AFP - The US Air Force said Wednesday it would review congressional investigators' claims there were "significant errors" in how it awarded a huge aerial refueling tanker contract to Northrop Grumman.
AP - Four years after his release from Abu Ghraib, Ali al-Qaisi has nightmares and insomnia he blames on injuries — physical and psychological — suffered at the hands of his American captors.
AFP - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said here Wednesday he is optimistic Iraqi and US negotiators will meet a July 31 deadline for a deal governing the future deployment of US troops.
AFP - The US Congress watchdog agency Wednesday backed Boeing's protest over a huge aerial refueling tanker contract awarded to Northrop Grumman, and recommended the Air Force review the deal.
AP - As of Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at least 447 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 June 7 at 10 a.m. EDT.
AFP - Charges against a senior US Marine officer accused of failing to properly investigate the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians were dismissed Tuesday, a military spokesman confirmed.
AFP - Charges against a senior US Marine officer accused of failing to properly investigate the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians were dismissed Tuesday, a military spokesman confirmed.
Reuters - The day before her husband was
deployed to the Middle East by the U.S. Air Force, Marketa
Johnson got word that her family would be evicted from their
rented home.
AFP - Britain is to send more troops to Afghanistan boosting the strength to the "highest level," Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday after talks with US President George W. Bush.
AP - Here are summaries of the 2007 financial disclosure forms filed by House leaders, chairman and ranking members of major House committees, and other members under scrutiny in ethics investigations. -- read full article
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:45:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Military
AFP - Protesters scuffled with riot police in central London Sunday as US President George W. Bush held talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, nearly at the end of a farewell European tour.
AFP - A month after US army reservist Matthis Chiroux publicly refused to deploy to Iraq, the former sergeant on Sunday set himself up for possible prosecution by failing to report for active duty with his unit in South Carolina.
AFP - US President George W. Bush was greeted with noisy protests Sunday as he headed for talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown notably on Iran, while both sides vigorously denied any rift over Iraq.
