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Staff Sgt. Jason Lapeyrouse (left) and Staff Sgt. James Johnson (right) help Senior Airman Emily Jones secure her flak vest Feb. 5 in prepartion for departure from Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, to Afghanistan. Sergeant Lapeyrouse and Airman Jones are deployed from the 6th Medical Operations Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Sergeant Johnson is deployed from the 116th Air Control Wing at Robins AFB, Ga. The three are part of 170 Airmen who trained with the Army at Fort Riley, Kan., and will be deployed side by side with Soldiers in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Daniel...

Stand alongside Hizbullah, Lebanon's army tells troops · Statement casts doubt on hopes for disarmament· UN, US and Israel fear local force cannot secure south Clancy Chassay in Beirut Saturday August 19, 2006 The Guardian (UK) A child's funeral in Qana, southern Lebanon. Photograph: Sean Smith An internal Lebanese army statement, circulated among forces in the past week, has called for troops to stand "alongside your resistance and your people who astonished the world with its steadfastness and destroyed the prestige of the so-called invincible army after it was defeated". The circular has alarmed ministers in the Lebanese cabinet who...

CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, Iraq (Nov. 28, 2005) -- Nearly three years ago, many soldiers from the former Iraqi military of Saddam Hussein’s era fought against coalition forces during the initial invasion of Iraq. Today, many of these same soldiers, now assigned with 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Division of the reconstituted Iraqi Army, are taking on a new responsibility in re-establishing security in their native country, clearly witnessed in recent offensives near the Syrian border. “I fought against the Americans when they invaded Iraq in the south,” said Pvt. Hussein Ali, 23, of Basra, Iraq, an infantryman carrying a rocket-propelled...