesday. "After several... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Campers lucky to be alive after giant old growth tree falls at state park | NEAR CANNON BEACH, Ore. - Campers staying at a state park on the Oregon coast escaped with their lives after a giant old growth tree came falling down in the middle of the night. The tree fell around ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Police: Stranger grabs boy at local park | WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. - A 7-year-old boy playing a game of hide-and-seek in a Washington County park Monday evening reported that a man in a ski mask tried to grab him, authorities said. According t... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Arsenal Of Illusion | 4 Hollywood know-how is helping to create new kinds of military weapons that target the brain but not with a bullet. Nearly four years after the destruction of the World Trade Center, I surrendered ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | 12: Loyal and True | HELL was that? was anyone else more than just a little unhappy about that ending? jenny: i think she's psychotic. i'm really speechless beyond that because I wouldn't know where to begin. LORD could t... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Russia readies for possible Artic war | To protect its national interests, Russia has begun reviewing its combat training programs in case of a potential clash in the Arctic. Russia must be ready to fight wars in the Arctic to protect its n... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Highway 370 in St. Charles County is closed at Elm Street due to rising floodwaters | ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | US divers to join search on Philippine ferry | SIBUYAN ISLAND (Philippines) - United States navy divers will join the grim search for bodies in a sunken ferry in the Philippines on Wednesday with over 700 people still missing. Hundreds of passenge... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Insurgent attacks rise in E. Afghanistan | Lone rocket rocks Kandahar NATO base. and coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan says attacks on coalition and Afghan forces have increased. There has been a 40 percent increase in insurgent attacks ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Group calls for Native Hawaiian constitutional convention | Dennis "Bumpy" Kanahele's Nation of Hawai'i organization is sponsoring a constitutional convention scheduled for early September with the goal of setting up a Hawaiian government that will negotiate w... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Lawmakers slam State, Defense officials for not sharing information on weapons dealer | Lawmakers sharply criticized officials from the State and Defense departments on Tuesday for failing to share information that might have prevented a Miami-based contractor from winning an almost $300... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | IRS makes mid-year adjustment to mileage reimbursement rate | The rate agencies use to reimburse federal employees who use their own cars for work could go up by 8 cents, if the government continues its pattern of using the Internal Revenue Service figures. The ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | House appropriators approve DHS spending bill | CongressDaily June 24, 2008 The House Appropriations Committee Tuesday approved an fiscal 2009 spending bill for the Homeland Security Department, after voting on a handful of Republican amendments.... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Thomas D. Davis | News Sports Features Opinion Obituaries Subscriptions Calendar CONTACT: Courier Courier Columnist Jim Fredricks Community Calendar. Davis, a resident of April Sound in Montgomery for the past 20 years... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Torture Trainers and the American Psychological Association | Military(2546)Torture(1168)Torture(593)Waterboarding(168)Detainees(74)American Psychological Association(54)American Psychological Assoc(29)Senate Hearings(22)Military Torture(13)SERE(6)Senate Armed S... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Cody's Bids Adieu | Plus Deborah Edgerly getting edged out, Oak grove ruling confounds, and neutered moths may be our last hope. The unthinkable happened late last week, as the last iteration of Cody's Books finally clos... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | A BIG LOSS | Yesterday I opened my e-mail messages and the subject line for the first one read: "Memorial for George Carlin." When I opened the message it stated that Carlin died on Sunday evening of a heart attac... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Iraqi Gov t prepares for Diala offensive-Defense advisor | VOI) - An Iraqi Defense official on Tuesday said the governmen ordered military preparations for a new drive in Diala province. "Iraqi government set plans to crack down on all volatile areas across t... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | In fact, Karzai is | 4:25:39 pm {"you're bragging about what will happen in the future. "} Arjun, And you are stuck in the recent past recycling the stale mantra of the neo-cons. Soon you will go the way of Rumsfeld, Wolf... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Spirit of University Student Union will last forever | Symbol of Student resistant in Rangoon University curiously survive the onslaught of the Cyclone Nargis. Almost all the young, old, small, big trees in Yangon fell. But this seemingly DEAD, fragile, b... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | YARADUA'S POWER SURGE WITHOUT RESOLUTION OF THE NIGER DELTA CRISIS, A MIRAGE? | BUHARI S GRAVESIDE SOLILOQUY By Michael Egbejumi-David Abdusalami who stole an unforgiving amount of money in 11 short months to now live in obscene opulence; and Babaginda the Grand Puba of all thie... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | 638 Opinions | If the State of Maryland can be called "the Old Line State," I guess you could call me "the Old Line Man." I am a 31 year old paleoconservative Catholic writer. The Electoral college is the best way ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Guardsmen join fight against Calif. wildfires | . Aircraft and personnel from the Army and Air National Guard in California and North Carolina are supporting firefighting operations in Northern California aimed at suppressing hundreds of wildfires... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Agreement made to expand Melrose bombing range | . SANTA FE The state and the Air Force have agreed to move forward with the expansion of the Melrose bombing range to help Cannon Air Force Base, N. Department of Finance and Administration Secreta... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Lt. gen. takes command of Air Force Reserve | . took over Tuesday as chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command. Stenner pinned on his third star and assumed his new position Tuesday morning at the Pentagon. Bradley... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Hired Guns | A short piece about Blackwater and Private Military Companies. Not really intended to defend or condemn any side of this issue. I like how you let the media be the voice in this piece which is so ofte... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Wrong way driver gets 16 years for deadly crash | ALBANY, Ore. (AP) - A Linn County judge sentenced a woman to 16 years Tuesday for assault, two counts of manslaughter and drunken driving. A jury found the woman guilty earlier this month of causing a... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Baghdad Bombing Kills Ten; Four Americans | Baghdad - A bomb exploded inside Sadr City's district council building Tuesday, killing 10 people, including four Americans working to restore local government and services in the former Shiite militi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama to reschedule Pentagon briefing | Political Producer Alexander Marquardt , CNN's Candy Crowley (CNN) Barack Obama had an ops-intel briefing from the Pentagon scheduled last week but it was canceled because of Tim Russert s death. A ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Maj. Gen. Taguba Accuses Bush Admin of War Crimes (video) | 19, 2008 Congressional Hearings Shed New Light on Government s Endorsement of Torture; Maj. Taguba Accuses Bush Administration of War Crimes On Tuesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee held an eig... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Denedo presents yet another jurisdictional questio | Upon reading Mr. MacLean's comments below, it occurred to me to wonder whether the Supremes even have jurisdiction to review CAAF's decision in Denedo v. My tentative answer is it doesn't look like th... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | "China Close to Anti-Ship BM" | I didn't really understand it until I noticed the seriousness in the source's eyes. I hadn't given it much thought recently, what with all the other stuff going on around us. MRAP, Air Force shakeup, ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Iraq: Shiite security and the Anbar litmus test | Gov Mamun Sami Rasheed of Anbar province, Iraq's largest Sunni province, said the US military will transfer control of the province's security to Iraqi forces June 28, Reuters reported June 23. US-led... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Italy's Snamprogetti wins Kuwait contract | KUWAIT: State-owned Kuwait Oil Co said yesterday it signed a deal with Italy's Snamprogetti SpA worth KD 179.4 million to build a gas facility in the Gulf Arab state. The deal was to build a gas boost... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Zanu-Pf | By Staff Reporter Residents from the mining town of Kadoma awoke Friday morning to the sound of Zanu PF thugs demanding they pull down their satellite. First, while many Zimbabweans and non-Zimbabwean... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Russia, India to boost military coop | Russia and India are to regularly exchange experiences in training mountain troops and further promote their military cooperation. India's Chief of Army Staff, General Deepak Kapoor, met Tuesday with ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | 9/11 Conspiracy T... [+22 | 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Like Pearl Harbor and the Kennedy assassination, 9/11 represents an era-defining moment in U. And as with those other incidents, it has attracted a small conspiracy cult that ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | MND-B Soldiers detain suspected criminal (Rashid) | Multi-National Corps Iraq Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory APO AE 09342 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELEASE No. 20080624-04 June 24, 2008 MND-B Soldiers detain suspected criminal (Rashid) Multi-Nationa... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | News or editorial | Enemy combatants should be either enemies or combatants, if not both. In Tirana, Albania, on the outskirts, where the inaccessible mountains climb towards Kosovo and Macedonia, the United States has ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Lawmakers flay Army over 21-year-old's $298 million arms deal | WASHINGTON Military officials came under withering attack Tuesday in Congress from both Democrats and Republicans, who expressed anger and astonishment that a 21-year-old Miami Beach man with a spot... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | US Navy battle group now racing to RP to help find bodies | By RODNEY J. JALECO ABS-CBN North America News Bureau WASHINGTON D. - The USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group could be in Philippine waters in the next 24-48 hours to help scour for victims of Typh... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Baghdad part of Israel's "eternal and undivided capital," says Congress | Baghdad part of Israel's "eternal and undivided capital," says Congress. Baghdad part of Israel's "eternal and undivided capital," says Congress Bill Presses Iraq To Recognize Israel 06.2008 | Forward... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Balad Opens Iraqi-Based Industrial Zone Service Center | Maj. Martin Umbarger, Indiana adjutant general, Sheik Shihab and Brig. Gregory E Couch, commander of the 316th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, cut the ribbon to open the IBIZ Service Center, June 1... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Violence in Iraq Drops to Four-Year Low | Fred W. Baker III WASHINGTON (AFPS, June 23, 2008) - Violence in Iraq dropped in May to its lowest level in four years, according to a Defense Department report released to Congress Monday. The quarte... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Fort Bragg press release concerning Spc. Megan Touma after she was found dead | FORT BRAGG, N. - A woman found dead in Fayetteville, Saturday, June 21, has been identified as Spc. Megan Lynn Touma, assigned to the19th Replacement Company, Fort Bragg, N. Touma, a 23-year-old denta... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | S. Korean veterans call for U.S. to help retrieve KATUSA remains | South Korean veterans who worked for U. troops during the Korean War demanded Tuesday that the Bush administration help retrieve the remains of their colleagues killed in the war decades ago. "We ha... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Tactics used by insurgents in Afghanistant are becoming more complex | ARLINGTON, Va. troops in Afghanistan are increasingly sophisticated and complex, the senior U. convoy or attacked it with a roadside bomb, but seldom would approach or stop the vehicles, Army Maj. Sch... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Japanese customs officials strict with incoming mail | Jennifer H. Svan / S&S Airmen sort through packages at the Misawa Air Base post office last fall. military mail in Japan - with the exception of official mail - is subject to an inspection by Japanese... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Congress to get report on K-town center | Ben Bloker / S&S The Government Accountability Office has completed a follow-up investigation into the KMCC and is to release the details at a congressional hearing on Wednesday. Phase one of a four-s... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Khawaja took terror training, provided money for cause, trial is told | OTTAWA - Momin Khawaja attended a terrorist training camp in northern Pakistan with the ringleader of a British bomb plot and offered him money to help "the brothers," says a one-time al-Qaida operati... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Fort Riley Records 151st Combat Death | FORT RILEY, Kan. Walton, 41, died of wounds received Saturday in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when the vehicle in which he was traveling struck a homemade bomb and encountered small arms fire, Fort Riley of... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Khadr claims U.S. jailers tortured him | Affidavit reveals that U. wanted Khadr to give up information on more important targets Steven Edwards, Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, June 24,. NEW YORK -- Omar Khadr said his interrogators... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Sadr City blast kills 4 Americans (AP) | BAGHDAD - A bomb exploded inside Sadr City's district council building Tuesday, killing 10 people, including four Americans working to restore local government and services in the former . Iraqi off... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Air Force football offers "Season Tickets for Troops" | The Air Force Academy athletic department is featuring a special program called Season Tickets for Troops for fans and graduates to help enlisted members of the local military community attend Falcon ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Russia joins the war in Afghanistan | M K Bhadrakumar Moscow is staging an extraordinary comeback on the Afghan chessboard after a gap of two decades following the Soviet Union's nine-year adventure that ended in the withdrawal of its las... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Fighting Terror Blindfolded | Jason Burke: The 'war on terror' owes a lot to the 'war on drugs'. In both governments have failed to see the nature of the beast they're battling . Earlier this year, on the way to a conference in a... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Eastern Afghan attacks 'up 40%' | Attacks by Taleban insurgents in eastern Afghanistan have increased by 40% compared with the same period last year, the US regional commander says. Maj Gen Jeffrey Schloesser said insurgents were choo... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Fort Riley records 151st combat death FORT R | Fort Riley records 151st combat death FORT RILEY, Kan. Walton, 41, died of wounds received Saturday in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when the vehicle in which he was traveling struck a homemade bomb and enco... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | 3rd ID soldiers clear houses, pull security during air assault | 17:22.:: Here's another photo collage of sorts, showing various 3rd Infantry Division soldiers in action. Soldiers clear houses, pull security during air assault By Spc. Amanda McBride 4th BCT, 3rd I... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | A new vision | 17:41.:: Here is the latest on little Noor, the 5-year-old Iraqi girl who recently traveled to the U. Kevin Stabinsky 2nd BCT, 3rd ID PAO FOB KALSU, Iraq He gave her sight. They ve changed me as mu... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Iraq buildup ends: What's next | The departure of the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division will lower U. personnel by mid-July, at least 7,000 more than before the buildup began early last year. But it also sets up pivotal questions ab... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,106 | By The Associated Press As of Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at least 4,106 members of the U. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figu... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 461 | By The Associated Press As of Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at least 461 members of the U. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U. invasion of Afghanistan in late 200... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Five Dancing Israelis Arrested On 9-11 | On the day of the 9-11 attacks, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked what the attacks would mean for US-Israeli relations.Well, it's not good, but it will generate immediate symp... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Iraqi Army Weapons Training | B-roll of Iraqi Army Soldiers receiving weapons training. Scenes include soldiers aiming their rifle, firing techniques and target practice.... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | NBC: U.S. Commanders In Afghanistan Complained To Us That They Lack Resources Because Of Iraq | On NBC Nightly News last night, anchor Brian Williams reported that on a recent trip to Afghansistan, several U. commanders complained to NBC that they lack resources, aircraft, soldiers and suppor... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Project for the New American Century, 9-11 and the so-called "war on terror" | In a speech at Johns Hopkins University in April 2002, the National Security Advisor, Condoleeza Rice, remarked that "an earthquake of the magnitude of 9/11 can shift the tectonic plates of internatio... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | CFTC welcomes contradictory information | Rep.) asks Acting Chairman Walter Lukken of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) if the CFTC has analyzed claims concerning what percentage of oil prices are due to speculation. Lukken resp... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Will the National Surveillance State Prevail Again? | By Scott Horton Late last week, the House Democratic leadership (which is to say, Congressman Steny Hoyer) announced a breakthrough in discussions with the White House and the Republicans which woul... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | THE STANLEY FOUNDATION: WHY SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT? IRANIAN AND WESTERN INTERESTS ARE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK | Professor Riccardo Redaelli on the West's policy towards the Islamic Republic of Iran. Riccardo Redaelli Riccardo Redaelli is Associate Professor of History of Civilizations and Political Culture and ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Resurgent Russia? A Still-Faltering Military | Resurgent Russia? A Still-Faltering Military By Zoltan Barany Reports of its return have been greatly exaggerated. n the past few years Moscow s increasingly assertive foreign policy posture has been... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Blackwater s Rosy Future | 5:56 pm Jeremy Scahill , author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World s Most Powerful Mercenary Army writes: . From California to Iraq, business has never been better for the controversial private sec... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Riz Case Causing Feud Between Mayor and Governor | Rhode Island. A Flash player error has occured, please make sure you have the latest Adobe Flash Player. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama sought 'ops-intel' briefing | Barack Obama was to have a military briefing from officials with the Joint Chiefs of Staff office last week, but canceled to attend Tim Russert s funeral. Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell confir... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Three New York Army National Guard Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan | LATHAM, NY (06/24/2008; 1833)(readMedia)-- Three members of the New York Army National Guard were killed in action outside Kandahar, Afghanistan on June 21. Anthony Mangano, of Greenlawn, Suffolk Coun... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Or, to put it more | New Policy for Construction Cranes. Political Memo: In Balancing Act on National Security, a Stumble. Lake County fire threatens homes; hundreds of blazes burning in state... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Iraq tries to appease Iran, avoid U.S. Gov't anger | WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki sought in early June to alleviate Iran s concerns about a security deal between his country and the United States., treading lightly between... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Surge Is Working? Not If You Read the Latest GAO Report | The statement is made in the U. media, over and over again, as if it is as factual as the sun rising in the morning and setting in the evening: "The surge is working." But just because the media has p... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Blogs, news, photos | John Davenport/Express-News) Army Maj. Cockerham, 41, a contracting and procurement officer assigned to Fort Sam Houston, is escorted to a federal courthouse in SA in 2007. Cockerman pleaded guilty to... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Why the Enemy s Methods Make the War on Terror so Difficult to Win | All warfare is based on deception. 630 AD When it comes to foreign relations, business strategy and military operations, arguably the most influential book of all time is The Art of War accredited to ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | USA: Armed Forces | Peter Spiegel. June 24 LA Times - President Bush on Monday nominated a top logistics officer to be the first female four-star general in U. Dunwoody to head the command responsible for supplying the A... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Lawmakers question how 21-year-old won $298 million arms contract | Illicit online pharmacies blamed for prescription drug abuse . Lawmakers question how 21-year-old won $298 million arms contract. Blast kills 11, including 4 Americans, in Sadr City building. New Iraq... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Blast kills 11, including 4 Americans, in Sadr City building | Illicit online pharmacies blamed for prescription drug abuse . Lawmakers flay Army over 21-year-old's $298 million arms deal . Senate vote would put election watchdog back in business . Illicit online... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Iraqi Politics | President George W. Bush will meet Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday to discuss a long-term security pact for U. forces to stay in Iraq, among other issues, the White House said on Tuesday. ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Two U.S. Troops Kiled in Iraq Bombing | 3:39 pm Baghdad bombing kills 4 Americans By Sinan Salaheddin / Associated Press BAGHDAD - A bomb struck a district council building Tuesday in Baghdad's Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, killin... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Eagle v dragon | With a $3 trillion war bill and an economy that flounders as China's soars, could America's era of dominance on the world stage be coming to an end? Mick Brown and the photographer Alec Soth travelled... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Navy Times | Afghanistan is the result of greater contact with enemy insurgents, a growth in the complexity of their attacks and, in the east, their ability to slip away into a safe haven across the Pakistani bor... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Fortress Britain | Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad | The public has to be more alert , warned one international terrorism expert in the Daily Mail late last year, because Scotland is set to become ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | What's This Guy Doing On The Blog? Just Fucking Up The World, Folks! | One of the cool things about writing for a "women's" blog that actively rails against the ghettoization of women's voices in the "women's" media is that it gives me the only excuse I can really think ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bush nominates first US female full general | Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington. America could soon see its first woman promoted to the rank of four-star general. Lt Gen Ann Dunwoody has been nominated by George Bush to lead army materiel command,... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Soldier Killed By IED In Afghanistan | ROCKVILLE, Md. -- A Rockville soldier was one of four killed in Afghanistan when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb, Pentagon officials said. Walton, 41, was assigned to a Military Transition Team, 1st... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bomb Kills 6 Iraqis, 4 Americans and Italian in Baghdad's Sadr City | LatestNewscast News Now Live VOA Africa Live Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East U. American Life Health & Science Entertainment News Analysis Special Reports Shows by Name VOA News Blog T2... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Israel Prodding U.S. To Attack Iran | Couric & Co. Iran Nuclear Chronology Events in development of Iran's nuclear program since it first came to light. (CBS) Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen leaves Tuesday night on an overseas... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Police say more arrests likely as they patrol the Internet | A crackdown by state police and the Internet Crimes Against Children task has led to the arrest of two Kanawha Valley men on sex-related charges. '); Investigators say 20-year-old Brenden George Vilon... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Evangelical Leader Blasts 2006 Obama Speech | More than 800 wildfires across Northern California have been sparked by over 5,000 lightning strikes, prompting a plea for help. Paul Van Gerwen, battalion chief of the California Department of Forest... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | If honestly accounted | Within the next month, the Pentagon will submit its 2009 budget to Congress and it's a fair bet that it will be even larger than the staggering 2008 one. Like the Army and the Marines, the Pentagon it... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Rapist tells parole board he's changed | Letter to psychologist reveals mind of a rapist. Richard Gillmore, the so-called jogger rapist, told a state parole board Tuesday that 21 years in prison have changed him and made him less of a dang... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Quicker cash for finding recruits | . The Army rolled out a new money-making scheme not for itself, but for active-duty enlisted soldiers and future soldiers in the Delayed Entry Program. According to an Army news release, soldiers i... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Pressing fight spurs more OEF deaths | .news/2008/06/military_afghanistan_casualties_062408w. troop deaths in Afghanistan is the result of greater contact with enemy insurgents, a growth in the complexity of their attacks and, in the east,... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | U.S. nominates 1st female four-star general | Bush, Talabani to meet Wednesday on Iraq security U. nominates 1st female four-star general+ Bush lauds Vietnam's progress on religious freedom+ McCain to visit Colombia next month Waterlogged levee u... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | McCain Disavows Adviser's Comment About Terrorism | AP) - A top adviser to John McCain said another terrorist attack on U. soil would be a "big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate, drawing a sharp rebuke Monday from both the presumed G... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Arghandab s Two-Day War | As Taleban flee and residents return, opposing sides both claim victory. By IWPR contributors in Kandahar and Abaceen Nasimi in Kabul (ARR No. 294, 24-Jun-08) Life is returning to normal in Arghandab,... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | POLITICS-IRAQ | POLITICS-IRAQ: Fear of US-Sunni Ties Undercut Security Talks Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Jun 24 (IPS) - The threat by the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki earlier this mon... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Revere Soldier Killed In Afghanistan | Revere has been killed in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday. Rodriguez Ramirez, 22, was assigned to 2nd Squadron of the New York Army National Guard. He was one of four soldiers... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Running on Iraq | One of the reasons it wouldn't work for McCain, from the LATimes write up: Obama's advantage, bigger in this poll than in most other national surveys, appears to stem in large part from his positions ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | ALUTSISTA : ALAT UTAMA SISTEM SENJATA | Pameran Industri Alat Transportasi JAKARTA - Menteri Perindustrian Fahmi Idris mengamati miniatur pesawat yang dipamerkan dalam "Pameran Industri Alat Transportasi dan Pendukungnya" di Departemen Peri... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bush, Talabani to meet Wednesday on Iraq security | President George W. Bush will meet Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday to discuss a long-term security pact for U. forces to stay in Iraq, among other issues, the White House said on Tuesday. ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | PGMA gives additional P15-M to Multi-Sectoral Task Group for dev't of Andap Valley | President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gave an additional amount of 15 million pesos to the Multi-Sectoral Task Group (MSTG) for the development of the various barangays in Tago, Surigao del Sur., received... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Baghdad bombing kills at least 11, including 4 Americans | A bomb hidden in a meeting room killed two U. soldiers and two American government employees Tuesday at a local council office in the Baghdad district of Sadr City, according to the U. An Italian work... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Pentagon's Stealth Corporations | Tomdispatch.com is for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of our post-9/11 world and a clear sense of how our imperial globe actually works. Read more about the site's founder and editor Tom Engelh... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The truth about drilling and gas prices | A&E. Here's my latest video for our partners at Current. In it, I talk about the continuing controversy over the energy plans of both major candidates for president, and specifically the Republican ar... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Diyala offensive imminent, officials say | Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered the military to stand ready to launch a major operation in Diyala province, defense officials said Tuesday. Mohamed al-Askari with the Iraqi defense minist... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | U.S. Forces in Afghanistan Streched Thin | Despite the presence of U. forces, the Afghanistan-Pakistan border remains a refuge for dangerous elements, including the Taliban, al Qaeda, Pakistani militants and Kashmiri separatists. soldiers from... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Photos: A century of tanks | 22:43:04. The General George Patton Museum, south of Louisville, Ky., houses an impressive collection of high-powered, heavy-duty military hardware.com New group makes broadband a national priority ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Blast in Baghdad's Sadr City kills 10, including 4 Americans, officials say | BAGHDAD - A bomb exploded inside Sadr City's district council building Tuesday, killing 10 people, including four Americans working to restore local government and services in the former Shiite militi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | GNJ | First, let's recap: On May 21 , Eugene posted about Spike Lee's continued criticism of Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima for not including African Americans. Lee was aske... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams | Early Summer Heat Socks West Excerpt (02:12). Watch "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," providing reports and analysis of the day's most newsworthy national and international events.... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Five Years of 'Gifts from the Homefront' | 6/24/2008 - DALLAS -- At the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003, the late Maj. Kathryn Frost, the Army & Air Force Exchange Services' (AAFES') commander at the time, immediately recogn... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Taliban attacks up 40 percent in east Afghanistan: US general | 310 words , 1 image WASHINGTON (AFP) Attacks by Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan were up 40 percent in the first five months of 2008 compared with the same period last year, the US commander... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | 26 militants, two NATO soldiers killed in Afghan violence | KHOST, Afghanistan (AFP) NATO warplanes and Afghan forces killed 26 militants, while two NATO soldiers died in separate attacks, officials said Tuesday. The violence made June one of the bloodiest m... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Before 9/11: Bush (not Clinton | Truth & Consequences The federal government was rapidly increasing its counter-terrorism efforts at the time President Bush took office. As the New York Times reported, Attorney General Janet Reno end... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Three Guardsmen from Geneva unit killed in Afghanistan | ALBANY, N. - The Defense Department says three members of a New York Army National Guard unit based in Geneva died from wounds suffered when their vehicle was hit by a bomb and small arms fire in Afgh... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | DoD Identifies Army Casualty (Baqubah) | IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 527-08 June 23, 2008 ________________________________ DoD Identifies Army Casualty (Baqubah) The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting O... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Army Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Involving Department of Defense Contracts At U.S. Army Base in Kuwait | Army Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Involving Department of Defense Contracts At U. WASHINGTON, June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A U. Army officer and his w... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Grants Exceeding $5 Million | Synthetic Blood International COSTA MESA, Calif. -- June 20, 2008--Synthetic Blood International, Inc. (OTCBB:SYBD) today announced that grants awarded by the Department of Defense to study clinical a... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Rockville Man Killed In Afghanistan | A man from Rockville , Md., was one of four soldiers killed in Afghanistan Saturday. The soldiers were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom when they were injured as their vehicle encountered an impr... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Rice: Iraq Attack Reminder of Dangers | Rice: Iraq Attack Reminder of Dangers 06/24 12:06 BERLIN (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the deadly attack Tuesday in Sadr City, Iraq, a terrible reminder of the dangers Americans f... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Fort Riley soldier dies in Afghanistan | A Fort Riley soldier is among four who died June 21 in Kandahar City, Afghanistan., was assigned to a Military Transition Team, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley. Walton and the followi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The end of Britain's military presence in Basra was signalled last night after the head of the armed forces insisted that the Army could no longer sus | 3) The end of Britain's military presence in Basra was signalled last night after the head of the armed forces insisted that the Army could no longer sustain parallel campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Kevin Kumlien Named Academic All-American | NOTRE DAME, Ind. Junior javelin thrower Kevin Kumlien became the fourth Army athlete to be named to an elite list of ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans during the 2007-08 academic year.... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Mullen to visit Israel to debate Iran | Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, will make a hastily arranged visit to Israel this week to discuss Iran. Mullen will visit hold talks with his Israeli counterpart Lieu... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | National Guard 'College First' program benefits graduates Students can't be deployed before completing four years of learning | National Guard 'College First' program benefits graduates Students can't be deployed before completing four years of learning . National Guard 'College First' program benefits graduates Students can't... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Tuesday Morning Sports Report (6/24) | A Flash player error has occured, please make sure you have the latest Adobe Flash Player. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. native Richard Messenger prepares to officia... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Wiesenthal Center: Twenty-Two Years Appropriate Sentence for Domestic Terrorist Cell Member That Targeted Los Angeles Synagogue, Israeli Consulate and | WIESENTHAL CENTER: 22 YEARS APPROPRIATE SENTENCE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORIST CELL MEMBER THAT TARGETED LOS ANGELES SYNAGOGUE, ISRAELI CONSULATE AND EL AL . The Simon Wiesenthal Center expressed satisfact... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Mitchell Bard: The Surge Is Working? Not If You Read the Latest GAO Report | The statement is made in the U. media, over and over again, as if it is as factual as the sun rising in the morning and setting in the evening: "The surge is working." But just because the media has p... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Baghdad blast kills 12, including 5 Americans | Jun 24, 2008, 20:46 GMT Baghdad/Washington - A United States diplomat was among at least five US citizens, six Iraqis and an Italian killed in an explosion Tuesday at a municipal government office in ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Terror suspect 'excited' by weapons training: witness | Pakistan with the ringleader of a British bomb plot and offered him money to help "the brothers," says a one-time al-Qaida operative turned police informer. Mohammed Babar, the prosecution's star witn... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Why I Wrote | Brockman Book News for Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Tuesday, June 24, 2008' I believe you meant to write, Raquel Welch is no Adrienne Barbeau . manwith7talents on 'Book News for Tuesday, June 24, 2008'... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Cardoza bill would help veterans get information on benefits | Cardoza bill would help veterans get information on benefits . Union, family blame death at federal prison on guard shortage . Carlin may be gone, but the flap over his seven words isn't . WASHINGTON... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Three NY-based soldiers die in Afghanistan | Three New York National Guard soldiers from beyond Central New York were killed in Afghanistan Saturday, the Pentagon announced today. They were among four soldiers who died in Kandahar City, Afghanis... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | A New Solidarity | On June 22, international opposition to a US-proposed missile defense system based in the Czech Republic and Poland ratcheted up as thousands of people around the world participated in a 24-hour hunge... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Insurgents Step up Attacks in Eastern Afghanistan | The commander of U. and coalition forces in Eastern Afghanistan says his area has experienced a 40 percent increase in insurgent attacks on coalition and Afghan forces since January, compared to the s... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Missing hikers find their way home | Members of the Army National Guard and the Search and Rescue unit discuss plans at the command center set up at the Weed Airport on Monday. - Two hikers that had been missing on Mount Shasta since Sat... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Britain's Armed Forces 'stretched past limits' | Skip to article: Britain's Armed Forces 'stretched beyond their capabilities' by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Britain's Armed Forces cannot go on running two major military operations in Iraq and... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Water resources healthy again in south Baghdad | 16:30.:: Water resources healthy again in south Baghdad By Sgt. David Turner 2nd BCT, 3rd ID PAO FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq At a water purification station in Sekreechet, two Iraqi Army sol... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | 3rs ID's 703rd completes 1,000th mission | 16:44. Constance Quinlan 703rd BSB, 4th BCT, 3rd ID PAO FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq In the words of author Ben Sweetland, Success is a journey, not a destination. Soldiers from 703rd Brigad... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Iran strike in the air as US and Israeli military chiefs meet | THE US military chief is to meet his Israeli counterpart in Tel Aviv this week in a move that gives new impetus to speculation about a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear capabilities. Tensions ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Afghan Army Lead Response to Prison Break | Afghan national security forces led successful operations last week to counter the Taliban s raid on a Kandahar city prison, a U. The Afghan National Army -- much to the surprise of the Taliban -- de... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Expat Zimbabwean: UN armed force only way to bring down Mugabe | Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 9:00am Source: TV3 A former Zimbabwean high court judge now living in New Zealand says a United Nations armed force is the only option to bring down Robert Mugabe. Expat Zimb... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Sadr City blast reveals new dangers for US | A Tuesday bomb attack at a municipal council building within a fortified section of Baghdad's Shiite enclave killed at least four Americans and six Iraqis. Correspondent Sam Dagher discusses the US mi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Floodwaters continue to strain levees, damage crops | As floodwaters slowly recede in some Illinois counties along the Mississippi River, they can't move fast enough for officials keeping a weary eye on damaged crops and strained levees. No homes or busi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Militants killed in NATO attack | NATO warplanes and Afghan forces killed 26 militants, while one NATO soldier died and three others were wounded in a separate attack, officials said yesterday. The violence made June one of the bloodi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Forces push for raise | New Delhi, June 24: The chiefs of the armed forces are pushing for an assurance on better wages, worried over how long the government will continue because of the Left s threat to pull it down. They h... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bomb Blast Kills 4 Americans, 4 Iraqis in Sadr City | A bomb struck a municipal council building Tuesday in Baghdad, killing two U. government civilian employees, four Iraqi civilians and an Italian of Iraqi origin working as an interpreter for the Ameri... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Against the Odds, Injured Soldier Returning to Duty | Army Spc. Freddy Meyers wants to return to active duty after sustaining a head injury from sniper fire in active combat. David Rozelle was leading a convoy west of Baghdad when his vehicle hit a land ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Re-release of Paradise Costs-A Victim's Daughter Fights Back Against Elder Abuse Marks International | Re-release of Paradise Costs-A Victim's Daughter Fights Back Against Elder Abuse Marks International . The American Psychological Association estimates that approximately 2.1 million senior citizens... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Justice audit concludes Dems, liberals passed over for career jobs | WASHINGTON (AP) - A new audit concludes that rookie attorneys with Republican roots got interviewed for plum Justice Department jobs while their liberal-leaning counterparts got passed over. The Justi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Sadr City blast kills 4 Americans | Sadr City blast kills 4 Americans McCain to visit Colombia next month Wireless hospitals systems can disrupt med devices Housing rescue plan passes key Senate test Pregnant Mass. teen says there was n... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Campus rolls out red carpet for veterans | By Yasmin Anwar, Media Relations BERKELEY With a new GI bill set to double college benefits for post-9/11 veterans, the University of California, Berkeley, is taking up the charge to make the state ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Taliban attacks up 40pc on Pak-Afghan border | Taliban attacks up 40pc on Pak-Afghan border * US Army Major General Jeffrey Schloesser says number not unexpected WASHINGTON: Attacks by Taliban militants on Afghanistan's border with Pakistan inc... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | 26 militants, NATO soldier killed in Afghan violence | 26 militants, NATO soldier killed in Afghan violence KHOST: NATO warplanes and Afghan forces killed 26 militants, while one NATO soldier died and three others were wounded in a separate attack, offici... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Germany to deploy 1,000 more troops in Afghanistan | Germany to deploy 1,000 more troops in Afghanistan * Reinforcements to help reconstruction efforts BERLIN: Germany plans to increase its military contingent in Afghanistan by up to 1,000 soldiers, Def... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | US to continue military trials at Guantanamo | US to continue military trials at Guantanamo WASHINGTON: Hearings for terror suspects before US military tribunals in Guantanamo are going ahead despite a Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the detain... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | U.S. combat deaths in Iraq | Mora: Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo are first and second identifiable causes of U. Mora: Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo are first and second identifiable causes of U. Today, the Senate Armed Services Commit... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Four Americans, Italian, six Iraqis killed in Baghdad blast (AFP) | Moqtada Sadr[1]; A MASSIVE bomb ripped through a municipal office in Baghdad's Shiite bastion of Sadr City yesterday, killing four Americans, an Italian and six Iraqis, officials said. Sadr City bomb... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | David Addington | Earlier this morning , the House Judiciary Committee authorized a subpoena for David Addington, Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff, to testify about the administration's torture policy. And now th... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | AEY | Does arms dealer AEY, Inc. State Department Arms Trafficking Watchlist for three years? Even though it's been under federal investigation for several months? Even though its president was arrested las... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Taliban attacks up 40 pc on Afghan-Pak | 01:50 [IST]Washington: Attacks by Taliban militants on Afghanistan's border with Pakistan were up 40 per cent in the first five months of 2008 compared with the same period last year, the US commander... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Big Surprise; Military Cherry Picks Information | As this administration and the military leaders become completely covered in their mounting lies and BS, I constantly hear this little voice in my head. It s the voice of Gomer Pyle, repeating in his ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | General Cites Steady Progress With Afghanistan Security, Governance | 24, 2008 U., coalition and Afghan security forces are hunting down the Taliban and other insurgents operating in Afghanistan, while vital reconstruction and governance programs continue to spread ac... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bush Commits Navy Support For Typhoon Victims | U. Pacific Command is moving quickly to support President Bush s promise to provide naval assets in the wake of a deadly typhoon in the Philippines that left more than 150 dead and hundreds missing. G... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Google redirect | Security & Safety forums; Hi guys, im having a bit of a problem at the moment, everytime i use google.uk i type in whatever im searching for and it gives me a list of . Hi guys, im having a bit of a p... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Nato strike kills several | KHOST (AFP) - Nato warplanes and Afghan forces killed 26 militants, while one Nato soldier died and three others were wounded in a separate attack, officials said Tuesday. Several foreign militants we... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Security gains in Iraq reversible | 50 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AFP) - Security continued to improve in Iraq from March to May with violence at its lowest level in four years, but the gains are "fragile, reversible and uneven," a quarter... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | US House O.K's $150 mln new aid to Pak as $373.84 reimbursement released | WASHINGTON - A move to provide $150 million in new US aid to help Pakistan deal with its economic problems crossed the first hurdle Tuesday as about the same time Washington released a reimbursement t... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Court Rules For Guantanamo Inmate | Court Rules For Guantanamo Inmate Huzaifa Parhat, a Uighur Muslim, must be released, transferred or given a new hearing, a federal appeals court rules. It s another setback for the Bush administration... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment | Jun-24-2008 (1) Comments The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedoom. 20 in Baqubah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised expl... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Richardson, Air Force concur on Cannon expansion | Military spending bill reaps rewards for NM [Albuquerque]. 16th Special Ops Squad to deploy at Cannon Air Force Base [Albuquerque]. On-campus and online programs serve up a varied menu of MBAs [Albuqu... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama Dirty Ties: Auchi StrongArms Blogger | A Jacksonian who has don e the best work I have seen in the net regarding the dirty money trail of Obama, Rezlo and Auchi is being strongarmed. AUCHI'S LAWYERS want Kurt to take this down the followin... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Florida Tech Graduate Is First Female Nominated for Four-star General | MELBOURNE, FLA. Ann Dunwoody, has became the first woman to be nominated to the highest rank in the U. Dunwoody earned a master s degree in logistics management from Florida Institute of Technology s ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Blast Breaks Shiite Militia's Silence | This is part of the America's Future series airing on FOX News Channel, looking at the challenges facing the country in the 21st century. BAGHDAD, Iraq A blast that tore through a government office ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Kassam rockets land in Sderot | ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Baghdad bombing kills 4 Americans | Qasim al Sudani, an Al Sadr city council member lies on a bed in hospital in Sadr city, Baghdad as relatives and friend stand next to him, on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Sudani is one of three council mem... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | An Iran Attack Scenario - A Catastrophe | Israel has said a strike on Iran will be "unavoidable" if the Islamic regime continues to press ahead with alleged plans for building an atom-bomb. "Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany joined Presiden... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Nonexempt Status | 2008 2:26 PM By Orin Kerr Deb, I had the late great James Vorenberg for criminal procedure. He was a wonderful teacher and mentor; I was sad that he passed away before I became a criminal procedure pr... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | City to salute city's military personnel | The trio of Hesperians killed in action in Afghanistan and Iraq will be honored in a special ceremony during Saturday's 20th anniversary event at Hesperia Civic Park. party will also serve as a welcom... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Celebration features 'something for everyone' | City to salute city's military personnel .. New civic park makes its debut at 20th anniversary celebration. It's the city of Hesperia's 20th birthday, and Hesperia is throwing itself a big, big party.... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Iraq bomb kills 4 Americans | BAGHDAD - A bomb struck a district council building Tuesday in Baghdad's Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, killing at least nine people, including four Americans -- two soldiers and two governme... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Residents survey damage from Tripoli fighting | Residents survey damage from Tripoli fighting Violence subsides as army, police clamp down By Agence France Presse (AFP) . TRIPOLI: Lebanese soldiers and police patrolled areas of the northern port... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Al-Qaeda leader killed in Mosul | MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ PRESS DESK BAGHDAD, Iraq.8790 Press Release A080624b-228 June 24, 2008 Al-Qaeda leader killed in Mosul BAGHDAD One senior-level al-Qaeda in Iraq leader was killed and a ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | IA, INP, MND-B Soldiers seize munitions in Baghdad | Multi-National Corps Iraq Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory APO AE 09342 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELEASE No. 20080624-03 June 24, 2008 IA, INP, MND-B Soldiers seize munitions in Baghdad Multi-Nat... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Iraq Army detains 44, seizes cache (Hillah) | Center PAO FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers detained 44 criminals and discovered a weapons cache in the Hillah area, June 22. Soldiers in 1st Battalion, 31st Iraqi Army Brigade... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | UPA, Left grope for formula | Efforts on to conjure half-way house The UPA-Left coordination committee on nuclear deal would meet on Wednesday in the backdrop of both the Government and the Left sticking to their respective rigid ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | 131st Bomb Wing milestone: MOGAR makes first all-air guard B-2 flight | WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. (ACCNS) -- The Missouri Air National Guard achieved a major milestone in their transition to the B-2 mission by completing the first B-2 sortie flown and launched by Misso... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Baghdad blast kills Americans, Iraqis | A massive bomb has ripped through a municipal office in Baghdad's Shi'ite bastion of Sadr City, killing four Americans, an Italian and six Iraqis, officials say. The devastating attack which the US mi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Family copes with father's new Army tour as civilian | The Weaver family must deal without their father during his 6-month civilian tour at a forward operating base in Afghanistan. Community upload: Share your military photos Last year, Jeffrey Weaver was... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Military People: Service members with local ties reach military accomplishments | Army Pvt. Terence Koppen graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S. He is the son of Barbara Koppen of Rockford and a 2003 graduate of Guilford High School. Navy Ensign Rachel ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | .but somebody has to do it | So now it's official. The Israeli air force is in an advanced stage of training to attack Iranian nuclear installations. If the massive overflight of the eastern Mediterranean by Israeli jets earlier ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | MADDOW: McCain website launches video game from the 80s | Why does John McCain's website have a video game of pooping pigs? And what does that have to do with government spending? . The State of Iraq: An Update (link to article) By Jason H. Campbell, Researc... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Mosul blast leaves two civilians dead | Two civilians have been killed and 70 others wounded in a car bomb explosion in the northwestern Iraqi city of Mosul, officials say. The attacker struck a busy market area in the city's center near a ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Brad Keselowski NHMS NNS Preview | PREVIEW Brad Keselowski (No. Navy Chevrolet) EVENT Camping World 200 (200 laps/211.6 miles) TRACK New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1.058-Mile Oval) DATE Saturday, June 28, 2008 BACK TO VICTORY LA... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Four Americans killed in blast | A MASSIVE bomb ripped through a municipal office in Baghdad's Shiite bastion of Sadr City yesterday, killing four Americans, an Italian and six Iraqis, officials said. The devastating atta... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Braves Independence weekend festivities | Season Schedule. Atlanta Braves celebrate Independence Day weekend with a salute to our troops and an "All American Fireworks Spectacular" on Friday, July 4th . Two-time Grammy Award winning group Arr... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Al-Qaida Leader Among Four Killed in Mosul | Coalition forces killed a senior al-Qaida in Iraq leader and three other attackers today and detained more than a dozen suspects in various recent operations. Coalition forces killed the al-Qaida in I... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | U.S., Pakistan Officials Work to Improve | 24, 2008 Senior U. and Pakistani military officials are working hard to improve communications and collaboration between their organizations, especially with regard to operations along the 450-mile-... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | President Nominates Dunwoody to be First Female Four-star General | 23, 2008 President Bush today nominated Army Lt. Dunwoody for promotion, which, pending Senate approval, would make her the first woman to be a four-star officer in U. Gates announced the president ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | General Cites Work to Improve Communications With Pakistan | Gerry J. Gilmore American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON - Senior U. and Pakistani military officials are working hard to improve communications and collaboration between their organizations, especia... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Donations allow more teens in Governor's Scholars Program | A grand jury in Cincinnati has indicted a man from northern Kentucky, accusing him of posing as a doctor and treating patients. '); The indictment returned Monday charges 64-year-old Jack Readnour of ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Castner,, Mariana montalvo WI, explosive detonated near vehicle | What confidence they will have knowing that the Church mariana . Castner,, Mariana montalvo WI, explosive detonated near vehicle. Borm,, Sidney, NE, Retired ashton drake doll detonated near vehicle. ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | How Ketziot Never Could Have Prepared Me for Abu Ghraib | 1:28PM When Sy Hersh first told me about Abu Ghraib, I could not understand him, and not merely because he begins sentences in the middle of sentences. I had long ago built a template in my mind about... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Does John McCain Understand the Music? | 2:34PMAccording to Charlie Black, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December was an "unfortunate event," but it was a turning point in John McCain's primary campaign. McCain's "knowledge and abil... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Violence spikes in eastern Afghanistan | Aamer Madhani In a sobering assessment of the situation in eastern Afghanistan, a top U. general said today that attacks have increased by 40 percent this year in the large swath of area controlled by... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Sarkozy: France won't talk to Hamas unless it changes (Extra) | Israeli cop commits suicide at Sarkozy farewell ceremony BEN-GURION AIRPORT, Israel - An Israeli police officer fatally shot himself in the head at an airport farewell ceremony Tuesday for French Pre... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Jemele Hill | Vogue cover featuring LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen is not appropriate. Memorable for the wrong reasons Approved 4/3/2008 . Has the deployment of National Guard members overseas affected the abili... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Congressional resolution honors Toby Keith | Toby Keith's commitment to the U. military was recognized in a resolution introduced by U. The Oklahoma congressman noted Keith's six USO to visit troops on the front lines, "Toby has done so much to ... |