http://www.military-world.net/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2008-12-05T07:00:22+00:00 http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/943.html 2008-12-03T11:55:00+00:00 2008-12-03T11:55:00+00:00 BBC/News An annual campaign to send gift boxes to British troops serving abroad at Christmas is due to be launched. Charity UK4U is sending 24,500 gift http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/942.html 2008-12-03T11:52:00+00:00 2008-12-03T11:52:00+00:00 Thomas Coghlan First they were accused of not wanting to fight. Then they were blamed for failing in their main mission to train the Afghan police. Now http://www.military-world.net/Iraq/941.html 2008-12-03T11:47:00+00:00 2008-12-03T11:47:00+00:00 Al Pessin U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who has been reappointed to serve in the Obama administration, says he is comfortable with the president-elect's desire for a http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/940.html 2008-11-28T11:07:00+00:00 2008-11-28T11:07:00+00:00 M_W They died after their foot patrol near Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, came under fire from insurgents. Both served with 42 Commando Royal Marines. Next of http://www.military-world.net/Iraq/939.html 2008-11-28T11:02:00+00:00 2008-11-28T11:02:00+00:00 Patrick Cockburn The Iraqi parliament voted by an overwhelming show of hands yesterday to end US military control of their country – a crucial turning point in http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/938.html 2008-11-27T11:39:00+00:00 2008-11-27T11:39:00+00:00 Mike Blanchfield OTTAWA -- Security in Afghanistan has deteriorated to a seven-year low, Canada admitted Wednesday, as President Hamid Karzai continued to vent frustration at the slow http://www.military-world.net/Iraq/937.html 2008-11-27T11:33:00+00:00 2008-11-27T11:33:00+00:00 Alissa J. Rubin BAGHDAD - Iraq's Parliament has delayed by at least 24 hours a vote on a security agreement with the United States as some Parliamentarians worked http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/936.html 2008-11-25T23:05:00+00:00 2008-11-25T23:05:00+00:00 Ben Farmer The 40-year-old from Devon, who asked not to be named, wrestled the bomber to the ground after spotting him reach for a detonator switch on http://www.military-world.net/Iraq/935.html 2008-11-26T01:01:00+00:00 2008-11-26T01:01:00+00:00 Copyright 2008 The Associated Press President George W. Bush offered an impassioned defense of the U.S. -led overthrow of Saddam Hussein on Tuesday at Fort Campbell where he thanked troops http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/934.html 2008-11-26T00:57:00+00:00 2008-11-26T00:57:00+00:00 Jon Hemming KABUL -- British, Canadian and Dutch troops are doing their best to fight the Taliban in southern Afghanistan with limited resources, but with progress slow, the United States is considering a surge of its own firepower to tip the balance.