Showing posts with label soldiers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soldiers. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Six US soldiers killed in IED blast 09.07.12

Six American soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan.

It is reported that their tank ran over the device at around 8pm yesterday evening in Wardak province, south of Kabul.

NATO has not disclosed the nationalities of the service members killed, but Afghan officials have confirmed they were American.

Wardak provincial police chief General Abdul Qayum Baqizoi said that after the blast in Jalrez district, a coalition air strike killed a local Taliban commander and injured three insurgents.

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.


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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Avalanche buries 150 Pakistani soldiers near Siachen glacier - NewsX

According to reports approx 150 Pakistan Army soldiers were hit by an avalanche at a camp in the Siachen sector early this morning, according to media reports. Some 150 soldiers, including a colonel, were believed to have been buried under the snow, the reports said. A rescue operation had been launched in the desolate region following the avalanche. The avalanche hit a battalion headquarters at Gyari in the Siachen sector at 6 am, TV news channels reports.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Ethan Casey situates US soldier's killing rampage in Afghanistan

Keith and Ethan Casey, author of "Overtaken by Events: A Pakistan Road Trip," discuss the repercussions of a U.S. soldier's murder spree in Afghanistan and how American aggression affects our credibility there. "People in the Muslim world, in this case, but people all over the world need to believe genuinely that Americans know them to be human beings, and I really don't think a lot of people in the world are confident of that at this point," says Casey.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Raw Video: Brazilian Soldiers, Police Clash

A standoff between soldiers and striking police continues in the Brazilian city of Salvador. The murder rate in Salvador has more than doubled since the strike began a week ago. (Feb. 6)


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Monday, January 30, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Did a military rule cost a soldier's life?

On a September night in Afghanistan, a wounded American soldier died waiting to be evacuated. David Martin reports on a military rule that could have contributed to the soldier's death.


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Saturday, January 28, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Did a military rule cost a soldier's life?

On a September night in Afghanistan, a wounded American soldier died waiting to be evacuated. David Martin reports on a military rule that could have contributed to the soldier's death.


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Friday, January 27, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Did a military rule cost a soldier's life?

On a September night in Afghanistan, a wounded American soldier died waiting to be evacuated. David Martin reports on a military rule that could have contributed to the soldier's death.


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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Chinese Soldiers Play Hot Potato

The Chinese military is shown training with a live grenade.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - Did a military rule cost a soldier's life?

On a September night in Afghanistan, a wounded American soldier died waiting to be evacuated. David Martin reports on a military rule that could have contributed to the soldier's death.


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Friday, January 6, 2012

CBS Evening News - 8 US soldiers charged in bullying suicide

Eight soldiers are charged in the apparent suicide of U.S. Army Private Danny Chen. The victim's family says he was bullied and taunted because of his race, reports Bob Orr.


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