Jan 17

US Army suicides hit grim record for 2009 
    (AFP)

AFP – Suicides in the US Army rose to a new record in 2009, with 160 soldiers taking their lives, the military said Friday, calling it a “painful year.” Read the rest of this entry »

Jan 17

Foreigners in US military get fast-track to citizenship 
    (AFP)

AFP – US military personnel who have served since the September 11, 2001 attacks will be put on fast-track to US citizenship, under rules enforced Friday as part of a bid to attract new recruits. Read the rest of this entry »

Jan 17

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 »

Jan 17

US could take larger security role in Haiti 
    (AP)

AP – The top U.S. military officer is leaving open the possibility of a growing security role for U.S. forces if desperation turns to violence in Haiti, a risky undertaking in a country that was chaotic even before this week’s devastating earthquake. Read the rest of this entry »

Jan 16

Scores of US evacuees arrive in NJ from Haiti 
    (AP)

AP – More than 240 U.S. citizens who were in Haiti for tourism, business or charity when the Caribbean nation’s devastating earthquake struck arrived back on American soil Friday, delivered to New Jersey by military aircraft. Read the rest of this entry »

Jan 16

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 16

Foreigners in US military get fast-track to citizenship 
    (AFP)

AFP – US military personnel who have served since the September 11, 2001 attacks will be put on fast-track to US citizenship, under rules enforced Friday as part of a bid to attract new recruits. Read the rest of this entry »

Jan 16

US Army suicides hit grim record for 2009 
    (AFP)

AFP – Suicides in the US Army rose to a new record in 2009, with 160 soldiers taking their lives, the military said Friday, calling it a “painful year.” Read the rest of this entry »

Jan 16

NATO, Afghan troops fire on Afghan crowd wounding five 
    (Reuters)

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Jan 16

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 »

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