National Lethal US raid on IS encounters a doll, crib, bomb, bullets By GHAITH ALSAYED, ZEKE MILLER, LOLITA C. BALDOR and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press Feb 4, 2022 When helicopters carrying some 50 U.S. commandos thumped onto the ground in Syria an hour after midnight, the raiders confronted a houseful of…
National Pentagon: Deadly Afghan airport attack was not preventable By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Feb 4, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The military investigation into the deadly attack during the Afghanistan evacuation has concluded that a suicide bomber, car…
National US general: Afghan collapse rooted in 2020 deal with Taliban By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Sep 29, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Pentagon officials said Wednesday the collapse of the Afghan government and its security forces in August could be tr…
National Joint Chiefs chairman calls Afghan war a 'strategic failure' By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Sep 28, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer called the 20-year war in Afghanistan a "strategic failure" and told Congress on Tuesday that …
National Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer Sep 17, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announci…
National US general skeptical that bounties led to troops' deaths By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Jul 7, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. general for the Middle East said Tuesday that the intelligence suggesting that Russia may have paid Taliban mil…
National Pentagon threatening retaliatory strike after attack in Iraq By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Mar 12, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. defense leaders on Thursday threatened a retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Shia militia in Iraq, saying they kn…
World Iraqi officials say Baghdad wants to minimize reliance on US By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press Feb 5, 2020 BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government has told its military not to seek assistance from the U.S.-led coalition in operations against the Islamic…
