Defectors from the Iraqi army are telling coalition forces that many more Iraqi troops would surrender if they could. Fallah, 42, was a sergeant in the Iraqi regular army until he surrendered to U.S. forces Sunday near the Shiite holy city of Najaf.
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U.S. and coalition forces have invaded Iraq as a second night of air strikes have continued over the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. A full day after President Bush ordered military action to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
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U.S. and coalition forces have invaded Iraq as a second night of air strikes have continued over the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. A full day after President Bush ordered military action to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
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Because of new rules that require Iraqi approval for all U.S. missions, and a general decline in violence nationwide, many of the 117,000 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq say they now have more idle time than at any previous point in the six-year war.
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The first shipment of H1N1 vaccine set aside for U.S. troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan arrived late Tuesday, but it contains only half the amount requested.
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TOKYO -- President Obama pledged Friday that he would make a decision "soon" on U.S. military options in Afghanistan and suggested that critics of his deliberate approach do not understand what is happening in the war-ravaged country.
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President Barack Obama faced an immediate backlash over his surge plan for Afghanistan, amid fears that setting out a timetable for withdrawal could aid the Taliban and unnerve allies.
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President Barack Obama on Wednesday drew fire from both Left and Right for his Afghan speech, regarded as the greatest test so far of his credibility as commander-in-chief.
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