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Panetta visits Afghainstan in wake of shooting rampage
World NowREPORTING FROM CAMP BASTION, AFGHANISTAN -- Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta arrived in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday in the aftermath of a shooting rampage blamed on an American soldier that has shaken the U.S-led war effort. Panetta's long-... -
Popping the bubble on Afghanistan
Change of SubjectLike many of you, I live in a protective bubble when it comes to war. My children aren’t fighting overseas — my older son is 22, but he’s headed off to graduate school in the fall, not basic training —...... -
U.S. soldier accused of massacre transferred out of Afghanistan
World NowThe U.S. soldier who allegedly committed a massacre in Kandahar has been transferred out of Afghanistan, according to a senior defense official.... -
Taliban reject talks as Karzai demands Western pullback
World NowIn twin blows to American efforts to wage war and negotiate peace in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai on Thursday demanded a quicker end to the Western combat mission and a pullback of NATO troops from rural areas, while the Taliban movement declared a... -
Afghan leader Karzai at 'end of rope' over civilian deaths
World NowAfghan President Hamid Karzai, in a fresh outburst of angry rhetoric against the United States, declared he was at the “end of the rope” over civilian deaths in the war and what he described as excessive U.S. secrecy over the probe into a... -
Source: Afghanistan slaying suspect first failed to mention children
World NowArmy Staff Sgt. Robert Bales initially asserted that he had shot several Afghan men outside a U.S. combat outpost in southern Afghanistan on March 11 and did not mention that a dozen women and children were among the dead, according to a senior U.S.... -
Afghan shooting: U.S. pays $50,000 per villager killed
World NowThe U.S. government has paid $50,000 in compensation for each of the Afghan villagers who were killed in a shooting rampage in which an American soldier faces murder charges, Afghan officials said Sunday. Families of the wounded received $11,000 per... -
U.S. boosts compensation for grisly Afghanistan killings
World NowThe U.S. paid families of Afghans killed earlier this month in a shooting spree allegedly committed by an American soldier substantially more than it usually does in such cases because of the horrific nature of the massacre, according to senior military... -
18 killed across Afghanistan; violence tends to increase seasonally
World NowViolence across Afghanistan killed at least 18 people in 24 hours, officials said Thursday. Warmer weather, when snow melts in the mountain passes, traditionally brings an increase in fighting.... -
Little boats will vie for space during Sailabration
For folks who want to partake in Sailabration by water this weekend, expect tight quarters. "An unprecedented number of boats are anticipated. We could have thousands of recreational boaters all trying to come to one location," said Coast Guard Cmdr....
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Bales to face sanity review this weekend in Afghan massacre case
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 villagers and wounding six more in Afghanistan, will undergo a government sanity review this weekend to determine his mental state, his attorneys said. Bales...
Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Prosecution, Robert Bales, Justice System, Bradley Manning
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The story of Chicago's Nazi spy
A spy story worthy of John le Carre began and ended 70 years ago this summer in Chicago. It had classic elements of an espionage tale — enemy agents landed from submarines, explosives hidden in the sand of an East Coast beach, orders written in...
Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Metal and Mineral, West Garfield Park, Theft, Long Island
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