Monday, March 2, 2009

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Suspects Tied to Recent Attack Arrested by Iraqi Special Ops
TIKRIT — Iraqi Special Operations Forces (SOF), with Coalition advisors, arrested two suspected terrorists pursuant to criminal warrants during an operation in northern Iraq, Feb. 26.


Multiple contingency operating locations closed or turned over in Anbar
AL ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq – During the month of February 2009 in Al Anbar province, Multi National Force – West closed two observation posts and one patrol base and turned over two contingency operating posts and one observation post to Iraqi Security Forces.


BBQ Gives Soldiers Taste of Home
BAGHDAD — Camp Liberty’s East Life Support Area (LSA) Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) center recently hosted a barbecue cook-off, giving Soldiers an opportunity to relax, enjoy some good food and visit with fellow Soldiers who are usually on the move.


Critical medical supplies donated to Police Clinic in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — A Department of Army civilian serving in Iraq and a U.S. humanitarian organization donated medical supplies to the Baghdad Police College’s renovated medical and dental clinic here Feb. 25. The clinic serves thousands of BPC students every year.


Coalition Troops Care for Afghan People
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 2, 2009 – The hope for a healthier life is growing stronger in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province, thanks to the care of health care workers from around the world.


Human Terrain Teams Build Friendships, Future
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, March 2, 2009 – Though coalition forces have been successful over the last seven years on the battlefields of Afghanistan, true and lasting success lies in understanding Afghans. Toward that goal, “human terrain teams” could become a large building block for victory, officials here said.




U. S. rattled as Mexico drug war bleeds over border
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Hit men dressed in fake police tactical gear burst into a home in Phoenix, rake it with gunfire and execute a man. Armed kidnappers snatch victims from cars and even a local shopping mall across the Phoenix valley for ransom, turning the sun-baked city into the "kidnap capital" of the United States.


AIG May Get $30 Billion in Additional U. S. Capital
March 1 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc., the insurer deemed too important to fail, may get a commitment for as much as $30 billion in new government capital after a record quarterly loss, said two people familiar with the matter.


Obama will sign spending bill despite earmarks
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will break a campaign pledge against congressional earmarks and sign a budget bill laden with millions in lawmakers' pet projects, administration officials said.


Medvedev wants specific U. S. missile proposals
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expecting specific U.S. proposals on missile defense, one of the main bones of contention between Moscow and Washington, to discuss at his first meeting with President Barack Obama.


American Reporter Detained in Iran
A former Miss North Dakota, who's been working in Iran as a freelance reporter, is being detained in undisclosed location there. 31-year-old Roxana Saberi has reported for NPR, "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer", and Fox News Channel, among others as the Tehran bureau chief for Feature Story News.


Iran calls U. S. nuclear bomb statement "propaganda"
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Monday dismissed as propaganda a statement by the U.S. military chief of staff that Tehran was believed to have enough nuclear material to make a bomb.


Economic crisis threatens the idea of one Europe
The leaders of the European Union gathered Sunday in Brussels for an emergency summit meeting designed to tamp down the centrifugal forces unleashed by the global economic crisis that threaten to spin the bloc - and its single currency - apart.


‘New Europe’ Longs for Bush as Obama Turns Focus to EU, Russia
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Eastern European governments that ran political risks to support former President George W. Bush’s security policies are now concerned that his successor, Barack Obama, will backtrack on those regional commitments.




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