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NEWS ABOUT: US military aid

US military aid stories: 6 news summaries

 US Secretly Speeds 
 Pakistan Military Aid 

Washington funnels helicopters, arms, technology for Taliban fight

Oct 29, 09 6:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pakistani government keeps insisting that the US has little to no role in its offensive in Taliban-controlled border regions—but out of sight, Washington has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars worth of arms and equipment to the country's forces this year. President Obama himself intervened at one point... More »

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Barack Obama • Pentagon • Pakistan • Waziristan • Swat • US military aid • Pakistan army • South Waziristan

US Funded Failed Attack
on Ugandan Rebels

LRA escaped 'poorly planned' attack, massacred civilians

Feb 7, 09 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The US military helped fund and plan a disastrous attack on a Ugandan rebel group that resulted in reprisals against civilians, the New York Times reports. Uganda had hoped to rout the infamous Lord’s Resistance Army from the Congolese national park it was hiding in, but it failed... More »

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US military • Uganda • US military aid • rebels • Congo • Lord's Resistance Army

ANALYSIS

 US Military Showing Softer Side 

Greater emphasis on humanitarian operations seen by some as 'out of whack'

Jul 28, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite recent focus on shooting wars, the Defense Department has tweaked the core mission of US armed forces to promote “soft power,” such as humanitarian aid, the Boston Globe reports. Some civilian onlookers say the foreign policy is “out of whack,” and “too dominated by... More »

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Department of Defense • US military aid • disaster zones • medical care • humanitarian aid • international aid • soft power

US Can't Be Sure Pakistan's $5.6B Went to Fight Terror

Suspect accounting makes tracking funds nearly impossible: GAO report

Jun 25, 08 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Defense Department cannot show that nearly $6 billion the US has sent to Pakistan since 2001 has been used, as intended, to fight terrorism. In a report yesterday, the Government Accountability Office said the Pentagon hadn’t properly tracked the funds, CNN reports, blindly signing off on questionable charges—... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Department of Defense • Government Accountability Office • US military aid • Coalition Support Funds • al-Qaeda

 Analysts Urge
 Washington to
 Invade Burma 

Others advise against forcing aid on devastated country

May 10, 08 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Analysts and aid workers appalled by Burma’s attitude to foreign aid are urging Washington to invade, Time reports. One observer has called for the US to airlift food regardless of the junta’s restrictions; a retired general wants China to pacify Burma about US aid, or Thailand to paint... More »

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China • United Nations • Thailand • Myanmar • Burma • Yangon • US Navy • US military aid • humanitarian aid • Cyclone Nargis • airlift

US Billions in Pakistan Wasted

Money earmarked for war on terror diverted to shore up regime

Dec 24, 07 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Billions of dollars the US gave to Pakistan to bolster counterterrorism efforts against al-Qaeda apparently have been diverted to prop up President Pervez Musharraf's government and finance weapons systems aimed at India, reports the New York Times. Because the US has failed to properly monitor military aid programs, progress... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • India • Condoleezza Rice • Osama bin Laden • Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani • US military aid • Coalition Support Funds • Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad • tribal areas • al-Qaeda

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