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Kuwaitis foil attack on U.S. logistical hub
WASHINGTON – U.S. military officials are crediting Kuwaiti security services with foiling a planned terrorist bombing aimed at a major U.S. logistical hub and staging operation in Kuwait and several other Kuwaiti sites.
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Jones: Strategy boosts Afghan army, police
WASHINGTON – Ramping up the numbers of Afghan soldiers and police is part of the president's multi-pronged Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy.
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Iraqi women take business into their own hands
BASRA, Iraq – More than fifty Iraqi women met with Soldiers and contractors recently to discuss business development and business contracting.
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Insurgent activity declines along Afghan-Pakistani border
WASHINGTON – Insurgent activity across the Afghanistan and Pakistan borders has declined as a result of operations in the region.
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Pre-election operation disables enemy in Afghanistan
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, – Soldiers completed an operation aimed at improving security for Afghanistan’s upcoming presidential election.
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Officials identify Gulf War pilot's remains
WASHINGTON – Remains found last month in Iraq’s Anbar province are those of Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, who was shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet on Jan. 17, 1991, and whose fate until now had been uncertain, Defense Department officials reported Sunday.
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General: Taliban actions speak louder than words
WASHINGTON (July 30, 2009) – Although the Taliban recently issued a “code of conduct” booklet aimed at projecting a more positive image to the Afghan people, their actions directly contradict this goal, the spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan said Wednesday.
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