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Video shows Afghan defense contractors injecting Ketamine
WASHINGTON — A private security company working for the US government in Afghanistan is in hot water after a video surfaced allegedly showing several of its employees drunk and on drugs, US broadcaster ABC reported Wednesday. The video posted on the website of ABC purportedly taken at an operations center…
U.S. Army reports suicides more than doubled
Suicides among US Army soldiers more than doubled in July compared to June, the Pentagon said, the latest evidence of a worrisome trend that has vexed military leaders. Among active-duty troops, 26 soldiers killed themselves last month, compared to 12 in June, according to an army statement. The July toll…
Rolls-Royce wins $183 million U.S. Army contract
Rolls-Royce said on Monday that it had won an important contract to service helicopter engines for the US army. “Rolls-Royce has received a contract valued at $183 million (149 million euros) to service M250 engines, which power the US Army’s fleet of OH-58D Kiowa Warrior scout helicopters,” it said in…
U.S. troops ‘posed with Afghan remains in 2010′
US soldiers took pictures of themselves posing with the mangled remains of suspected Afghan suicide bombers on more than one occasion in 2010, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday. The LA Times said the US Army had launched an investigation into the incident after the newspaper showed them some of the photos, which…
Army suicides rose 80% after start of Iraq War: study
The number of suicides in the US Army rose by 80 percent after the United States launched the war on Iraq, American military doctors reported on Thursday. From 1977 to 2003, the tally of army suicides had trended slightly downwards, and was far below civilian rates. But it started to…
WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning arraignment for February 23
WASHINGTON — US Army Private Bradley Manning, accused of giving a trove of classified documents to WikiLeaks, is to be formally charged later this month ahead of a court-martial, the US Army said Thursday. Manning, 24, is accused of one of the most serious intelligence breaches in US history and…
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