Haircuts are a must in Afghanistan
9 Jul 07
Forget crimps and curls, tints and blow dry, soldiers both male and female are queuing up at their local hair salon for a simple short back and sides.
 
L-R: Cpl Delaney and Capt Brookes get to grips with their hair clippers
[Picture: British Army]

Except the salon in question is [...]

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In Baqubah Update 05-July-2007,  I included an anecdotal report from an Iraqi official here in Baqubah about al Qaeda baking boys and serving them to their families.  I made no further comment as to the veracity of the report, which readers will see had very few specifics. 
However, in the context of al Qaeda savagery, the evidence of which [...]

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Stars and Stripes,
Mideast edition, Tuesday, July 10, 2007

 
While the military has largely changed its focus to cementing the gains made by U.S. and Iraqi troops who swept through Baqouba, troops continue to find weapons and ammunition caches, officials said Monday.
The fight to clear Baqouba of al-Qaida in Iraq operatives has been dubbed Operation Arrowhead [...]

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Dusk firefight at Afghanistan base leaves one wounded
FIRE BASE PHOENIX, Afghanistan — The firefight lasted an hour, and by the end, thankfully only one man was wounded.
Just before 8 p.m. Sunday, 24 men from the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment’s Company B, Spartan Platoon were hit hard from multiple locations by sniper, small-arms [...]

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Stars and Stripes,
European edition, Tuesday, July 10, 2007

 
Four Special Operations Command Europe soldiers injured in a weather-related accident Saturday in Africa arrived at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Sunday night for treatment.
Two of the soldiers are in the hospital’s intensive care unit — one in serious condition and one in stable condition, said Marie Shaw, [...]

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Stars and Stripes,
European edition, Tuesday, July 10, 2007

 
LANDSTUHL, Germany — Col. Robert G. Webb took command of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine Europe during a ceremony Monday morning.
Webb comes to the unit from Human Resources Command where he worked as veterinary career activities officer.
Col. Steven P. Jones passed the [...]

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BAGHDAD: A barrage of around two dozen mortars were fired Tuesday into the Green Zone, the heavily fortified Baghdad district where Iraqi government buildings and the U.S. Embassy are located.
The sound of at least 23 mortars was heard in central Baghdad in the afternoon, and smoke could be seen rising from the Green Zone.
There was [...]

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BAGHDAD (AP) - Dozens of people are feared dead in an assault by Sunni extremists on an isolated village northwest of Baghdad.
An Associated Press reporter was in the office of a deputy governor in Baquoba when a call for help came in. The official says the attackers are believed to be linked to al-Qaida and [...]

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KABUL, July 10 (KUNA) — An American soldier was among fatalities of shooting at an Afghan military base in the country’s western Herat province, the provincial government told reporters Tuesday.
Four Afghan soldiers were killed and seven more wounded when one of their colleagues sprayed bullets at them on Monday.
Although the provincial government did not disclose [...]

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BAGHDAD, July 10 (KUNA) — US Army announced Monday it opened a new military base to support "Sunni citizens" in fighting Al-Qaeda militants west of Baghdad.
A US Army press release said Al-Ameriya district witnessed lately many bloody attacks after its Sunni residents began fighting Al-Qaeda rebels, demanding their freedom and defending their neighborhoods.
The district, a [...]

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