TEST:Pakistan: US drones kill 13, including commander Jan 3rd, 2013 - 10:50h (CET +01.00) PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A pair of U.S. drone strikes in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border killed 13 people Thursday, including a senior militant commander who had a truce with the Pakistani military, intelligence officials and residents sai... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : testpakistan, drones, kill, including, commander, Top Keywords

US commanders are upbeat on Afghan war progress Dec 15th, 2012 - 17:50h (CET +01.00) U.S. commanders are offering glowing reviews of their 2012 war campaign, upbeat assessments that could be interpreted as leeway for President Barack Obama to order another round of troop withdrawals next summer. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : commanders, upbeat, afghan, progress, commander, Top Keywords

US commanders give upbeat war effort reviews Dec 15th, 2012 - 09:20h (CET +01.00) U.S. commanders are offering glowing reviews of their 2012 war campaign, upbeat assessments that could be interpreted as leeway for President Barack Obama to order another round of troop withdrawals next summer. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : commanders, give, upbeat, effort, reviews, Top Keywords

Pakistan: US drone strike kills al-Qaida commander Dec 10th, 2012 - 18:30h (CET +01.00) A U.S. drone strike has killed an al-Qaida commander in Pakistan's northwest, the second member of the Islamic militant network killed in the area in less than a week, Pakistani intelligence officials and a Taliban militant said Monday. (Source:... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pakistan, drone, strike, kills, alqaida, commander, Top Keywords

Syrian rebels elect new military commander Dec 9th, 2012 - 02:10h (CET +01.00) AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebel groups have chosen a former officer to head a new Islamist-dominated command, in a Western-backed effort to put the opposition's house in order as President Bashar al-Assad's army takes hits that could usher h... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : syrian, rebels, elect, military, commander, commander, Top Keywords

Syrian rebels create new unified military command Dec 8th, 2012 - 15:10h (CET +01.00) A senior official with the rebel Free Syrian Army says commanders from all over the country have elected a new Supreme Military Council and a chief of staff. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : syrian, rebels, create, unified, military, command, Top Keywords

Commanders of NATO-led force in Afghanistan Nov 20th, 2012 - 21:00h (CET +01.00) A look at commanders of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force since invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : commanders, natoled, force, afghanistan, military, command, Top Keywords

Top Hamas commander killed in Israeli airstrike Nov 14th, 2012 - 17:00h (CET +01.00) GAZA (Reuters) - Israel killed the military commander of Hamas in an airstrike on the Gaza Strip Wednesday, bringing the two sides to the brink of a possible new war. The attack came despite signs that Egypt had managed to broker a truce between Isra... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : hamas, commander, killed, israeli, airstrike, command, Top Keywords

The curse of commanding the Afghan war Nov 13th, 2012 - 22:20h (CET +01.00) A look at what went wrong for the four U.S. generals who have led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan since 2008: (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : curse, commanding, afghan, israeli, airstrike, command, Top Keywords

US quickly going through commanders in Afghan war Nov 13th, 2012 - 21:50h (CET +01.00) At the international military headquarters in Kabul, it's jokingly being called the curse of the commander's job. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : quickly, going, through, commanders, afghan, command, Top Keywords