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06 18th, 2009|
Reuters - A top Air Force general, swerving from the Pentagon leadership, said ending production of Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-22 Raptor fighter jet, as proposed by President Barack Obama, would put current U.S. military strategy at high risk.
Jun
18
AFP - Frontline US army commanders in Iraq say the withdrawal of American troops from the troubled northern city of Mosul is mired in confusion just 12 days ahead of the deadline for them to pull out.
Jun
17
AFP - US General Stanley McChrystal took command of nearly 90,000 US- and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan Monday, tasked with turning around the war against the Taliban as attacks reach record levels.
Jun
15
AFP - US General Stanley McChrystal took command of nearly 90,000 US- and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan Monday, tasked with turning around the war against the Taliban as attacks reach record levels.
Jun
15
AFP - The US army has seen a “significant decrease” in the number of foreign fighters entering Iraq in the past several months, the top US commander in the country said on Monday.
Jun
15
AFP - Most US troops have moved outside Iraqi cities and the American pull-out from the country’s urban centres, due by the end of the month, is on schedule, the top US commander said on Monday.
Jun
15
AP - Carlos Bledsoe’s transformation from Tennessee youth to an American-born Islamic extremist charged in a bloody rampage outside an Arkansas military recruiting station may signal an ominous new wave of violent homegrown jihadists, counterterror officials say.