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  • U.S. Is Seeking 10,000 Troops From Its Allies 28 Nov 2009 06:50 GMT
    ... hurdles to garnering more allied contributions. In Britain, which has pledged an additional 500 troops, Defense Minister Bob Ainsworth said Tuesday that Mr. ... decide on a new strategy, harming the British government's ability to rally public support for ...

  • Pre-war UK, US relations in spotlight at Iraq inquiry 28 Nov 2009 04:36 GMT
    ... Christopher Meyer, then Britain's ambassador to Washington, said that Blair's line ... saying Bush could talk to the then British prime minister but saw other world leaders ... despite calls from US neo-conservatives like deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz. On 9/11 itself, Meyer ...

  • Soldiers use might and muscle to build Bailey Bridges in Bakelalan 28 Nov 2009 01:31 GMT
    ... Soldiers use might and muscle to build Bailey ... reporter. Chief engineer for the Army, Brigadier-General Datuk Abdul Nasser, is in the Bakelalan highlands ... adding that the components were from the United Kingdom. State Assemblyman for Bakelalan, Nelson Balang Rining, ...

  • Ministers slammed over bank bailout secrecy 28 Nov 2009 07:34 GMT
    ... The Government acted beyond its powers in not disclosing ... a banking bailout bigger than the entire UK defence budget to Lloyds shareholders, campaigners are claiming. ...

  • U.S. Is Seeking 10,000 Troops From Allies in Afghanistan 28 Nov 2009 04:35 GMT
    ... hurdles to garnering more allied contributions. In Britain, which has pledged an additional 500 troops, Defense Minister Bob Ainsworth said Tuesday that Mr. ... decide on a new strategy, harming the British government’s ability to rally public support for ...

  • Army chief admits failure to convince Muslims over Afghan policy 28 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
    ... Remembrance Sunday by the Muslim Council of Britain highlighting the long standing and continued support ... the Muslim view “very closely reflects the British community and the nation as a whole” ... which was held at his Ministry of Defence offices on November 12, Richards clarified his ...

  • Memorial for Zulu warriors who defeated British Empire 28 Nov 2009 00:35 GMT
    ... Zulu warriors who defeated British to be honoured Zulu warriors who killed ... 22, 1879 has largely been overshadowed in Britain by the dramatic defence of Rorke's Drift later the same day, ...

  • Obama to meet with Australian prime minister 28 Nov 2009 01:14 GMT
    ... Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will visit the White House ... Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, are "going better than ... with Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Great Britain by phone Monday concerning his plan, and ...

  • Afghanistan may get 5000 NATO troops 28 Nov 2009 05:33 GMT
    ... anonymity. Some of those countries concerned — Britain, Germany and Spain which combined sent almost ... soldiers," the officer said. On Thursday, French Defence Minister Herve Morin said: "Today France does not ...

  • Chilcot inquiry: War plans and patchy intelligence that led to Iraq invasion 28 Nov 2009 00:32 GMT
    ... , Friday 27 November 2009 22.44 GMT British troops covered in flames from a petrol ... resisting the American drive to war. , Britain's former ambassador to Washington, saying that Tony ... former permanent secretary at the Ministry of Defence , former chief of the defence staff. ...

  • German minister resigns amid cover-up claims 28 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
    ... Germany's Labour Minister Franz Josef Jung has resigned from the ... oil tankers in Afghanistan. Mr Jung was defence minister when a strike was ordered on 4 ... third largest contingent after the US and Britain. ...

  • Germany's former defense minister Franz Josef Jung has stepped down from his cabinet position over an alleged cover-up regarding civilian deaths during a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan in September. 28 Nov 2009 04:36 GMT
    ... On Thursday, two senior defense ministry officials, military Chief of Staff General Wolfgang ... Staff General Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Deputy Defense Minister Peter Wichert, pre-empted Jung by resigning after ... in Afghanistan after the United States and Britain. ...

  • Ex-UK envoy: U.S. focused on Iraq hours after 9/11 28 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
    ... quickly tied the attacks with Saddam's regime. Ex-UK envoy: U.S. focused on Iraq hours after 9/11 ... U.K. hours after the Sept. 11 attacks, Britain's former ambassador told an inquiry into the Iraq ... foreign policy and saw Russia and missile defense as his priorities. Prior to Sept. 11, ...

  • US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,366 28 Nov 2009 02:12 GMT
    ... US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,366 As ... AP count is three fewer than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 ... updated Friday at 10 a.m. EST. The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy, 33; ...

  • US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,366 Friday, according to Associated Press count 28 Nov 2009 02:34 GMT
    ... US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,366 Friday, ... AP count is three fewer than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 ... updated Friday at 10 a.m. EST. The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy, 33; ...


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