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Britain considering cutting troops in Iraq by 2,000: reports

LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown is considering cutting the number of British troops in Iraq by up to 2,000, British media outlets reported on Tuesday.
10 2 2007 11:07AM (...more)

UK troop withdrawals from Iraq on hold

LONDON - Britain's defense secretary says a freeze on British troop withdrawals from Iraq will remain in place for the foreseeable future.
04 25 2008 6:43AM (...more)

NATO troops kills Afghan policeman

KANADAHAR, Afghanistan - NATO-led troops killed a police officer and wounded another in southern Afghanistan, a police chief said Thursday.
03 21 2008 12:27AM (...more)

Prince Harry: I'm no hero for Afghan tour of duty

LONDON (AFP) - Prince Harry refused the tag of "hero" in an interview published Sunday, insisting his efforts fighting the Taliban were no different to the thousands of other British troops in Afghanistan .
03 5 2008 9:24PM (...more)

140,000 US troops to stay in Iraq: Pentagon

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US troop presence in Iraq will remain bigger than it was before last year's "surge" in forces, even after the pull-out of some 20,000 troops by July, a top Pentagon official said Monday.
02 28 2008 2:30AM (...more)

U.S.-led air raid kills 11 in Afghanistan: doctor

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Nine police and twocivilians were killed in an air strike by U.S.-led troops inAfghanistan , a provincial doctor said on Thursday, but thecoalition said Taliban fighters had been killed.
01 24 2008 10:30PM (...more)

U.S.-led coalition in Iraq dwindles as allies leave

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A string of departures by the U.S. military's allies in Iraq is turning into an exodus as violence subsides and the end of a U.N. mandate permitting their deployment to the country approaches. Barely
12 8 2008 1:05AM (...more)

Helping Afghan Women and Girls

02 5 2009 2:18AM (...more)

Is McCain Flip-Flopping, Calling for Draft, or Just in Fantasy Land?

Welcome to the party, Senator McCain . Five years ago, on the April 10, 2003 Hannity and Colmes , John McCain said, "Nobody in 07 16 2008 7:22PM (...more)

Democrats Strongly Oppose Sending More Troops to Afghanistan, Most Voters Wary of War's Outcome

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Ron Faucheux of Clarus Research Group, +1-202-256-8036, rfaucheux@ClarusRG.com WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Most Americans believe the 10 6 2009 8:21PM (...more)