 US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,348 Frisday, according to Associated Press count
 03.10.2009 3:59  19 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Iran, British, Defense, Associated, Pres, Associated Press, Maria
As of Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at least 4,348 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,473 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The AP count is two fewer than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia,...
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| At least 774 US military deaths in Afghanistan region since 2001, Defense Department says
03.10.2009 3:59 29 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Department, Guantanamo, Afghan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, Defense, Defense Department, Uzbekistan
As of Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at least 774 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 Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. Of those, the military reports 595 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department reports 72 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, three were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles;...
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| Norway decorates WWII hero with highest military honor, reinstating medal last awarded in 1949
02.10.2009 20:46 26 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: German, Cross, Ministry, Nazi, Defense, Germany, England
OSLO - Norway on Friday awarded its highest military decoration for the first time in 60 years, posthumously honoring a soldier who was killed while helping the wartime government flee the country as German troops invaded in 1940. Capt. Eiliv Austlid was awarded the War Cross with Sword, a medal that was recently reinstated after having been suspended since 1949. Austlid fell to Nazi bullets as he led a small Norwegian unit in an attack on a German detachment in Dovre, central Norway, on April 15, 1940, the Defense Ministry said. The assault held up the Germans long enough to allow key members of the Norwegian government to escape. The government officials eventually made it to England where...
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| Gates leaning towards more troops for Afghanistan, sources say
02.10.2009 18:57 28 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Robert, Secretary, Defense, Defense Secretary, Gates, Robert Gates, Secretary Robert, Afghanistan, Secretary, Gates, Defense, Robert
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is leaning toward the view that a significant number of additional combat forces will be needed for the war in Afghanistan, sources tell CNN. Czytaj więcej »
| Sources: Gates favors Afghan troop boost
02.10.2009 18:57 37 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Robert, Afghan, Secretary, Defense, Defense Secretary, Gates, Robert Gates, Secretary Robert
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is leaning toward the view that a significant number of additional combat forces will be needed for the war in Afghanistan, sources tell CNN. Czytaj więcej »
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