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02 10th, 2009| 
Feb
9
AFP – US reinforcements to Afghanistan are awaiting a green light from the White House, which wants to get a better grip on its strategy before sending more troops, US defense officials said Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
9
AP – As of Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, at least 573 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
8
AP – A lawsuit against two military contractors claims the companies’ mistakes led U.S. soldiers to believe an American truck driver working for the contractors might be an insurgent steering a bomb-laden truck onto a U.S. military base. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
7
AFP – The White House is weighing several options for US troop withdrawals from Iraq, with timetables ranging from President Barack Obama’s campaign pledge to remove all combat troops within 16 months to a 23-month option, a defense official said. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
7
AFP – The US Air Force has ordered 15 C-17 military transport planes from US manufacturer Boeing valued at 2.9 billion dollars, the Pentagon announced. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
7
AP – As of Friday, Feb. 6, 2009, at least 573 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
7
AFP – The US Air Force has ordered 15 C-17 military transport planes from US manufacturer Boeing valued at 2.9 billion dollars, the Pentagon announced. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
6
AFP – Threatened with the loss of a key air base, the US military is making plans to move material and fuel to US forces in Afghanistan through a network of commercial links through Russia and Central Asia, a military spokesman said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »