AFP – The United States likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad’s fledgling military, experts and former officers say. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – Turkish commandos backed by helicopters deployed along the Iraqi border Monday after Kurdish guerrillas killed 11 soldiers at the weekend in one of the deadliest attacks for years in their separatist war. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – US military authorities on Monday locked down a naval base in New Jersey for about an hour after a delivery truck driver was found with a gun at the base’s entrance, officers said. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – A Camp Pendleton Marine has relaunched his Facebook page criticizing President Barack Obama’s health care policy after prompting a controversy over free speech that won him the support of the American Civil Liberties Union. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – A Camp Pendleton Marine has relaunched his Facebook page criticizing President Barack Obama’s health care policy after prompting a controversy over free speech that won him the support of the American Civil Liberties Union. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – A Camp Pendleton Marine has relaunched his Facebook page after taking it down briefly when his criticism of President Barack Obama grabbed the attention of his superior and fueled a free speech debate among the military. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A crew member went missing but three others were rescued on Wednesday as a US Navy radar plane supporting operations in Afghanistan ploughed into the Arabian Sea, the US Fifth Fleet said. Read the rest of this entry »