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Army Surpasses One Million Unmanned Flight HoursWashington DC (SPX) May 12, 2010 The Army's one millionth Unmanned Aerial System flight hour marks a window in time through which to view a broader trajectory of explosive change and expansion - one in which the advent of UAVs in Iraq and Afghanistan have added more eyes to the fight, found and destroyed more enemies and saved more lives - all the while altering the way the Army operates on a modern asymmetrical battlefield. "The ability to have eyes out forward becomes a true combat multiplier," said Col. Gregory Gonzalez, proje ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) May 11, 2010The Pentagon said Tuesday the pace of a drawdown of US troops from Iraq was on schedule and had not been pushed back because of violence or delays in forming a new Iraqi government. The US military has about 94,000 troops in Iraq now and is on track to reduce the force to 50,000 by September as promised by President Barack Obama, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters. Ano ... more  
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) May 11, 2010US drones fired at least a dozen missiles, destroying a training camp for Islamist fighters in Pakistan's tribal belt and killing 14 militants on Tuesday, security officials said. It was the second strike in the same mountainous area close to the Afghan border since Sunday, when the United States accused the Pakistani Taliban of being behind a plot to detonate a car bomb in New York 10 days ... more  
Moroni (AFP) May 11, 2010The army in the Comoro Islands on Tuesday urged political parties to hold a "frank and constructive dialogue" to keep the peace when President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's mandate expires on May 26. Sambi had been due to step down then, but instead the parliament has decided to hold both presidential elections and elections for the governors of the three islands - Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohel ... more |
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China environmentalist alleges brutal treatment in jailBeijing (AFP) May 11, 2010 A top Chinese environmentalist said Tuesday he was beaten and suffered brutal treatment while serving a three-year jail term imposed after he spoke out about rampant pollution in a major lake. Wu Lihong also told AFP that authorities tried to force him to confess to bogus extortion charges. He defiantly vowed to clear his name. "I am innocent, it's obvious that the authorities have sought to harm me. I will continue to appeal the conviction and seek to clear my name," Wu, 42, told AFP by phone f ... read more |
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