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Libya War Cost Headed for the Billions

National Journal 03/21/2011
Libya War Cost Headed for the Billions

With U.N. coalition forces bombarding Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi from the sea and air, the United States’ part in the operation could ultimately hit several billion dollars -- and require the Pentagon to request emergency funding from Congress to pay for it.

Anti-war protesters arrested near White House

More than 100 anti-war protesters, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, were arrested outside the White House on Saturday in demonstrations marking the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

U.S. deploying heavily armored battle tanks for first time in Afghan war

Rajiv Chandrasekaran The Washington Post 11/21/2010
Israel preparing for 'large scale war': cable

Israel's army chief told a US Congress delegation in late 2009 he was preparing for a large war in the Middle East, probably against Hamas or Hezbollah, leaked US diplomatic cables showed on Sunday.

U.S. deploying heavily armored battle tanks for first time in Afghan war

The U.S. military is sending a contingent of heavily armored battle tanks to Afghanistan for the first time in the nine-year war, defense officials said, a shift that signals a further escalation in the aggressive tactics that have been employed by American forces this fall to attack the Taliban.

WikiLeaks Prompts U.S. Alert to Iraqis

JULIAN E. BARNES The Wall Street Journal 10/21/2010
New French defence minister says Afghanistan a trap

The war in Afghanistan is a trap for all parties involved and France will discuss how to draw down its troop presence at a NATO summit this week, the newly-appointed defence minister said on Wednesday.

WikiLeaks Prompts U.S. Alert to Iraqis

A Pentagon team has been reviewing copies of Iraq war documents the website WikiLeaks may release in coming days and plans to notify Iraqis named in the documents in an effort to minimize potential damage from the security breach, defense officials said.

Iraq combat over but U.S. troops still in danger

Rania El Gamal Reuters 09/13/2010

'Al-Qaida prepares for Israel-Iran war'

The Jerusalem Post 08/21/2010
Iraq combat over but U.S. troops still in danger

U.S. Staff Sergeant Kendrick Manuel swung his rifle over his shoulder and grumbled about being viewed as a "non-combat" soldier in Iraq.

'Al-Qaida prepares for Israel-Iran war'

Al-Qaida is ready to exploit a war "by the Jews against Iran," the Sunni group's second-in-command in Yemen, Saeed al-Shehri, said in an audio message this month, according to the Daily Beast.

Sniper in Afghan Town Puts Marines on Edge

MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS The Wall Street Journal 08/19/2010
Sniper in Afghan Town Puts Marines on Edge

Somewhere in this dusty town, concealed among the cornfields, irrigation canals and mud-walled compounds, is a man the Marines particularly want to kill. They don't know what he looks like. But they know he is a very good shot with a long rifle, and, every day he remains alive, he is drawing Marine blood.

Despite new mission, US troops still in the fight in Iraq

US troops will still be in combat and taking on Islamist militants in Iraq even as the American military moves to an "advise and assist" role with a smaller force, officials said Thursday.


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