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Israel charges soldiers with misconduct in operation Cast Lead(0)
March 12, 2010
JERUSALEM — Israeli army prosecutors on Thursday charged two soldiers for using a young Palestinian boy to check for booby-traps during last year’s fighting in Gaza, a military spokeswoman told AFP.
She said the two soldiers, both staff sergeants, were charged of acting “in breach of military norms” for forcing the boy to open bags they [...]
Russian military denies plans to buy Italian IVECO M65 Light Multirole Vehicles (LMV)
MOSCOW, – The Russian Defense Ministry dismissed on Wednesday media reports that it was planning to purchase a large number of armored vehicles from Italy.
IVECO Light Multirole Vehicles (LMV)
Russian and Italian media said on Tuesday that Russia was in negotiations to buy up to 1,000 IVECO M65 (LMV) Light Multirole Vehicles.”The Defense Ministry has no [...]
North Korea put army on combat alert as Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2010 joint military drills begins
North Korea said on Monday it had put its army on full combat alert, ready to “blow up” South Korea as joint drills between the South and the United States got underway.
The drills, seen by Pyongyang as nuclear war maneuvers, last for about two weeks and are aimed at testing the allies’ defense readiness. They [...]
Two NATO soldiers die in Afghanistan
KABUL — NATO announced the deaths of two more soldiers fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s volatile south, bringing the number of foreign troops to die in the war so far this year to 111.
NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said one soldier died in a bomb strike on Thursday, the other in a vehicle accident. [...]
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