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US soldier in custody after Afghan detainee dies (AP)

October 19th, 2010

Chief of Defense of the Swedish Armed Forces, General Sverker Göranson, place the Medal of Honor on the coffin of  Kenneth Wallin, killed in action on an ISAF mission in Mazar-i Sharif in Afghanistan on Saturday, is carried from the C-130 Hercules plane during a ceremony at Arna military airport north of Stockholm, Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010. Wallin was the 6th Swedish soldier killed in action in Afghanistan.  (AP Photo / Fredrik Sandberg / SCANPIX)   ** SWEDEN OUT **AP - A U.S. soldier was taken into custody after an Afghan detainee was found dead in his cell, apparently from a gunshot wound, NATO said in a statement Tuesday…

Iraqi court drops case in British soldier slayings (AP)

October 10th, 2010

AP - A Baghdad court says there is not enough evidence to prosecute two Iraqi men accused of taking part in the 2003 mob slaying of six British soldiers.

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US soldier held in slayings of 2 GIs in Iraq (AP)

September 28th, 2010

U.S. soldiers prepare to go on patrol in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, September 5, 2010. Since U.S. President Barack Obama declared an end to combat operations in Iraq, U.S. troops have waged a gun battle with a suicide squad in Baghdad, dropped bombs on armed militants in Baquba and assisted Iraqi soldiers in a raid in Falluja. Obama's announcement on August 31 has not meant the end of fighting for some of the 50,000 U.S. military personnel remaining in Iraq 7-1/2 years after the invasion that removed Saddam Hussein. Picture taken September 5, 2010.        To match feature IRAQ-VIOLENCE/USA       REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)AP - An American serviceman is being held in Iraq in connection with the fatal shootings of two soldiers and the wounding of another following an apparent argument, the U.S.…

Iraqi soldier fires on US troops, kills 2 (AP)

September 7th, 2010

US soldiers secure an area after dark in Baghdad, in January 2008. Two American soldiers were killed and nine wounded on Tuesday when an Iraqi soldier opened fire after an argument over a sports match they had been playing, US and Iraqi military officials said.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AP - An Iraqi soldier sprayed gunfire at American troops guarding one of their commanders as he visited an Iraqi military base on Tuesday and killed two of them, the…

Mexico soldier says slain US man fired at army (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

AP - A Mexican soldier said that a U.S. citizen attacked an army convoy and was killed when troops shot him in self-defense outside the resort city of Acapulco, a…

On Facebook: Israeli soldier posed with bound Arab (AP)

August 16th, 2010

AP - Israel’s military has sharply criticized a former soldier who posted photos on Facebook of herself in uniform posing with a smile beside bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners.

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Afghan gov’t: Soldier shot Americans amid argument (AP)

July 21st, 2010

A U.S. Army soldier from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division searches an Afghan villager during a foot patrol towards COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - An Afghan soldier opened fire on U.S. civilian trainers at an army base in northern Afghanistan, killing two Americans and another Afghan troop before being shot dead, the…

Turncoat Afghan soldier kills 3 British troopers (AP)

July 13th, 2010

Afghan people cover their faces as a dust storm hit the old city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 11, 2010.  (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - An Afghan soldier killed three British service members with gunfire and a rocket-propelled grenade in the dead of night, a betrayal that highlights the difficulties in rapidly building…

Afghan soldier attacks, kills 3 British troops (AP)

July 13th, 2010

Afghan people cover their faces as a dust storm hit the old city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 11, 2010.  (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - An Afghan soldier attacked his coalition allies with a rocket-propelled grenade and other weapons early Tuesday, killing three British troops and wounding four more before fleeing, officials said.


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Australian soldier killed by blast in Afghanistan (AP)

July 10th, 2010

Afghan soldiers look on during a joint patrol with  United States soldiers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion of the 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, outside Kandahar City, Friday, July 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - An Australian soldier has been killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.


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