Belleville News Democrat: Military http://www.bnd.com/404/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Military 60 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:00:20 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com New veterans' clinics coming to Missouri http://www.bnd.com/404/story/566488.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/566488.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:45 CST Missouri is getting three new community-based clinics for military veterans. Warehoused Asian workers in Iraq to be sent home http://www.bnd.com/404/story/566353.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/566353.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:30 CST Asian men who have been living in warehouses near the Baghdad airport while awaiting promised jobs with a military subcontractor now are in line to be sent home, and they're still not sure how they'll be paid for their time in Iraq. Tonga, most other coalition countries leaving Iraq http://www.bnd.com/404/story/566344.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/566344.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:20 CST The Tongan marines left with a song, their vowel-rich war choruses echoing in the marble halls of a palace built for Saddam Hussein but now occupied by the U.S. military. Testimony doesn't link US soldier to 4 dead Iraqis http://www.bnd.com/404/story/566165.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/566165.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:21 CST A defense lawyer told a military court Thursday that witnesses had provided insufficient evidence to support charges that a U.S. Army sergeant was involved in killing four Iraqi men found bound, blindfolded, shot and dumped in a Baghdad canal. US cmdr spells out Iraq mission under new pact http://www.bnd.com/404/story/565872.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/565872.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:35 CST A security pact that sets a timetable for troops to leave Iraq requires a shift in how the U.S. carries out combat missions during its remaining time in the country, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq said Friday. Iraqi council gives final approval to pact with US http://www.bnd.com/404/story/565739.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/565739.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:41 CST Iraq's three-member presidential council on Thursday approved a security pact with the United States that sets out a three-year timeframe for the full withdrawal of American troops, a spokesman said. More than 100 Air National Guard members from Scott ship out for Iraq http://www.bnd.com/404/story/565339.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/565339.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:33 CST More than 100 members of the Illinois Air National Guard's 126th Air Refueling Wing at Scott Air Force Base were deployed to Iraq last week. Obama calls Iraq PM to discuss cooperation http://www.bnd.com/404/story/565433.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/565433.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:41 CST President-elect Barack Obama has called Iraq's prime minister and stressed his commitment to a responsible withdrawal of American forces from Iraq, the government said. Reconciliation needed in Iraq's most violent city http://www.bnd.com/404/story/564367.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/564367.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:32 CST It's a dirty, numbing, dangerous job in Iraq's deadliest city, and pays a modest $500 a month. But when the police department recently advertised for college graduates to fill 200 positions as traffic policemen, it was deluged with 2,000 applications. 126th ARW deploys 100 members from SAFB http://www.bnd.com/404/story/564270.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/564270.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:20 CST Recently, the 126th Air Refueling Wing based at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois Air National Guard, deployed more than 100 members in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.