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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michelle Manhart poses with the February issue of Playboy magazine in San Antonio, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007. Manhart, who is featured in the February issue of Playboy magazine, has been relieved of her duties pending an investigation.

A former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein claims that the public version of Saddam's capture is false. Ex-Sgt. Nadim Abou Rabeh was quoted in the Saudi daily al-Medina as saying Saddam was actually captured Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, and not the day after, as announced by the U.S. Army. He also claims the details put forth by the U.S. army were innacurate. "I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Army sergeant suspected in a deadly grenade attack in Kuwait will be moved to Germany after a military magistrate found probable cause that the soldier committed the crime, the Army said Tuesday. Sgt. Asan Akbar was taken into custody Sunday, shortly after a series of explosions rocked tents at the headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade. A captain was killed and 15 soldiers injured, including the brigade commander, Col. Ben Hodges. In a statement issued by Fort Campbell, the 101st Airborne Division's home base, the Army said Akbar was taken Monday to Camp Virginia,...