AFP – US forces are carrying out operations against Shiite insurgents, almost a year after the military announced a formal end to its combat operations in Iraq, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The head of the Cypriot navy, a navy base commander and six firefighters were among 12 people killed early on Monday by a blast at a munitions dump which knocked out the island’s biggest power station, police said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Newly appointed US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told American troops in Baghdad on Monday that 9/11 was the reason they were in Iraq, before he was quickly corrected by his spokesman. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is huddling with the top U.S. military and diplomatic representatives in Baghdad before meeting with Iraqi leaders to discuss the possibility of keeping some U.S. troops in Iraq beyond 2011. He will also press Iraq for stronger action to stop stepped-up attacks on U.S. forces. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US fighter jets have intercepted three small planes in separate incidents this weekend over Camp David, the US presidential retreat, the North American Aerospace Defense Command has said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Who says soldiering is a young man’s game? Staff Sergeant Eric Ferguson joined the US army in 1973 and — now approaching his 60th birthday — he is still on active duty, leading distribution convoys through some of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Two US men were indicted Thursday on nine conspiracy and weapons-related charges over a plot to commit a Fort Hood-style massacre at a Seattle military site, the Justice Department said. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Intent on delaying the new policy allowing gays to serve openly in the armed forces, the House voted on Friday to prohibit military chaplains from performing same-sex marriages on the nation’s bases regardless of state law. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – Two US men were indicted Thursday on nine conspiracy and weapons-related charges over a plot to commit a Fort Hood-style massacre at a Seattle military site, the Justice Department said. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A federal court ruled Wednesday the US military had to immediately stop enforcing a ban on gays serving openly in uniform, even as the government prepared to scrap the policy. Read the rest of this entry »