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04 22nd, 2009| 
AP – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff began a review Wednesday of a new community-based defense program recently deployed to combat rising violence in a province on the doorstep of Kabul. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
16
AFP – US troops could stay in violence-wracked Mosul beyond a June 30 deadline for withdrawing from Iraqi cities if Baghdad asks them to, the commander of US forces in the northern province said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
15
Reuters – An influx of new U.S. troops near Kabul this year is reclaiming the Afghan capital’s outskirts from the Taliban, but violence would increase in the short-term, the U.S. commander in the area said. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
14
AFP – US troops could stay in violence-wracked Mosul beyond a June 30 deadline for withdrawing from Iraqi cities if Baghdad asks them to, the commander of US forces in the northern province said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Apr
13
AFP – The remains of five US troops killed Friday in a suicide bombing in Iraq arrived at Dover Air Force Base, in Delaware, in the fourth transfer of bodies since media coverage was allowed a week ago. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar
30
AFP – A senior US senator cautioned Monday against deployments of national guard troops to the US border with Mexico, saying such a move would be “premature and possibly counter-productive.” Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
18
AFP – In his first major military move, President Barack Obama approved the deployment of 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan, saying they were needed “to stabilize a deteriorating situation.” Read the rest of this entry »
Feb
18
AFP – In his first major military move, President Barack Obama approved the deployment of 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan, saying they were needed “to stabilize a deteriorating situation.” Read the rest of this entry »