http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Armed_ForcesFind stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Armed Forces from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:41:04 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/LIVING/worklife/10/16/challenge.women.military/tztop.female.soldier.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Armed_Forces14433Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Armed Forces from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/10/16/challenge.women.military/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/10/16/challenge.women.military/index.html#cnnSTCTextWomen serving in the U.S. military face unique personal and professional challenges that their male counterparts don't, a veterans' group report has found.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/31/us.afghanistan.reporters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/31/us.afghanistan.reporters/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. military contract that drew fire for creating profiles to rate the output of journalists as well as coverage of the Afghanistan war is being terminated, according to U.S. military officials.Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/28/afghanistan.us.troop.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/28/afghanistan.us.troop.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextAugust has become the deadliest month for the U.S. military in Afghanistan since the U.S. invasion after the attacks of September 11, 2001.Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/afghan.missing.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/afghan.missing.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military is distributing pamphlets in eastern Afghanistan in an effort to find a soldier who has been missing for more than two weeks, the military said Thursday.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/02/afghan.missing.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/02/afghan.missing.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn American soldier captured in southeastern Afghanistan is being held by a notorious militant clan, a senior U.S. military official said.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/23/iraq.us.man.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/23/iraq.us.man.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo Americans were killed in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, one in a rocket attack and the other under mysterious circumstances, officials in Iraq said.Sat, 23 May 2009 13:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/afghan.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/afghan.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmerican airstrikes earlier this month during a western Afghanistan battle with Taliban militants may have killed up to 30 civilians, an interim U.S. military report said on Wednesday.Wed, 20 May 2009 17:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/19/afghanistan.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/19/afghanistan.contractors/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of three Afghan civilians wounded when U.S. contractors shot at them in an incident in early May died of his wounds Sunday, according to U.S. military officials in Afghanistan.Wed, 20 May 2009 03:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/04/military.conversion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/04/military.conversion/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military is denying that troops in Afghanistan have been attempting to convert Afghans to Christianity, countering video showing a chaplain delivering a sermon about religious conversion and Bibles printed in local languages.Mon, 04 May 2009 21:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/06/war.dead.media.coverage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/06/war.dead.media.coverage/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor the first time since media coverage was banned in 1991, the return of the body of a fallen member of the U.S. armed forces was opened to news outlets late Sunday.Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/01/north.korea.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/01/north.korea.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCTextNorth Korea has begun fueling its long-range rocket, according to a senior U.S. military official.Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/afghanistan.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/afghanistan.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextA roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday killed three Afghan army commandos, the U.S. military said.Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/afghanistan.us.base.close/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/afghanistan.us.base.close/index.html#cnnSTCTextKyrgyzstan parliament has voted to close a base the U.S. military uses as a route for troops and supplies heading into Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Thursday.Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/24/afghan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/24/afghan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTextCoalition forces killed 15 armed militants and arrested another Friday in eastern Afghanistan in an operation aimed at disrupting a suspected Taliban network, according to a U.S. military statement.Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/25/us.afghan.training/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/25/us.afghan.training/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military plans to help the Afghanistan government recruit, train and arm local Afghans to fight a resurgent Taliban, U.S. military officials say.Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/08/afghanistan.assassination.plot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/08/afghanistan.assassination.plot/index.html#cnnSTCTextA militant was detained in a plot to assassinate a provincial Afghan governor, the U.S. military said Monday.Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/11/pakistan.convoy.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/11/pakistan.convoy.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo U.S. military Humvees are missing after suspected Taliban militants attacked a transport convoy carrying equipment destined for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, U.S. military and local officials said Tuesday.Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/25/us.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/25/us.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCTextAbout 30 U.S. military personnel are training members of Pakistan's Frontier Corps on how to fight Taliban and al Qaeda militants in Pakistan's tribal regions, according to several U.S. military sources.Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.assassination.squads/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/21/iraq.assassination.squads/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraqi Shiite fighters who trained inside Iran to operate in assassination squads are starting to return home, the U.S. military told CNN.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/04/iraq.journalists.detained/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/04/iraq.journalists.detained/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo Iraqi cameramen remain in U.S. military custody amid a media watchdog group's warning of "an upsurge" in the arrest of journalists working in Iraq.Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837641,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837641,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAt least 4,151 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq War since 2003 as well as 512 in Afghanistan, Pakistan and UzbekistanSat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/28/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Iraqi panel that oversees the activities of former Baathists is denouncing the arrest of one of its senior members by the U.S. military, which says the man is an Iranian-backed Shiite militant involved in a bombing that killed four Americans.Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/30/us.equador.base/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/30/us.equador.base/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States is losing access to one of its three counternarcotics bases in Latin America, U.S. military officials said Wednesday.Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. forces killed two relatives of a local Iraqi governor in northern Iraq on Sunday. The dead were identified by the U.S. military as members of al Qaeda in Iraq.Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/27/iraq.assassination/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/27/iraq.assassination/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen have killed a senior city appeals judge in Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/us.africa.mission/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/us.africa.mission/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Marines at Camp Lemonier -- the only American military base on the African continent -- spend much of their time vaccinating livestock, repairing schools and giving medical training.Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/22/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/22/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military "sincerely regrets" that it killed two children in a helicopter attack on militants linked to a suspected al Qaeda in Iraq leader, a colonel with Multi-National Force-Iraq said Thursday. Thu, 22 May 2008 17:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/14/lebanon.unitedstates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/14/lebanon.unitedstates/index.html#cnnSTCTextLt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the acting commander of U.S. Central Command, spent Wednesday in Beirut, Lebanon, to discuss the security crisis with officials there and assure them that U.S. military aid will continue, a U.S. military official said.Wed, 14 May 2008 16:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/09/iraq.alqaedafree/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/09/iraq.alqaedafree/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military in Iraq denied widespread reports Friday that trumpeted the capture of a top Iraqi insurgent leader.Fri, 09 May 2008 11:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/05/food.security/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/05/food.security/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn light of growing unrest around the world over rising food prices, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is asking for a closer look at the crisis and its security implications, a U.S. military official said Monday.Mon, 05 May 2008 15:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/16/journalist.freed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/16/journalist.freed/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Iraqi photographer for The Associated Press has been freed after two years in U.S. military custody, an American military official said Wednesday.Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/04/bomber.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/04/bomber.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber caught fire Friday after a landing at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, U.S. military officials said.Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/19/military.survey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/19/military.survey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Iraq war has strained U.S. forces to the point where they could not fight another large-scale war, according to a survey of military officers.Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/11/rand.insurgencies/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/11/rand.insurgencies/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military is seriously deficient in meeting "the threat of Islamist insurgencies," says a Pentagon-commissioned study released Monday.Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA couple and their son were killed and four other people were injured Tuesday during a U.S. military raid in northern Iraq, police said. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextCoalition forces killed nine Iraqi civilians, including a child and two women, and wounded three others near Iskandariya, Iraq, over the weekend, police and a U.S. military spokeswoman said Monday. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/23/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextConflict flared up Wednesday in an area of northern Iraq where U.S. and Iraqi troops have been taking on al Qaeda in Iraq and other militants. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA car bomb struck a police checkpoint in central Ramadi Wednesday morning, killing five people, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official has said.Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/19/photographer.detained/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/19/photographer.detained/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military says it has "convincing and irrefutable" evidence that an award-winning Associated Press photographer is connected to the insurgency in Iraq.Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/08/italy.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/08/italy.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextA sixth U.S. service member died Friday from injuries sustained when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in northeastern Italy on Thursday, the U.S. military in Europe said.Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe number of U.S. military and Iraqi civilian deaths has dropped dramatically, according to recent reports, although American military officials said it is too soon to declare a turning point in the conflict.Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/29/iraq.donation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/29/iraq.donation/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Iraqi leadership at a military camp east of Baghdad gave the U.S. military a $1,000 check last week to aid victims of California's wildfires, the U.S. military said.Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe man believed to be responsible for last week's rocket attack on the U.S. Army's Camp Victory was captured in an early morning raid Monday, the U.S. military said.Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/05/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Sunni member of Iraq's parliament is in custody after his arrest during a U.S.-Iraqi military raid on a suspected al Qaeda in Iraq gathering, U.S. military and Iraqi officials said Friday. Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/20/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextCoalition forces on Thursday arrested a suspected member of an elite Iranian unit that has been accused of training and equipping insurgents in Iraq, the U.S. military said.Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/09/enemy.combatants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/09/enemy.combatants/index.html#cnnSTCTextFourteen suspected terrorists listed as "high-value detainees" at the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been designated as enemy combatants, placing them in line to be charged and put on trial by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials said Thursday.Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/19/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/19/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo U.S. soldiers have been charged with premeditated murder in the death of an Iraqi near the northern city of Kirkuk last month, the U.S. military said Thursday.Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/10/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree people, including one U.S. service member, were killed Tuesday in a barrage of up to 35 mortars fired into the Green Zone in Baghdad, U.S. military and State Department officials said.Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo U.S. soldiers have been charged with the premeditated murders of three Iraqis killed in three separate incidents between April and June of this year, according to a U.S. military statement.Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/18/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/18/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military early Tuesday launched a "large-scale" operation against al Qaeda in Iraq militants in the Baquba area, north of Baghdad, killing at least 22 enemy fighters, the Army said in a statement.Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/10/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden truck into a police station near Tikrit on Sunday morning, killing at least 15 people and wounding about 45 others, some of them civilians, a Tikrit police official said.Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/04/missing.soldiers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/04/missing.soldiers/index.htmlA Sunni insurgent group on Monday posted video of the military identification cards of two missing American soldiers in Iraq.Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/25/iraq.iran/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/25/iraq.iran/index.htmlA U.S. military commander said Friday that militants used a mock-up in Iran to help plan for a deadly operation in the Iraqi city of Karbala earlier this year.Sat, 26 May 2007 00:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/afghan.attacks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/afghan.attacks/index.htmlThe U.S. military is investigating two incidents involving its forces in Afghanistan that may have unintentionally led to the deaths of several civilians.Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/01/24/somalia.us.strike/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/01/24/somalia.us.strike/index.htmlThe U.S. military carried out an airstrike against an al Qaeda operative in southern Somalia this week, the second strike this month, U.S. military officials said Wednesday.Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/22/iraq.karbala/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/22/iraq.karbala/index.htmlAttackers who killed five U.S. troops at a government building in Karbala posed as U.S. military officials to get past Iraqi guards, a Karbala police spokesman said.Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/01/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military said it raided an al Qaeda safehouse in Iraq on Monday, killing six terrorists and capturing a seventh.Mon, 01 Jan 2007 13:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/30/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi soldiers found 28 bodies in a mass grave south of Baquba, a U.S. military statement released Thursday said.Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/afghan.clash/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/afghan.clash/index.htmlSeven suspected Al Qaeda allies and a child were killed in clashes with Afghan and coalition forces during an operation staged on housing compound in Kunar Province Thursday, a U.S. military statement said.Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/10/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/10/iraq.main/index.htmlA "terrorist and three of his associates" were detained by coalition forces in a raid in western Baghdad's Abu Ghraib neighborhood Thursday, the U.S. military said.Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/21/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/21/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military says five people -- two suspected terrorists, two women and a child -- were killed in a raid in northwest Baquba on Friday.Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/26/afghan.suicide/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/26/afghan.suicide/index.htmlA suicide bomber detonated near a U.S. military convoy near Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, on Monday morning, killing himself and injuring two children, according to an Afghan police commander.Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/02/ishaqi.probe/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/02/ishaqi.probe/index.htmlThe U.S. military told CNN it is investigating an incident in March near Balad in which Iraqi civilians were killed during a U.S. raid.Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/31/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/31/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military is investigating reports its soldiers killed two women, one of whom was pregnant, in Samarra, according to the U.S. military and an official with the Joint Coordination Center in Salaheddin province.Wed, 31 May 2006 13:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/afghan.protest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/afghan.protest/index.htmlThe driver of a U.S. military truck intentionally struck unoccupied vehicles in a Kabul street Monday in an attempt to avoid pedestrians after the truck's brakes failed, the U.S. military said its initial investigation shows.Tue, 30 May 2006 08:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/28/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/28/iraq.main/index.htmlCoalition forces hunted and killed a local al Qaeda leader and two other insurgents in Samarra on Friday, the U.S. military said.Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/05/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military on Wednesday called a video posted on the Internet purportedly showing the dragging of a U.S. flier's remains from a downed copter's wreckage "despicable."Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/21/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/21/iraq.main/index.htmlAbout 100 insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and machine guns stormed a police station in Diyala province Tuesday, killing at least 15 officers and freeing about 30 detainees.Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/17/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/17/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. and Iraqi forces ferreted out insurgents and weapons caches in a rural area north of Baghdad on Friday, U.S. military officials said, as Operation Swarmer entered its second day.Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/20/iraq.burke/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/20/iraq.burke/index.htmlThe trip was pitched to us by the U.S. military as an opportunity to see first-hand, what it calls, the future leaders of the Iraqi army.Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/19/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military has released eight former Baathist detainees of high value, a military spokesman said Monday.Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/22/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/22/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide bombing killed 18 people and wounded 28 others Tuesday in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi police said.Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/07/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/07/iraq.main/index.htmlFive U.S. soldiers from the 75th Ranger Regiment have been accused of beating detainees in Iraq, the U.S. military said Monday.Mon, 07 Nov 2005 08:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/03/iraq.bombs/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/03/iraq.bombs/index.htmlAs the U.S. military's death toll climbed further beyond 2,000, officials said Thursday they were taking steps to combat what has become the "weapon of choice" for insurgents -- what the military calls improvised explosive devices.Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/25/iraq.main.1744/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/25/iraq.main.1744/index.htmlThe war in Iraq saw two milestones Tuesday that reflect the country's path toward democracy and its human toll as officials said the referendum on a draft constitution passed and the number of U.S. military deaths reached 2,000.Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/25/military.release/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/25/military.release/index.htmlThe U.S. military expressed regret Monday for issuing news releases about two separate attacks in Iraq that included almost identical quotes attributed to an unidentified Iraqi.Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/24/military.release/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/24/military.release/index.htmlThe U.S. military on Sunday said it was looking into how virtually identical quotations ended up in two of its news releases about different insurgent attacks.Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/afghan.ids/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/afghan.ids/index.htmlU.S. military personnel are looking for a missing Navy SEAL in the mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan.Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/afghan.missingseals/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/afghan.missingseals/index.htmlThe bodies of two Navy SEALs have been found in Afghanistan a week after their four-man team went missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday.Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/afghan.crash/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/afghan.crash/index.htmlThe U.S. military helicopter that crashed along the Afghan-Pakistani border came under hostile fire before it went down, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday.Wed, 29 Jun 2005 04:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/03/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/03/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military has bulked up its presence in northwestern Iraq near Syria, signaling another clampdown on insurgents who have crossed over the long, porous Iraq-Syria border.Fri, 03 Jun 2005 11:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/30/italian.shooting/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/30/italian.shooting/index.htmlThe U.S. military has determined that no disciplinary action should be taken against any soldier involved in the mistaken killing of an Italian intelligence agent who was trying to spirit a just-freed hostage out of Iraq.Sat, 30 Apr 2005 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military said Task Force Baghdad soldiers arrested eight people Saturday whom it suspects of shooting down a commercial helicopter Thursday.Sat, 23 Apr 2005 06:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/22/iraq.copter/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/22/iraq.copter/index.htmlU.S. military investigators Friday surveyed the Iraqi crash site of a helicopter suspected to have been shot down by insurgents. Two insurgent videos appear to confirm that scenario.Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/25/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/25/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide car bomber killed 11 Iraqi policemen and wounded 14 others in Ramadi, the U.S. military said Friday.Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/23/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/23/iraq.main/index.htmlAfter a two-hour firefight, Iraqi forces and U.S. helicopters captured an insurgent base north of Baghdad, killing 85 rebels, U.S. and Iraqi military officials said Wednesday.Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/11/hostage.visibility/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/11/hostage.visibility/index.htmlThe car carrying a freed hostage and three Italian security agents was rounding the bend of an entrance ramp to the road to Baghdad International Airport when U.S. soldiers opened fire, a senior U.S. military official has said.Sat, 12 Mar 2005 04:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.prison/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.prison/index.htmlAmerican troops opened fire to put down a riot Monday at a prison camp in southern Iraq that left four inmates dead and six wounded, U.S. military officials said.Tue, 01 Feb 2005 05:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/embassy.detainees/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/29/embassy.detainees/index.htmlSeven suspected insurgents were being held in connection with a rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in central Baghdad that killed an American military service member and a civilian, U.S. military officials said.Sun, 30 Jan 2005 02:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/06/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/06/iraq.main/index.htmlA roadside bomb struck a U.S. armored personnel carrier Thursday in northwestern Baghdad, killing all seven American soldiers inside, U.S. military officials told CNN.Thu, 06 Jan 2005 11:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/22/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/22/iraq.main/index.htmlInvestigators believe a bomb worn by a suicide attacker was the likely cause of a blast at a U.S. mess hall in northern Iraq, according to a U.S. military statement Wednesday.Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/30/iraq.main/index.htmlA car bomb attack on an Army combat patrol killed seven Iraqi civilians Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Baiji, a military spokesman said.Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/20/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/20/iraq.main/index.htmlNine bodies of Iraqi army troops were found in south-central Mosul on Saturday morning. The U.S. military said the soldiers had been shot in the backs of their heads.Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/17/iraq.soldiers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/17/iraq.soldiers/index.htmlEighteen soldiers who refused to make a fuel delivery in Iraq were concerned about their safety and vehicle maintenance, the U.S. military said Sunday.Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/25/korea.troops/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/25/korea.troops/index.htmlIn an always dangerous battle of nerves, a joint U.S.-South Korean force has helped keep the peace on the dividing line between North and South Korea for decades.Mon, 26 Jul 2004 02:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/07/22/funds/military_investments/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/07/22/funds/military_investments/index.htmSecurities regulators and lawmakers are looking into sales of investments, such as mutual funds and life insurance, to military personnel that they suspect might be unsuitable for those buying them, according to a published report.Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/05/bahrain.families/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/05/bahrain.families/index.htmlFearing possible terror attacks, the head of U.S. Central Command on Monday has ordered 650 U.S. military dependents to leave Bahrain within days.Mon, 05 Jul 2004 14:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/13/military.prosecution/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/13/military.prosecution/index.htmlU.S. military authorities have filed charges against seven soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners -- but that is only the beginning of the military prosecution process.Thu, 13 May 2004 15:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/afghan.claim/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/afghan.claim/index.htmlThe U.S. military has launched an investigation into the suspected mistreatment of an Afghan police officer while in the custody of coalition forces.Wed, 12 May 2004 07:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/24/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/24/iraq.main/index.htmlSix Iraqis were killed in an ambush Wednesday on a U.S. military vehicle in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah, American military sources said.Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:21:00 EST