Sep 04 NATO Airstrike in Northern Afghanistan Kills as Many as 90 A NATO airstrike on two fuel trucks hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan Friday triggered a massive explosion that killed up to 90 people. Many of the causalities are reported to be civilians. Continue reading
Jan 02 Israel Strikes Hamas Targets as Fighting Continues in Gaza By PBS News Hour Fighting continued for a seventh day between Israel and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip Friday, as Israel bombed a mosque it said was used to store weapons and targeted strikes on the homes of top Hamas leaders. Continue reading
Oct 27 Syria Accuses U.S. of Killing Eight in Deadly Border Raid By PBS News Hour A funeral was held Monday for eight civilians killed in an attack on an eastern Syrian village on the Iraq border that Syria claims was carried out by U.S. forces. Continue reading
Jul 17 Air Raid Kills 15 Insurgents in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Airstrikes coordinated by U.S. special forces and Afghan troops against militants in western Afghanistan killed 15 insurgents and freed 15 hostages Thursday, officials said. Continue reading
Jan 18 AU Head Calls for Peacekeepers to Stay in Somalia By PBS News Hour African Union Commission Chairman Alpha Oumar Konare called Friday for peacekeeping troops to remain in Somalia for an additional six months amid near daily clashes in the capital, Mogadishu. Continue reading
Jun 18 At Least 100 Killed in Afghanistan Violence; 7 Children Dead in Airstrike By Admin, PBS News Hour Fighting in southern Afghanistan has resulted in at least 100 deaths in the past three days, Afghan officials said Monday, just hours after coalition forces reported seven children were killed Sunday in a U.S.-led airstrike aimed at al-Qaida members. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch Congress Responds to Iraq Study Group’s Findings Following the much-anticipated release of the Iraq Study Group report, Congress is debating alternative strategies for improving the situation in Iraq. Senate Foreign Relations Committee members Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., share their reactions. Continue watching
May 26 Watch Military Investigators Conclude U.S. Marines Murdered Civilians in Haditha Military investigators are ready to conclude that U.S. Marines killed up to 24 civilians over several hours in Iraq last November, nearly double the number of deaths initially reported by the Marine Corps. New York Times Pentagon reporter Eric Schmitt… Continue watching