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The judge called it an "unthinkable crime," and said it was "incomprehensible" that a child would be so "unfeeling," before sentencing the older of two teen girls involved in the carjacking murder of grandfather and Pakistani immigrant Mohammed Anwar. The judge gave the 15-year-old the maximum sentence -- six years of youth detention.

3/19/2009 - JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq (AFNS) -- Airmen in the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing here took a moment to reflect on previous deployments here and the progress that's been made since 2003 to mark the six-year anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom March 19. Some take note of the physical changes in the base, the hardened facilities and the concrete T-wall barriers, while others think back on how far Iraq has come in the last six years. Deployed here for the second time since 2005, Maj. (Dr.) Chris Connaughton, a 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group colorectal surgeon, reflected on his first...

   DoD ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE 2001   Print Version of Message >   Photos: SECDEF Final Morning >   Photos: Farewell Parade > In the last six years, the Department has made great strides in modernizing its forces to address the threats of the 21st century.I.  WAR ON TERROR Overall: A multinational coalition has liberated 50 million people in Afghanistan and Iraq, with formation of representative governments and security forces.Liberated 31 million Afghans from Taliban control and destroyed Al-Qaeda sanctuary – conquering elements that successfully fought off the Soviet Union for over nine years – and stood up a Loya Jurga governing council eight months...

AL ASAD, Iraq (June 6, 2006) -- All is quiet inside the abandoned adobe building when suddenly the front door is knocked off its rusty hinges. A breeze from the opening raises the settled dust. An insurgent in waiting struggles to maintain watch on the door frame. Still, he sits and waits for that human-shaped silhouette to enter through the door. Instead, a smaller shadow charges in and in a split second he feels the sharp teeth and powerful jaw of a military working dog as it clamps down onto his arm and wrenches his grip from his weapon. The...