Nov 30, 2011 2 Comments ›› Angelia
Reuters: A U.S. Marine veteran who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama is suing his former employer for allegedly mocking his military service and blocking his efforts to get a job with another company. Sergeant Dakota Meyer worked briefly this year for BAE Systems OASYS, a defense contractor, providing advice and training ...
Continue ReadingNov 27, 2011 7 Comments ›› Angelia
(Sydney Morning Herald) — THE Pakistani government has responded to NATO air strikes that killed at least 25 soldiers by ordering the CIA to vacate the drone operations it runs from Shamsi Air Base in northern Pakistan and closing the two main NATO supply routes into Afghanistan. Pakistani officials said that NATO aircraft hit two military ...
Continue ReadingNov 27, 2011 2 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(Reuters) - Fury spread in Pakistan Sunday over a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and could undermine the U.S. effort to wind up the war in Afghanistan. Sunday night in Pakistan, more than 40 hours after the incident, many questions remained. NATO described the killings as a ...
Continue ReadingNov 26, 2011 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(Reuters) - NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two military outposts in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing as many as 28 troops and plunging U.S.-Pakistan relations deeper into crisis. Pakistan retaliated by shutting down NATO supply routes into Afghanistan, used for sending in nearly half of the alliance's land shipments. ...
Continue ReadingNov 25, 2011 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
WASHINGTON (AP) -- CIA officers are asking people to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of the first American killed in the Afghan war by donating to help the children of their fellow fallen. Since the death in 2001 of CIA officer Mike Spann, a total of 23 stars have been added to the wall ...
Continue ReadingNov 25, 2011 10 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
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[caption id="attachment_196531" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti (left), commander of ISAF Joint Command and Joint Base Lewis-McChord's I Corps, and Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell (right), command sergeant major of ISAF and I Corps, pose with the Thanksgiving Day mascot, Sgt. Brandon Giles (center), a native of Glenco, Ala., and the non-commissioned officer in ...
Continue ReadingNov 24, 2011 1 Comment ›› Pat Dollard
Marines and sailors aboard Camp Leatherneck were served Thanksgiving Dinner in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The area has been a focal point of the U.S.-led strategy to counter the Taliban and other insurgent groups. (Nov. 24)
Continue ReadingNov 24, 2011 1 Comment ›› Angelia
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Continue ReadingNov 23, 2011 1 Comment ›› Angelia
KSTP.com: At the Thanksgiving dinner table in Chicago Thursday, the mother of a Twin Cities soldier killed in Afghanistan, will dine with a woman, forever thankful for what her son did. Corporal Ben Kopp gave the gift of life not just to that woman, but to many others. What's extraordinary is the growing bond between Ben's mom ...
Continue ReadingNov 23, 2011 7 Comments ›› Angelia
Telegraph: An ominous forecast of the country's accounts warns it could face economic collapse if foreign aid is abruptly cut as its international backers seek to scale down their presence. The tiny Afghan economy cannot support the burgeoning army and police force being built by Nato to take over the fight against the insurgency and the country ...
Continue ReadingNov 23, 2011 19 Comments ›› The Assassin
(Politico) — A large cross that had been prominently displayed outside a chapel on an isolated military base in northern Afghanistan was taken down last week, prompting outrage from some American service members stationed there. “We are here away from our families, and the chapel is the one place that feels like home,” a service member ...
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