How Safe Are Our Troops?
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Why the Pentagon ended up with a shortage of armored vehicles for U.S. soldiers in Iraq
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Scandinavian countries are the most peaceful in the world and, perhaps not surprisingly, Iraq the most dangerous and violent, according to a new international league table published today. The UK is listed only 49th of the 121 countries surveyed, with the US at 96.
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The soldiers in Iraq who refused to deliver a shipment of fuel said their trucks were unsafe and lacked a proper armed escort.
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from Britain, Australia, America, and countless other countries -- will be in action to make Iraq safer. In
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Police 2.0 European Police Congress For two days this week, the Congress Centre in downtown Berlin was one of the safest places on earth. The GDR-style building was packed with policemen, army officers, and private and public security experts.â¦
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Our position is: US troops need equipment redesigned from the ground up for fighting a new kind of warfare. Spc. Thomas Wilson was blunt with Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld this week during an open forum involving US troops in Iraq.
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The one thing - there may be more, but only one comes to mind - that US troops must admire about their civilian leader in the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, is that he seems to be bulletproof.
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Whilst some may claim that the British are staunch allies of the United States (depite being having clearly different agendas on the World Stage), the recent request made to Britain for additional support, namely 600 troops from Black Watch to be moved North to Baghdad to help out the 130,000 US troops who want to move upto Fallujah, is being met by the British Parliament with what we might politely call some   hostility. As the Honourable member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (yes, it is as grim as it sounds), Geraldine Smith asks:    "I'm concerned about the timing. We've been asked by the Americans two weeks before their election to cover for their troops. Is this a ploy to allow Bush not to send more troops? If we made a decision to send troops tomorrow, it looks like we are stepping in to help out the President."
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They may be disappointed, but families of troops in Iraq should not be surprised that 3,500 soldiers who were expected home next month have been ordered to remain overseas for
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Preliminary investigations into the  refusal of 18 U.S. soldiers to go on a convoy mission in Iraq  showed they had raised concerns about safety and the condition  of their vehicles, the army said Sunday.
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A US military unit that wouldn't make a risky delivery poses a challenge to discipline.
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Being a little bit scared is good. Many Marines say it keeps them sharp during a war in which combat comes in spurts, separated by lengthy bouts of boredom.
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U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan believe their procedures for avoiding unintended casualties are sufficient despite a series of civilian deaths in recent weeks, a U.S. commander said on Tuesday.
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We should be feeling safer right now. British officials appear to  have foiled a plot to blow up as many as 10 U.S.-bound passenger jets  with liquid explosives hidden in carry-on luggage. Then why did it feel so bad?
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American troops in one of the most dangerous corners of Iraq welcomed plans for change Wednesday as the Pentagon prepared for a new chief and a bipartisan commission urged a new war strategy. But many of the soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment were skeptical they'll be going home anytime soon, despite a high-level U.S. panel's recommendation that most combat troops leave Iraq by early 2008.
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Life in Iraq is emotionally tough and dangerous. Both from Toledo, Ohio, US military police officer Brian Pacholski comforts David Borell, at a base near Baghdad.
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CHICAGO A new report is raising concerns about just how safe we&#39;d be if we&#39;re hit by a biological or chemical attack. The new findings are stunning and indicate that Chicago and other major cities would struggle to cope.