Patriot Paradox

AFP – The commander of US forces in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, will step down in the fall to take up a new assignment, after playing a pivotal role in the Iraq war, the Pentagon said on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – For the first time, more US forces are deployed in Afghanistan than Iraq, amid a buildup of American troops in the Afghan war, the Pentagon said on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US troop surge succeeded in Iraq because the army embraced new ideas about waging war against insurgents, focusing on winning the trust of local people, top commander General David Petraeus said. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – A US military court on Thursday cleared an American sailor of charges that he failed to protect the welfare of an Iraqi detainee and of trying to impede a subsequent investigation, the military said. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – A US military court on Thursday cleared an American sailor of charges that he failed to protect the welfare of an Iraqi detainee and of trying to impede a subsequent investigation, the military said. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – An American soldier was killed and three of his colleagues were injured when their helicopter crashed in northern Iraq, the US army said on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

AP – The independent Commission on Wartime Contracting wants to know whether American contractors in Iraq are adequately reducing the number of employees in the country as U.S. troops are withdrawn. Read the rest of this entry »

AP – A four-star general says he never improperly received advice while bringing charges against a sergeant in the biggest criminal case against U.S. troops to arise from the Iraq war. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – The United States may leave a stronger-than-expected force structure in northern Iraq if the situation requires, even as it reduces troops to targeted levels, a top U.S. general said on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The US military may set up an additional headquarters in northern Iraq even after Washington scales back its forces by a September deadline, a top US general said on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »