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Gates also said he did not anticipate situations in which U. S. forces would pursue Iranians up to the border with Iran.

It would be up to Iraqi government forces to thwart any plans by insurgents to resume their violence once U. S. forces begin to depart.

He said the new policy will enable U. S. forces to make important progress over the next 18 months.

The military forces of other nations would be more suited than U. S. forces in a great many global situations, he said.

However, that does not mean U. S. forces will be engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq for decades or in large numbers indefinitely, he said.

He described the American role as "wholly defensive" and said U. S. forces would not initiate hostilities.

She hastened to add, however, that it alone did not justify the concentration of U. S. forces and facilities in Okinawa. '

The anniversary came at the end of a difficult month for U. S. forces in Iraq , and caused some renewed debate about the course of the war .

That angered some lawmakers in the president's Democratic Party, who want all U. S. forces to leave Iraq.

He said U. S. forces killed bin Laden after a firefight and took custody of his body.

A tribal leader said "the criminal act by U. S. forces" took place at a shooting range at the Radhwaniya police station.

The directive, he said, 'applies just to U. S. forces' as a precautionary measure.

U. S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.

On Tuesday, no comment was available from the U. S. Forces Japan on whether the radiation crisis would affect the planned relief operations.

U. S. forces took bin Laden's body out of that compound in Pakistan.

These tools will allow U. S. forces to act on potential threats, helping to achieve the long-term objectives of the MDA.

Pentagon spokesman George Little said the level of alert for U. S. forces in South Korea was unchanged.

He said U. S. forces were under undue pressure in Iraq because of poor planning and allocation of resources by the Bush administration.

The proposed changes also deal with the legal rights of American troops in Iraq and the outlook for a drawdown of U. S. forces.

In his weekly radio address, the president said U. S. forces are staying on the offensive, while transferring more control to Iraqi units.

U. S. Forces are desperate to open a supply route for an Armored Battle Group engaged in fighting further inland.

All U. S. forces are to leave Iraq by December 31, under a security agreement the two nations approved in 2008.

He said U. S. forces are also now more easily deployed to trouble spots.

From Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal on down, the military's position is clear: "U. S. forces no longer eradicate, " as one NATO official put it.

Fourth, Tokyo and Washington are proceeding with an ambitious realignment of U. S. forces and expansion of the Japanese role.

The U. S. forces had hoped to knock out Iraqi television and radio to disable Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's propaganda outlets.

Mostly U. S forces are stationed in the eastern parts of the country, which have seen a significant rise in Taliban attacks this year.

It has more forces south of the Suez Canal, mainly focused on East African piracy and support for U. S. forces in Afghanistan.

And his refusal to allow U. S. forces to seek "regime change" in Libya further underscored that his new doctrine carried strict limits.

S. Pacific Command, said there was a "" U. S. forces could smack down a North Korean missile.

The president said there have not been any U. S. forces on the ground in Libya, and there are "no risks of additional escalation. "

Comments: The Wideband Global SATCOM 2 spacecraft is part of a military mission to serve U. S. forces deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But old Communist ties die hard, not to mention Beijing's fear of U. S. forces being positioned just south of the Yalu River.

U. S. forces killed bin Laden during a raid on a compound in Pakistan where he had been hiding, then buried him at sea.

The general said that outside the urban areas, U. S. forces will continue to conduct operations in coordination with Iraqi forces.

By the end of 2011, all U. S. forces will be withdrawn under a Status of Forces Agreement with the approval of the Iraqi government.

The attacks are the deadliest in Baghdad since the June 30 withdrawal of U. S. forces from Iraqi cities.

Thanks to the troop "surge, " Iraq is secure enough that it will not fall back into civil war as U. S. forces pull out.

The U. S. -Iraq security agreement calls for the withdrawal of all U. S. forces by the end of 2011 .

To date, almost 500 LITENING AT pods have been ordered by the U. S. forces and allied nations and more than 400 systems have been fielded .

Pyongyang has blamed the United States for the initial conflict and often claims victory over U. S. forces in 1953.

There would be no NATO-like advance to the PRC's borders; to the contrary, U. S. forces would come home from the South.

Bin Laden was shot in the head in a firefight after U. S. forces stormed his lair in Pakistan.

President Obama says U. S. forces will no longer engage in routine combat missions after August of next year.

U. S. forces should be at full strength by the summer of 2010 - an exceedingly fast deployment given the logistical challenges.

Suspected Sunni insurgents often target members of the civilian militias that allied with Iraqi and U. S. forces.

All U. S. forces are scheduled for withdrawal by the end of 2011 under an agreement Iraq reached with the Bush administration.

Republicans welcomed the president's decision, saying it will help reduce stress on U. S. forces.

U. S. forces will now shift to advising and training Iraqi security forces, until the end of 2011, when all U. S. troops must withdraw.

It says the U. S. strategy is setting the conditions to begin withdrawing U. S. forces as planned, in 2011.

Mr. Bush says recent weeks have been "rough" for U. S. forces in Iraq, amid a spike in sectarian violence in the country.

First, although U. S. forces almost always enjoy an edge in technology over their quarry, this advantage is never decisive.

Obama announced that 10, 000 U. S. forces would be out by the end of this year.

Mr. Karzai's office criticized the assault and renewed a call for U. S. forces to end night raids, a sensitive issue in Afghanistan.

China suddenly intervened and sent U. S. forces hurtling back down the peninsula.

Therefore, on the first day in office, a constitutionalist can begin the orderly withdrawal of U. S. forces from Iraq and Afghanistan.

If adopted, the resolution authorizes limited use of U. S. forces in Libya for one year. It specifies the U.

Democratic contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both say they would move faster to withdraw more U. S. forces.

AFRICOM will not result in a large-scale deployment of U. S. forces on the continent.

Several summit delegates chose their words carefully because their nations are hosting U. S. forces.

Indonesia is building up its own military cooperation with U. S. forces.

About 28-thousand U. S. forces are stationed in South Korea to help deter a repeat of North Korea's 1950 surprise attack.

In the summer of 2009, U. S. forces discovered "days and days and hours and hours" of the drone footage on the laptops of Iraqi insurgents.

Cobra attack helicopter flies in the distance as U. S. forces push further into the Iraqi capital.

If South Korean and U. S. forces have to enter the North, time will be short, the dangers high, and the odds long.

Obama argues that the withdrawal of U. S. forces from combat opens a new chapter in America's relationship with that embattled nation.

U. S. forces make up the majority of the 100, 000 foreign military personnel in Afghanistan.

Mr. Obama has long advocated boosting U. S. troop levels in Afghanistan by drawing down U. S. forces in Iraq.

America's top military leaders say they back President Barack Obama's plan to drawdown U. S. forces in Iraq.

Crocker says he told Iran's Hassan Kazemi that Iran must stop supporting militants in Iraq who are fighting Iraqi and U. S. forces.

U. S. forces seized Saddam International Airport outside Baghdad.

Nuristan, Afghanistan, October 2006: Blast halo and round exiting mortar tube as U. S. forces engage nearby insurgents.

In such circumstances, 'the oil would follow the gray naval ships' of U. S. forces in the Persian Gulf, Mr. Shearer said.

the commander of u. s. forces in south korea says he expects north korea to conduct a second nuclear test "sometime in the future. "

He is best remembered for changing the way U. S. forces deal with counterinsurgency conflicts in the post-Cold War era.

Congressional Budget Office. Moving U. S. Forces: Options for Strategic Mobility. February 1997.

In both Iraq and Afghanistan, U. S. forces are at war to back U. S. -allied democratic governments.

Militants use havens in Pakistan to stage attacks against U. S. forces in Afghanistan.

Ultimately, U. S. forces helped to defeat Germany earlier than expected.

In foreign policy, we see no chance of Obama extricating U. S. forces from Afghanistan.

Th U. S. Forces have my permission to repel all illegal invaders whilst they are in the northern areas of Australia.

Then, many civilians fear of being captured by U. S. forces have reconnects himself.

The Pentagon has called IEDs the single biggest threat to U. S. forces in Afghanistan.

During World War II, German generals often complained that U. S. forces were unpredictable: they didn't follow their own doctrine.

While there, he visited a naval facility that provides support for U. S. forces in Iraq.

But for me and tens of thousands of others who worked with U. S. forces, this is a very frightening time.

Exclusive footage of attempts by anti-U. S. forces to shoot down planes in Iraq .

The administration official said that not all U. S. forces would leave Iraq by the summer 2010 deadline.

U. S. forces crossed the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany, during World War II.

U. S. forces extended along America's frontier to defend settlers.

On March 27, Obama announced his plan to provide additional support to U. S. forces in Afghanistan.

Sharp assumed command of U. S. forces stationed in Korea last month.

Beijing's plans gained momentum after its military leaders noted the importance of GPS for U. S. forces during the first Gulf War in 1991.

Bin Laden and his family were found by U. S. forces on the second and third floors of the large main structure in the compound.

Dead pirate was killed by U. S. forces, or died of internal strife?

This stance could lead to small-scale clashes and friction with U. S. forces or the [Japanese] Self-Defense Forces.

In 2003, after an intense firefight with U. S. forces, both brothers were killed.

U. S. forces are scheduled to depart Iraq in December.

Mr. Allawi, as former prime minister, was commander in chief from 2004 to 2005, when U. S. forces still controlled the country.

A quick voice vote followed to approve the presence of non-U. S. forces to remain in Iraq until July 31, 2009 .

In the Mexican War U. S. forces led by Zachary Taylor defeated a Mexican army commanded by Santa Anna on February 22-23, 847.

That assessment will determine when additional U. S. forces will be withdrawn, and how many.

About 28, 000 U. S. forces are stationed here, to deter a repeat of communist North Korea's 1950 invasion.

U. S. forces mobilized 20, 000 personnel and nearly 200 aircraft and vessels for relief activities in Japan.

Strategic Intention of U. S. Forces Advancing toward Central Asia

My answer is bring them on. Iraqi insurgents attacking U. S. forces, Washington, D. C. , July 3, 2003