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“12 U.S. Southern Command military personnel”
“Wikileaks has released almost 400,000 secret US military logs”
“Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, the Northcom commander, stated in a May 6 memo that troops in Chicago during the summit that begins May 20 will not 'solicit prostitutes or engage in conduct which is unprofessional or unbecoming of a member of…”
“The 391,831 US army Sigacts (Significant Actions) reports published by Wikileaks, external on Friday”
“spent 40 years studying China and its military”
“In one incident in July 2007, external, as many as 26 Iraqis were killed by a helicopter, about half of them civilians, according to the log.”
“adviser to three presidents who spent 40 years studying China and its military”
“Another record, external shows an Apache helicopter gunship fired on two men believed to have fired mortars at a military base in Baghdad in February 2007”
“spent 40 years studying China and its military for the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment”
“The helicopter - with the callsign "Crazyhorse 18" - was also involved in another incident that July in which two journalists were killed and two children wounded.”
“There is little that matches the artfulness of the rich in waving off criticism of the widening income gap as ‘class warfare,’”
“The UK's Guardian newspaper also reported that the US military appeared not to have recorded any civilian deaths during its two major offensives on the city of Falluja in 2004.”
“And there is little that matches the gullibility of the rest in following along.”
“US Defence Secretary Robert Gates suggested the whistle-blowing website had blood on its hands in July after it published more than 70,000 secret papers about the war in Afghanistan.”
“So it is not surprising that Marx stated the central battle of class warfare at the time in terms of the working day:”
“the US military prepares to withdraw all 50,000 remaining troops from Iraq by the end of 2011.”
“one death of an Israeli solider equals a thousand Palestinian children”
“The 391,831 US army Sigacts (Significant Actions) reports published by Wikileaks”
“U.S. officials said a nuclear test by North Korea is expected because similar underground blasts were carried out in 2006 and 2009 following long-range missile tests.”
“They included 66,081 civilians, 23,984 people classed as "enemy", 15,196 members of the Iraqi security forces, and 3,771 coalition troops.”
“He became National Defense Commission chairman two days later.”
“US Defence Secretary Robert Gates suggested the whistle‑blowing website had blood on its hands in July after it published more than 70,000 secret papers about the war in Afghanistan.”
“Jang is also a Politburo member and recently was promoted one slot up in rank on the National Defense Commission.”
“The release of the documents comes as the US military prepares to withdraw all 50,000 remaining troops from Iraq by the end of 2011.”
“similar underground blasts were carried out in 2006 and 2009 following long-range missile tests.”
“almost 400,000 secret US military logs”
“3,771 coalition troops”
“more than 70,000 secret papers about the war in Afghanistan”
“withdraw all 50,000 remaining troops from Iraq by the end of 2011”
“The US military has assembled a 120-member team to prepare for the expected publication of some 400,000 Iraq war documents on the Wikileaks website.”
“The investigation into the Afghan leak has focused on Bradley Manning, a US army intelligence analyst who is in custody and has been charged with leaking a classified video of a US helicopter attack in Iraq in 2007 in which a dozen people …”
“US authorities have strongly criticised the decision by Wikileaks to post more than 75,000 war logs online, saying it could endanger the lives of US soldiers and Afghan civilians.”
“The former head of the Rwandan army was shot on 19 June.”
“before deciding to quit frontline politics two years later.”
“Hundreds of thousands of troops are based in Kashmir”
“since 1945.”
“The parade followed the return of the battalion from Afghanistan in March after a six-month tour of duty.”
“It began at the Albert Park gates at 1030 BST, with the troops, led by the band of the King's Division, heading for Middlesbrough Town Hall.”
“The Ministry of Defence confirmed the 300th British fatality in Afghanistan since operations began in 2001.”
“Pakistan's military says at least three soldiers have been killed in clashes with Taliban militants in the troubled tribal region of Orakzai.”
“At least 13 militants were also killed, the army says.”
“Three soldiers were killed and five injured when their vehicle was struck.”
“more than 30 Pakistani soldiers went missing presumed captured by the Afghan Taliban after an attack on their border post in the nearby tribal region of Mohmand.”
“Brutally and without warning, about 20 men armed with AK47s [machine-guns] opened fire at our troops," peacekeeping force spokesman Kemal Saiki told the AFP news agency.”
“Twenty-seven troops from the peacekeeping force known as Unamid have now died since the UN took joint control in 2008.”
“within 10 years the number of homes at risk would more than double to 2,760.”
“Human rights activists said the troops had killed two people and injured 20.”
“At 1030 BST, all 22 Welsh councils simultaneously raised the Armed Forces Day flag marking the 2010 event.”
“Cardiff was revealed as the 2010 host of Armed Forces Day by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.”
“The 2010 Armed Forces Day flag was delivered to Cardiff by the RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team during the event's 2009 celebrations in the city.”
“Last week, the Colombian security forces rescued three police officers and a soldier who had been held captive by Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) for almost 12 years.”
“Three soldiers were killed in battles with Colombia's main rebel group, the Farc”
“Mr Capaldi argued that the arts were part of frontline services and were more popular than ever before, with a 20% increase over the last three years of people attending arts events.”
“10,000 British troops are stationed in Afghanistan”
“Founded in 2003, Jundullah (Soldiers of God) says it is fighting to defend the human rights, culture and faith of ethnic Baluchis.”
“He collaborated and ordered 15 armed abductions, confessed to three murders, and ordered the murders of tens of citizens, police and military personnel through bombings and armed actions," the court statement added.”
“the 299th member of the UK armed forces to have died in Afghanistan since 2001.”
“ordered 30,000 extra troops”
“involving 15,000 troops”
“more than 1,120 US soldiers and almost 300 British soldiers”
“peaking at 150,000 by August”
“Gunmen ambushed an army vehicle close to the Syrian border on Friday evening, killing seven Iraqi troops.”
“The soldier is the 299th member of the UK armed forces to have died in Afghanistan since the conflict began in 2001.”
“There are 9,500 British forces personnel in Afghanistan as part of a Nato-led force, with about 8,000 of them based in Helmand.”
“2lb (0.9kg) artillery shell”
“dated from 1941”
“He was called up into the army at the outbreak of World War II and was captured in the Battle of France in 1940.”
“He survived the 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu, where French troops were surrounded and defeated by the forces of the Vietnamese Communists, the Viet Minh.”
“In 1975 he was appointed State Secretary for Defence by President Valery Giscard d'Estaing.”
“More than 1,200 soldiers came together for Friday's ceremony.”
“There are four battalions that make up the Yorkshire Regiment; three from the regular army and the other from the Territorial Army.”
“Two men, a doctor and a soldier, have been shot dead in fresh violence in Pakistan's volatile city of Karachi.”
“Democratic Party officials in the US state of South Carolina have upheld a surprise primary election win by an unemployed military veteran last week.”
“Pakistan currently has three nuclear reactors, one for military use.”
“40 Frontier Corps troops were missing”
“Ten of the missing soldiers subsequently returned to their positions the same day, but about 40 are still missing”
“Pakistani soldiers mistakenly crossed into Afghan territory twice”
“30 soldiers were being held in Afghanistan and 10 in Pakistan”
“10 soldiers and 63 militants had been killed”
“With Turkish troops now engaged in daily skirmishes with PKK fighters, there seems little likelihood that any further attempts to end the 26-year-old war will be made.”
“the reconstruction of 12,000 Palestinian homes damaged or destroyed in Israeli military operations "impossible"”
“Nearly 50,000 federal paramilitary troops and tens of thousands of policemen are taking part in the operation in several states”
“In April, 76 paramilitary troops were killed in an ambush”
“Former Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos, who was credited with masterminding that operation, is favourite to win the 20 June second round of the presidential election, when he will face Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus.”
“A soldier died and three others were injured”
“All four men were soldiers serving locally.”
“It is alleged that the attackers, numbering approximately 1,000, were armed with anti-aircraft guns, artillery guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers," the statement said”
“Thirteen people were shot dead by the Army on 30 January 1972”
“651 British soldiers lost their lives and more than 6,000 were wounded during the Troubles”
“Thirty-three serving and retired Turkish military officers have gone on trial on charges of plotting against the elected government.”
“Turkey's military has overthrown or forced the resignation of four governments since 1960, most recently in 1997.”
“Almost 300 UK soldiers have died in Afghanistan since operations began”
“Two UK soldiers from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment have been shot dead in separate incidents in Afghanistan”
“Their deaths bring the total number of UK troops killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 298”
“The consultation, being held by the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the Ministry of Defence, puts forward three options; manage the site with no excavation, limited excavation and management of the site and full …”
“Gerald Donaghy was photographed at an Army post with four nail bombs in his pockets”
“The arrest of several army officers in Guinea is not linked to elections due in two weeks' time, the army chief has said.”
“The army has promised to step down after the poll on 27 June.”
“It is believed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) are still holding 19 members of the security forces whom they want to swap for some 500 jailed guerrillas.”
“Former Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos, who was credited with masterminding that operation, is favourite to win the 20 June second round of the presidential election when he will face Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus.”
