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NATO to halt Iraq mission at year-end: official
NATO will withdraw its Iraq training mission at year-end after Baghdad refused to grant it legal immunity, Iraq’s top security adviser said on Sunday, mirroring the nearly-complete pullout of US forces. But a NATO official in Brussels denied that any decision had been taken. Iraq said the end of the mission was a surprise, with [...]
RAF Akrotiri Supporting Operations in Afghanistan
It is the halfway point between RAF Brize Norton and Camp Bastion, and getting troops from A to B (Akrotiri to Bastion) is one of the crucial roles fulfilled by personnel at the RAF’s base in Cyprus. But RAF Akrotiri is more than just a strategic staging post in the Mediterranean; with thousands of Service [...]
Syria army ‘readies operations’ near Iraq border
The army is preparing to storm the eastern border town of Al-Bukamal, next to Iraq, where “armed groups” have created an “explosive” situation,” Al-Watan newspaper reported on Sunday. “The situation in Al-Bukamal is explosive, so the army is preparing to intervene… because the authorities fear an armed revolt in this border town where (insurgents) can [...]
Airforce Provides Critical Close Air Support During Operation Hammer Down II
Air Force close air support assets played a critical role in the success of Operation Hammer Down II along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border June 25-30. F-15E Strike Eagles from the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 555th EFS at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, provided 176 consecutive hours of air support and dropped more [...]
Iraqi mortar crews build confidence, prepare for Operation Iron Lion
Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, conducted a mortar live fire exercise at Destiny Range in Ninewa province, Iraq, June 16, 2011, in preparation for Operation Iron Lion. Iron Lion is a series of exercises demonstrating cooperative abilities between Iraqi Security Forces as U.S. forces continue the advise, train and [...]
NATO endorses decision to extend Libya operation
NATO defense ministers have endorsed the decision to extend Operation Unified Protector by 90 days, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said here June 8. The extension authorizes NATO to continue operations through the end of September, the secretary general said during a news conference at the alliance’s headquarters in conjunction with a meeting of NATO [...]
70 killed in PAKISTAN as Taliban claim bin Laden revenge
Pakistan’s Taliban Friday claimed their first major strike in revenge for Osama bin Laden’s death as at least 70 people were killed in a double suicide bombing on paramilitary police. More than 100 people were wounded in the deadliest attack in the nuclear-armed Muslim country this year, which came with the government deep in crisis [...]
Navy SEALs shine in risky bin Laden strike
US Navy SEALs, legendarily tough, secretive specialists, led the bold commando operation in Pakistan that took down the world’s most wanted man: 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, US officials said. After an embarrassing failure at rescuing hostages from the US embassy in Tehran in 1980, US authorities sought to bring hard-learned lessons into play seven [...]
Task Force Assesses Likely Impact of bin Laden’s Death
News of Osama bin Laden’s death raced through the tents and plywood buildings that make up the headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team here this morning. Within minutes of the president’s televised announcement brigade leaders met this morning in their daily battle update briefing, and soldiers checked in by cell phone [...]
