Brig.-Gen. Daniel Ménard has been relieved of command of Canadian troops in Afghanistan following allegations he was involved in an inappropriate personal relationship while in theatre. Military sources have told CBC News that Ménard, head of Joint Task Force Kandahar, is alleged to have had an affair with a female member of his staff....
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Pakistani officials say at least eight suspected militants have been killed in an explosion at their safehouse in the commercial center of Karachi. Investigators say the suspected militants accidentally detonated the explosives Friday, destroying the safehouse. voanews.com
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Even as he pleaded guilty to inflating his military record, Thomas James Barnhart insisted he’d received a Purple Heart. “I was given a Purple Heart with no paperwork in Vietnam, so it was as if I had made up the award myself,” Barnhart, 58, said Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke. But Assistant...
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The new bishop to the armed forces has apologised over comments he made about how the Taliban could be admired for their “conviction to their faith”. The Right Reverend Dr Stephen Venner said his words had been taken out of context by the Daily Telegraph. “I’m not trying to support the Taliban,” he told...
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The military veteran told reporters that he was upset with the anti-war protesters’ effect on troop morale. “They ruin the troops. They get to the troops. They did the same thing in Vietnam,” he said. A Saturday rally led by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan at Travis Air Force Base nearly ended in a brawl...
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Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was cornered by US forces in the Afghan mountains of Tora Bora just months after 9/11 and could have been killed or captured, but the military top brass decided not to attack him with the massive force at their disposal,a Senate report says. The report, by the Senate Foreign...
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