16 December 2011 Last updated at 05:16 GMT There has been wide criticism of the conditions of Manning’s confinement A US Army analyst suspected of leaking government secrets is set to make his first military court appearance. Bradley Manning faces charges of obtaining and distributing government secrets – which he allegedly leaked to the anti-secrecy [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011
Manning to make first WikiLeaks court appearance Friday
December 15, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Manning to make first WikiLeaks court appearance Friday 15 Dec 2011 More than a year and a half after his arrest, the Army private accused of being the source of the massive WikiLeaks disclosure of classified military and diplomatic material is to make his first court appearance Friday. Pfc. [...]
December 16, 2011
27 Dead After Syrian Government Forces, Defectors Clash
Reports from Syria say military defectors killed at least 27 soldiers Thursday in intensifying bouts of armed resistance against embattled President Bashar al-Assad. At least a half dozen anti-government protesters also were killed across the country on the fifth day of an opposition-led general strike. An escalating insurgency pitting growing bands of Syrian Army defectors [...]
December 15, 2011
Syrian Army Defectors Reportedly Kill 27 Soldiers
Rights activists say Syrian army defectors have killed at least 27 soldiers and security force members, while a new report accuses military officials of authorizing the halting of protests by “any means necessary.” The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths occurred during multiple clashes early Thursday in the southern province of Daraa. [...]
December 14, 2011
Army helicopter crash kills four soldiers at Washington base
Two US army helicopters crashed, killing four soldiers, during a training mission Monday night at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, a military spokesman confirmed. The reconnaissance helicopters crashed after 8pm in the southwest training area of the sprawling base in Washington state, according to the army. Joint Base Lewis-McChord is one of the largest bases in the [...]
December 13, 2011
Women veterans struggle with PTSD
Palo Alto, California (CNN) — It wasn’t until five months after Army Staff Sgt. June Moss returned from the Iraq war in 2003 that her real battle began. The horrors of the war — witnessing decapitated and burned bodies amid mass destruction — led to post-traumatic stress disorder. “I do notice when I’m stressing out [...]
December 13, 2011
Air crash at US base ‘kills four’
13 December 2011 Last updated at 08:22 GMT Four soldiers were killed when two helicopters crashed on a training exercise, reports quoting a military spokesman said. Lt Col Gary Dangerfield of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma, told the Seattle Times the circumstances of Monday night’s crash remained unclear. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to [...]
December 12, 2011
90,000 wreaths spark reflection on war
(CNN) — Joanne Gutcher sits on the cold ground at Arlington National Cemetery Saturday. For the first time, she is seeing her son’s headstone. Around her, family and friends hold each other, touch the headstone. Among the visitors is Gena Hernandez, who served with Gutcher’s son in Iraq. Hernandez believes she wouldn’t have made it [...]
December 12, 2011
David Montgomery obituary
David Montgomery, who has died aged 84 of a brain haemorrhage, was one of the most prominent historians in the US and the model of a scholar-activist. Along with the late Herbert Gutman, he was the most influential practitioner of the “new labour history“, which moved the study of workers away from the institutional history [...]
December 10, 2011
Slain Va. Tech Officer Identified as Army Veteran
December 9, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Slain Va. Tech Officer Identified as Army Veteran –Authorities wouldn’t reveal specific details about the gunman – or his identity. –Heavily armed officers swarmed the campus, as caravans of SWAT vehicles and other police cars patrolled nearby. 08 Dec 2011 A gunman killed a Virginia Tech police officer Thursday [...]
December 8, 2011
US confirms downed drone spied on Iran
December 7, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis US confirms downed drone spied on Iran 06 Dec 2011 US officials have confirmed that the reconnaissance drone which was downed by Iran’s Army in the eastern part of the country was on a CIA recon mission. On Sunday, December 4, the Iranian Army’s electronic warfare unit downed a [...]
December 5, 2011
Internment-Resettlement Specialist
December 5, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Internment-Resettlement Specialist (31E) – US Army job posting 05 Dec 2011 Internment/Resettlement (I/R) Specialists in the Army are primarily responsible for day-to-day operations in a military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility. I/R Specialists provide rehabilitative, health, welfare, and security to U.S. military prisoners within a confinement or correctional facility; [...]
December 5, 2011
Pakistan to review all accords with US, NATO: Gilani
December 5, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Pakistan to review all accords with US, NATO: Gilani 05 Dec 2011 Pakistan will review all its agreements with the US and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in the aftermath of the November 26 airstrike that left two dozen Pakistan Army soldiers dead, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani [...]
December 2, 2011
US, EU Tighten Syria Sanctions as Death Toll Mounts
The United States and the European Union tightened sanctions on Syria Thursday as the United Nations said the death toll in the Damascus government’s crackdown on protestors now exceeds 4,000. A top State Department official said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s departure is inevitable. The Obama administration has added two close associates of the Syrian leader [...]