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AFP: Venezuela sends troops to Colombian border – Focus Infomation
Caracas. President Hugo Chavez said Friday that Venezuela has deployed military units and troops to the Colombian border, because outgoing President Alvaro Uribe is "capable of anything," as a row escalates between the two, AFP reports. Chavez broke of... »
July becomes deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan – CNN (blog)
Three U.S. soldiers were killed Thursday in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month for American forces since the 9-year war started, NATO's International Security Assistance Force reported. Their deaths bring the J... »
2 U.S. troops missing in Afghanistan; Taliban say they captured them – Dallas Morning News
KABUL, Afghanistan – Two U.S. service members were missing Saturday after driving off their base in Kabul, and the Taliban later claimed to have captured them in eastern Afghanistan, NATO officials said. Elsewhere, five U.S. troops were killed. Coali... »
NATO: 2 American troops missing in Afghanistan – Army Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two U.S. troops are missing in eastern Afghanistan, a military official said Saturday. An Afghan official said one may have been killed and the other taken hostage by the Taliban. A NATO statement Saturday said the two service me... »
5 US service members die in bombings in Afghanistan; 70 international troops killed in July – Minneapolis Star Tribune
KABUL, Afghanistan - Five American service members died Saturday in bombings in southern Afghanistan where international forces are stepping up the fight against the Taliban, officials said. Four of the victims died in a single blast, NATO said in a st... »
Guard troops to head to border states Aug. 1 – msnbc.com
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials say National Guard troops will begin heading for the southwest border Aug. 1 to help secure it. The troops will train and be fully deployed by September and should be on the border for a year. They will be stationed in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas ... »
Taliban IEDs kill five NATO troops in Afghanistan – The Christian Science Monitor
And on Sunday, officials said that a suicide bomber killed three civilians in Kabul, just two days before an international conference hosting representatives from about 60 nations. As for the NATO troop deaths, Agence France-Presse reports that four of the deaths were caused by three different ... »
Roadside bombs kill 5 NATO troops in Afghanistan – Nevada Appeal
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Five NATO troops died in roadside bombings in Afghanistan as international forces announced they foiled a terrorist attack on an upcoming conference in Kabul to be attended by leaders from more than 60 nations. The deaths added to a summer of escalating violence as Afghan ... »
Sudan says troops kill hundreds of Darfur rebels – Forbes
KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The Sudanese army says has clashed with Darfur rebels over the past few days killing and capturing hundreds. General Al-Tayeb al-Musbah Osman told the state news agency that the army killed at least 300 members of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement, captured another 86 and ... »
Blast kills 2 NATO troops in southern Afghanistan – Boston Globe
KABUL, Afghanistan— The international force in Afghanistan says a roadside bomb has killed two NATO troops in the volatile south. One of the service members killed Friday was American. The nationality of the other was not released. The NATO-led force did not give details of the explosion. Roadside ... »