Jan 18

US paratroopers set up bases beyond Haitian capital (AFP)

AFP – Paratroopers from the US army’s 82nd Airborne deployed Monday out of the main Haitian airport in waves of navy Seahawk helicopters to set up bases from which to begin humanitarian operations. Read the rest of this entry »

Jan 18

Afghan, US forces shoot, wound five civilians: NATO (AFP)

AFP – Five Afghan civilians were shot and wounded by US and Afghan troops outside a military base in a restive area of the war-torn country, NATO said Friday, also reporting the death of an American soldier. Read the rest of this entry »

Jan 18

Rampage at Fort Hood was 'act of terrorism': US official (AFP)

AFP – The shooting rampage at Fort Hood was “an act of terrorism,” a senior US official said on Friday, employing a phrase that the Obama administration has previously avoided to describe the attack. Read the rest of this entry »

Jan 18

Pentagon releases names of Bagram prisoners (AFP)

AFP – The Pentagon has for the first time made public the names of 645 detainees held at the US military base in Bagram, Afghanistan, a US human rights group said Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »