Counselors monitoring prison officers with PTSD
(AP)
Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 6 hours agoAP - John Brownfield Jr. became a corrections officer following deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base
(Reuters)
Sun, 5 Sep 2010 08:31:30 PMReuters - Up to six suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over.
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UPS pilots struggled to land with smoke-filled cockpit
(AFP)
Sun, 5 Sep 2010 10:53:10 AMAFP - The cockpit of a United Parcel Service 747 cargo plane filled with smoke as pilots fought to maintain altitude and return to Dubai, where the plane crashed and both crew members died, a civil aviation statement said on Sunday.
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US 'likely' to keep troops in Iraq after 2011
(AFP)
Sun, 5 Sep 2010 03:07:19 AMAFP - The United States likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad's fledgling military, experts and former officers say.
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UPS cargo plane crashes in Dubai, two killed
(Reuters)
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 08:17:09 PMReuters - A Boeing 747-400 cargo plane operated by United Parcel Service Inc crashed shortly after takeoff into a military compound near Dubai's airport on Friday, killing two crew members, authorities said.
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UPS cargo plane crashes in Dubai, killing crew of two
(AFP)
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:59:51 PMAFP - A cargo plane owned by US courier United Parcel Service caught fire shortly after take-off and crashed in a military base on the outskirts of the Gulf city of Dubai on Friday, killing both crew members, civil aviation authorities said.
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UNHCR urges halt to unsafe Iraqi refugee returns
(AFP)
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 05:33:58 PMAFP - The UN refugee agency on Friday urged European countries not to send Iraqi refugees back to central parts of Iraq, just days after the official withdrawal of US combat troops.
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Esterline shares up after strong 3Q earns
(AP)
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 05:30:55 PMAP - Shares Esterline Technologies Corp. rose Friday after the defense contractor reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat analysts expectations and raised its annual outlook.
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Judge blocks charges against US military supplier
(AP)
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 05:18:46 PMAP - The federal case against a Kuwait-based food supplier accused of defrauding the U.S. government of $68 million was dealt a stinging setback after a judge moved to block the charges.
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US, SKorea to hold further naval drills
(AP)
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 03:01:45 PMAP - South Korea and the United States will hold joint anti-submarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said Friday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills.
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First Lady and Jill Biden urge Americans to support returning troops
(AFP)
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 03:01:25 PMAFP - First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, in a Friday editorial urged Americans to "do something" to support US troops as they return from combat in Iraq.
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Vets With Stress Disorder More Likely to Develop Dementia
(HealthDay)
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 03:48:27 AMHealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Military veterans with
post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, are more likely to develop
dementia than those without the disorder, according to researchers at a
Veterans Affairs medical center in Texas.
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US looks at bolstering funding for Yemeni military
(AFP)
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 04:48:32 PMAFP - US commanders have proposed spending up to 1.2 billion dollars over five years on Yemen's security forces, reflecting US worries about Al-Qaeda's presence in the region, officials said Thursday.
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Iraqi army needs US help: commanders
(AFP)
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:48:23 PMAFP - Iraq cannot yet sustain its army despite having managed to quell a violent insurgency, US and local commanders told AFP, raising the prospect that American troops will stay on beyond 2011.
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Biden launches new US mission in Iraq
(AFP)
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 07:32:23 PMAFP - Vice President Joe Biden launched a new American military mission in Iraq on Wednesday, opening up a fresh phase in a seven-year deployment that has cost the lives of more than 4,400 US troops.
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Colorado Army post says suicide rate is falling
(AP)
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 05:27:09 PMAP - The suicide rate among soldiers at Fort Carson is on track to drop by about 45 percent this year compared with 2008, as the U.S. military takes steps to ease what has been an increasing problem.
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Iraq 'close' to forming new government: Biden
(AFP)
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 03:27:02 PMAFP - Iraq is "close" to forming a new government nearly six months after elections, US Vice President Joe Biden told CBS on Wednesday during a visit to the country.
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US forces officially begin new Iraq mission: Biden
(AFP)
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 02:20:16 PMAFP - US Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, a day after the US combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end.
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For Gates the US war in Iraq is over but cloud remains
(AFP)
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:49:36 PMAFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that America's war in Iraq is over but admitted that the outcome will remain "clouded" by the reason it was waged in the first place.
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Biden and Gates in Iraq to mark US change of command
(AFP)
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 08:33:19 AMAFP - Vice President Joe Biden and Defence Secretary Robert Gates were on Wednesday to preside over a change of US military command in Iraq, after President Barack Obama declared an end to combat operations.
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