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US worried about mounting casualties in Iraq WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 US lawmakers on Wednesday expressed alarm at the rising number of dead and wounded US troops in Iraq, with some highlighting fears that US forces may be overextended. Ex-congresswoman named to replace Perle as chair of Pentagon board WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Wednesday named a former congresswoman to replace Richard Perle as chair of the Defense Policy Board, an influential Pentagon advisory group. Attacks on US troops not "militarily significant": commander WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 The surge of attacks on US troops in Iraq are "militarily insignificant" and a sign of the increasing desperation of Baathists targeted in scores of raids, a top US commander said Wednesday. |
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Lithuanian army ready for NATO membership, says US army chief VILNIUS (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 The Lithuanian army is ready to join NATO as planned in 2004, the most senior US military official said on Wednesday. As US casualties in Iraq mount, lawmakers mull ways to bolster troops WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 Alarmed by the rising number of dead and injured US troops in Iraq, US lawmakers in held a hearing in Congress Wednesday to consider how best to support US forces on the ground there. Macedonian border guards kill Albanian illegal: defense ministry SKOPJE (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 Macedonian border guards shot dead an Albanian man who had tried to enter the country illegally early Wednesday near the border with Albania, the defense ministry said. Former CIA head blasts Bush over missing Iraq WMDs WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 A former CIA director accused the administration of President George W. Bush of "overstretching the facts" about Baghdad's banned weapons in order to justify a war on Iraq. Indian troops can move to Iraq at short notice: top official NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 A top Indian army official said Wednesday that troops could be deployed at "short notice" to Iraq for peacekeeping operations if the government agrees to a US request. Robertson to become first NATO chief to attend EU summit BRUSSELS (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 NATO chief George Robertson is to attend an EU summit in Greece this weekend in a first for the military alliance, an official said Wednesday. |
Lightning sparks fire at Russian arms dump, town evacuated MOSCOW (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 Lightning struck an army munitions dump in the Russian Far East Wednesday, sparking explosions and a major fire and forcing the evacuation of a military town some eight kilometres (five miles) away, ITAR-TASS reported. NATO chief visits US to inaugurate new command structure BRUSSELS (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 NATO chief George Robertson headed to the United States Wednesday to take part in ceremonies marking dramatic changes to the military alliance's command structure. US marine arrested for raping Okinawan woman TOKYO (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 Japanese police on Wednesday arrested a 21-year-old US marine for allegedly raping a local woman last month in the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, police officials said. British PM insists Saddam threat justified war LONDON (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted Wednesday that Saddam Hussein still represented a threat to "his region and to the wider world" when the United States and Britain invaded Iraq in March. Indian Air Force trainer aircraft crashes, pilots safe MADRAS (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 An Indian Air Force trainer aircraft crashed while landing Wednesday but its two trainee pilots were not seriously hurt, officials said. US to hand over US marine suspected of raping Okinawan girl TOKYO (AFP) Jun 18, 2003 The United States agreed on Wednesday to shortly hand over to Japanese authorities a US marine who allegedly raped a local woman in the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, a Japanese official said. |
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