Troops

Three troops, 12 rebels 'killed in Pakistan fighting'
AFP -
Paramilitary chief Major General Salim Nawaz said the fighting broke out after insurgents ambushed a troop convoy from their hideout in the mountains near ...
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McCain on Obama: 'He was wrong'
The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau - Washington,DC,USA
McCain was asked if he has found a "convergence'' with Obama in calling Obama's 16-month timeframe for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq "a pretty good ...
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Obama home to a storm over troops
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
Senator McCain's team sought to highlight Senator Obama's failure to visit troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan at the US military hospital in Germany. ...
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Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports ...
ArmyTimes.com - Springfield,VA,USA
A sophisticated July 13 attack that killed nine US soldiers in Wanat, Afghanistan, underscored the fierce fighting that troops in that country have faced ...
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Palestinians: IDF troops kill top Hamas militant in Hebron raid
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
Soldiers fired a shell at the house of Shihab al-Natsheh after he refused to surrender and opened fire at troops, local residents said. ity, ...
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Reed: Iraq against undefined US presence
United Press International - USA
WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) -- Iraqi leaders oppose an "open-ended presence" of the US military in their country and want the troops shipped out, US Sen. ...
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Tunes 4 the Troops
Cleveland Daily Banner - Cleveland,TN,USA
About 50 volunteers were on hand Saturday to help package CDs and DVDs for Kaylee Radzminski's Tunes 4 the Troops program. About 270 boxes, which will be ...
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McCain rips Obama for not visiting wounded troops
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
BY AP WASHINGTON -- John McCain's campaign Saturday sharply criticized Barack Obama for canceling a visit to wounded troops in Germany last week, ...
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Obama says conditions to dictate final Iraq force
Reuters - USA
McCain, like US President George W. Bush, has opposed a fixed schedule for withdrawing combat troops, preferring to remain until Iraq is fully secure. ...
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3 Pakistani troops killed in clashes with rebel tribesmen
Jerusalem Post - Israel
By AP Suspected tribal insurgents ambushed a security patrol in resource-rich southwestern Pakistan, sparking gunbattles that killed three troops and 15 ...
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Google Blogs Alert for: Troops

McCain Campaign Ad: Obama Chose Going To Gym Over Visiting Troops
By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief
The Republican senator also repeats the charge in an interview to be aired Sunday morning, saying on ABC’s “This Week” that “if I had been told by the Pentagon that I couldn’t visit those troops, and I was there and wanted to be there, ...
The Moderate Voice - http://themoderatevoice.com

McCain Slams Obama for Dissing Troops
By James Joyner
In his latest ad, “Troops,” John McCain is trying to make hay of Barack Obama’s decision not to visit the troops in Landstuhl, Germany once he found out he couldn’t bring his campaign staff: ...
Outside The Beltway | OTB - http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/

Obama Using the Troops
By Larry Johnson
John McCain, who has had his own troubles in the past of using US troops as political props, wasted no time bashing Obama for refusing to visit hospitalized soldiers in Germany. According to the Associated Press: ...
NO QUARTER - http://noquarterusa.net/blog

Militants, Afghan troops clash
By saeeda
The alliance — which supports the Afghan government in maintaining security — said armed militants attacked some policemen early Sunday morning. ISAF responded with ground troops and aerial strikes. On June 30, insurgents fired rockets ...
The CNN Wire - http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com

Why didn't McCain want to see the troops in March?
By Jed
So if McCain wanted to visit the troops, it would have been trivial to arrange -- no seismic event needed. But it's clear McCain didn't want to visit them, and as a result, it should be fair to ask McCain why he now feels entitled to ...
The Jed Report - http://www.jedreport.com/