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US military: US troops in Iraq below 50,000 number (AP)

Posted on 24 August 2010. Tags: , , , , ,

U.S. Army soldiers from 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment are dismissed from the casing ceremony for 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, the last American combat brigade to serve in Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 at Camp Virginia, Kuwait. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP – The number of U.S. troops in Iraq has fallen below 50,000 for the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and ahead of the end-of-the-month deadline mandated by President Barack Obama, the American military said in a statement Tuesday.


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Israeli military confronts new foe: the Internet (AP)

Posted on 17 August 2010. Tags: , , ,

In this undated photo, originally posted on a Facebook page belonging to Eden Aberjil, and taken from the Israeli blog site sachim.tumblr.com, an Israeli army soldier poses in front of blindfolded men identified in the Israeli media as Palestinian prisoners. The Hebrew in the top right translates as, 'Eden Arberjil's photos - army...the best time of my life.' Israeli news media and bloggers have identified the soldier in the photos as Aberjil. (AP Photo/sachim.tumblr.com)AP – The security obsessed Israeli military is confronting a new adversary — trying to control what its own soldiers post to the Internet.


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US military judge seals sentence for Gitmo inmate (AP)

Posted on 09 August 2010. Tags: , , , , ,

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME TO IGLESIAS ** Captain Dave Iglesias, spokesman for the military commission prosecuting Omar Khadr, speaks to reporters at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Khadr, 23, is due to stand trial for war crimes allegedly committed when he was 15 years old. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Colin Perkel)AP – A U.S. military judge on Monday ordered that a plea agreement capping the maximum sentence of an Osama bin Laden aide be sealed, shrouding in secrecy the first Guantanamo conviction under President Barack Obama.


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Former enemies US, Vietnam now military mates (AP)

Posted on 08 August 2010. Tags: , , , ,

AP – Cold War enemies the United States and Vietnam demonstrated their blossoming military relations Sunday as a U.S. nuclear supercarrier floated in waters off the Southeast Asian nation’s coast — sending a message that China is not the region’s only big player.

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Video sheds light on Indonesia military actions (AP)

Posted on 03 August 2010. Tags: , , , , ,

FILE - In this June 5, 2007 file photo, Papuan protesters wearing tribal dress takes part in a rally demanding an independence referendum outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia has made tremendous strides toward democracy since emerging from decades of dictatorship under Gen. Suharto in 1998. But government critics in Papua are still given lengthy prison terms for peacefully expressing their views, organizing rallies or simply raising separatist flags. Many say they have been tortured in detention with electric shocks, beatings and cigarette burns. The central government, which granted Papua special autonomy in 2001, denies such atrocities still take place. An Amnesty International report cited incidents of torture, excessive force and executions by security forces in Papua last year. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah, File)AP – The jumpy video shows a prisoner lying in a jungle clearing in eastern Indonesia moments after troops allegedly sliced open his abdomen with a bayonet, sending intestines tumbling from his stomach.


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Fed atty: Military secrets sold to pay for HI home (AP)

Posted on 30 July 2010. Tags: , , , ,

FILE - This undated file photo released by the FBI shows Noshir S. Gowadia. The attorney for a former B-2 bomber engineer from Hawaii accused of selling military secrets to China says his client designed a cruise missile part for China but did so based on public information. (AP Photo/FBI, File)AP – A federal prosecutor said Thursday a former B-2 bomber engineer helped China design a stealth cruise missile to raise money to pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on the mansion-like home he built on Maui’s north shore.


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Kagan insists she didn’t block military at Harvard (AP)

Posted on 29 June 2010. Tags: , , , , ,

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, for the second day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan maneuvered carefully through tough Republican questioning on military recruitment at Harvard Law School, gun owners’ rights and free speech Tuesday, drawing strong praise from Senate Democrats who command the votes to confirm her.


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Challenged by GOP, Kagan says she reveres military (AP)

Posted on 29 June 2010. Tags: , , , ,

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, foreground. listens to questions from Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, on video screen, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Kagan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Challenged bluntly by Republicans, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said Tuesday the Pentagon’s recruiters had access to Harvard Law School students “every single day I was dean” and rejected claims she maneuvered to thwart them.


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Republicans challenge Kagan on military at Harvard (AP)

Posted on 29 June 2010. Tags: , , , ,

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, foreground. listens to questions from Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, on video screen, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Kagan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Challenged by Republicans, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said Tuesday the Pentagon’s recruiters had access to Harvard Law School students “every single day I was dean” and rejected GOP claims she maneuvered to thwart them.


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Republicans bring up Kagan’s record on military (AP)

Posted on 29 June 2010. Tags: , , , ,

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan gestures while making her opening statement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 28, 2010, during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday June 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Senate Republicans and Solicitor General Elena Kagan are facing off over whether her objection to the military’s ban on openly gay soldiers and her decision to restrict recruiters at Harvard Law School disqualify her from serving on the Supreme Court.


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