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Frank Lojewski still hears the eerie whistle of that German bomb heading toward the US Army post occupied by his buddies. In split seconds, he learned the deadly cost of the gruesome battle in which he was involved.
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Insurgents' defiance of efforts by U.S. and Iraqi forces to stabilize Baghdad persisted on Sunday with a series of car bombs and rocket attacks.
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Security forces are not planning to use force to end a school siege in southern Russia where an armed group has taken hundreds of hostages, a regional leader said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON - Army commanders moved gingerly on Sunday to address a rare and serious case of a US military unit defying orders in a combat zone, seeking to check a disciplinary breakdown while addressing safety concerns common among troops tested daily
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Pretoria - &quot;They were bundled into a truck like animals, without even understanding what sentences they received. &quot;The soldiers refused to allow them to even look in our direction... &quot; said a tearful Belinda du Toit on Friday.
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UN forces hold off a rebel advance in the wake of a failed offensive by government forces.
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A platoon in Iraq is being investigated for allegedly refusing to carry out a convoy mission its members deemed too dangerous, Army officials said Friday.
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Â· New demands on troops put pressure on projectsÂ· MoD denies combat training is being cut
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BERLIN - The German government said yesterday it will not budge from its refusal to send troops to Iraq, reinforcing its position after its Defence Minister appeared to suggest that Berlin might one day consider a deployment.
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Germany said Wednesday it could not rule out sending troops to Iraq, dropping its firm refusal to consider any deployment to the country whose invasion last year it staunchly opposed.
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Japan today refused to withdraw its troops from Iraq despite demands by Iraqi militants who have taken a Japanese civilian hostage and threatened to behead him unless the soldiers left.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. forces consolidated their  grip on Falluja on Thursday, though they were still meeting  some resistance, U.S. Marines and witnesses said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is refusing to halt the military operation in the northern Gaza Strip, despite the Israeli Army&#39;s recommendation to do so, Haaretz reported on Monday.
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Yesterday, America&#39;s troops spoke and their message was clear: they are not getting the support they need from the Bush administration.
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More than 1,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops met no resistance on Sunday when they searched homes for illegal weapons and carried out patrols in a Shi'ite militia bastion in Baghdad.
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American forces have been confounded by insurgents who have slipped away only to fight another day.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S.-led troops battling to take  control of Falluja ran into pockets of fierce resistance Friday  and the United States said it would not stop until all  insurgents in the Iraqi city had been wiped out.