Troops

Ivory Coast to put troops in rebel zones for poll (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Soldiers are briefed ahead of presidential elections at a military camp of Koumassi in Abidjan October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - Ivory Coast’s military and rebels will deploy 4,000 extra troops in rebel territory to secure a presidential run-off election on November 28, they said on Friday, ahead of…

Madagascar troops vow to crush any rebellion (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

Reuters - Dissident officers declared a takeover of power in Madagascar on Wednesday, but the island’s military leadership vowed to crush any rebellion and security forces dispersed a crowd that…

Reuters journalist may have been killed by Thai troops (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

A funeral worker carries flowers in front of the casket of Reuters television cameraman Hiro Muramoto before a wake in Tokyo April 17, 2010. Muramoto, a 43-year-old Japanese national, was shot dead on April 10, 2010 during a violent clash between Thai troops and anti-government protesters in Bangkok's worst political violence in 18 years. REUTERS/Michael CaronnaReuters - Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto may have been shot by Thai security forces when he was killed during a street protest in April, state investigators said on Tuesday, calling…

Haiti rioters attack U.N. troops, one protester killed (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

A Haitian resident holds his relative who is suffering from cholera at St-Catherine hospital in the slum of Cite-Soleil in Port-au-Prince November 12, 2010. REUTERS/St-Felix EvensReuters - Protesters in Haiti, blaming United Nations troops for a cholera epidemic that has killed hundreds of people, attacked U.N. peacekeepers in two cities on Monday.


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Five NATO troops killed as Afghanistan violence soars (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

An Afghan disabled man walks past  Afghan traditional clothes arranged for sale in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Nov 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)Reuters - Five troops serving with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were killed on Sunday, including three in a clash with insurgents in the east, the coalition said, one of…

NATO says 3 troops killed in eastern Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Reuters - Three troops serving with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were killed in a clash with insurgents in the east of the country, the coalition said, one of the…

NATO says troops may have killed 3 Afghan civilians (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said it was investigating whether its troops had inadvertently killed three Afghan civilians on Wednesday while its forces fought insurgents in the south…

U.S. troops repel Afghan attack and kill 30 insurgents (Reuters)

October 30th, 2010

Reuters - U.S. troops killed as many as 30 insurgents after calling in air strikes to repel a Taliban attack on their outpost in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO-led…

Israel PM praises troops who raided Gaza flotilla (AP)

October 26th, 2010

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Israeli naval commandos who participated in a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May, in Atlit naval base, northern Israel ,Tuesday,Oct. 26. 2010. Israel's leader has paid a special visit to a military base in northern Israel to praise the naval commandos who participated in a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May. (AP Photos/Dan Balilty, Pool)AP - Israel’s leader praised on Tuesday the naval commandos who participated in a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May that drew international condemnation.


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3 NATO troops die in Afghanistan as attacks surge (AP)

October 15th, 2010

An Afghan soldier peers from the turret of a military armored vehicle at Howz-e-Madad  Forward Operating Base, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Three NATO troops were killed Friday in Afghanistan in a surge of attacks that raised the death toll to 17 in three days for international troops in the country.


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