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02 22nd, 2009| 
AFP – Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, made notorious by graphic pictures of abuse of inmates by US jailers, has reopened with top-of-the-range facilities and a new name, the justice ministry said on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
22
AP – As of Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at least 581 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EST. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
21
AP – As of Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, at least 581 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EST. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
21
AFP – A military court on Friday found a US soldier guilty of premeditated murder in the killings of four blindfolded Iraqi prisoners in 2007, a US Army spokesman said. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
20
AFP – The US Defense Department on Friday said it had finished a review ordered by President Barack Obama examining conditions at the Guantanamo prison to ensure inmates are held in keeping with the Geneva Conventions and other laws. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
20
AP – Kyrgyzstan’s president has signed a law to close a key U.S. air base used as a staging post for military operations in Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
19
AFP – The top US commander in Afghanistan is predicting “a tough year” ahead in 2009 even with an additional 17,000 troops, saying the fight against insurgents has reached a stalemate in the country’s south. Read the rest of this entry »
