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Canadian commander sentenced to life for murders (AP)

October 21st, 2010

AP - The former commander of Canada’s largest air force base said Thursday he deeply regretted his “despicable crimes,” moments before he was sentenced to life in prison with no…

Top Canadian commander pleads guilty to murders (AP)

October 18th, 2010

Roxanne Lloyd, right, carries a picture of her daughter Jessica Lloyd, while her son Andy Lloyd, left, walks next to her as they arrive at court in Belleville, Ont., on Monday, October. 18, 2010 to hear the charges for Russell Williams, who was the commander of CFB Trenton, Canada's largest military airbase. Williams pleaded guilty Monday to two first-degree murder charges. He has not yet entered a plea for the other charges, but his lawyer said earlier this month that Williams would plead guilty to all charges. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)AP - A commander who was a rising star in Canada’s military pleaded guilty Monday to the murders of two women, the sexual assaults of two others and dozens of…

Taliban commander, 7 others killed in NATO attack (AP)

October 7th, 2010

Local residents meet with Afghan an US soldiers to discuss security at an outpost near  Forward Operation Base Howz-e-Madad, Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - An airstrike and a raid by ground troops killed eight insurgents, including a senior Taliban leader who spearheaded attacks against Afghan security forces, NATO said Thursday as the…

Colombia: No. 2 rebel commander killed in raid (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

FILE - In this June 28, 2001, file photo, Jorge Briceno, military commander of the Colombian rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, smiles at a rebel camp in La Macarena, Colombia. National police spokesman Wilson Vaquero told The Associated Press that Briceno, also known as Mono Jojoy, was killed Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in Colombia's eastern plains during a military raid. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, file)AP - Colombia’s military killed the No. 2 leader and top military strategist of the country’s main rebel army in blistering bombardments of a major jungle camp, officials announced Thursday,…

Colombia: No. 2 rebel commander killed (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

AP - Colombian authorities say the field marshal and No. 2 commander of the country’s main leftist rebel group has been killed in a military raid.

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Top US commander: Burning Quran endangers troops (AP)

September 7th, 2010

Afghans burn an effigy of Dove World Outreach Center's pastor Terry Jones during a demonstration against the United States in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. Hundreds of Afghans railed against the U.S. and called for President Barack Obama's death at a rally in the capital Monday to denounce the American church's plans to burn the Islamic holy book on 9/11. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned Tuesday that an American church’s threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book the Quran could endanger U.S.…

Top US commander discusses Iraq with Turkey (AP)

September 4th, 2010

Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen, right, and Turkey's Chief of Staff Gen. Isik Kosaner inspect a guard of honour at the Turkish army headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. The United States is seeking Turkish permission to withdraw noncombat military equipment from Iraq through its territory and Turkey is likely to agree to the request, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said Friday.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - The United States’ top military officer says Washington does not plan to withdraw its weapons from Iraq through Turkey.


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Taliban commander captured as NATO ramps up raids (AP)

July 9th, 2010

Afghan children watch as a  United States soldier from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion of the 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne, walks past during a patrol in the village of Pir-e-Paymal in the volatile Arghandab Valley, outside Kandahar City, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - International and Afghan troops captured a Taliban commander responsible for bringing Pakistani militants across the border to launch attacks, the alliance said Friday as U.S.-led forces ratchet up…

NATO: US troop dies, Taliban commander killed (AP)

June 26th, 2010

The parents of Sgt. 1st Class Robert J. Fike: Jim Fike, left, and Chris Fike, right, of Trafford, Pa., receive condolences after a graveside memorial service at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, in Bridgeville, Pa. Sgt. 1st Class Fike was killed while serving with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in Afghanistan earlier this month. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - A senior Taliban commander disguised as a woman was killed by Afghan and international forces after he opened fire with a pistol and tried to throw a grenade south…

Relief greets Obama pick for new war commander (AP)

June 24th, 2010

Gen. David Petraeus listens as President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2010, where the president announced that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - America’s Afghan and international allies embraced the choice of Gen. David Petraeus to run the war in Afghanistan, hoping the architect of the Iraq surge will seamlessly pursue the…