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Service Member Dies of Injuries, Pentagon Says

Death toll among US armed forces reaches 7

(Newser) - Another US service member has died of wounds suffered in the fighting with Iran, the Pentagon announced Sunday, raising the American military death toll to seven. US Central Command said the service member, whose name has not been released pending family notification, was wounded on March 1 in an Iranian...

Iran Goes After 'the Eyes' of Foes' Defense Systems

Tehran keeps targeting radar systems across the Mideast

(Newser) - Iran has a clear strategy in its retaliatory strikes across the Mideast: It's going after what the Wall Street Journal describes as "the eyes" of its enemies' air defenses. Tehran has struck radar, communications, and air-defense sites tied to US and partner forces in Qatar, the UAE, Jordan,...

Iran Invasion Rumors Swirl After Army Calls Off Drill

82nd Airborne Division's headquarters staff ordered to remain at Fort Bragg

(Newser) - The Army just yanked the headquarters staff of elite paratrooper unit out of a major training drill, and it's setting off alarms about what might come next in the widening conflict with Iran. The 82nd Airborne Division's headquarters, which oversees rapid deployments of its 4,000- to 5,...

Pentagon Got Help From Claude in Iran

Military deployed Anthropic AI tool even as it begins severing ties

(Newser) - Claude is still apparently welcome at the Pentagon, at least for now. The military used the AI tool from Anthropic in its attack on Iran over the weekend, according to separate reports in the Wall Street Journal and Axios . The move came hours after President Trump ordered federal agencies to...

In a First, US Puts Stealth Fighter Jets in Israel

Move follows Arab states' refusal to host US strike forces

(Newser) - American warplanes are now parked on Israeli soil in a way they never have been before. The United States has quietly deployed F-22 Raptor stealth fighters to Israel, the first time Washington has positioned combat jets there, for a potential operation against Iran, reports the Wall Street Journal . The move,...

2 US Soldiers, Interpreter Killed on Joint Patrol in Syria

Trump blames attack on Islamic State and pledges retaliation

(Newser) - An ambush on a joint US-Syrian patrol in the Syrian city of Palmyra killed two American soldiers and a US civilian interpreter on Saturday, according to the Pentagon and Syria's state news agency. Three American soldiers and two Syrian security personnel were wounded by an attacker US Central Command...

US Navy Sailors Go Missing Off Coast of Somalia

Search and rescue operation is underway

(Newser) - A search and rescue operation is underway off the coast of Somalia after two sailors from the US Navy went missing on Thursday night, reports Reuters . "For operational security purposes, we will not release additional information until the personnel recovery operation is complete," read a statement from US...

Did the US Do Enough for Bhutto?
Did the US
Do Enough
for Bhutto?
Dec 28, 2007 4:58 AM CST

Did the US Do Enough for Bhutto?

American officials too trusting of Musharraf security, say critics

(Newser) - Finger pointing has begun in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto—and several fingers are pointing at Washington, reports Time magazine. Critics say the White House is so committed to supporting President Pervez Musharraf, a key ally in the war against terror, that the US has been too...

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