Reuters - Newly diagnosed cases of post-traumatic stress disorder among U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan surged 46.4 percent in 2007, bringing the five-year total to nearly 40,000, according to U.S. military data released on Tuesday.

AFP - The Pentagon's internal watchdog office has warned in a report to Congress made public Tuesday that its auditors are unable to keep pace with a ballooning US defense budget.

AP - As of Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at least 432 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 17 at 10 a.m. EDT.

AFP - Maintaining US combat troops in Iraq "helps Al-Qaeda" and Washington should pull them from the ravaged country if it wants to see progress in the war on terror, former US anti-terror czar Richard Clarke said Tuesday.

AFP - Two separate suicide bomb attacks were staged in Afghanistan Wednesday, one of them targeting a US-led military base, leaving at least two policemen and two civilians hurt, officials said.

AP - Japanese seeking to block a nuclear-powered U.S. warship from being permanently based in Japan took their lawsuit to a higher court Monday.

Reuters - Newly diagnosed cases of post-traumatic stress disorder among U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan surged 46.4 percent in 2007, bringing the five-year total to more than 38,000, according to U.S. military data released on Tuesday.

AFP - The top US commander in Iraq said Thursday he expects to recommend further cuts in US forces in Iraq before he relinquishes command in September because of improved security.

Reuters - Military officers who denounce policies they helped implement are "cowardly," the top U.S. officer charged on Friday in an apparent reference to retired generals' attacks on Iraq war policy.

AFP - A US Marines officer accused of making false statements following the deaths of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha three years ago will stand trial next week, the military said Friday.

AP - Orange County sheriff's officials say a 21-year-old Marine and Iraq war veteran from Camp Pendleton has been arrested for investigation of murder in the slaying of a fellow Marine.

AFP - The Pentagon cannot account for nearly 15 billion dollars in payments for goods and services in Iraq, according to an internal audit which members of Congress blasted Friday as a "shocking" accountability failure.

AP - As of Friday, May 23, 2008, at least 432 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 17 at 10 a.m. EDT.

Reuters - Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said on Thursday he expects to recommend further troop cuts this year after a 45-day pause in withdrawals that begins in mid-July.

AFP - The top US commander in Iraq said Thursday he expects to recommend further cuts in US forces in Iraq before he relinquishes command in September because of improved security.