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02 6th, 2009|
Feb
6
AFP - Suicides by US soldiers rose sharply in January, the US Army said Thursday, reporting seven confirmed and 17 suspected suicides in the first month of the year.
Feb
4
AFP - Kyrgyzstan’s government on Wednesday approved the closure of a US airbase on its territory used as a vital supply route for Western military operations in Afghanistan.
Feb
4
AFP - The US embassy in Kyrgyzstan said on Wednesday that it had not received any official notification that the Kyrgyz authorities were ordering the closure of a US military air base.
Feb
3
Reuters - Kyrgyzstan’s president said on Tuesday that the United States must close its military base in the Central Asian country, once seen as a key support center for U.S. operations in nearby Afghanistan.
Feb
3
AP - As of Monday, Feb. 2, 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 Monday at 10 a.m. EST.
Feb
2
AP - With its six big-screen TVs, assorted beer and a menu of chicken wings and pizza, it looked like any bar hosting a Super Bowl party. But this was the chow hall at Camp Victory, the sprawling U.S. military base on the outskirts of Baghdad.