TAMPA, Florida, Oct. 31, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus took over the command running the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on Friday and said it was vital to combine military and civilian power and work with allies. ... > full story
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U.S. military doctrine needs reassessment Oct. 31, 2008 (Middle East Times) The U.S. military experience in Iraq and Afghanistan implies a need for a doctrinal shift to an interdepartmental approach to insurgencies, a study ...
Women at war Oct. 31, 2008 (Army Times) Near the end of "Lioness," a new documentary in the PBS "Independent Lens" series, an Iraq war veteran talks about the emotional toll exacted by ...
US-led coalition soldier killed in eastern Afghanistan Oct. 31, 2008 (Monsters and Critics) A soldier of the US-led coalition was killed in eastern Afghanistan, while international forces arrested three suspected insurgents elsewhere, the ...
U.S. deaths in Iraq Oct. 31, 2008 (cleveland.com) As of Thursday, at least 4,189 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated ...