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  • February 2008

    • General's Iraqi Shift Mirrors US Strategy

      Washington Post  |  Feb 16, 08 5:02 PM CST

      General's Iraqi Shift Mirrors US Strategy

      (Newser) - Gen Raymond Odierno stepped down from his post as the No. 2 general in Iraq this week, having evolved from a proponent of heavy-handed tactics to a believer in nonlethal methods to win favor with Iraqis and reduce violence, the Washington Post reports. In a lengthy profile of the so-called General O, the Post says his conversion in many ways mirrors the larger shift in strategy of the US military. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • US military  • David Petraeus  • Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno  • counter insurgency

    • Overseas Tours Cost Soldiers Child Custody

      NPR  |  Feb 15, 08 3:35 PM CST

      Overseas Tours Cost Soldiers Child Custody

      (Newser) - In what the Pentagon and parent-advocacy groups agree is a growing trend, troops serving overseas are unable to maintain custody of their children upon their return, NPR reports. One National Guardswoman raised her son until her unit deployed to Iraq, when his father took temporary custody. AFter she returned home, a court granted her ex-husband’s request to make the situation permanent. More »

    • Okinawa Rape Case Reignites Anti-US Ire

      Reuters  |  Feb 14, 08 4:21 PM CST

      Okinawa Rape Case Reignites Anti-US Ire

      (Newser) - The arrest this week of a US Marine on charges of raping a 14-year-old girl on the Japanese island of Okinawa has stirred long-simmering resentment of the nearly 50,000 American troops stationed there, Reuters reports. “Considering that such vicious, atrocious incidents have never ceased to occur, we must question the way the US military enforces discipline,” reads a statement from Okinawa's assembly. More »

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      Japan  • US military  • rape  • Marine  • Okinawa  • Tyrone Hadnott

    • 9/11 Executions Could Take Place in Gitmo

      Associated Press  |  Feb 13, 08 7:54 AM CST

      9/11 Executions Could Take Place in Gitmo

      (Newser) - Six 9/11 suspects detained at Gitmo could be executed at the controversial prison compound if found guilty, legal experts say. Military regulations used to require that executions take place at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, but that rule was amended two years ago to allow prisoners to be executed in "other places." The creation of a Guantanamo Bay execution chamber would keep the men largely out of the reach of US courts, experts believe. More »

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      US military  • Guantanamo Bay  • September 11  • capital punishment  • executions

    • UC Berkeley Rumbles Over City Council's War Criticism

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Feb 12, 08 4:42 PM CST

      UC Berkeley Rumbles Over City Council's War Criticism

      (Newser) - Berkeley is getting a little of its ‘60s vibe back, with pro- and anti-war groups gearing up for a night of demonstrations as the City Council decides whether to revoke a letter critical of the Marine Corps, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The council’s letter, written 2 weeks ago, demands that the Marines abandon their recruiting post near the UC Berkeley campus. More »

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      US military  • protests  • US Marine Corps  • UC Berkeley  • political activism

    • Japanese Fury Mounts Over US Marine Rape Case

      Reuters  |  Feb 12, 08 3:30 AM CST

      Japanese Fury Mounts Over US Marine Rape Case

      (Newser) - Tensions continued to mount in Japan today in the aftermath of the arrest of a US Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Okinawa. "It is unforgivable," Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told a parliamentary panel. "It has happened over and over again in the past and I take it as a grave case." The nation's foreign minister warned that it's "unthinkable that this would have no impact. Enough is enough." More »

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      Japan  • US military  • rape  • Okinawa  • military bases

    • US Marine Busted in Rape of Okinawa Schoolgirl

      Reuters  |  Feb 11, 08 5:23 AM CST

      US Marine Busted in Rape of Okinawa Schoolgirl

      (Newser) - A US Marine has been arrested on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old Japanese schoolgirl in Okinawa, where resentment is already running high against American military presence, Reuters reports. The 38-year-old Marine allegedly raped the teen in a car yesterday, officials said. "This kind of crime cannot be forgiven, especially when you remember that the victim is a middle school student," said Okinawa's governor. "I feel extremely angry." More »

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      Japan  • US military  • rape  • military  • Marine  • Okinawa

    • Diary of a Bitter al-Qaeda Leader

      Washington Post  |  Feb 10, 08 12:49 PM CST

      Diary of a Bitter al-Qaeda Leader

      (Newser) - Al-Qaeda’s once indomitable force in Iraq is suffering from diminished ranks and low resources: That’s the word not from US generals but from one of the insurgent group’s leaders. In a bitter 16-page diary, Abu Tariq blasts former members who deserted al-Qaeda to join American forces. “We were mistreated, cheated, and betrayed by some of our brothers,” the emir wrote. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • US military  • insurgents  • Sunnis  • Awakening Councils

    • US Readies Major 9/11 Trial of Gitmo detainees

      New York Times  |  Feb 9, 08 6:50 AM CST

      US Readies Major 9/11 Trial of Gitmo detainees

      (Newser) - US military prosecutors are finalizing plans for a major trial against Guantanamo’s 9/11 suspects, sources tell the New York Times. Among those likely to be charged is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has claimed full responsibility for the attacks. “The thinking was 9/11 is the heart and soul of the whole thing. The thinking was: go for that,” one official said. More »

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      US military  • Pentagon  • September 11  • trial  • Guantanamo prisoners  • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed  • terror suspects

    • Germany Balks at US Request for Troop Help

      Der Spiegel  |  Feb 1, 08 5:47 PM CST

      Germany Balks at US Request for Troop Help

      (Newser) - Germany has rejected a request from US defense secretary Robert Gates for more troops to fight the Taliban insurgency in southern Afghanistan, Der Spiegel reports. German defense minister Franz Josef Jung prefers his troops remain in the country's north, in accordance with Germany's Afghanistan mandate—which says troops will only head south to aid allies in emergencies. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • US military  • Germany  • NATO  • Angela Merkel  • Marine

    • Panel Blasts 'Appalling' US Terror Readiness

      San Diego Union-Tribune  |  Feb 1, 08 4:35 AM CST

      Panel Blasts 'Appalling' US Terror Readiness

      (Newser) - The US is woefully under-prepared for a terrorist attack on home soil, according to a scathing report by an independent commission charged by Congress to recommend National Guard and Army Reserve policy. "It's totally unacceptable," the panel declared of American readiness in the event of such an attack." You couldn't move a Girl Scout unit with the kind of planning they're doing now." More »

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      terrorism  • US military  • counterterrorism  • National Guard

  • January 2008

    • Falling Spy Satellite May Hit North America

      Associated Press  |  Jan 30, 08 11:38 AM CST

      Falling Spy Satellite May Hit North America

      (Newser) - A defunct and out-of-control spy satellite is falling to Earth, and could scatter debris somewhere in North America in late February or early March, the AP reports. The Air Force says the satellite called US 193, whose central computer failed shortly after its launch in 2006, is big enough that it probably won't all burn up on reentry, and some pieces will hit the ground. But they aren't a security issue, the head of US Northern Command tells the AP. More »

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      US military  • satellite  • space debris  • North America