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US forces often failed to follow up on credible evidence that Iraqi forces mistreated, tortured and killed captives in the battle against insurgents, according to accounts contained in what was purportedly a historic leak of secret information.
HEADLINE: Leaked documents shed light on Iraq war abuses
CAPTION: US forces often failed to follow up on credible evidence that Iraqi forces mistreated, tortured and killed captives in the battle against insurgents, according to...
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Leaked documents shed light on abuses during Iraq war
Internet (accessed in London) - 22 October 2010
1. Screengrab from Wikileaks.org website announcing release of almost 400,000 documents on Iraq
2. Screengrab from Wikileaks.org website showing what is purported to be a report detailing a...
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Pentagon comments on armed drones over Baghdad and plans to curb land mines
The U.S. has armed drones flying over Iraq to protect U.S. military advisers who recently arrived there to assess Iraq's deteriorating security, the Pentagon said on Friday.
For over a week the military has been flying manned and...
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An independent review triggered by the Washington Navy Yard shootings last year says threats to the Defense Department are increasingly coming from within, resulting in a stricter clearance review process. (March 18)
An independent review triggered by the Washington Navy Yard killings last year says threats to Defense Department personnel and facilities increasingly are coming from within.
It says the department must rethink its outdated security...
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With the Pentagon opening frontline combat positions to women, one female sailor is ready to fulfill a childhood dream. (Nov. 7)
(SOT: Anna Schnatzmeyer, Navy Master at Arms 3)
"What's the purpose of me being in the military? Just going to sit in a desk?"
(SOT: Danielle Hinchliff, Navy Master at Arms 3)
"I think that there's a lot of eyes on us, and we do have to...
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Powell on Bush request for extra $25 billion for Iraq
1. Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State, walking out with Solomon Passy, Bulgarian Foreign Minister
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State
"I think as the Pentagon reviewed its requirements and needs and the...
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Plans for command of home defence
Arlington, Virginia - 17 April 2002
1. Mid shot of Pentagon briefing
2. Mid shot of briefing
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defence:
"This is the first time that the continental United States will be assigned a...
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A look at changes in US military gravestones
Barre, Vermont - 8 August 2005
1. Pan of worker to headstones
2. Worker scrapes paint from headstone, passes it along line
3. Tilt down headstone
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
4. Various headstones
5. Zoom out headstone from...
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WRAP Gates on gays in US military ADDS San Fran reax
Washington, DC
1. Wide of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen sitting down at news conference
2. Cutaway of hearing
3. Gates and Mullen
4. Cutaway of Senators John McCain and...
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USA: Y2K BUG: ONLY MINOR GLITCHES
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No massive blackouts, no planes falling from the sky - but the Y-2-K bug didn't remain completely silent in the U-S at the start of the new year.
The Pentagon said a reconnaissance satellite was left useless for a few hours...
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Pentagon shows video of US conducting ground operations
1. General Richard B. Meyers steps up to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Air Force General Richard B. Meyers, chairman of the US military Joint Chiefs of Staff
"Special Operations forces including U-S army rangers deployed to Afghanistan....
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Gen. Dunford Says Targets Linked To Chem Weapons
U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford said on Friday that "the targets that were struck and destroyed were specifically associated with the Syrian regime's chemical weapons program."
At the Pentagon,...
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Air Force: Abuse Records Should've Been Flagged
The top U.S. Air Force official is publicly acknowledging for the first time that the domestic abuse charges for which the Texas church shooter was court martialed in 2012 should have been reported to the FBI.
The Air...
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Pentagon: New Chinese carrier expected this year
China's first domestically built aircraft carrier is likely to enter into service this year, marking another advance in Beijing's ability to project influence well beyond its shores, the Pentagon said in an updated assessment of Chinese...
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Army closing recruiting stations, moving to online
The US Army on Friday became the first military service to announce it is shutting down all of its recruiting stations around the country in an effort to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus
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U.S. is bolstering Saudi defense against Iran
The U.S. will send fighter jets and additional air defenses to Saudi Arabia to defend the kingdom against Iran amid heightened tensions between the two Middle Eastern adversaries, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday.
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Army closing recruiting stations, moving to online
The US Army on Friday became the first military service to announce it is shutting down all of its recruiting stations around the country in an effort to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus
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New allegations of mistreatment at Guantanamo Bay
FILE: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
1. Mid view, gate of Camp Delta
2. Various shots of detainees behind fences
New York - 3 January 2007
3. Tilt down over cover page of FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) report
4. Close-up, pan detail of FBI...
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USA: WASHINGTON: US SENATE APPROVE CHEMICAL WEAPONS BAN
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The U-S Senate approved a Republican version of a chemical weapons ban Thursday.
The new law would impose tough economic sanctions on any nation caught dealing with chemical weapons.
But Democrats claim the bill is no...
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In a separate action from the air strikes against the Islamic State group, the U.S. bombed a cell of al-Qaida militants in northwestern Syria after concluding they were close to attacking the U.S. or Europe, Pentagon officials say. (Sept. 23)
In a separate action from the air strikes against the Islamic State group, the U.S. bombed a cell of al-Qaida militants in northwestern Syria after concluding they were close to attacking the U.S. or Europe, Pentagon officials say.
Army...
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Declassified files show secret chemical, biological tests
1. Shot of reporters at Pentagon briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. William Winkenwerder, Assistant Secretary of Defence for Health Affairs:
"We do know some civilians were exposed in tests that occurred in Hawaii, possibly Alaska,...
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Rumsfeld on security situation
1. Wide of car arriving at Pentagon
2. Iraqi Deputy President Abdul-Mahdi arriving and greeting U.S. Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld
3. Cutaway of journalists
4. Rumsfeld and Abdul-Mahdi entering the Pentagon
5. Wide of both men...
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The White House is bristling over Fmr. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir accusing President Obama of showing little enthusiasm for the U.S. war mission in Afghanistan and criticizing Vice President Biden's foreign policy instincts. (Jan. 8)
The White House is bristling over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir accusing President Barack Obama of showing too little enthusiasm for the U.S. war mission in Afghanistan and sharply criticizing Vice President Joe...
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USA: US & GERMAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT COLLISION REPORT RELEASED
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A report into the collision of an Air Force C-141 transport and a German Tupolev 154 last year that claimed 33 lives disclosed that the accident could have been prevented.
A Pentagon spokesman said that had the planes been...