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Military adds armor to Iraq vehicles as roadside bombs surge
(AP) AP - The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in armor-piercing roadside bombings across Iraq, The Associated Press has learned. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Pentagon: Armor decision could have cost lives The U.S. Marine Corps knew of the threat posed by roadside bombs before the start of the Iraq war, yet did nothing to buy protective vehicles for troops, according to a report to be released by the Pentagon. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Iraqi soldier killed U.S. troops, U.S. military says Two U.S. soldiers who died last month in Iraq were allegedly shot to death by an Iraqi soldier during a combined U.S. and Iraqi Army operation, the U.S. military said. Meanwhile, several roadside bombs killed at least seven and wounded 12 people in Iraq. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Military Recruits Thousands More Warbots for New Unmanned Surge Up to 4,000 more bomb-handling robots could be headed to Iraq and Afghanistan in a new, unmanned surge. It's part of a $400 million deal that's the biggest military contract of its kind, ever. Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Military Recruits Thousands More Warbots for New Unmanned Surge Up to 4,000 more bomb-handling robots could be headed to Iraq and Afghanistan in a new, unmanned surge. It's part of a $400 million deal that's the biggest military contract of its kind, ever. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Sensitive Military Gear Hawked On eBay, Craigslist - InformationWeek Medill ReportsSensitive Military Gear Hawked On eBay, CraigslistInformationWeek - 1 hour agoGAO investigators were able to buy two F-14 components from separate sellers, special night-vision goggles, body armor vests, and body armor protective plates.Stolen Militar Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Top 10: Military goods for sale and miscreants aplenty Psssst ... Hey, you over there! Yeah, you. Wanna buy some F-14 components? According to the Government Accountability Office, purloined military equipment can be found online at eBay or Craigslist. Seems like it was a week for wild-and-woolly Internet-related news. SA Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Two Car Bombs Kill Dozens in Iraq - New York Times MetroTwo Car Bombs Kill Dozens in IraqNew York Times - 12 hours agoBy ALISSA J. RUBIN and GRAHAM BOWLEY BAGHDAD - As many as 53 people, including 12 children, died in a car bombing Tuesday in Baquba, a city the Americans believed they had largely taken back from Sunni Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Bombs targeting worshippers kill 20 in Iraq - CNN Bombs targeting worshippers kill 20 in IraqCNN - 4 hours agoBAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Suicide attacks outside two Shiite mosques killed at least 20 people in Baghdad on Thursday as worshippers left early morning prayers marking the end of Ramadan, the Interior Ministry said. Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Four US troops killed in Iraq - Los Angeles Times CBC.caFour US troops killed in IraqLos Angeles Times - 7 hours agoThe death toll nears 4000 as a roadside bomb kills 3 today while indirect fire claimed a soldier on Friday. By Ned Parker and Hameed Rasheed, Special to The Times BAGHDAD -- - The number of US troops ki Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Despite Investigations, Blackwater to Keep Working in Iraq - ABC News Aljazeera.netDespite Investigations, Blackwater to Keep Working in IraqABC News - 4 hours agoBy BRIAN ROSS A Blackwater security firm helicopter flies low above the scene where a roadside bomb exploded near the Iranian embassy in central Baghdad,... Although it has be Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Iraq boosts pilgrimage security as bombers strike KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - A roadside bomb struck a minibus packed with pilgrims bound for Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala on Friday as authorities deployed more than 40,000 police and soldiers to avert new violence in the annual rite. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Some 8,000 'surge' troops will remain in Iraq About 8,000 of the 30,000 "surge" troops sent to Iraq in 2007 will not go home as planned this summer, the pentagon said Monday. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Jolie Sees Benefit in US Surge in Iraq UN Goodwill Ambassador Jolie Says US Troop Surge in Iraq Has Created Chance for Increased Aid Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Iraq "surge" followed sharp internal debate: report NEW YORK (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's decision to mount a troop "surge" in Iraq last year was taken against the initial recommendations of his top advisers, including his field commander, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Iraq "surge" followed sharp internal debate: report
(Reuters) Reuters - President George W. Bush's decision to mount a troop "surge" in Iraq last year was taken against the initial recommendations of his top advisers, including his field commander, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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5 US soldiers killed in N. Iraq
(AP) AP - In a daring ambush, insurgents blasted a U.S. patrol with a roadside bomb Monday and showered survivors with gunfire from a mosque in increasingly lawless Mosul. Five American soldiers were killed in the explosion — even as Iraqi troops moved into the northern city to challenge al-Qaida in Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Iraq road bomb 'kills 16 people' A roadside bomb kills at least 16 people and injures 22 as they travel on a bus in southern Iraq, reports say. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Iraq road bomb 'kills 16 people' A roadside bomb kills at least 16 people and injures 22 as they travel on a bus in southern Iraq, reports say. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Three U.S. soldiers die in Iraq, toll nears 4,000 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers in Iraq on Saturday, pushing the U.S. death toll closer to the 4,000 mark at the start of the sixth year of the war for U.S. troops. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |