AFP - The US military announced on Thursday the withdrawal of another 4,000 "surge" troops from Iraq after reporting that violence across the country has hit a four-year low.

AP - When the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division arrived in Iraq's once infamous "Triangle of Death," violence there and in neighboring Baghdad was so intense that hundreds were dying every day and the country was virtually in a state of civil war.

AFP - Two separate suicide bombs struck Afghanistan Wednesday, one of them against a US-led military base, leaving one person dead and several wounded, officials and a witness said.

AFP - Newly diagnosed cases of post traumatic stress disorders surged among US troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007, a peak year for US fighting and casualties, US military figures released Wednesday show.

Reuters - U.S. warships will soon leave waters near Myanmar if the junta does not allow the American military to deliver food, water and other aid to cyclone survivors, a U.S. commander said on Wednesday.

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.