Tag: casualties
member name: Dave McGill
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May 25, 2007 10:14 PM EDT --
Yep, he said it yesterday at a White House news conference. His very words were:“You know, I would like to see us in a different configuration at some point in time in Iraq.”
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August 23, 2009 04:44 PM EDT --
Less than two months since American forces in Iraq were largely removed from harms’ way, Army General Ray Odierno is now proposing to deploy troops in a northern territory that has been . . .
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September 02, 2007 02:13 PM EDT --
As the United States enters its month of introspective assessment with respect to Iraq, some good things seem to be happening. First and foremost, U.S. military deaths are down sharply. McClatchy Newspapers . . .
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May 27, 2007 02:12 PM EDT --
Veterans of combat know the feeling that goes with the lack of control they have over ongoing events. Army Specialist Aj Jefferson experiences that helpless feeling every night, and the gripping . . .
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November 30, 2008 08:09 PM EST --
So-called "honor killings" have become so prevalent in the southern Iraqi city of Basra that, according to today's edition of the Guardian, "you can find a killer standing . . .
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April 27, 2009 01:51 AM EDT --
The death toll from Iraq terrorist attacks for one 24-hour period between Thursday and Friday has risen to 159. The two attacks on Thursday and a twin bomber attack on Friday targeted Shiites . . .
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February 22, 2009 04:06 PM EST --
Osama bin Laden has been tracked down by a group of sleuths to one of three buildings in the northwestern Pakistani city of Parachinar, and the trail was determined by the employment of assumptions . . .
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March 29, 2009 04:20 PM EDT --
No matter what your political affiliation is, you are likely to see both good and bad in President Obama's newly announced plans for Afghanistan. However, somewhat hidden below the . . .
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August 16, 2009 11:00 PM EDT --
For those who have been anxious to learn what circumstances would constitute a victory in the Afghan campaign, an answer of sorts is at hand.
When asked, on Wednesday, how the administration would define . . .
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March 01, 2009 11:35 PM EST --
A recent State Department report condemns Iran's record with respect to the rights of minorities and dissidents. It states in part that the Islamic Republic has severely restricted freedoms . . .
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April 06, 2009 12:02 AM EDT --
In one of his last comments on Afghanistan, President Bush cited the progress made in providing schooling for young girls. As if it were reacting to the statement, the Taliban has since proceeded . . .
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November 01, 2009 05:06 PM EST --
There are at least three ways to win an election. One would be by an honest outcome, another would be by fraud and a third would be by running unopposed.
In this respect, it looks like President Hamid . . .
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October 12, 2009 02:31 AM EDT --
A 110-page report, two years ago, by the Senlis Council, a Brussels-based think tank, reported that the Taliban’s resurgence had reclaimed 54% of Afghanistan. At that time, there was a NATO . . .
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March 23, 2009 12:19 AM EDT --
Obama's 3½ minute video greeting to the Iranian people and its officials on their holiday, Friday, got a reaction on Saturday. The country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, dismissed . . .
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July 22, 2007 01:59 PM EDT --
As far as Iraq is concerned, it was a fast moving week. The Senate pulled an all nighter, Tuesday, which only resulted in the Republicans blocking a measure, for the seventh time this year, that would . . .
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October 26, 2008 08:09 PM EDT --
A tense relationship with Syria got a little chillier at about 4:45 AM this morning when American troops in four helicopters violated Syrian airspace by swooping into a village eight kilometers from the . . .
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November 09, 2008 06:29 PM EST --
When President-elect Barack Obama steps into the oval office in January, the economy may be his first priority but pressing problems on the international stage are likely to be equally daunting.
In . . .
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June 22, 2009 12:58 AM EDT --
Neighboring states are watching closely as chaos continues to be the order of the day in Iran. On the one hand, there is concern that the Revolutionary Guard and the paramilitary Basij might take . . .
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August 09, 2009 07:47 PM EDT --
A truly scary story – at least for the bad guys – is coming out of Pakistan but first, a bit of news relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to an article featured in today’s . . .
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March 08, 2009 07:35 PM EDT --
Officials announced today, according to the AP , that about 12,000 troops will leave Iraq by September, leaving over 120,000 still stationed in the country. All 4,000 British soldiers . . .
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