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US Vows "Consequential" Response To Jordan Drone Strike That Killed 3
The White House on Monday vowed a "very consequential response" to a drone attack on a base in Jordan that killed three American troops, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants.
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How The Pentagon Is Preparing For The Coming Drone Wars
More than a decade after the improvised explosive device became the scourge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon is battling another relatively rudimentary device that threatens to wreak havoc on American troops: the drone.
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US Making Progress In Iraq: Donald Trump
President Donald Trump has said American troops are "doing well" in Iraq and the US is making progress in its fight against the dreaded terror group ISIS in the war-ravaged country.
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Hundreds More US Troops In Iraq Than Previously Stated: Pentagon
Hundreds more American troops are in Iraq than the Pentagon previously stated, an official said on Wednesday in an acknowledgement underscoring the sensitivity of US deployments to the war-torn nation.
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US Strike on Afghan Hospital was 'Frightening Catalogue of Errors': Charity
The US investigation into a deadly air strike on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan showed a "frightening catalogue of errors" by American troops, the charity said Wednesday.
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Taliban Vow to Force Foreign Troops Out of Afghanistan After US Extension
The Taliban today said their forces were prepared to keep fighting until American troops pull out of Afghanistan, after US officials said they would extend their military presence in the country beyond 2016.
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US, Allies Review Afghan Pullback Options: Reports
U.S. and allied defence officials, increasingly wary of White House plans to scale back the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, are reviewing new drawdown options that include keeping thousands of American troops in the country beyond the end of 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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US 'Poised' to Roll Heavy Weapons Into Eastern Europe: Report
The Pentagon is "poised" to station heavy weapons for up to 5,000 American troops in several Eastern European and Baltic countries to deter Russian aggression, The New York Times reported Saturday.
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Last US troops leave Iraq as war ends
The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border to neighboring Kuwait at daybreak on Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. Their exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly nine years and left Iraq shattered, with troubling questions lingering over whether the Arab ...
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Iraq: A war of muddled goals, painful sacrifice
In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world. Nearly 4,500 American and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives later, the objective became simply to get out - and leave behind a country where democracy has at...
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Iraqi cleric embraces state in comeback speech
To a rapturous welcome that conflated the religious and political, the populist Iraqi cleric Moktada al-Sadr delivered his support on Saturday for an Iraqi government that he had once derided as a traitorous tool of the United States and that his followers had battled in the streets of Iraq's most important cities only a few years before. The brief...
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US troops killed Afghan civilians for sport: Report
In one of the grisliest allegations against American troops in Afghanistan, a group of US soldiers has been accused of killing Afghan civilians randomly and then keeping their body parts as trophies.The killings are alleged to have been carried out by members of a platoon from the 5th Stryker Combat Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division based in Kandahar ...
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US Vows "Consequential" Response To Jordan Drone Strike That Killed 3
The White House on Monday vowed a "very consequential response" to a drone attack on a base in Jordan that killed three American troops, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants.
-
How The Pentagon Is Preparing For The Coming Drone Wars
More than a decade after the improvised explosive device became the scourge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon is battling another relatively rudimentary device that threatens to wreak havoc on American troops: the drone.
-
US Making Progress In Iraq: Donald Trump
President Donald Trump has said American troops are "doing well" in Iraq and the US is making progress in its fight against the dreaded terror group ISIS in the war-ravaged country.
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Hundreds More US Troops In Iraq Than Previously Stated: Pentagon
Hundreds more American troops are in Iraq than the Pentagon previously stated, an official said on Wednesday in an acknowledgement underscoring the sensitivity of US deployments to the war-torn nation.
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US Strike on Afghan Hospital was 'Frightening Catalogue of Errors': Charity
The US investigation into a deadly air strike on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan showed a "frightening catalogue of errors" by American troops, the charity said Wednesday.
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Taliban Vow to Force Foreign Troops Out of Afghanistan After US Extension
The Taliban today said their forces were prepared to keep fighting until American troops pull out of Afghanistan, after US officials said they would extend their military presence in the country beyond 2016.
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US, Allies Review Afghan Pullback Options: Reports
U.S. and allied defence officials, increasingly wary of White House plans to scale back the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, are reviewing new drawdown options that include keeping thousands of American troops in the country beyond the end of 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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US 'Poised' to Roll Heavy Weapons Into Eastern Europe: Report
The Pentagon is "poised" to station heavy weapons for up to 5,000 American troops in several Eastern European and Baltic countries to deter Russian aggression, The New York Times reported Saturday.
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Last US troops leave Iraq as war ends
The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border to neighboring Kuwait at daybreak on Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. Their exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly nine years and left Iraq shattered, with troubling questions lingering over whether the Arab ...
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Iraq: A war of muddled goals, painful sacrifice
In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world. Nearly 4,500 American and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives later, the objective became simply to get out - and leave behind a country where democracy has at...
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Iraqi cleric embraces state in comeback speech
To a rapturous welcome that conflated the religious and political, the populist Iraqi cleric Moktada al-Sadr delivered his support on Saturday for an Iraqi government that he had once derided as a traitorous tool of the United States and that his followers had battled in the streets of Iraq's most important cities only a few years before. The brief...
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US troops killed Afghan civilians for sport: Report
In one of the grisliest allegations against American troops in Afghanistan, a group of US soldiers has been accused of killing Afghan civilians randomly and then keeping their body parts as trophies.The killings are alleged to have been carried out by members of a platoon from the 5th Stryker Combat Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division based in Kandahar ...
