mudvillegazette.com - 2/10/2009
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What's the Shadow Army, you say?
The Shadow Army is active primarily in Pakistan's tribal areas, the Northwest Frontier Province, and in eastern and southern Afghanistan, several US military and intelligence officials told The Long War Journal on condition of anonymity due to the ...
longwarjournal.org - 2/9/2009
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At least one squad of the joint Taliban-al
Qaeda Shadow Army operating in Swat. Al Qaeda has...
reorganized its notorious paramilitary formations that were devastated during the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002. Al ...
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Al Qaeda's paramilitary 'Shadow Army'
nytimes.com - 2/15/2009
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The number of soldiers who committed suicide in
January could reach 24, a count that would be...
the highest monthly total since the Army began tabulating suicides in 1980. The latest Army figures, released Thursday, show seven confirmed suicides last ...
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Army Data Show Rise in Number of Suicides
outsidethebeltway.com - 2/15/2009
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The Army is beginning a pilot program to
allow skilled green card holders to enlist and get...
a fast-track to citizenship, Julia Preston reports on the front page of today’s NYT. Stretched thin in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American military will ...
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Army Offers Citizenship for Enlisting
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Whats the Shadow Army, you say? The Shadow Army is active primarily in Pakistans tribal areas, the Northwest Frontier Province, and in eastern and southern Afghanistan, several US military and intelligence officials told The Long War Journal on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject Bill Roggio takes a close look at the Shadow Army here... read ...
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Afghan National Army Air Corps: February 2009 Update
longwarjournal.org 2/20/2009 —
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The Afghan Security Force Order of Battle has been updated at the ASF OOB homepage . The significant changes and developments to the Afghan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) order of battle are ...
Reclaiming Army Standards
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The AP Targets the Army Emergency Relief Fund
iraqnow.blogspot.com 2/24/2009 — accusing it of hoarding vast reserves of cash. Between 2003 and 2007 — as many military families dealt with long war deployments and increased numbers of home foreclosures — Army Emergency Relief grew into a $345 million behemoth. During those ...
Army Suicides Remain High in February
blogs.abcnews.com 3/5/2009 — ABC News' Luis Martinez reports: The Army has had another bad month for suicides within its ranks with 18 suspected suicides during the month of February. That is a decrease from January's record-high of 24 suspected suicides, but one Army...
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