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OPINION

 Time to Quit Afghanistan 

Nation-building in one of the world's weakest states is a lost cause

Sep 1, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - America needs to abandon its idea of nation-building in Afghanistan before the lives of yet more troops are squandered trying to establish an effective central government in a country that has never had one, George F. Will warns in the Washington Post. Even with America's troop-intensive efforts, experts say Kabul... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • Adm. Mike Mullen • al-Qaeda • Afghanistan war • Afghanistan exit strategy

 Petraeus Sorry 
 for Razzing 
 Air Force 

Central Command head apologizes after 'outrageous' joke

Aug 28, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The head of US Central Command has apologized to the Air Force after making a joke at the service's expense, the Air Force Times reports. A rep for the Air Force chief of staff said the apology was accepted. David Petraeus, an Army general who commands US operations in Iraq... More »

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David Petraeus • Air Force • US military • US Army • apology • speech • US Air Force • US Central Command • Armed Forces • Marines

(AP) - A bomb blast in Afghanistan killed an American service member today, making August the deadliest month of the 8-year war for US forces. The service member's vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, NATO forces said, bringing the number of troops killed in August to 45, one more than... More »

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Afghanistan • US military • US troops • bombing • casualties • Afghanistan war

(Newser) - American military officials leading the NATO mission in Afghanistan told the Obama administration they need more troops to do their job, compounding Washington's headaches in the wake of an allegedly fraudulent presidential election. Support for the Afghan war is diving among Americans, and several US senators said this weekend that... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • Adm. Mike Mullen • troop levels • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • Richard Holbrooke

Taliban Pick Young Leader
to Replace Mehsud

But still insist old
leader isn't dead

Aug 22, 09 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite their insistence that a US drone strike didn’t kill their leader, members of Pakistan’s Taliban movement have already replaced him, the BBC reports. Hakimullah Mehsud, a military chief in his late 20s, will succeed Baitullah Mehsud, a close ally reportedly killed earlier this month. The unanimous decision... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • US military • Baitullah Mehsud

Pentagon Tells Red Cross Who's in Secret Prisons

Military grants group access to prisoners

Aug 22, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - After years of refusing the Red Cross information about terror suspects held in two secret camps in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon has quietly reversed course, the New York Times reports. The military has begun providing the identities of prisoners at the sites in Balad, Iraq, and Bagram, Afghanstan. Under... More »

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CIA • Pentagon • human rights • US military • Department of Defense • Red Cross • terror suspects

4 GIs Charged With Hazing Suicide Soldier

Ashamed private
later shot himself
in portable toilet

Aug 21, 09 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four US Army soldiers in Iraq have been charged with cruelty and maltreatment for hazing a private who later killed himself, MSNBC reports. The NCOs allegedly hazed 19-year-old Keiffer P. Wilhelm with excessive physical exercise while showering him with verbal abuse. Wilhelm, self-conscious about his weight, shot himself in a... More »

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suicide • US military • abuse • US Army • court martial • Iraq war • hazing • American soldiers • NCOs

analysis

 US Could Buy Off the Taliban 


Aug 14, 09 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US war in Afghanistan is costing $4 billion a month and lacks a clear end-date—so why not just pay off the Taliban's hired guns to stop fighting? Analysts say the math makes sense: Taliban gunmen earn $10 a day. There are 10,000 to 15,000 of... More »

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Taliban • US military • Washington • Afghanistan war

(Newser) - The US Army has borrowed an idea—and some software—from Wikipedia to introduce field manuals any soldier can edit, the New York Times reports. Seven manuals have been opened for editing by anybody from private to general in a trial program the military says is an effort to close... More »

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Wikipedia • US military • US Army • Army Field Manual • troops

US Commander: Taliban Winning Afghan War

McChrystal makes protecting civilians
his first priority

Aug 10, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban are winning the war in Afghanistan and the US must quickly change course, warns Stanley McChrystal, the general now commanding American forces in the country. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, McChrystal says he wants more troops in big, dangerous cities like Kandahar as part of... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • US military • International Security Assistance Force • NATO troops • Afghanistan war • Stanley McChrystal

Soldier KIA,
But Adopted Puppy Comes
to America

He took in stray
in Iraqi war zone

Aug 8, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Army major killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq has left a canine legacy—Laia, a stray puppy who made it back to America, the Los Angeles Times reports. Working on a transition team, Steven Hutchison found the dog loafing around his vehicle after a meeting. “Maj.... More »

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US military • psychology • puppy • dog • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • war dead • Steven Hutchison

(Newser) - The Army plans to evict more than 1,000 endangered desert tortoises to expand a tank training ground in the Mojave Desert, the Los Angeles Times reports. Conservationists warn that the last effort to shift the tortoises proved disastrous: Many were wiped out by predators, and others traveled up... More »

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endangered species • California • Fort Irwin • US military • wildlife • US Army • Mojave Desert • Bureau of Land Management • tortoise

Soldier's Dad Flying Tattered Flag Until Son Comes Home

He resists calls to replace with new one

Aug 5, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - A California man who promised to fly the American flag until his son comes home from Iraq is getting a little heat—along with sympathy—for the tattered condition of Old Glory, reports Fox News. Louis Haros’ son, Paul, will be home this week after a tour—his second—that... More »

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California • US military • Vietnam veteran • Iraq war • American flag • American soldiers • AMVETS • Louis Haros

(Newser) - Being the site of one of the world's worst nuclear accidents is an unlikely thing to build a tourist trade on, but the people of Palomares plan to give it a shot, the Wall Street Journal reports. Four hydrogen bombs fell on the tiny Spanish village after a US bomber... More »

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Spain • tourism • nuclear weapons • US military • radioactive • nuclear sites • hydrogen bomb

(Newser) - The Pentagon has released 145 new photos of the Air Force One flyover that rattled New Yorkers in April, CNN reports. The flight was for a White House photo shoot, but city officials and the public were not informed. The photos show the Boeing plane, the military version of the... More »

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Pentagon • New York City • US military • classified information • Air Force One • flyover

(Newser) - The US military is considering restrictions on access to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, citing privacy and security concerns, the Military Times reports. “Sometimes people, because of the nature of these sites, can have a tendency to get lax in what they put on there,”... More »

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national security • social networking • Internet • Pentagon • Facebook • US military • bandwidth • Twitter

(Newser) - The US should get out of Iraq sooner rather than later, a top Army officer wrote in a recent memo obtained by the Washington Independent. Col. Timothy Reese, the chief of the Baghdad Operations Command Advisory Team, says American forces “smell bad to the Iraqi nose,” and... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • US military • timetable • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • Status of Forces Agreement • Timothy Reese

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Will
Get Senate Hearing

Senate committee to examine consequences of military's gay policy

Jul 27, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate Armed Services Committee will convene a fall hearing to examine the US military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy governing gay service members, the Albany Times Union reports. Chairman Carl Levin agreed to hold the hearings at the encouragement of New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand,... More »

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gay rights • Senate • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • US military • civil rights • Carl Levin • Senate Armed Services Committee • Kirsten Gillibrand

(Newser) - The US will no longer publish tallies of the number of enemies killed in Afghanistan, CNN reports. The body counts send the wrong message, says the top US military spokesman for the coalition, who ordered the change. The war is supposed to be about protecting civilians, he noted, not killing... More »

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Afghanistan • US military • public relations • Afghanistan war

(Newser) - The rift between American and Iraqi forces got a lot wider after a shooting incident in Baghdad this week, the Washington Post reports. When insurgents attacked their convoy Tuesday, US forces pursued them through alleys, and raided several houses, killing two men and a boy. An Iraqi commander ordered the... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • US military • Iraqi security forces • Iraq war • security agreement

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