America's Other Army
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The killing of 17 Iraqis by Blackwater contractors puts the spotlight on private security companies. Who are these guns for hire, and who pays when they mess up?
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Â· Guns and equipment already handed overÂ· Insurgents promise not to attack Americans
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When George W. Bush looks out on the battlefields of the 21st century, he sees a sleek, mobile US force backed by high-tech weaponry. John Kerry also sees more boots on the ground.
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A US military unit that wouldn't make a risky delivery poses a challenge to discipline.
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BAGHDAD -- With the four-month-old "surge" in American troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks, American commanders are turning to another strategy they acknowledge is fraught with risk: arming Sunni Arab groups that have promised to fight Al Qaeda-linked militants who have been their allies in the past.
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American allies Japan and Australia embraced a new U.S. plan to restructure its forces abroad, while Russia said it was not concerned by the proposal. But Germany, home to 70,000 U.S. soldiers, said any withdrawal from the former Cold War frontier may hurt its economy.
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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines  - The map in the U.S. briefing room looks like standard-issue military, but the colour-coded markings are not shorthand for fighting units, defensive positions, or future lines of attack.
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Darpa has developed some of the coolest weaponry for the U.S. military. Now it's going to upgrade the soldiers. By Noah Shachtman from Wired magazine. Plus: "national security
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American troops. Peterloo Massacre at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States is backing away from efforts to pressure European allies to join or remain in the American-led military force in Iraq and instead is working to coax those countries into participating in other initiatives in the region, according to senior Bush administration and European officials.
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By Gaffney, John  Gaffney on America I had the privilege of serving on Revolution's short lifespan in the US. I wish it could have stayed in business after 2000, but it fell victim to the circumstances of the times. I don't mean the scarcity of ad pages.
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WASHINGTON Wonder what George Washington looked like when he led the US military against the British in the Revolutionary War? Military history buffs can get a peek in a new exhibit opening today at the National Museum of American History in Washington.
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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 recent announcement that the Bush administration will update the deployment of 70,000 American troops should be viewed primarily through a military prism, though there are political and economic ...
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To: FOREIGN EDITORS  Contact: Robert E. DiMichele, Public Affairs Officer of USAEC, +1- 410-436-2556, Robert.DiMichele@us.army.mil   ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., June 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Training lands at the U.S.
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TONY EASTLEY: While Australia has rejected a United Nations requests to provide extra troops to protect UN personnel in Iraq, Britain is considering an American request to provide more British forces.
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I want to thank Lynne Joiner [letters, Nov. 29] for taking the time to help wounded soldiers. My brother fought for a year in Iraq with the 101st Airborne, and my cousin, a Navy pilot, flew in both Afghanistan and Iraq.