http://www.mail.com/subjects/22200-war-casualties.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/22200-war-casualties.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094804-attacks-kill-16-iraq-8-police-kidnapped.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country. The shootings and bombings follow three days of attacks that killed 130 people in both Shiite and Sunni areas in sce... Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094804-attacks-kill-16-iraq-8-police-kidnapped.html 2013-05-18T17:19:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091218-afghans-tell-us-soldiers-killing-rampage.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told her side of what happened to her family sometime before dawn on March 11, 2012. According to Masooma, an American soldier wearing a helmet equipped with... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:42:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091218-afghans-tell-us-soldiers-killing-rampage.html 2013-05-16T18:42:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086528-twin-bombs-strike-afghan-checkpoint-killing-1.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one police officer, an official said. The explosions struck in the early morning in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. The first bomb wounded a policeman, and the second was remotely detonat... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:25:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086528-twin-bombs-strike-afghan-checkpoint-killing-1.html 2013-05-15T20:25:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085584-attacks-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears.html TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country. Already, Sunni Muslim extremists have stoned a school bus, vandalized stores and beaten or stabbed a number of men in a wave of attacks against Lebanese Alawites, stoking fears of eve... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:04:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085584-attacks-lebanese-alawites-deepen-fears.html 2013-05-14T20:04:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083540-nato-3-us-troops-killed-afghanistan.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bomb struck a U.S. convoy in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, killing three American troops, while a motorcycle bomb in a crowded village market killed at least three Afghan civilians, officials said. NATO spokesman Col. Thomas Collins said the blast hit the American convoy in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, t... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083540-nato-3-us-troops-killed-afghanistan.html 2013-05-14T16:00:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081072-nato-3-troops-killed-afghanistan-attack.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A truck bombing Monday killed three coalition service members in southern Afghanistan, NATO said in a statement. A local official said the attack targeted a base operated by troops from Georgia. Omer Zawak, spokesman for the governor of the southern Helmand province, said the truck bomb exploded at the entrance to the Georgian ou... Mon, 13 May 2013 19:07:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081072-nato-3-troops-killed-afghanistan-attack.html 2013-05-13T19:07:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078664-syrian-rebels-government-fight-key-highways.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels on Saturday cut a newly built bypass road linking the capital Damascus with the northern city of Aleppo, an activist group said, while state media reported that government troops have secured a strategic highway between the capital and the southern city of Daraa. The reported fighting came as an activist group said U.S. ambassa... Sat, 11 May 2013 19:32:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078664-syrian-rebels-government-fight-key-highways.html 2013-05-11T19:32:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2075864-surgeon-stonewall-jackson-death-pneumonia.html Historians and doctors have debated for decades what medical complications caused the death of legendary Confederate fighter Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, felled by friendly fire from his troops during the Civil War. Shot three times while returning from scouting enemy lines in the Virginia wilderness, Jackson was badly wounded in the left arm by one of ... Fri, 10 May 2013 20:19:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2075864-surgeon-stonewall-jackson-death-pneumonia.html 2013-05-10T20:19:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2075932-germany-chancellor-merkel-visit-to-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said. Germany is the only NATO nation that has so far committed troops to Afghanistan after the coalitio... Fri, 10 May 2013 11:07:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2075932-germany-chancellor-merkel-visit-to-afghanistan.html 2013-05-10T11:07:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071234-weapons-war-spill-blood-nigerias-insurgency.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — At first, the Islamic extremists in Nigeria's dusty northeast rode on the backs of motorcycles, firing on government officials and other perceived enemies with worn Kalashnikov assault rifles hidden beneath their flowing robes. Now, they come prepared for war. When Islamic fighters drove into a town in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, t... Wed, 08 May 2013 13:37:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071234-weapons-war-spill-blood-nigerias-insurgency.html 2013-05-08T13:37:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067946-prosecutors-soldier-cigarette-then-killed.html JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Shortly before beginning a shooting rampage through a mental health clinic in Iraq, an Army sergeant sat in a vehicle outside the building and smoked a cigarette, prosecutors said. The government on Monday began laying out its case against Sgt. John Russell during the opening of his court-martial, arguing Russell was... Tue, 07 May 2013 07:58:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067946-prosecutors-soldier-cigarette-then-killed.html 2013-05-07T07:58:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065824-iraqi-death-hints-irans-role-syrian-crisis.html BASRA, Iraq (AP) — The fighter's body was collected at an Iraqi border crossing with Iran, then carried on Monday through the streets of this southern city as mourners hailed his sacrifice in protecting a revered shrine in Syria. Diaa Mutashar al-Issawi was one of several Shiite fighters from Iraq who have trickled into Syria for months, providing a measu... Mon, 06 May 2013 20:53:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065824-iraqi-death-hints-irans-role-syrian-crisis.html 2013-05-06T20:53:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2064060-8-pakistani-soldiers-police-killed-violence.html DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Military operations and insurgent attacks in lawless districts of Pakistan left eight members of the security forces and around 30 militants and criminal suspects dead on Sunday, officials said. Two soldiers and 16 militants were killed in clashes in the Tirah Valley area of the Khyber tribal region in the northwest, the ... Sun, 05 May 2013 17:16:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2064060-8-pakistani-soldiers-police-killed-violence.html 2013-05-05T17:16:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2064050-1-german-soldier-killed-1-wounded-afghanistan.html BERLIN (AP) — Insurgents in northern Afghanistan have killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, the German defense minister said Sunday. The fatality marks the first death in combat of a member of Germany's special forces in Afghanistan. The soldiers were accompanying an Afghan-led military operation on Saturday when insurgents opened f... Sun, 05 May 2013 11:55:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2064050-1-german-soldier-killed-1-wounded-afghanistan.html 2013-05-05T11:55:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062622-7-american-service-members-killed-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Seven U.S. soldiers and a member of the NATO-led coalition were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans and other foreign troops in Afghanistan in recent months, as the Taliban continued attacks as part of their spring offensive. The renewed violence came as Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged at a ne... Sat, 04 May 2013 21:07:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062622-7-american-service-members-killed-afghanistan.html 2013-05-04T21:07:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062612-rights-group-iraqi-panel-help-probing-raid.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Iraqi authorities to give more financial and political backing to a government panel probing a deadly raid by security forces at a protest camp last week to find out who is responsible for what it alleged was an unlawful use of lethal force. The group said it received photos from a separate, parliamentar... Sat, 04 May 2013 11:09:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2062612-rights-group-iraqi-panel-help-probing-raid.html 2013-05-04T11:09:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2060324-sectarian-killings-reported-syrian-village.html BEIRUT (AP) — The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell. Weeping women moved among the dead, and one of them screamed, "Where are you, people of the village?" In the Syrian civil war's latest alleged mass killing, activists said Friday that regime tro... Fri, 03 May 2013 19:09:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2060324-sectarian-killings-reported-syrian-village.html 2013-05-03T19:09:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2059010-us-drone-strikes-rise-yemen-anger.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The cleric preached in his tiny Yemeni village about the evils of al-Qaida, warning residents to stay away from the group's fighters and their hard-line ideology. The talk worried residents, who feared it would bring retaliation from the militants, and even the cleric's father wanted him to stop. But in the end it wasn't al-Qaida that ... Thu, 02 May 2013 18:19:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2059010-us-drone-strikes-rise-yemen-anger.html 2013-05-02T18:19:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057298-navy-charges-2-deaths-2-divers-md-pond.html HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Two members of a Virginia-based Navy dive unit face military criminal charges of involuntary manslaughter and dereliction of duty in the February drowning deaths of two divers at an Army facility test pond near Baltimore, officials said Wednesday. Navy officials said the two defendants, whom they haven't identified, are a chief warr... Thu, 02 May 2013 01:13:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057298-navy-charges-2-deaths-2-divers-md-pond.html 2013-05-02T01:13:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054484-company-ids-7-killed-afghanistan-plane-crash.html DETROIT (AP) — Jamie Brokaw was an experienced navigator who was no stranger to dangerous flying situations and had the skills to stay cool in the face of danger, according to close friend Chris Connerton. "He was a very good person and very smart person," Connerton told The Associated Press by telephone from Rochester, Minn. Brokaw, 33, of Monroe, Mich.,... Wed, 01 May 2013 11:36:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054484-company-ids-7-killed-afghanistan-plane-crash.html 2013-05-01T11:36:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053402-bombs-kill-3-nato-troops-9-afghans.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan killed three NATO service members and nine Afghans on Tuesday, officials said, clear evidence that the insurgents' annual spring offensive is underway. The service members died in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan said in a brief statement that provided no other infor... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053402-bombs-kill-3-nato-troops-9-afghans.html 2013-04-30T18:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049544-israel-minister-us-intervene-syrian-war.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli Cabinet minister has called on the U.S to intervene in the Syrian civil war after intelligence reports of chemical weapons use there. The U.S has warned such weapons cross a red line and last week said the weapons were probably used. Israel says they were used. Environment Minister Amir Peretz said Sunday action should have bee... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:24:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049544-israel-minister-us-intervene-syrian-war.html 2013-04-28T11:24:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2041718-nigeria-attack-recalls-killings-soldiers.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Residents in Nigeria's northeast accused the military of burning down civilian homes in a recent fight with Islamic extremists that left at least 187 people dead, the latest in a series of incidents which authorities have been blamed for the killing of bystanders. In separate incidents in 1999 and 2001, soldiers in Nigeria shelled vi... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:17:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2041718-nigeria-attack-recalls-killings-soldiers.html 2013-04-24T15:17:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027192-plea-talks-sergeant-charged-iraq-shooting.html SEATTLE (AP) — A lawyer for an Army sergeant charged with killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer at a mental health clinic in Iraq said Wednesday he's talking with prosecutors about a possible plea agreement that would spare Sgt. John Russell from the death penalty. If an agreement is reached, Russell would plead guilty to intentional murder in th... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:03:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027192-plea-talks-sergeant-charged-iraq-shooting.html 2013-04-18T04:03:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024956-funeral-held-diplomat-killed-afghanistan.html RIVER FOREST, Ill. (AP) — A taste for adventure and a belief that good can be done in tough places led young American diplomat Anne Smedinghoff to Afghanistan, where she reached out to Afghanis, especially children, in hopes they might charge headlong toward their dreams as she did. The 25-year-old, just three years into a promising foreign service career... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:53:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024956-funeral-held-diplomat-killed-afghanistan.html 2013-04-17T20:53:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025174-officials-attacks-afghanistan-kill-24.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Roadside bombs and insurgent attacks killed at least 24 people in five separate attacks across Afghanistan as violence steadily rises during this year's spring fighting season, officials said Wednesday. So far, April has been the deadliest month this year for Afghan and foreign civilians and security forces. According to an Assoc... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:55:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025174-officials-attacks-afghanistan-kill-24.html 2013-04-17T15:55:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2025754-us-military-deaths-afghanistan-2070.html As of Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at least 2,070 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The AP count is three less than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT. At least 1,716 military service members have died... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:31:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2025754-us-military-deaths-afghanistan-2070.html 2013-04-17T15:31:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019752-kerry-visits-family-slain-us-diplomat.html CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stopped in Chicago on Monday to visit the parents of the young U.S. diplomat who was killed while delivering textbooks in southern Afghanistan earlier this month. Kerry made the detour on his way back from Japan, the final leg of a 10-day overseas tour which started with tragedy when he learned of Anne Sme... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:26:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019752-kerry-visits-family-slain-us-diplomat.html 2013-04-16T00:26:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2021176-hopeful-signs-afghan-army.html CAMP THUNDER, Afghanistan (AP) — Gen. Mohammad Sharif Yaftali, commander of Afghanistan's 203rd Thunder Corps, looked happy as he sat down for lunch in his eastern command post near the border with Pakistan. He had every reason to be smiling, as did his U.S. advisers. His troops, he said, had just successfully completed a large-scale operation — code-name... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:08:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2021176-hopeful-signs-afghan-army.html 2013-04-15T19:08:22Z