Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2196 U.S. Military en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:20:04 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2196 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_re_as/afghan_us_deaths ap/20080704/afghan_us_deaths AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:20:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_re_as/afghan_us_deaths"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.5bf28a6e123549da9aeada55b6d493f4.afghanistan_us_july_fourth_fw103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Eq62WuUZ0Y1.Q5swtnZ0qg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. soldiers eat a barbecue lunch during Independence Day celebrations at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, July 4, 2008. Soldiers in Afghanistan are celebrating the July 4 holiday with festival fare from home: a barbecue lunch, pie-eating contest and a specially constructed homemade dunking booth. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)" border="0" /></a>AP - As of Thursday, July 3, 2008, at least 468 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_re_as/afghan_us_deaths"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080704/capt.5bf28a6e123549da9aeada55b6d493f4.afghanistan_us_july_fourth_fw103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Eq62WuUZ0Y1.Q5swtnZ0qg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. soldiers eat a barbecue lunch during Independence Day celebrations at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, July 4, 2008. Soldiers in Afghanistan are celebrating the July 4 holiday with festival fare from home: a barbecue lunch, pie-eating contest and a specially constructed homemade dunking booth. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/us_nm/colombia_hostages_americans_dc nm/20080703/colombia_hostages_americans_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:37:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/us_nm/colombia_hostages_americans_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_03t205325_450x309_us_colombia_hostages_americans.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=r2.qFUmTL4mdg7NzG6KIJQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Northrop Grumman employee Keith Stansell, a hostage returned safely to the United States after more than five years captivity in Colombia, gives a thumbs up as he arrives on at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, late July 2, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lance Cheung/Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Three U.S. defense contractors freed after five years as rebel-held hostages in Colombia are in good health and could go home within a few days, U.S. Army doctors said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/us_nm/colombia_hostages_americans_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_03t205325_450x309_us_colombia_hostages_americans.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=r2.qFUmTL4mdg7NzG6KIJQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Northrop Grumman employee Keith Stansell, a hostage returned safely to the United States after more than five years captivity in Colombia, gives a thumbs up as he arrives on at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, late July 2, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lance Cheung/Handout/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/pl_afp/colombiarebelshostagesusarmy afp/20080703/colombiarebelshostagesusarmy AFP Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:32:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/pl_afp/colombiarebelshostagesusarmy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa37.030708233204.photo00.photo.default-512x381.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=9BzzssxGX5PAEbiEidQAsA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="This image released by the US embassy in Colombia shows US contractors Keith Stansell (L), Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes (R) inside an aircraft in Colombia after being rescued by Colombia's Army from the FARC, on July 2. Three US defense contractors held hostage for more than five years in Colombia are in good shape and have proved to be very resilient, the US military said.(AFP/US Embassy)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Three US defense contractors held hostage for more than five years by leftist rebels in Colombia are in good shape and have proved to be very resilient, the US military said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080703/pl_afp/colombiarebelshostagesusarmy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080703/capt.cps.mxa37.030708233204.photo00.photo.default-512x381.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=9BzzssxGX5PAEbiEidQAsA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="This image released by the US embassy in Colombia shows US contractors Keith Stansell (L), Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes (R) inside an aircraft in Colombia after being rescued by Colombia's Army from the FARC, on July 2. Three US defense contractors held hostage for more than five years in Colombia are in good shape and have proved to be very resilient, the US military said.(AFP/US Embassy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080703/wl_csm/ohome csm/20080703/ohome The Christian Science Monitor Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080703/wl_csm/ohome"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080604/capt.cps.mpy14.040608203241.photo00.photo.default-512x365.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=Daz9OOm4d5It_21LbO9eBQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="US troops guard the streets of the Al-Shab neighbourhood of Baghdad. The US military's estimate of the number of US troops that will be left in Iraq after all US "surge" brigades are withdrawn is now 142,000, up from 140,000, a senior US military official said Thursday.(AFP/Ali Yussef)" border="0" /></a>The Christian Science Monitor - After almost 15 months of its longest, deadliest, and most unconventional deployment, the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment of the US Army is packing up to leave Iraq.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080703/wl_csm/ohome"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080604/capt.cps.mpy14.040608203241.photo00.photo.default-512x365.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=Daz9OOm4d5It_21LbO9eBQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="US troops guard the streets of the Al-Shab neighbourhood of Baghdad. The US military's estimate of the number of US troops that will be left in Iraq after all US "surge" brigades are withdrawn is now 142,000, up from 140,000, a senior US military official said Thursday.(AFP/Ali Yussef)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (The Christian Science Monitor) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/colombia_hostages ap/20080702/colombia_hostages AP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:18:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/colombia_hostages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080703/i/r2712897992.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=Tc86vLq.bHAsEfStjbbgkw--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt hugs her mother Yolanda Pulecio after her arrival at Catam military airport in Bogota July 2, 2008. Betancourt, three Americans and 11 other hostages held for years in jungle captivity were rescued on Wednesday from leftist guerrillas by Colombian troops posing as aid workers. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors Wednesday in a daring helicopter rescue so successful that not a single shot was fired.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/colombia_hostages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080703/i/r2712897992.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=Tc86vLq.bHAsEfStjbbgkw--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt hugs her mother Yolanda Pulecio after her arrival at Catam military airport in Bogota July 2, 2008. Betancourt, three Americans and 11 other hostages held for years in jungle captivity were rescued on Wednesday from leftist guerrillas by Colombian troops posing as aid workers. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/colombia_hostages_timeline ap/20080702/colombia_hostages_timeline AP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:24:22 GMT AP - A look at key dates in the kidnapping of three American defense contractors and a Colombian politician held by Colombia's largest rebel force, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/wl_afp/iraq afp/20080702/iraq AFP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:06:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/wl_afp/iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mws46.020708210059.photo00.photo.default-512x370.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=a.yjR2RPczr19QOkR8cHxg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari speaks during a press conference at the foreign ministry in Baghdad. Iraq said on Wednesday it was on the verge of agreeing a controversial pact with the United States to govern US troop levels and ground rules in the nation beyond 2008 when a UN mandate expires.(AFP/Pool/Mohammed Jalil)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iraq said on Wednesday it was on the verge of agreeing a controversial pact with the United States to govern US troop levels and ground rules in the nation beyond 2008 when a UN mandate expires.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/wl_afp/iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mws46.020708210059.photo00.photo.default-512x370.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=a.yjR2RPczr19QOkR8cHxg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari speaks during a press conference at the foreign ministry in Baghdad. Iraq said on Wednesday it was on the verge of agreeing a controversial pact with the United States to govern US troop levels and ground rules in the nation beyond 2008 when a UN mandate expires.(AFP/Pool/Mohammed Jalil)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/wl_mideast_afp/iranisraelmilitaryus afp/20080702/iranisraelmilitaryus AFP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:05:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/wl_mideast_afp/iranisraelmilitaryus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwr41.020708183220.photo00.photo.default-512x353.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=aauWeyXh92GtOoZejZjm5w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="US soldiers arrive at the scene of a suicide bombing in the Al-Shab neighbourhood of Baghdad in June 2008. Opening up a third front would pose a challenge for the US military already deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, a top US military chief said Wednesday amid concerns Israel may attack Iran.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Opening up a third front would pose a challenge for the US military already deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, a top US military chief said Wednesday amid concerns Israel may attack Iran.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/wl_mideast_afp/iranisraelmilitaryus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwr41.020708183220.photo00.photo.default-512x353.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=aauWeyXh92GtOoZejZjm5w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="US soldiers arrive at the scene of a suicide bombing in the Al-Shab neighbourhood of Baghdad in June 2008. Opening up a third front would pose a challenge for the US military already deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, a top US military chief said Wednesday amid concerns Israel may attack Iran.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_military_mullen ap/20080702/us_military_mullen AP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:17:20 GMT AP - An Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would be a high-risk move that could destabilize the Middle East, the Pentagon's top military officer said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/peru_bolivia ap/20080701/peru_bolivia AP Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:34:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/peru_bolivia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080701/capt.41938886522347b5bdb2b99b7e52bf72.argentina_mercosur_summit__xnp104.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=6uRAttNvjgZhjK0GU3DJjQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Bolivia's President Evo Morales attends a session of the 35th Mercosur summit in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Mercosur is well-positioned to help member nations fight rising food prices and solve sporadic regional energy crunches, Argentina's Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)" border="0" /></a>AP - Peru's president said Tuesday that he's sick of Bolivian President Evo Morales criticizing Peru's trade pact with the United States, spreading false rumors about American military bases and urging Peruvians to protest in the street. Things really got unneighborly when Morales called Garcia "fat."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/peru_bolivia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080701/capt.41938886522347b5bdb2b99b7e52bf72.argentina_mercosur_summit__xnp104.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=6uRAttNvjgZhjK0GU3DJjQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Bolivia's President Evo Morales attends a session of the 35th Mercosur summit in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Mercosur is well-positioned to help member nations fight rising food prices and solve sporadic regional energy crunches, Argentina's Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080701/wl_mideast_afp/turkeyusiraqwarcourttorture afp/20080701/turkeyusiraqwarcourttorture AFP Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:39:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080701/wl_mideast_afp/turkeyusiraqwarcourttorture"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080701/capt.cps.mwj82.010708153546.photo00.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=VXLSqo7WjEWFuNJRhB7Lvw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A US Ministry of Defense photi showing detainees playing dominos inside a compound at Camp Cropper, a coalition internment facility in western Baghdad. Four Iraqis are suing two US firms and their employees for allegedly torturing them at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Bagdad five years ago.(AFP/File/Michael V. May.)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Four Iraqis are suing two US firms and their employees for allegedly torturing them at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Bagdad five years ago.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080701/wl_mideast_afp/turkeyusiraqwarcourttorture"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080701/capt.cps.mwj82.010708153546.photo00.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=VXLSqo7WjEWFuNJRhB7Lvw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US Ministry of Defense photi showing detainees playing dominos inside a compound at Camp Cropper, a coalition internment facility in western Baghdad. Four Iraqis are suing two US firms and their employees for allegedly torturing them at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Bagdad five years ago.(AFP/File/Michael V. May.)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080630/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqmilitarytroops afp/20080630/usiraqmilitarytroops AFP Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:41:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080630/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqmilitarytroops"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080630/capt.cps.mwg15.010708003943.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=xSBI3YiPf2I3O.wW2GCq2A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US soldiers race out of a Stryker fighting vehicle during a patrol in the restive Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, in March 2008. The United States will send six additional combat units, totaling some 33,000 soldiers and marines, to Iraq in early 2009, the Pentagon announced Monday.(AFP/File/David Furst)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States will send six additional combat units, totaling some 33,000 soldiers and marines, to Iraq in early 2009, the Pentagon announced Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080630/wl_mideast_afp/usiraqmilitarytroops"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080630/capt.cps.mwg15.010708003943.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=xSBI3YiPf2I3O.wW2GCq2A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US soldiers race out of a Stryker fighting vehicle during a patrol in the restive Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, in March 2008. The United States will send six additional combat units, totaling some 33,000 soldiers and marines, to Iraq in early 2009, the Pentagon announced Monday.(AFP/File/David Furst)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/ts_nm/iraq_usa_lawsuits_dc nm/20080630/iraq_usa_lawsuits_dc Reuters Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:18:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/ts_nm/iraq_usa_lawsuits_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080630/2008_06_30t150042_450x295_us_iraq_usa_lawsuits.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=5A46hqQV2sfGs4xqWaREfg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A U.S. soldier stands guard at Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad June 19, 2006. (Wathiq Khuzaie/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Four Iraqi men are suing U.S. military contractors who they say tortured them while they were detained in Abu Ghraib prison, according to lawsuits being filed at U.S. federal courts on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/ts_nm/iraq_usa_lawsuits_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080630/2008_06_30t150042_450x295_us_iraq_usa_lawsuits.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=5A46hqQV2sfGs4xqWaREfg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. soldier stands guard at Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad June 19, 2006. (Wathiq Khuzaie/Pool/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080629/pl_afp/usiraqmilitary afp/20080629/usiraqmilitary AFP Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:30:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080629/pl_afp/usiraqmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080629/capt.cps.mvw00.290608093000.photo00.photo.default-512x353.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=vvZhQxAoXCf2jV4sp6nLNw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="US soldiers arrive at the scene of a suicide bombing in the Al-Shab neighbourhood of Baghdad on June 4. US military operations in Iraq following the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein suffered from poor planning and lack of vision, according to an army report released Sunday.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US military operations in Iraq following the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein suffered from poor planning and lack of vision, according to an army report released Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080629/pl_afp/usiraqmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080629/capt.cps.mvw00.290608093000.photo00.photo.default-512x353.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=vvZhQxAoXCf2jV4sp6nLNw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="US soldiers arrive at the scene of a suicide bombing in the Al-Shab neighbourhood of Baghdad on June 4. US military operations in Iraq following the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein suffered from poor planning and lack of vision, according to an army report released Sunday.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080627/bs_nm/lockheed_usa_space_dc nm/20080627/lockheed_usa_space_dc Reuters Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:43:40 GMT Reuters - Lockheed Martin Corp has received a $1.38 billion U.S. Air Force contract modification to extend government and military launch services through September 30, 2009, the Defense Department said Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080627/us_nm/usa_military_westpoint_dc nm/20080627/usa_military_westpoint_dc Reuters Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:38:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080627/us_nm/usa_military_westpoint_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080627/2008_06_27t083619_450x286_us_usa_military_westpoint.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=201U_.c0zZjXQrW7J5Y3qQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A high School student slides beneath barbed wire while taking part in training excercises with his squad on an obstacle course at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 19, 2008. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Climbing ropes and crawling in the mud under barbed wire, dozens of American high school kids at an unusual summer camp vied to see who could get most dirty as they tackled an Army obstacle course.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080627/us_nm/usa_military_westpoint_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080627/2008_06_27t083619_450x286_us_usa_military_westpoint.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=201U_.c0zZjXQrW7J5Y3qQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A high School student slides beneath barbed wire while taking part in training excercises with his squad on an obstacle course at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 19, 2008. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080627/ts_nm/army_boeing_saic_dc nm/20080627/army_boeing_saic_dc Reuters Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:36:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080627/ts_nm/army_boeing_saic_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080627/2008_06_26t154433_450x331_us_army_boeing_saic.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=PWj.eD5F2b0eoXIr_bWq2w--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pauses after laying a wreath at the India Gate War Memorial in New Delhi, India, February 27, 2008. (Mark Wilson/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. Army said on Thursday it is speeding up delivery of advanced rockets, robots and ultra-light drones to infantry units in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of a reshaped $160 billion modernization program.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080627/ts_nm/army_boeing_saic_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080627/2008_06_26t154433_450x331_us_army_boeing_saic.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=PWj.eD5F2b0eoXIr_bWq2w--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pauses after laying a wreath at the India Gate War Memorial in New Delhi, India, February 27, 2008. (Mark Wilson/Pool/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_co/petraeus_nomination ap/20080626/petraeus_nomination AP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:58:34 GMT AP - The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Thursday to promote Gen. David Petraeus to become the top commander in the Middle East. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/ts_nm/iraq_usa_military_dc nm/20080623/iraq_usa_military_dc Reuters Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:49:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/ts_nm/iraq_usa_military_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080624/2008_06_23t181400_450x300_us_iraq_usa_military.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=h3FG92E29PsGN9lN.vBSbA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Iraqi soldier uses a metal detector to check a resident entering Baghdad's Sadr City June 10, 2008. (Omar Obeidi/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Iraqi forces have improved but cannot operate without significant help, according to a senior U.S. commander and two government reports on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/ts_nm/iraq_usa_military_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080624/2008_06_23t181400_450x300_us_iraq_usa_military.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=h3FG92E29PsGN9lN.vBSbA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Iraqi soldier uses a metal detector to check a resident entering Baghdad's Sadr City June 10, 2008. (Omar Obeidi/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080623/pl_afp/usmilitarywomen afp/20080623/usmilitarywomen AFP Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:09:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080623/pl_afp/usmilitarywomen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080623/capt.cps.muo62.230608230928.photo00.photo.default-512x377.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=EnrHtd7WdbkPoKNim0eXqQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="US Defense Secretary Robert Gates testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in April 2008 in Washington, DC. A 33-year veteran of the US military, Lieutenant General Ann Dunwoody, on Monday became the first woman to be nominated to the highest rank in the US Army, four-star general.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A 33-year veteran of the US military, Lieutenant General Ann Dunwoody, on Monday became the first woman to be nominated to the highest rank in the US Army, four-star general.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080623/pl_afp/usmilitarywomen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080623/capt.cps.muo62.230608230928.photo00.photo.default-512x377.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=EnrHtd7WdbkPoKNim0eXqQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Defense Secretary Robert Gates testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in April 2008 in Washington, DC. A 33-year veteran of the US military, Lieutenant General Ann Dunwoody, on Monday became the first woman to be nominated to the highest rank in the US Army, four-star general.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)