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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: troops

troops stories: 9 news summaries

 4 US Troops 
 Killed in 
 Afghan 
 Attacks 

Death toll for month up to 15

Nov 23, 09 3:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Four US troops have been killed in southern and eastern Afghanistan in the last 24 hours. Three were killed by bombs yesterday and today, while a fourth was killed in a firefight. The casualties bring the death toll for the month to 15. October, when 58 US fighters were killed,... More »

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Afghanistan • Kabul • bombing • death toll • casualties • Afghanistan war • troops • American soldiers

FORT HOOD SHOOTING

Hasan Warned of Threat
From Muslims in Military

Fort Hood suspect spoke of suicide bombings in 2007 lecture

Nov 10, 09 7:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Nidal Hasan warned that "adverse events" could occur if Muslims weren't allowed to leave the US military in a bizarre presentation he gave to Army physicians in 2007 at the end of his residency at Walter Reed Medical Center. The psychiatrist lectured senior doctors on Islam, the Koran, and... More »

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US military • Muslim • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • troops • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

 Months of Clues 
 Missed in Hasan 
 Rampage 

Shrink grew increasingly agitated, but superiors didn't act

Nov 9, 09 4:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Signs that the Fort Hood gunman could snap emerged not just days before his deadly rampage, but months earlier, say witnesses. Major Nidal Malik Hasan bought a gun soon after he arrived at the base last summer, and grew increasingly agitated and vocal over years about his opposition to the... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Texas • crime • Muslim • mass shootings • troops • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

(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

(Newser) - The US is expected to push for more British troops to help fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, a move certain to be unpopular with the British public, reports the Guardian. NATO Gen. Stanley McChrystal will likely recommend to President Obama that the current total of 150,000 Afghan troops should... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • America • British troops • US • Britain • Afghan Army • President Obama • troops

(Newser) - A realistic video game featuring a historic Fallujah battle involving US forces in Iraq has incensed vets and their families, reports ABC News. Six Days in Fallujah is due out next year, and involves Marine consultants to ensure accuracy of the action. "It's upsetting," said a mom who... More »

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Iraq • military • Fallujah • ultimate fighting • Marine • video game developers • video games • Marine Corps • troops

Nine Bodies Discovered
Near Ciudad Juarez

Troops descend on Juarez in bid to end cartel violence

Mar 15, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican police yesterday discovered the bodies of seven men and two women in the desert south of Ciudad Juarez yesterday, CNN reports. The grisly find comes as increasing violence among the country's drug cartels continues to shatter Juarez and other border cities. The conflict has already claimed over 400 lives... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Ciudad Juarez • troops

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 'Real IRA' Claims 
 It Killed 2 UK Soldiers 

Prime minister rips 'evil, cowardly' ambush

Mar 8, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - An organization called "The Real IRA" claimed responsibility today for killing two British soldiers at a Northern Ireland army base, the Independent reports. Four other people, including two pizza delivery men, were seriously wounded in the drive-by ambush, reports the Times of London. The attack occurred just miles... More »

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sectarian violence • Northern Ireland • IRA • Belfast • mass shootings • ambush • troops

Mexican Soldiers Charged With Protecting Cartel Capos

Blow dealt to president's plan to use soldiers to wipe out drug gangs

Mar 6, 09 4:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Mexican authorities have arrested a dozen soldiers accused of working with one of the nation's murderous drug cartels, reports Reuters. The development deals a serious blow to President Felipe Calderon's strategy to use soldiers to fight the gangs and clean up corruption in the police force. The troops have been... More »

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drugs • Mexico • gangs • corruption • Felipe Calderón • troops

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