2 US service members killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two American service members died following bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, the military said Wednesday.June is on track to becoming one of the deadliest months for U.S. and international forces in the nearly nine-year Afghan war. Including the latest deaths, 69 international forces have been killed so ...
NATO suffers deadliest days this year in Afghanistan
KABUL – Thirteen NATO soldiers have been killed in two days in Afghanistan, marking one of the deadliest bouts for the alliance this year as critics warn of increased Taliban momentum.Seven Americans, two Australians and one French soldier were killed on Monday as they pursued a nearly nine-year war against ...
Two more U.S. troops die in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two more American troops were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the military said, extending a spike of bloodshed into a second day and pushing the NATO losses in the country to 23 in just over a week.The latest deaths came as insurgents step up bombings and ...
U.S. Military Deaths Hit 1,000 In Afghanistan
The U.S. has reached the grim milestone of 1,000 or more dead service members killed by hostile action in Afghanistan.The deaths of five U.S. service members Tuesday from a suicide bomb attack in Kabul brought the toll from hostile fire the four digit mark, according to reports. An excerpt from ...
NATO says 2 US soldiers killed in Afghan firefight
KABUL — NATO and Afghan forces came under heavy fire while searching a compound in eastern Afghanistan, sparking a gunbattle that killed two U.S. soldiers and five insurgents, NATO said Friday.Among the dead was a Taliban commander with ties to the Haqqani group, a Pakistan-based Afghan Taliban faction with close ...
US troop deaths double in Afghanistan
KABUL – The number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan has roughly doubled in the first three months of 2010 compared to the same period last year as Washington has added tens of thousands of additional soldiers to reverse the Taliban's momentum.Those deaths have been accompanied by a dramatic spike ...
NATO: 4 service members die in sixth day of military offensive in southern Afghanistan
MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) - Four NATO service members have died in the sixth day of a major military offensive to claim control of a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan.NATO said Thursday night that three were killed in two different roadside bomb attacks and a fourth died as a result of ...
Two more ISAF troops killed in Helmand
The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has confirmed the death of two more foreign soldiers in ongoing operations in southern Afghanistan. The ISAF said on Wednesday that one of the soldiers was killed on Wednesday and the other on Tuesday in a joint offensive with Afghan forces dubbed Mushtarak (Together). ...
Bombs slow US advance in Afghan town
MARJAH, Afghanistan – Bombs and booby traps slowed the advance of thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers moving Saturday through the Taliban-controlled town of Marjah — NATO's most ambitious effort yet to break the militants' grip over their southern heartland. NATO said it hoped to secure the area in ...
Bomb kills two US soldiers in Afghanistan: NATO
KABUL — A bomb attack killed two US soldiers in the volatile southern region of Afghanistan, pushing the death toll of foreign troops in the country to over 50 for the year so far, NATO said Wednesday.In a brief statement, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the two soldiers ...
Two US soldiers, one civilian killed in Afghanistan
KABUL — A civilian was among three Americans killed in Afghanistan in an incident still under investigation, NATO said Saturday.A brief statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), released late Friday, said the deaths occurred in eastern Afghanistan earlier in the day."Two US servicemembers and one US employee were ...
Five US soldiers killed in Afghan unrest
KABUL — Five US soldiers have been killed in bombings over the past 24 hours in Afghanistan, NATO's international Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Sunday.Two of the troopers were killed in a home-made bomb explosion in the country's south, where the insurgency is most intense, the force said in a ...
Bomb kills two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan: NATO
KABUL - Two U.S. soldiers were killed by a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force announced.The statement by the headquarters of the international force in Afghanistan did not say exactly where the soldiers were killed, but the provinces of Helmand and Kandahar are ...
Afghanistan: 4 US troops killed in attacks
Four U.S. service members were killed Wednesday in separate attacks in Afghanistan, NATO said, underscoring the dangers facing Americans as President Barack Obama intensifies efforts to stabilize the country in its ninth year of war.The deaths raised to 14 the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan so far this ...
NATO: 2 American troops killed in Afghanistan
KABUL – Two U.S. service members were killed Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said. The international coalition said the two American troops died in a bomb blast, but disclosed no other information. Their deaths bring to 12 the number of American troops killed in Afghanistan so far this month; 16 ...
US service member killed in southern Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) — NATO says an American service member was killed in a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan.NATO says in a statement that the death occurred Sunday. Lt. Nico Melendez, a U.S. spokesman for the military alliance, confirmed that the service member who was killed was American.No further details were ...
Staff Sgt. Aaron Taylor, Northland Marine, killed in Afghanistan
DULUTH - Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Aaron Taylor, 27, was killed in Afghanistan while on foot patrol."I can't believe it yet, I still feel like I’m going to wake up and find out it was a dream," said his grandmother, Adeline Taylor of Duluth. She still cannot believe that her ...
Soldier from Walker, MN Killed In Afghanistan
A Soldier from Walker, Minnesota has died in the line of Duty. The Minnesota Guard says Specialist George W. Cauley was hit by an IED in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on October 7th.The soldier assigned to the 114th Truck company passed away as a result of his injuries on ...
Two Georgia Guardsmen Killed in Afghanistan
By Tuquyen Mach / WSAVDefense officials say two Georgia soldiers were killed in action while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan Tuesday. According to the Department of Defense, Sgt. Brock Henry Chavers Sr., 25, of Statesboro, and Spc. Isaac Lee Johnson Jr., 24, of Columbus, died from injuries from ...
US soldier among several killed in Afghanistan
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AFP) — A US soldier was killed in action in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the military said, also reporting the death of a civilian woman and several militants in a mounting insurgency. The trooper was killed in action while on a "combat reconnaissance patrol" in the southeastern province of ...
Hempstead Native Among 4 Soldiers Killed in Iraq
By Kevin Maurer WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Four North Carolina National Guard soldiers, including one with roots on Long Island, were killed in Baghdad on the last day of regular combat operations for U.S. forces in Iraqi cities, the military said Thursday. It was the North Carolina National Guard's largest ...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,315
Associated PressAs of Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at least 4,315 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,454 military personnel died as a ...
Four British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
LONDON (Reuters) - Four British soldiers have been killed in a single day while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said on Friday. It was the armed forces' worst loss of life in one day since June 2008. The four died in three separate incidents on Thursday ...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,276
Associated Press As of Thursday, April 23, 2009, at least 4,276 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,433 military personnel died as ...
Pautsch family arrives in Dover for ceremony
Quad City Times Teri Johnson wasn't sure what to expect Sunday as she waited in a Dover, Del., hotel for a military ceremony welcoming home the remains of her son, U.S. Army Cpl. Jason Graham Pautsch, 20, and four others. A recent change in government policy lifted the ban on ...
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January 17th, 2012
STOP SOPA: Why MichaelMoore.com Will Be Blacked Out Wednesday, January 18th
My websites MichaelMoore.com and Mike's High School Newspaper will both be going dark for 24 hours starting at midnight tonight in protest of the Stop ...
December 30th, 2011
75 Years Ago Today, the First Occupy
On this day, December 30th, in 1936 -- 75 years ago today -- hundreds of workers at the General Motors factories in Flint, Michigan, took ...
December 28th, 2011
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December 24th, 2011
A Little Christmas Gift for You to Download
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December 20th, 2011
Here's a New Free Chapter from HERE COMES TROUBLE
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December 18th, 2011
LAST CALL: Signed First Editions Will Be Gone by Tomorrow! ORDER TODAY, RECEIVE BY XMAS
My publisher has informed me that they are down to their last crate of the first printing/first editions of HERE COMES TROUBLE -- the ones ...
December 17th, 2011
A Man in Tunisia, a Movement on Wall Street, and the Soldier Who Ignited the Fuse
It's Saturday night and I didn't want the day to end before I sent out this note to you. One year ago today (December 17th), ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
Home Front: Portraits from Sheikh Jarrah
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