Iraq war death toll at 162,000: NGO
Around 162,000 people, almost 80 percent of them civilians, were killed in Iraq from the start of the 2003 US-led ...
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Iran-US brinkmanship over oil strait of Hormuz worsens
A showdown between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz to oil ...
South American bloc Mercosur to bar Falklands ships
A South American trading bloc that includes Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay agreed Tuesday to close its ports to ships flying ...
Georgian parliament votes to send more troops to Afghanistan
Georgia’s parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of President Mikheil Saakashvili’s plan to send more troops to Afghanistan as part ...
US Troops Leave Iraq, Ending Almost 9 Years of War
The final convoy of 100 U.S. military vehicles carrying about 500 troops crossed into Kuwait Sunday morning at 7:38 a.m. ...
Panetta, Dempsey mark end of Iraq mission
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta arrived here today to join Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs ...
Iraq to take over last US base ahead of pullout
Iraq will assume command Friday of the last US military base in the country, a day after US forces formally ...
US Congress Moves Forward With Massive Defense Bill
The U.S. Congress is moving forward with a massive defense bill that contains a controversial provision on the military detention ...
New data allows for unique conflict research
Which factors increase the risk for armed conflict and war? What circumstances make conflict resolution more likely to be successful? ...
In Iraq war, a revolution in battlefield medicine
The Iraq war ushered in dramatic advances in battlefield medicine, with the effects of homemade bombs leading the US military ...
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