Posts Tagged ‘general’

AP Exclusive: US general sees end to Libya mission (AP)

Libyan revolutionary fighters fire from their pick up truck during an attack for the city of Sirte, Libya, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. Rebel forces are battling to make headway against loyalist fighters inside the home town of Libya's ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP – The top U.S. commander for Africa says the military mission in Libya is largely complete and NATO’s involvement could begin to wrap up as soon as next week when allied leaders meet in Brussels.


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General named to head US Afghan force OKs drawdown (AP)

Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen, President Obama's choice to lead the military in Afghanistan, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2011, to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – The Marine general tapped to take over as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan told Congress on Tuesday that he supports President Barack Obama’s decision to withdraw U.S. reinforcements by next September.


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US general: contact with Pakistan cut off briefly (AP)

Pakistani women visit a market in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Osama Bin Laden was killed by a helicopter-borne U.S. military force on last week, in a fortress-like compound on the outskirts of Pakistani city of Abbottabad. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP – The death of Osama bin Laden could turn around the Afghanistan war by hastening a political settlement with the Taliban, although it is too early to halt U.S. combat involvement, a senior U.S. lawmaker and a top commander said Tuesday.


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NATO general: ‘We’re doing a great job’ in Libya (AP)

Libyan protestors wave former Libyan flags as they demonstrate outside a hotel during a meeting between African head of states and Libyan rebel leaders, in the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi. An African Union peace plan for Libya was in tatters Tuesday after rebels stuck to their demand that Moamer Kadhafi step down, as NATO came under pressure to drop more bombs on the strongman's forces.(AFP/Marwan Naamani)AP – A NATO general sharply rejected French criticism Tuesday of the operation in Libya, saying the North Atlantic military alliance is performing well and protecting civilians effectively.


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Yemeni general defects as president’s grip erodes (AP)

An anti-government protestor reacts as he and others wait for the bodies of the demonstrators who were killed in Friday's clashes with Yemeni security forces, during their funeral procession in Sanaa,Yemen, Sunday, March 20, 2011. The Yemeni president's own tribe has called on him to step down after a deadly crackdown on protesters, robbing the embattled U.S.-backed leader of vital support in a society dominated by blood ties. Arabic on right hand reads 'Leave', and left hand reads '70' referring to a government area. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP – Three Yemeni army commanders, including a top general, defected Monday to the opposition calling for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s rule, as army tanks and armored vehicles deployed in support of thousands protesting in the capital.


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Ivory Coast general strike called to oust Gbagbo (AP)

Ivory Coast, President Laurent Gbagbo, Smile during an exclusive interview at his residence, in Abidjan, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. West African leaders are giving the man who refuses to leave Ivory Coast's presidency a final chance to hand over power and are threatening to remove him by force if needed, though doubts exist about whether the operation could be carried out. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP – Allies of the man who the international community says won Ivory Coast’s disputed presidential election called Sunday for a general strike that would last until the incumbent hanging on to power concedes defeat and leaves office.


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Top US general visits troops in Afghanistan (AP)

Pfc. Nikolai Starr of San Antonio Texas., of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 reacts as he returns fires upon a sudden attack by Taliban on Combat Out Post Badel in eastern Afghanistan near Pakistan border on Saturday, Dec 25, 2010.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP – The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan crisscrossed the country on Saturday, making a Christmas visit to coalition troops at some of the main battle fronts in a show of appreciation and support in the tenth year of the war against the Taliban.


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