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06 1st, 2009| 
May
24
AFP – Eighteen US soldiers have tested positive for swine flu at an American military base in Kuwait and all have now left the Gulf emirate, a Kuwaiti health official said. Read the rest of this entry »
May
5
AFP – The US military chief expressed concern Monday that the interrogation techniques used against detainees during the previous administration, widely regarded as torture, could be turned against US troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
May
4
AFP – The US military chief expressed concern Monday that the interrogation techniques used against detainees during the previous administration, widely regarded as torture, could be turned against US troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
26
AFP – Pentagon chief Robert Gates on Thursday urged Congress to support his proposed defense budget, warning against wasteful spending that he said would come at the expense of soldiers on the frontline of the Afghan war. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
24
AFP – Pentagon chief Robert Gates on Thursday urged Congress to support his proposed defense budget, warning against wasteful spending that he said would come at the expense of soldiers on the frontline of the Afghan war. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar
19
AFP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the US Army will effectively end within two years the unpopular practice of forcing soldiers to serve beyond their enlistment date, in a break with the former Bush administration. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar
8
Reuters – The dissident republican group Real IRA claimed responsibility on Sunday for killing two British soldiers in Northern Ireland, one of the worst attacks since a 1998 peace deal stemmed years of violence. Read the rest of this entry »