Your Military. 2006 shooting letter may strain U.S.-Iraq talks. By Lara Jakes and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - The Associated Press Posted : Friday Sep 2, 2011 11:49:59 EDT BAGHDAD — Negotiations to keep U.S. troops in Iraq came under new strain Friday in the wake of WikiLeaks’ release of a U.N. letter alleging that an Iraqi family was handcuffed and shot in the head in a 2006 raid by American forces — not accidentally killed in an airstrike.
Iraq’s government said Friday it will investigate the new allegations. And some officials said that the document was reason enough for Iraq to force the American military to leave instead of signing a deal allowing troops to stay beyond a year-end departure deadline. On March 15, 2006, U.S. troops searching for an al-Qaida cell converged on a house in Ishaqi, about 50 miles north of Baghdad.
The military said the troops were hit by gunfire from inside the house and called in an airstrike after a gun battle, destroying the house. Sophisticated U.S. spy software aims to track down terrorists through their photos. Computer analysis will answer the question: "where in the world was that photo taken? " News | Computers Location | Photo Sharing | Photography | Military | GPS | Show All Location | Photo Sharing | Photography | Military | GPS | Security | Show Less Sometimes figuring out where a photo was taken is as easy as reading the location information automatically posted with the image to Flickr or other photo sharing sites.
If only terrorists were that conveniently obvious with their photographs and videos, then government agencies might have an easier time tracking down the bad guys, but sadly, they don't usually provide such details. India says ship near Vietnam was warned by China. VA adds to list of Agent Orange-exposed ships. By Patricia Kime - Staff writer Posted : Friday Sep 2, 2011 15:53:09 EDT The Veterans Affairs Department has expanded its list of Navy and Coast Guard ships whose crews may be eligible for disability compensation as a result of exposure to the toxic defoliant Agent Orange.
It is an updated inventory of “Blue Water” platforms that operated along Vietnam’s coastline from 1962 to 1975. The designated vessels either entered the country’s inland waterways, docked in Vietnam, or their sailors went ashore, possibly exposing them to the widely used herbicide. Training and Skills.