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10 24th, 2010| 
AFP – Iraq should investigate reports that its forces systematically tortured and abused detainees, Human Rights Watch has said after documents released by Wikileaks detailed abuse by Iraqi captors. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
20
AFP – The US Army is testing its first-ever combat uniform expressly designed to fit the female figure, a move seen as an overdue effort to make 160,000 US women soldiers more comfortable. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
16
AFP – The US Army is testing its first-ever combat uniform expressly designed to fit the female figure, a move seen as an overdue effort to make 160,000 US women soldiers more comfortable. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
5
AFP – US efforts to help soldiers deal with the stress of war vary, but perhaps none are more unusual than those of Dave Roever, a Vietnam veteran who peppers tales of his own demons with dry wit. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
9
AFP – Ten years ago the military machinations of Saddam Hussein were a security obsession for the United States, but American forces in Iraq now aim to make the army of their former foe stronger than ever. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
5
Reuters – Up to six suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
2
AFP – Iraq cannot yet sustain its army despite having managed to quell a violent insurgency, US and local commanders told AFP, raising the prospect that American troops will stay on beyond 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
Aug
29
AFP – Mothers cried and children squealed with delight as a company of US troops arrived back from Iraq on Saturday, after a year-long tour marked by desert heat and monotony. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
30
AFP – The US Army on Thursday said leadership and discipline have deteriorated at bases in the United States, with officers missing warning signs of soldiers on the verge of suicide. Read the rest of this entry »