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U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 23, 2007 @ 6:32pm neoform

Yahoo News -- An Army sergeant complained in a rare opinion article that the U.S. flag flew at half-staff last week at the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan for those killed at Virginia Tech but the same honor is not given to fallen U.S. troops here and in Iraq. In t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 2, 2007 @ 4:43pm neoform

MSNBC -- The Bush administration will ask for another $100 billion for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan this year and seek $145 billion for 2008, a senior administration official said Friday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 7, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- An Oregon couple checking their voice mail found a frightening three-minute recording of their son caught in a battle in Afghanistan. Stephen Phillips, 22, and other soldiers in his Army MP company were battling insurgents when his phone was pressed ag.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Nov 13, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- The US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are costing nearly double the amount previously thought, according to a report set to be released by Congress. Democrats say the wars have cost $1.5 trillion - almost twice the requested $804bn (�402bn) - because o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 4:52pm neoform

USA Today -- A military judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-related charges against a prisoner charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, in a stunning reversal for the Bush administration's attempts to try Guantanamo detainees in military court. The.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 25, 2007 @ 12:39pm neoform

ESPN -- An Army Ranger who was with Pat Tillman when the former football star was cut down by friendly fire in Afghanistan said Tuesday a commanding officer had ordered him to keep quiet about what happened. The military at first portrayed Tillman's death as t.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 12:25pm neoform

Winnipeg Sun -- An unbiased observer doesn't need to look beyond what's happening on the ground today in Iraq and Afghanistan to conclude the War on Terror has been a brutal, manipulative means to a transparently self-serving end. None of this is news, however, to pro.. Read More