JNN 01 Dec 2013 Kabul : Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign a security deal with the United States, the White House said, opening up the prospect of a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from the strife-torn nation next year. Continue reading
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US Soldier’s have lost Hope , Suicide Rate among Soldiers and War Veterans Higher than War time Casualties
JNN 12 June 2012 Washington : More US soldiers are losing their lives to suicide than from enemy forces, the Pentagon reports this week. Continue reading
US Soldier's have lost Hope , Suicide Rate among Soldiers and War Veterans Higher than War time Casualties
JNN 12 June 2012 Washington : More US soldiers are losing their lives to suicide than from enemy forces, the Pentagon reports this week. Continue reading
US Women & Men Soldiers get raped by fellow Soldiers more often than , being hit by a enemy Bullet
JNN 23 Jan 2012 Washington : Rape in the American armed forces is an issue that has quietly been gathering attention over the past decade. But it exploded with the power of suppressed fury at the Sundance festival’s Friday afternoon screening of the documentary “The Invisible War,” a devastating indictment of the government’s inaction on the issue. Continue reading
Representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Assassinated in Karbala
JNN Oct.15 2001 Mahand Mi’mar (Abu Zeinab), an eminent Shia cleric and the representative of Grand Ayatollah Sistani in holy city of Karbala, was martyred on October 11, in a terrorist attack in the holy city of Karbala. Continue reading
U.S. Senator calls for military action against Pakistan
JNN 25 Sept 2011 : A Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee said Sunday that the U.S. should consider military action against Pakistan if it continues to support terrorist attacks against American troops in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Pakistan hits back hard at US over War threat
JNN 16 Sept 2011 : Pakistani government has denounced the recent US warning to retaliate against pro-Taliban militants based in Pakistan’s troubled tribal region along the Afghan border. Continue reading
US pushes Iraqi MPs for stay beyond 2011, while Iraqi hezbollah vows reprisal
JNN 22 Aug 2011 WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday he thinks progress has been made in talks with Baghdad on maintaining some U.S. military presence in Iraq after the end-of-year deadline for withdrawing American forces. Continue reading
Muqtada Al Sadr vows Attack if US troops stay in Iraq after 2011
JNN 07 Aug 2011 : Iraq’s influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has issued a warning that any US training mission in Iraq after 2011 will be confronted by “military means”. Continue reading
US Military Aid Suspension , A Blessing in Disguise for Pakistan , a Blow for US
JNN 13 July 2011 , ISLAMABAD — The decision to suspend more than one-third of American military aid to Pakistan could end up hurting Washington more than Islamabad as the U.S. seeks to navigate an end to the Afghan war and defeat al-Qaeda, former Pakistani officials and analysts warned Monday. Continue reading
Triple Blast in Iraqi Capital around Shiite Mosque & Market
JNN 25 June 2011 : At least 21 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded when three explosions blew up in a market south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. Continue reading
US Army Personnel suicide rate reaches 10 year High peak
JNN 17 June 2011 : US Army suicide rates have reached their highest level in a year both among active-duty soldiers and those who have not been deployed to conflict zones. Continue reading US Military bases under attack in Iraq
JNN 11 June 2011 : Iraqi security officials say the US military bases have come under rocket attacks, in the deadliest raid on the American forces since May 2009. Continue reading
Number of US troops in Pakistan reduced on Pakistan's request
JNN 10 June 2011 ISLAMABAD — The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan said on Friday that the number of the U.S. military personnel in the country has been reduced following a request from Pakistan. Continue reading
Number of US troops in Pakistan reduced on Pakistan’s request
JNN 10 June 2011 ISLAMABAD — The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan said on Friday that the number of the U.S. military personnel in the country has been reduced following a request from Pakistan. Continue reading
18 People Killed above 70 injured in Twin Blasts in Kirkuk , Iraq
JNN 19 May 2011 Kirkuk Iraq : Dozens of Iraqis have been killed and wounded in multiple explosions in Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk, local police sources say. Continue reading
18 US Soldiers commit suicide every day on average
JNN 11 May 2011 : The United States Department of Veterans Affairs has received orders from a federal appeals court to overhaul its mental health care system, largely over the fact that 18 US veterans commit suicide every day on average. Continue reading
14,025 Iraqis missing since US Invasion
JNNIraq’s Human Rights Ministry has revealed that over 14,000 Iraqis have gone missing since the 2003 US-led invasion of the country. Continue reading 540 Taliban Prisoners escapes after successful Jail Break in Kandhar
JNN 25 April 2011 : At least 540 Taliban militants, including 106 commanders, have escaped from Kandahar central prison in southern Afghanistan, an official says.
No plans to extend US presence – Iraqi PM Maliki
JNN 24 April 2011 : Al-Maliki’s office said in a statement on Saturday that he is not going to extend The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the US military and does not seek to prolong the US presence in Iraq. Continue reading
US Army Men & Women both are subjected to Sexual Assault by their fellow Soldiers
JNN 14 April 2011 : A large number of male members of the US military say they have been the victims of sexual harassment by their peers and superiors, a report says. Continue reading
US & Nato forces dropping Depleted Uranium Bombs on Libyan Population
JNN 13 April 2011 : The Stop the War Coalition says the bombs and missiles that the US-led military alliance has dropped on several Libyan cities contain depleted uranium (DU). Continue reading
Iraq officially denounces the US request of Over stay
JNN 13 April 2011 : The Iraqi government officially turned down a call by the U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, for a longer U.S. military presence in the country. Continue reading
Female US veterans raped by fellow soldiers filed Lawsuit
JNN 16 Feb 2011 : Fifteen female and two male US veterans have filed a lawsuit against the federal government, accusing the Pentagon of ignoring reports of sexual assault and rape by US military soldiers. Continue reading " Your Mother wear Combat Boots " still an abuse for US Military Women
JNN 29 Jan 2011 : In the WW ll vietnam war this Phrase” Your Mother wear Combat Boots ” was introduced in the American society , which was the abuse for any body in the society. Continue reading
” Your Mother wear Combat Boots ” still an abuse for US Military Women
JNN 29 Jan 2011 : In the WW ll vietnam war this Phrase” Your Mother wear Combat Boots ” was introduced in the American society , which was the abuse for any body in the society. Continue reading
US preparing for 'new Pakistan raids'
JNN 21 Dec 2010 : A new report discloses that US commanders in Afghanistan are preparing to go ahead with a plan to expand ground operations into tribal areas of Pakistan.Citing unnamed Washington officials, The New York Times said that the proposal would escalate special operations in Pakistan, opening a new front in the Afghan war.
The proposal “would escalate military activities inside Pakistan, where the movement of American forces has been largely prohibited because of fears of provoking a backlash,” it said.
The report comes only days after Washington employed a new strategy for the Afghan war.
The paper added that the new proposal is waiting for approval from US President Barack Obama.
“The decision to expand American military activity in Pakistan … would amount to the opening of a new front in the nine-year-old war,” said the report.
The United States has expanded its drone strike zones in Pakistan over the past week.
The US has almost doubled CIA-operated attacks, with over 100 non-UN-sanctioned strikes reported in 2010. The escalation comes despite protests by Pakistani officials that the drone attacks mainly lead to civilian casualties.
“It would run the risk of angering a Pakistani government that has been an uneasy ally in the war in Afghanistan, particularly if it leads to civilian casualties or highly public confrontations,” The newspaper added.
On Sunday, US Vice President Joe Biden suggested that the US is seeking to increase its presence in Pakistan because militants are trying to “bring down” the Islamabad government.
“Our overarching goal and our rationale for being there is to dismantle, ultimately defeat al-Qaeda… to make sure that terrorists do not, in fact, bring down the Pakistani government, which is a nuclear power,” Biden said in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
The remarks come days after Obama blamed Pakistan for not doing enough to fight terrorism in its troubled northwestern tribal belt along the Afghan border.
More than 250 people have been killed in a total of 49 drone attacks the US has launched since September 3. The victims of the attacks have been mostly civilians.
Pakistani officials maintain that the missile strikes have proven “counterproductive” as large numbers of outraged residents of the border areas are beginning to support the militants.
“We believe that they are counter-productive and also a violation of our sovereignty,” Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said in early October.
In late November, Islamabad rejected a request from Washington to expand its drone missile campaign outside the lawless tribal belt along the Afghan border.
Basit said Pakistan would not allow the United States to carry out drone strikes in new areas.
US preparing for ‘new Pakistan raids’
JNN 21 Dec 2010 : A new report discloses that US commanders in Afghanistan are preparing to go ahead with a plan to expand ground operations into tribal areas of Pakistan.Citing unnamed Washington officials, The New York Times said that the proposal would escalate special operations in Pakistan, opening a new front in the Afghan war.
The proposal “would escalate military activities inside Pakistan, where the movement of American forces has been largely prohibited because of fears of provoking a backlash,” it said.
The report comes only days after Washington employed a new strategy for the Afghan war.
The paper added that the new proposal is waiting for approval from US President Barack Obama.
“The decision to expand American military activity in Pakistan … would amount to the opening of a new front in the nine-year-old war,” said the report.
The United States has expanded its drone strike zones in Pakistan over the past week.
The US has almost doubled CIA-operated attacks, with over 100 non-UN-sanctioned strikes reported in 2010. The escalation comes despite protests by Pakistani officials that the drone attacks mainly lead to civilian casualties.
“It would run the risk of angering a Pakistani government that has been an uneasy ally in the war in Afghanistan, particularly if it leads to civilian casualties or highly public confrontations,” The newspaper added.
On Sunday, US Vice President Joe Biden suggested that the US is seeking to increase its presence in Pakistan because militants are trying to “bring down” the Islamabad government.
“Our overarching goal and our rationale for being there is to dismantle, ultimately defeat al-Qaeda… to make sure that terrorists do not, in fact, bring down the Pakistani government, which is a nuclear power,” Biden said in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
The remarks come days after Obama blamed Pakistan for not doing enough to fight terrorism in its troubled northwestern tribal belt along the Afghan border.
More than 250 people have been killed in a total of 49 drone attacks the US has launched since September 3. The victims of the attacks have been mostly civilians.
Pakistani officials maintain that the missile strikes have proven “counterproductive” as large numbers of outraged residents of the border areas are beginning to support the militants.
“We believe that they are counter-productive and also a violation of our sovereignty,” Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said in early October.
In late November, Islamabad rejected a request from Washington to expand its drone missile campaign outside the lawless tribal belt along the Afghan border.
Basit said Pakistan would not allow the United States to carry out drone strikes in new areas.
US Military Women getting raped By there fellow Soldier , who are criminals Rather than Soldiers
JNN 17 Dec 2010 : Women who join the US military are more likely to be raped by a fellow American soldier than getting killed by enemy fire
American civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon for refusing to release records of sex crimes occurring within the United States military.
The plaintiffs, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Service Women’s Action Network, and Yale Law School students, are seeking access to the records through a district court in New Haven, Connecticut.
The groups say official records of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military are needed to determine the extent of the problem and what has been done to address it.
They have also underlined the fact that withholding the documents is against the Freedom of Information Act.
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are yet to comment on the lawsuit, which was filed against them on Monday.
According to the case, tens of thousands of service members have reported some sort of sexual assault or trauma in the past decade.
It underlines that about 80 percent of unwanted or threatening sexual acts are not reported.
The lawsuit also says the government only prosecutes eight percent of sex offenders in the military.
In the 2009 fiscal year, a Pentagon report showed an 11 percent increase in sexual assaults in the military over the previous year.
The shocking survey also said that one in every three women report being sexually assaulted during their service in the US military.
Among the 705 cases where victims asked that their details be kept from their military commander and law enforcement officials, 489 (69 percent) involved rape, 39 alleged forcible sodomy and 125 indecent assault.
The report also recorded allegations by civilian victims against members of the military. Of a total of 574 cases reported last year, 391 involved rape, 33 forcible sodomy and 150 indecent assaults.
This means that women, who join the military to help fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, are more likely to be raped by a fellow American soldier than they are of getting killed by enemy fire.
This is while sexual abuse is believed to be the primary cause of post traumatic stress disorder among female service members.
Many say the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have raised the demand for additional military personnel, and that is why people with criminal backgrounds, who were turned away ten years ago, are now among the ranks of the US military.
“Putting these types of individuals into situations … where they are confronted with an opportunity to do things of a criminal nature, it should not surprise anyone that a much higher percentage of these types of things are going to go on,” former US Senate candidate, Mark Dankof, told Press TV on Monday.
However, even though President Barack Obama’s administration is quite aware of the problem of sexual assault in the US military, it has been very slow in addressing the issue, and has only asked US Congress to advance additional funds for more prevention programs.
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