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A boy walks near army trucks carrying tanks and vehicles, expecting opposition against militants, arriving at Rafah city, some 350 km (217 miles) northeast of Cairo, 9 August 2012. Egyptian police fought gunmen in northern Sinai's main town of al-Arish on Thursday, state television reported, a day after security forces began a crackdown on Islamist militants in the region.
US military delegation arrives in Cairo to discuss security, defense
MENA 19 Feb 2013
A US military delegation arrived in Cairo late Tuesday, according to state news agency MENA. The 17-member delegation...
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi overseeing military exercises
Egypt, US discuss Bright Star military exercises
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Feb 2013
Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met on Monday with US Central Command chief James Mattis to discuss Egypt-US...
US President Barack Obama, his daughter Sasha (L) and wife Michelle celebrate on stage, 7 November 2012 in Chicago. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney.
Obama victory infuriates Pakistani drone victims
Reuters 08 Nov 2012
The roars celebrating the re-election of US President Barack Obama on television give Mohammad Rehman Khan a searing...
Jordanian border officers check the papers of a vehicle at the Jaber border crossing between Jordan and Syria, 95 kms north of the capital Amman, April 25, 2011. Syria sealed off its Ramtha-Daraa border with Jordan, the kingdom's information minister Taher Adwan said, but the Jaber border crossing remained open with limited movement.
US military has Syria task force in Jordan: report
AFP 10 Oct 2012
The US military has sent a task force to Jordan to help it handle an influx of Syrian refugees and prepare for...
US soldiers from the Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, accompanied by bomb sniffer dog and Afghan National Army conduct joint patrol at Kandalay village in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on August 8, 2011 while US troops launched missile attacks on Taliban targets in nearby Kelawai village killing at least three and capturing two insurgents. US forces push their counterinsurgency efforts to battle for the hearts and minds of the local population.
Military instructor suspended over Islam course
Reuters 20 Jun 2012
  WASHINGTON — The instructor of a college course that taught top military officers the United States was at...
Leon Panetta, head of the US Central Intelligence Agency
Panetta apologizes for new US military photo scandal
AP 19 Apr 2012
WASHINGTON — US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta apologized Wednesday for gruesome, newly revealed photographs that...
US soldiers from the Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team and Afghan National Army conduct joint patrol at Kandalay village in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on August 8, 2011 while US troops launched missile attacks on Taliban targets in nearby Kelawai village killing at least three and capturing two insurgents. US forces push their counterinsurgency efforts to battle for the hearts and minds of the local population.
Villagers: Afghan slayings were act of retaliation
AP 20 Mar 2012
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Residents of an Afghan village near where an American soldier is alleged to have killed...
A man points to bloodstains, where witnesses say Afghans were killed by a U.S. service member, in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. A U.S. service member walked out of a base in southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday and started shooting Afghan civilians, according to villagers and Afghan and NATO officials. Villagers showed an Associated Press photographer 15 bodies, including women and children, and alleged they were killed by the American.
Charges expected within week against US soldier accused in Afghan shootings
AP 18 Mar 2012
KABUL, Afghanistan — Charges against an American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians are expected to...
A man points to bloodstains, where witnesses say Afghans were killed by a U.S. service member, in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. A U.S. service member walked out of a base in southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday and started shooting Afghan civilians, according to villagers and Afghan and NATO officials. Villagers showed an Associated Press photographer 15 bodies, including women and children, and alleged they were killed by the American.
Karzai asks NATO to leave Afghan villages, Taliban scraps talks
Reuters 15 Mar 2012
KABUL — Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages and confine...
A man points to bloodstains, where witnesses say Afghans were killed by a U.S. service member, in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. A U.S. service member walked out of a base in southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday and started shooting Afghan civilians, according to villagers and Afghan and NATO officials. Villagers showed an Associated Press photographer 15 bodies, including women and children, and alleged they were killed by the American.
Afghan youth recounts US soldier's rampage
AP 12 Mar 2012
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An Afghan youth recounted on Monday the terrifying scene in his home as a lone US soldier...