Armed Forces

Lieberman wants Russia tossed out of G-8

wtop.com     1 hr ago   22 related          

U.S. senators Joe Lieberman, left, and Lindsey Graham, denounce Russian actions in Georgia during a visit to Warsaw, Poland, on Aug. 21, 2008. The senators came to Warsaw after what they described as a mission of solidarity...                    

Nigeria: Yar'Adua Sacks Service Chiefs

allafrica.com     7 hrs ago   7 related          

Posted to the web 21 August 2008 Daniel Idonor Abuja Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Andrew Azazi and two service chiefs, Lt. Gen. Luka Yusuf (Army) and Vice Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye (Navy), were relieved of their appointments...                    

Court says Guantanamo documents should be released

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By MEERA SELVA Associated Press Writer LONDON (AP) - A British court on Thursday gave Foreign Secretary David Miliband a week to reconsider his decision to withhold secret documents that could prove that a man held in...                    

Baquba Raid Roils Sunni-Shiite Relations; Al-Maliki to Disband Awakening Councils

juancole.com     10 hrs ago   66 related          

The raid by a special forces operation on the governor's HQ in Diyala province is being denounced as a rogue operation by the US military. Sunni figures were targeted, raising suspicions that the Badr Corps paramilitary of the...                    

One who's been there ...

alterx.blogspot.com     6 hrs ago   8 related          

As some of you might know, John McCain is a long-time acquaintance of mine that goes way back to our time together at the U.S. Naval Academy and as Prisoners of War in Vietnam. He is a man I respect and admire in some ways. But...                    

Georgian military servicemen taken hostage at the Poti seaport

georgiamfa.blogspot.com     8 hrs ago   7 related          

On August 19, 2008, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General A. Nogovitsyn stated that the Russian peacekeepers had apprehended and disarmed twenty heavily armed Georgian...                    

Generals Criticized For Endosring Spiritual Book

religionclause.blogspot.com     5 hrs ago   2 related          

Military.com reported yesterday on the controversy surrounding the endorsement by high army officials of a book written by a military chaplain offering spiritual guidance to soldiers. The book is Lt. Col. William McCoy's, Under...                    

Pirates Seize More Ships off Somalia

time.com     7 hrs ago   32 related          

— Armed pirates hijacked a Japanese-operated tanker and an Iranian ship off Somalia's coast Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks that have sent jitters among seafarers in an area known for its lawlessness. The hijackings...                    

On a fair footing with Lutherans, latex mattresses and llamas

baltimoresun.com     11 hrs ago   3 related          

I got to go to the Iowa State Fair this week and eat a very excellent pork chop on a stick as I stood by the U.S. Marines booth, where various civilians lined up to do chin-ups on a high bar, counted off by a Marine whose...                    

3 soldiers, 30 militants killed in Afghanistan

cnn.com     9 hrs ago   25 related          

Three soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan, ISAF officials say 30 militants killed in fighting in Lagham province U.S., Afghan forces find, destroy cache of materials used to make roadside bombs (CNN) -- Three...