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Afghanistan

                   

Iraq Calmer but Copycat Kidnappings Spread

aawsat.com
16 hrs ago 27 related
        

WASHINGTON, (AP) - Five years ago, retired Air Force intelligence officer Kirk von Ackermann became the first of 39 Americans to be kidnapped in Iraq. He's still missing, his wife fearing she'll never

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US forces find footing in Afghanistans human terrain - Feature [The Earth Times Online Newspaper]

feeds4all.com
20 hrs ago 333 related
        

Khost, Afghanistan - The young Texan woman talking to the Afghan tribesman wears a US military uniform and carries an assault rifle, but she's not a soldier. Her training is in anthropology, which is proving an effective tool...

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IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN: From the battlefield to Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery.

beiruter.com
23 hrs ago 5 related
        

From a journalistic standpoint, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may become known as the time and place where documentary film making excelled as a way to tell of the service and sacrifice of U.S. military personnel and their...

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JI chief Qazi warns forming tribal lashkars will push Pak towards a civil war

dailyindia.com
17 hrs ago 6 related
        

A senior Islamist leader in Pakistan has reportedly said that the formation of lashkars (body of local tribesmen) to fight back the Taliban was a "wrong policy" and that it was resulting in further "militarizing the society".

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Bittersweet farewell

baltimoresun.com
21 hrs ago 3 related
        

Md. families proudly bid goodbye as Reserve unit prepares for yearlong deployment In the past week, the Eutsler family has celebrated a year's worth of holidays. "I wanted Jeff to have every holiday he'll miss," Lori Eutsler...

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US drones fly after missile strike in Pakistan: residents

spacewar.com
15 hrs ago 2 related
        

Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 12, 2008 - US pilotless spy planes on Sunday flew over a Pakistani tribal town bordering Afghanistan just hours after a missile strike killed at least four people, residents said.

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Welcome home, sailors

heraldnet.com
18 hrs ago 9 related
        

By Justin Arnold Herald Writer EVERETT -- It may have rained at their departure, but there was sunshine on the USS Lincoln Strike Group's return. After a seven-month tour that included the Persian Gulf, the Lincoln Strike Group...

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Candidates differ on female draft

post-gazette.com
21 hrs ago 9 related
        

By Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Even as the U.S. confronts two long wars, neither Sen. John McCain nor Sen. Barack Obama believes the country should take the politically perilous step of reviving the military...

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Pakistan kills 24 Al Qaeda-linked militants

abc.net.au
17 hrs ago 7 related
        

Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships and artillery killed at least 24 militants with links to Al Qaeda in a tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. The clashes occurred on Sunday in the Bajaur region,...

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Top UN official in Afghanistan welcomes changes in Govt

hindu.com
20 hrs ago 1 related
        

New York (PTI): The top UN official in Afghanistan has welcomed the changes announced by President Hamid Karzai to his 26-member cabinet, saying that they reflect the priorities set up by the Government and its people. The...

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