Posts Tagged ‘country’
Military aiding Mexico in fighting drug cartels
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is strengthening its ties with Mexico’s armed forces and using its experience in fighting insurgencies in Afghanistan and Iraq to assist in Mexico’s war on increasingly violent drug cartels. “We’ve learned and grown a great deal as we’ve conducted operations against networks of [...]
Blasts Hit Baghdad Apartments; 34 Dead
Massive bombs hit apartment buildings across Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 34 people and wounding more than 100 in the latest sign that Iraq's fragile security could dissolve in the chaos of the country's unresolved election. Here is the original post: Blasts Hit Baghdad Apartments; 34 Dead
Snyder-Phelps fight has many twists, turns
YORK, Pa. — Albert Snyder’s eyes well up with tears when recalling his son’s funeral. More than 1,200 people packed St. John Catholic Church in Westminster, Md., on March 10, 2006, to pay their respects to 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder , who died when his Humvee rolled over in Iraq’s Anbar province while he manned [...]
Victim: Shooters said they were U.S. soldiers
BAGHDAD — Gunmen trying to pass themselves off as U.S. and Iraqi soldiers raided a Sunni village outside Baghdad and killed at least 24 people in an execution-style attack, apparently targeting a Sunni group that revolted against al-Qaida in Iraq, authorities and witnesses said. The bloodshed late Friday comes amid increasing concerns that [...]
Base drills test security capabilities
SAN DIEGO — A gunman in a building. Bombs found at the base front gate. Snipers on a roof. Suspicious people on their pier. What would be typical explosive scenes in the TV action thriller “24” were real training scenarios at military bases across the country during the week of March 22. Fleet Forces Command launched its annual [...]
Islamists Claim Credit for Moscow Blasts
A car packed with explosives blew up in Russia's restive North Caucasus Thursday with the country on high alert after an Islamist group claimed the Moscow metro bombings and warned of more strikes. View post: Islamists Claim Credit for Moscow Blasts
Marine's dad gets help with court costs
BALTIMORE — People around the country are chipping in to help the father of a Marine killed in Iraq after a court ordered him to pay the anti-gay church he's been battling in court. Albert Snyder of York, Pa., is suing the Westboro Baptist Church, whose members picketed the funeral of Snyder's son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder. The [...]
VA doctors prohibited from prescribing pot
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When Paul Culkin came home to New Mexico after serving with an Army bomb squad in Iraq, he tried counseling and medications offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs to cope with his post traumatic stress disorder. Nothing worked very well. Then he found a new alternative: marijuana. New Mexico is the only state that [...]
Public Rallies to Marine Dad’s Support
Outraged that the father of a dead U.S. Marine was ordered to pay the court costs incurred by a group that he had sued for picketing his son's funeral, people from across the country have launched a grass roots fundraising effort to help the grieving family. Continue reading here: Public Rallies to Marine Dad’s Support
Afghan president wraps up talks with insurgents
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai and representatives of a major militant group wrapped up a first round of peace talks Tuesday, reaching no final deal but pledging to continue a dialogue that if successful would split the ranks of the Taliban-led insurgency. The talks with Hizb-i-Islami were the first public face-to-face negotiations in the [...]
