Troops

General David Petraeus: The man to save Iraq? Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom He was in the right place to grasp the central mistake of his high command: the invasion had decapitated Iraq’s leadership without deploying enough troops ... See all stories on this topic

DR Congo rebels shot as chief orders troops to withdraw AFP - KINSHASA (AFP) — UN peacekeepers shot and killed rebel fighters in DRCongo on Friday as a renegade Tutsi leader said he had asked his troops to withdraw ... See all stories on this topic

Help Wounded Tar Heel Troops Initiative Kicks Off in North Carolina Carolina Newswire (press release) - NC,USA RALEIGH, NC – “Help Wounded Tar Heel Troops,” a statewide initiative to provide assistance to wounded troops and their families in North Carolina, ... See all stories on this topic

With soldier's death, 2008 becomes deadliest year for US forces in ... USA Today - USA The United States has 33000 troops in Afghanistan. As we noted this morning, the chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff has joined the ranks of officials who ... See all stories on this topic

Bush to welcome Karzai September 26 AFP - And Bush recently announced that he was increasing the number of US troops in Afghanistan because of concerns over the war with the Islamist Taliban militia ... See all stories on this topic

Russian troops in Georgia despite truce The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia Russian troops still held positions deep in Georgia, one month after a truce brought a supposed end to the conflict and with Moscow ratcheting up its war of ... See all stories on this topic

No appetite for more dead troops Winnipeg Sun - Canada It's a travesty this election isn't being fought on the issue of whether to withdraw troops immediately, not in 2011. Call this mission a failure and get ... See all stories on this topic

US deaths in Afghanistan makes 2008 deadliest year The Associated Press - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Militants killed two US troops in eastern Afghanistan on the anniversary of 9/11, making 2008 the deadliest year for American ... See all stories on this topic

Political infighting, Qaeda return can harm Iraq gains: Petraeus AFP - The reduction in violence, currently at a four-year low, has helped in withdrawing foreign combat troops from most provincial cities, he said. ... See all stories on this topic

2008 is deadliest year for US troops in Afghanistan Kansas City Star - MO,USA Militants killed two US troops in eastern Afghanistan on the anniversary of 9/11, making 2008 the deadliest year for US forces in the country that sheltered ... See all stories on this topic

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US troops ‘to quit Iraq by 2011¡ì By anthony Mohammed al-Haj Hammoud, the top Iraqi official negotiating with the US on the status of US forces in Iraq, said a deal had been agreed that envisaged all US combat troops leaving Iraq by 2011. Some US troops could remain beyond 2011 ... Suzie-Q - http://suzieqq.wordpress.com

New Lebanese Army Commander To Troops: Be On Constant Alert New Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Gen. Jean Kahwaji has said that the army must resist the Israeli enemy and cling to the spirit of the resistance as long as there is anyone trying to harm Lebanon's land and people. ... Memri Latest Blogs - http://www.thememriblog.org/

US Troops in Pakistan, Kim Jong-Il's Health, and Australia's Security By Council on Foreign Relations In Friday's roundup: Fighting the Taliban in Pakistan; the mystery of Kim Jong-Il; and Australia's security. CFR.org - The Council on Foreign... - http://www.cfr.org

Election 2008: The Stakes - Our Troops By Deacon Blue Second, how is keeping troops there honoring them? Our armed forces are already strethced too thin and have been forced to serve too many tours of duty. Without a real plan and a real goal, we hurt them by continuing to bein Iraq and by ... Holy Shit from Deacon Blue - http://holyhell.wordpress.com

David Cameron visits our troops in Afghanistan - video. By Daily Referendum(Daily Referendum) Our troops in Afghanistan are doing some incredible things in really difficult conditions - but we need to do more to help them and their families. Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 days to get home, and we believe that their leave shouldn't ... Daily Referendum - http://dailyreferendum.blogspot.com