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 US Agrees to Leave Iraq in 2011 

Bilateral pact, which gives Iraq control over troops, must be approved by parliament

Oct 15, 08 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq's government could soon be in charge of US troops for the first time, a prelude to their full withdrawal by 2011 under a deal now awaiting approval by Iraqi politicians, Reuters reports. The deal sets a firm timeline, and lets the Arab nation prosecute American soldiers for some serious... More »

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war • US troops • timetable • soldier • Iraq government • Iraq war

 Russia Lets EU Monitors
Into Georgia Buffer Zone 

Unarmed patrol allowed near, but not in South Ossetia

Oct 1, 08 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian troops allowed unarmed EU monitors into the buffer zone around South Ossetia for the first time today, after France helped negotiate a truce between Russia and Georgia. The blue-beret-sporting French troops spent 90 minutes touring the heavily guarded area, the Guardian reports. The EU will be sending its monitors... More »

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Russia • European Union • Georgia • soldier • checkpoints • South Ossetia • EU Monitors

7 US Soldiers
Killed in Iraq
Copter Crash

Military has ruled out hostile fire in the Chinook accident

Sep 18, 08 8:04 AM CDT
(AP) - Seven US soldiers were killed in southern Iraq today when their helicopter crashed, the AP reports. "At this time we are uncertain of the cause, but hostile fire has been ruled out," a military spokesman said. The crash occurred shortly after midnight in a desert under British military... More »

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Iraq • crash • soldier • Kuwait • fatalities • Chinook helicopters

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 US Army Orders 
 Mind-Reading Helmets 


Sep 15, 08 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Army has dished out $4 million for helmets that can read soldiers' minds, Time reports. The goal is to have commanders in the field think up orders that brainwave sensors pick up and distribute to troops. "It'd be radio without a microphone," says a neuroscientist in... More »

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 The Bloody Battle 
 for One Afghan Valley 

As the war gets bloodier, there's some hope of progress

Sep 7, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the nation's military focus shifts to Afghanistan, Sebastian Junger of Vanity Fair spends time with US troops fighting “ambush by ambush” in the 6-mile Korengal Valley in the tense northeast. The region, Junger says, is a “test case” for fighting insurgencies and a prime example of the... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • soldier • Afghanistan war • insurgency

 Karzai Vows Punishment 
 for Deadly US Raid 

'Our relation with the foreigners got worst,' president says after 90 Afghans claimed dead

Sep 4, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Hamid Karzai vowed to punish those responsible for killing as many as 90 civilians in a raid last month by US and Afghan commandos, saying Afghanistan’s relationship with “the foreigners got worst,” the AP reports. The US and NATO claim at least 30 militants and no... More »

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NATO • Hamid Karzai • civilian casualties • soldier • Afghanistan war

 Bus Bomb Kills 12 in Baghdad

Follows a series of bombings in the capital

Aug 3, 08 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bombs ripped through a minibus this morning in Baghdad, reports CNN, killing 12 and injuring 22 after a string of similar bombings in the region. Two more roadside bombs injured nine near a hospital and two near a convoy of SUVs. Elsewhere, a soldier was killed in an unrelated accident,... More »

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civilian casualties • roadside bomb • bombing • soldier • CNN • wounded • casualties • Iraq war

Uncle Sam Short on Sergeants

Automatic promotions are turning battlefield into a classroom, soldiers say 

Jul 30, 08 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Army, plagued by a shortage of non-commissioned officers, has lowered the bar for promotion so much that it has produced sergeants who are not ready to lead, Salon reports in an investigation of a military stretched thin by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In some cases, soldiers... More »

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US military • US Army • promotion • soldier • enlist • Iraq war • sergeant

Ex-Beau Charged in Pregnant
Soldier's Murder

Victim had ended affair
with married man

Jul 30, 08 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The former boyfriend of a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier has been charged with her murder, reports CNN. Edgar Patino, 27, proposed to fellow soldier Spc. Megan Lynn Touma while the two were stationed in Germany, according to friends. But Touma, 23, broke up with Patino recently when they were transferred... More »

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murder • domestic violence • soldier • Marine • Fort Bragg

Opinion

 Feds Let Troops
 Fight, Won't
 Help Them Vote 

White House, Pentagon, Dem-controlled Congress all dragging heels to make voting easier

Jul 24, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon has long dragged its heels on making it easier for US troops overseas to have their votes count back home, columnist Robert Novak points out in the Washington Post. There’s little appetite in a Democratic-controlled Congress to kick-start the process, Novak notes, as evidenced by the “... More »

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Congress • soldier • Robert Novak • absentee balloting

Army Pig-Shoot Angers Animal Rights Activists

Porkers shot and revived for medical training

Jul 18, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Army is butting heads with animal rights activists over a planned drill that involves shooting live pigs. As practice for battlefield medical care, soldiers will fire at the pigs, then rush to save them. "It's to teach Army personnel how to manage critically injured patients within the first... More »

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military • animal rights • PETA • US Army • soldier • medical training • pig

OPINION

 Did Iconic
 Photo Drive
 Soldier's Death? 

Photographer reflects on the power of a moment captured

Jul 13, 08 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A photo turned an American medic in Iraq into a hero, showing him carrying an Iraqi child to safety. But the photographer, Warren Zinn, wonders whether it also contributed to his suicide. Joseph Dwyer suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after returning from Iraq; Zinn worries, in the Washington Post, whether his... More »

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US military • photography • overdose • soldier • PTSD • Iraq war • heroism

Soldier Missing After Blaze in
NC Apartment

24-year-old divorcing man she accused of domestic violence

Jul 11, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Carolina police are searching for a female soldier who disappeared yesterday, her apartment blackened by a fire police are calling an arson, the Fayetteville Observer reports. Holley Lynn Wimunc, 24, was in divorce proceedings with her husband, against whom she'd recently gained a restraining order after a domestic-violence incident.... More »

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missing soldiers • North Carolina • domestic violence • US Army • soldier • military families • restraining order

Pregnant Soldier's Death Homicide: Cops

'Zodiac'-style letter claims responsibility for Touma's murder

Jun 30, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police say the pregnant soldier whose body was found in a North Carolina motel last week was murdered, the Fayetteville Observer reports. The Observer, meanwhile, received a letter from someone claiming to be the killer, which contains a symbol sources say was also drawn in lipstick in the room where... More »

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pregnancy • investigation • murder • US military • North Carolina • US Army • soldier • Fort Bragg • Megan Touma • Zodiac killer

Israel to Trade Convicts for 2 Soldiers

Hezbollah hails swap as evidence of its growing power

Jun 29, 08 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli officials today approved a prisoner swap with Hezbollah to release the bodies of two soldiers whose capture triggered a 2006 war, Reuters reports. In return, Hezbollah secured the freedom of five gunmen, including one of Israel’s “most notorious convicts,” the New York Times says. Israeli... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon War • Hezbollah • soldier

Pregnant Soldier Found
Dead in North Carolina Motel

Fort Bragg soldier was seven months pregnant

Jun 25, 08 4:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities are investigating the suspicious death of a pregnant soldier found in a North Carolina motel. Dental specialist Megan Lynn Touma, 23, of Kentucky arrived at nearby Fort Bragg only two weeks ago. She was seven months pregnant. Earlier this year, pregnant Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach was found dead... More »

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pregnancy • soldier • Maria Lauterbach • Megan Lynn Touma

 Actor Who Called
 Soldiers 'Wimps'
 Apologizes 

Everett backtracks after outburst about 'all this whining'

Jun 10, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Everett apologized "without reserve" for calling soldiers “wimps” who join the army to torture prisoners, the Telegraph reports. In a recent interview, the actor said, "The whole point of being in the Army is going to war and getting yourself blown up.” He now says... More »

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celebrity • soldier • apology • Britain • Rupert Everett

 Soldier Suicides Set Record 

115 Army suicides last year

May 30, 08 3:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Army recorded it highest ever number of suicides last year, with 115 soldiers killing themselves, Reuters reports. The rate is staying high this year, with 38 soldier suicides so far. The military said the statistics showed no direct link between the increase in suicides and repeated deployments to combat... More »

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'Miracle Marine' Dead After 3-Year Struggle

Struck by roadside bomb, he endured 100+ surgeries

May 25, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Marine who endured burns on 97% of his body with good humor and hope has died during routine surgery, USA Today reports. Hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq, Sgt. Merlin German walked, talked, and even danced during his 3-year recovery. Undergoing more than 100 surgeries, he became a... More »

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Iraq • military • roadside bomb • US Army • soldier • Marine • Merlin German • burn victim

Soldier to Serve His Country ...
as a Linebacker

Army grad, drafted by Detroit, skips active duty if he makes team

Apr 30, 08 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - If linebacker Caleb Campbell hadn't been picked up by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round of the NFL draft Sunday, he'd  be suiting up for the battlefield, not the gridiron. Assuming he makes the team, Campbell, who graduates from the U.S. Military Academy  May 31, will be allowed... More »

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Iraq • NFL • football • NFL draft • US Army • soldier • Detroit Lions • Caleb Campbell • West Point

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