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Prince Harry has detailed how he killed Taliban fighters during a candid interview about his time in Afghanistan. However, 3AW Breakfast commentator Peter Maher reckons this is one of the 'worst PR exercises we've ever seen.'
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TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) – A U.S. soldier charged with capital murder in the slayings of 16 civilians near his military post in Afghanistan was diagnosed as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury prior to the killings, his lawyer said on Thursday. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Robert Bales, a decorated veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan who is accused of gunning down the villagers, mostly women and children, in cold blood during two rampages through their family compounds in Kandahar province last March. …
TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) – A decorated U.S. soldier accused of killing civilians in two forays from his military base in Afghanistan last year has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, his civilian lawyer said on Thursday. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for U.S. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan who is accused of gunning down the villagers – mostly women and children – in their homes in two villages in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. …
Colonel Drew Poppas, 101st Airborne Division deputy commanding general for operations, (left) discusses the benefits of Unified Endeavor 13-1 Mission Rehearsal Exercise to Screaming Eagle Soldiers preparing to deploy to Afghanistan later this winter.
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About 10,000 of the division's 23,000 Marines and sailors have been participating in Steel Knight, a three-week exercise that ends Dec. 18. As deployments to Afghanistan wind down, the Corps is preparing its forces for a more diverse range of …
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LONDON/BIRMINGHAM (Reuters) – A Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban has every chance of making a "good recovery", British doctors said on Monday as 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai arrived at a hospital in central England for treatment of her severe wounds. Yousufzai, who was shot for advocating education for girls, was flown from Pakistan to receive specialist treatment at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital at a unit expert in dealing with complex trauma cases that has treated hundreds of soldiers wounded in Afghanistan. "Doctors… …
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The leader of U.S. Army forces in Asia and the Pacific says the service wants to exercise more with other nations in the region as the U.S. draws down from Afghanistan and the military refocuses its attention. U.S. Army Pacific …
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Conflict in Afghanistan and vaccination problems in Pakistan have led to a rise in polio cases there, imperilling efforts to wipe out the disease worldwide, a study said Wednesday.
by ANDREW BALCOMBE. Recently the Dutch Counter-Terrorism unit Interventie Mariniers (UIM) held a large-scale exercise to prepare for a Mumbai-style attack in Rotterdam. Since pulling out of Afghanistan in 2010, the Dutch have a large …
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“I was already on a weight loss regimen and I thought I could take it to the next level with Cornelius' diet.” Cheatham provides several employees with the information and techniques that help them make better food choices, said Starnes who deployed …
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| By Simon Tomlinson A soldier who survived Afghanistan has been shot dead by a stray bullet during a live-firing exercise in Wales. Ranger Michael Maguire, 21, – described as 'one of our very best' – died at the Castlemartin Ranges in Pembrokeshire on … See all stories on this topic » |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army sergeant accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians is believed to have carried out the rampage in two stages, returning to base after the first shootings and then going out to kill again, a U.S. official said on Saturday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not offer further details about the investigation into the March 11 shooting spree in southern Afghanistan, which has further eroded U.S.-Afghan relations already frayed by a decade of war. …