Us Military
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US launches 22 air strikes against IS positions in Iraq
World | Oct 26, 2014, 06:51 AM ISTWashington: The US military has carried out 22 air strikes against Islamic State (IS) positions in Iraq and one in Syria over the past two days, the US Central Command said on Saturday.The aerial bombardment
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India-US military exercise starts Sep 17
India | Sep 12, 2014, 11:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: The combined India-US military training exercise "Yudh Abhyas 2014" will be conducted from Sep 17 to Sep 30, a defence ministry statement said Friday.This is part of the ongoing defence cooperation between the
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Obama says, we will hit ISIS wherever they exist
World | Sep 11, 2014, 12:50 PM ISTWashington: Nearly six years after he entered the White House with a promise to end America's decade of wars, President Barack Obama has reversed course with a vow to strike the Islamic State terrorists "wherever
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Fighter pilot lands jet with no front landing gear onto stool aboard a Navy ship
World | Jun 30, 2014, 12:35 PM ISTWashington: The US military has released video of a fighter pilot landing his jet on a ship faultlessly and without full landing gear on 7 June.It was a normal flight day for U.S. Marine Corps
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Iraq leaders under mounting pressure to pick PM
World | Jun 28, 2014, 02:59 PM ISTBaghdad: Iraq's feuding political leaders are under mounting pressure to set aside their differences after a call by the country's most revered Shiite cleric for an agreement on the next prime minister before parliament meets
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Obama rules out US military action in Ukraine
World | Mar 20, 2014, 09:25 AM ISTWashington : President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the US would not take military action in Ukraine against Russia."We are not going to be getting into a military excursion in Ukraine," Xinhua quoted Obama as
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Lawmaker calls for end of ban on Sikh articles in US military
World | Jan 23, 2014, 10:58 PM ISTWashington: A top American lawmaker today asked the Pentagon to end a ban on Sikh articles of faith including turban and beard in the US military—a long-standing demand of the Sikh-American community. In the wake
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Chuck Hagel asked to explain exclusion of Sikhs from US military
World | Dec 10, 2013, 11:00 AM ISTWashington: A US commission has asked the Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel to explain exclusion of Sikhs, known for their valour and pride, from the American armed forces.In a letter, the US Commission on Civil Right,
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Iraq seeking new US aid after pushing out troops
World | Oct 31, 2013, 09:31 AM ISTWashington : Nearly two years after pushing out the U.S. military, Iraq is asking for more American weapons, training and manpower to help fight a bloody resurgence of al-Qaida that has unleashed a level of
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US military conducts successful missile defence test
World | Oct 05, 2013, 09:29 AM ISTWashington : The US military said Friday it has successfully intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target during a missile defense test over the Pacific Ocean.The target was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on
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US military intercepts missile in defence test
World | Sep 19, 2013, 11:36 AM ISTWashington: The US military said Wednesday it successfully intercepted a short-range ballistic missile target during a missile defence test over the Pacific Ocean.The Department of Defense said in a statement it's "an operationally realistic test,
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US military tests missile defense capability
World | Oct 26, 2012, 04:10 PM ISTWashington, Oct 26: The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has successfully conducted its largest and most complex missile defense flight test ever, involving the simultaneous engagement of five ballistic missile and cruise missile targets. The
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US Military Flying Drones Over Syria
World | Feb 18, 2012, 07:07 PM ISTWashington, Feb 18: US has deployed a large number of drones over Syria to monitor Syrian military attack on the opposition forces and civilians, NBC News reported. Quoting Pentagon officials, the TV channel said that
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Memogate Conspiracy Against Govt And Democracy : Gilani
World | Dec 17, 2011, 08:14 AM ISTIslamabad, Dec 17: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said there was “no truth” in the alleged secret memo sent to the US military to help prevent a possible takeover by the Pakistan Army
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US Military Hands Camp Victory Over To Iraqis
World | Dec 02, 2011, 01:55 PM ISTCamp Victory, Iraq, Dec 2: The U.S. military says it has handed over Camp Victory, a sprawling base at the edge of Baghdad that used to be the headquarters for the U.S. military, to the
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Don't Have Capacity To Take Action Against Haqqani, Says Pak Army
World | Oct 28, 2011, 02:10 PM ISTWashington, Oct 28: The Pakistani military has told the Pentagon that it does not have the capacity to take action against the Haqqani network, a US military General based in Afghanistan has said.“The Pakistanis have
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US Military To End Gay Ban Today
World | Sep 20, 2011, 12:26 PM ISTWashington, Sept 20: The Pentagon has said that the military is adequately prepared for the official lifting of the legal ban on gays serving openly on Tuesday. Press secretary George Little said on Monday that
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US Military Intelligence Changes Its Tack In Afghan War
World | Jun 27, 2011, 02:59 PM ISTWashington, Jun 27: Military intelligence officers were scrambling a year ago to collect and analyze the social, economic and tribal ins and outs of each valley and hamlet in Afghanistan.This information wasn't the kind of
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US To Hand Over Libyan Op Command to UK Or France
World | Mar 21, 2011, 12:55 PM ISTWashington, Mar 21: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates today said that his country expects to hand over the leadership of the military operations against Libyan regime to a coalition likely to be headed by either
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WikiLeaks Near Release Of Secret US War Documents
World | Oct 23, 2010, 12:02 PM ISTLondon: The WikiLeaks website appears close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret US documents in history -- hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports compiled after the 2003 invasion of