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Air Force to start tracking height-to-waist ratios in April
Airmen and guardians who fall short have a year to get fitter without punishment.
American commando raid to kill al-Baghdadi was launched from al-Asad Air Base, rehearsals conducted in Erbil
The American commando raid that bagged Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was launched from the sprawling al-Asad airbase in Anbar province Iraq, according to a source on the ground with direct knowledge of the operation.
By Shawn Snow and Howard Altman
Islamic State still poses a threat after al-Baghdadi’s death
Eliminating the Islamic State group's elusive leader gives President Donald Trump a new argument for leaving Syria, but the U.S. military campaign against the extremists is far from finished.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Al-Baghdadi’s death a blow, but ISIS has survived other losses
The death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi marks the demise of one of the most brutally effective jihadist leaders of modern times — a man who commanded tens of thousands of fighters from around the world, carved out a territorial caliphate in the Middle East and refined a horrific ideology that survives him.
Man arrested in terrorism probe told FBI he’d execute a US service member for ISIS
An Alabama man has been apprehended as part of a yearslong terrorism probe in which the FBI says he told agents he would execute a U.S. service member if ordered to do so by the Islamic State group.
By Jeff Martin, The Associated Press
Ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced in Iraq shooting seeks new trial
A former State Department contractor sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting deaths of unarmed Iraqi civilians is asking for a new trial because of what he says is newly discovered evidence.
WATCH: Trailer for ‘The Kill Team’ spotlights Afghanistan war murders of 2010
The film details a series of murders by U.S. soldiers that took place during a 2010 deployment to Afghanistan’s Maywand District.
By Jon Simkins
More civilians have died by Afghan forces, allies than by militants in Afghanistan in the first half of 2019, UN says
More civilians were killed by Afghan and international coalition forces in Afghanistan in the first half of this year than by the Taliban and other militants, the U.N. mission said in a report released Tuesday.
Navy SEAL pleads guilty in strangulation death of Green Beret in Africa
The SEAL has agreed to testify against three other co-defendants charged in the death.
By Todd South
7 US-backed Kurdish fighters killed in ISIS attack in Manbij
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a checkpoint of U.S.-backed forces in the northern Syrian town on Manbij that killed seven fighters on Tuesday.
Human rights group accuses AFRICOM commanders of war crimes, calls for investigation
AFRICOM officials deny any civilians have been killed in more than 100 airstrikes conducted since 2017.
By Todd South