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AfghanistanSun.com Wednesday 10th March 2010 Issue 8/069
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Pak's fight against Taliban ' a work in progress': Patraeus
While Pakistan has been patting its own back over the recent arrests of some of the top Afghan Taliban and Al-Qaeda leaders from Karachi and other parts of the country, US Central Command Chief General David Patraeus has stressed that Islamabad has still a long way to go in the fight against...


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Fort Worth has quietly become a hub for military intelligence
FORT WORTH, Texas — It is an unremarkable beige-brick building known by its military acronym, the JRIC. Behind several secure doors requiring top-secret clearance sit analysts who conduct...
U.S. to work with Haiti on elections
LOS ANGELES — The United States will work with Haiti to hold elections as soon as practical, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday morning after meeting with Haitian President...
Investigators seek data on Camp Lejeune water contamination
WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators late Tuesday requested detailed documents from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and a private contractor that was involved in the testing and cleanup of...
Marines say fixes to Haiti's environmental woes only temporary
CARREFOUR, Haiti — U.S. Marines say the help they are giving Haitians to overcome some of the environmental issues the country faces are only short-term fixes for problems that plagued the...
France disappointed at Airbus' loss on U.S. military project
PARIS, March 9 (Xinhua) -- After Airbus' parent company, the European Aeronautics, Defense and Cooperation Company (EADS), announced its retreat from bidding for a U.S. Air Force project, the French...
Two U.S. soldiers die in accident in Iraq
Two U.S. soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a vehicle accident in Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday.A U.S. military statement said the accident took place on Monday without giving...
Women Pilots of WWII Inspired Generations
By Carol L. BowersAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010 – Under clear blue skies, beneath the spires of the U.S. Air Force Memorial here, military aviators gathered today to...
Haitians wary of US military reduction
PORT-AU-PRINCE: A US Navy hospital ship was recalled from Haiti Tuesday as the US military cut its emergency deployment to the quake-hit nation, where aid efforts are now turning to reconstruction....
Navy Receives OPTIMAS Award for "General Excellence"Optimas Award Gives Navy 'Top 50' CredenceAn Employer of Choice, Navy Stands Alongside Google, AT&T
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy was awarded the Optimas Award for General Excellence from Workforce Management Magazine during a ceremony on Capitol Hill, March 9. Chief of Naval Operations...
U.S. military: 2 soldiers die in Iraq in accident
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident in Iraq. A statement says the soldiers died Monday. It says two other soldiers were injured in the same...
Somali leader welcomes US military support
Somalia's president yesterday welcomed any US military involvement in a long-awaited offensive in his country aimed at driving Islamist rebels from the capital. During a visit to London, President...
'Top Secret' lifts veil on Pentagon Papers fight
In this theater publicity image released by Richard Kornberg & Associates, from left, Matt McGrath, Peter Van Norden and Jack Gilpin are shown in a scene from "Top Secret: The Battle for the...
U.N. sees no security vacuum as U.S. troops exit Haiti
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is confident there will be no security vacuum in Haiti as U.S. and other foreign troops withdraw from the earthquake-struck Caribbean country, a top U.N....
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,382
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 2:05 p.m. As of Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at least 4,382 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated...
2 airmen hospitalized after taxi crash in Korea
KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — A Kunsan airman remains in critical condition after a Sunday night taxi crash left him and a second airman hospitalized, according to the base and local police. ...
Pacific Athletes of the Week for the March 11 edition
Last week: Averaged 14 points and 10.5 rebounds in two Panthers victories as Guam High finished the Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam’s regular season with a school-best 11-2...
Guam star reaching higher: IIAAG champ Gadsden wants Far East title
Guam High junior Amber Gadsden just completed the finest singles season in school history. But there’s one thing missing from Gadsden’s résumé: a DODEA Pacific Far East Tournament singles...
Airman found dead in dorm room at Kadena
KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Airman 1st Class Leonard R. Barnes III, a fuels specialist with the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron, was found dead Sunday in his dormitory room, base officials...
2 U.S. soldiers die in accident in Iraq
The deaths raise to at least 4,382 the number of U.S. military personnel who have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. That's according to an Associated Press...
U.N. Sees No Security Vacuum as U.S. Troops Exit Haiti
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is confident there will be no security vacuum in Haiti as U.S. and other foreign troops withdraw from the earthquake-struck Caribbean country, a top U.N....
U.S. Army Debuting Trip-Wire Mitigation Device at Ground Robotic Capabilities Conference and Exhibition
This year, TARDEC will unveil a technology that was directly requested from our warfighters as well as focus on how we can get the entire robotic community working together on communications...
US military: 2 soldiers die in Iraq in accident
BAGHDAD—The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident in Iraq. A statement says the soldiers died Monday. It says two other soldiers were injured in the same...
[03/09] US military: 2 soldiers die in Iraq in accident
BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident in Iraq. A statement says the soldiers died Monday. It says two other soldiers were injured in the same...
Coalition Troops Capture Militant Commanders
American Forces Press Service KABUL, March 9, 2010 – Coalition forces in Afghanistan captured two militant commanders along with several other insurgents in separate raids yesterday. In Khost...
Global Threats Demand Broad Response, Admiral Says
By Lisa DanielAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010 – Increasing global threats such as those to computer networks and growing hostilities from Iran are prompting more NATO...
Navy Releases Family Gram, Podcast to Enhance Family Readiness
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The chief of Naval Personnel has released the first monthly Family Gram as part of Navy's commitment to enhance family readiness. March's Family Gram focuses on medical...
Integran Technologies Awarded $4.5 Million Contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 9, 2010) - Integran Technologies Inc., a leading company in the area of metallurgical nano-technologies, has announced today that it has been awarded a $4.5...
Commander: More NATO trainers needed
STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. lawmakers expressed frustration Tuesday that NATO countries were not offering more personnel to train the Afghan army. Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee...
Asymetric warfare recruiting scheduled
A U.S.-based team will be in Germany next week to recruit soldiers for the Army’s Asymmetric Warfare Group, based at Fort Meade, Md. The special-missions unit is looking for enlisted soldiers in...
Argument on gays ridiculous
Gays issue a matter of logic " (letter, March 8). Seriously? Don’t let homosexuals serve because they’ll spread AIDS if injured? I realize this is a topic many people struggle with, but...
COLA online survey available until March 1
WIESBADEN, Germany — An online survey that helps determine cost-of-living allowance rates is available to troops in Italy until March 31. The Living Pattern Survey takes about 30 minutes to...
Mandatory survey on gays
Let your views be known " (letter, March 8) from a very senior officer, I have to ask if any other readers are starting to see a pattern. Most of the senior leaders’ letters are against a...
Pentagon backs new agency to regulate auto dealers, lending
Washington -- The Pentagon supports legislation to prevent members of the armed services from being preyed upon by "unscrupulous" auto dealers. In a letter obtained by The Detroit News today,...
More NATO Trainers Key to Afghan Effort
By Lisa DanielAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010 – Getting more NATO military trainers into Afghanistan is a top priority, the commander of the alliance’s military forces...
USNS Comfort Completes Haiti Mission
American Forces Press Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, March 9, 2010 – The hospital ship USNS Comfort will leave Haiti tomorrow, as U.S. Southern Command officials have determined its crew has...
Heat Therapy Shown Effective in Treating Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Among US Soldiers in Iraq
— A single session of heat therapy using the ThermoMed™ device appears to be as effective as a 10-day intravenous course of sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) for the treatment...
Europe anger over end of US air force tender bid
cried foul on Tuesday over Pentagon contract rules it said favoured US plane-makers, after European consortium EADS threw in the towel on a mammoth US defence tender. American giant Boeing is now...
Gates highlights military success story in Now Zad
COMBAT OUTPOST CAFFERETA, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert Gates walked the streets of Now Zad on Tuesday, surveying the city that was “the first test” of the new counterinsurgency...
Afghan, coalition forces bridge doubts to make gains in Bala Murghab
BALA MURGHAB, Afghanistan — The Afghan flag went up over Objective Prius on Dec. 30, thick stripes of black, red and green waving whisperlike in the winter wind, a proclamation of hard-won...
Mattis: Future Units Need Balanced Capabilities
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. CardenAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010 – Although many of the U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are deployed in a mentorship and...