Jul 24

Former top US military officer John Shalikashvili dies (AFP)

AFP – Retired army general John Shalikashvili, the first foreign-born chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, died early Saturday of complications from a stroke, a military hospital said. He was 75. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 24

Car bomb in Yemen's Aden kills 9 soldiers, injures 21 (Reuters)

Reuters – A suicide bomber drove a booby-trapped car into an army checkpoint outside Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Sunday, killing at least nine soldiers and wounding 21 others, officials and medical sources said. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 24

Former top US military officer John Shalikashvili dies (AFP)

AFP – Retired army general John Shalikashvili, the first foreign-born chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, died early Saturday of complications from a stroke, a military hospital said. He was 75. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 24

Accused Fort Hood shooter fails to enter plea (AFP)

AFP – The former US Army psychiatrist accused of shooting 13 people dead at a Texas military base in 2009 did not enter a plea Wednesday, while his trial date was set for March. Read the rest of this entry »