As of Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at least 4,261 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,425 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
The AP count is one fewer than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT.
The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, one death each.
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The latest deaths reported by the military:
_ No deaths reported.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
_ Army Sgt. Jose R. Escobedo Jr., 32, Albuquerque, N.M.; died Friday in Baghdad of injuries from a non-combat incident the night before at Forward Operating Base Kalsu in Iskandariyah; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment in Schweinfurt, Germany.
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czwartek, 26 marca 2009
Turkey Indicts 56 More in Military-Coup Case
Turkey Indicts 56 More in Military-Coup Case
ISTANBUL -- A Turkish court formally indicted 56 suspects, including two retired four-star generals, on charges of plotting to topple Turkey's Islamic-rooted government.
Made public by Istanbul's 13th Criminal Court, the 1,909-page indictment is the second to emerge from an 18-month investigation into a secularist-nationalist group accused of fomenting civil unrest against the ruling AK Party. Earlier this month, prosecutors submitted the indictment, which required approval from the court. That approval came Wednesday, paving the way for the case to move forward and the indictment to be made public.
Eighty-six other suspects have been on trial since October in a court near Istanbul. They were charged under the first indictment released in July.
The two main suspects in the new charge sheet are Sener Eruygur, a former military police chief, and Hursit Tolon, a former military commander.
The highest-ranking military officers arrested in Turkey's 62-year history of multiparty democracy, both are charged with "forming and organizing an armed terror group" and "attempting to remove the government by force."
Mr. Eruygur also is charged in connection with the May 2006 murder of a High Court judge, which triggered a secular backlash against AK Party that ended with military threats of intervention in April 2007.
One of the key pieces of evidence in the charge sheet is a 60-page extract from diaries allegedly written by a retired admiral. Originally published by the Turkish magazine Nokta in 2007, the diaries detail plans by Mr. Eruygur and other military commanders for coups in 2003 and 2004.
The admiral denies the diaries are his. In July 2008, Mr. Tolon told Turkey's leading newspaper that the sections referring to him were "correct."
Planned at a time when Turkey's government was preparing to accept a United Nations-led plan to reunite the island of Cyprus, divided since a Turkish invasion in 1974, the coups failed because of opposition from the then Chief-of-Staff Hilmi Özkok, the diary claims.
The Turkish daily Milliyet reported last week that Mr. Özkok and his successor were prepared to testify in the case if asked by prosecutors.
Turkey's military has intervened four times since 1960 to remove civilian governments. The army denies links to any current plot accusations.
ISTANBUL -- A Turkish court formally indicted 56 suspects, including two retired four-star generals, on charges of plotting to topple Turkey's Islamic-rooted government.
Made public by Istanbul's 13th Criminal Court, the 1,909-page indictment is the second to emerge from an 18-month investigation into a secularist-nationalist group accused of fomenting civil unrest against the ruling AK Party. Earlier this month, prosecutors submitted the indictment, which required approval from the court. That approval came Wednesday, paving the way for the case to move forward and the indictment to be made public.
Eighty-six other suspects have been on trial since October in a court near Istanbul. They were charged under the first indictment released in July.
The two main suspects in the new charge sheet are Sener Eruygur, a former military police chief, and Hursit Tolon, a former military commander.
The highest-ranking military officers arrested in Turkey's 62-year history of multiparty democracy, both are charged with "forming and organizing an armed terror group" and "attempting to remove the government by force."
Mr. Eruygur also is charged in connection with the May 2006 murder of a High Court judge, which triggered a secular backlash against AK Party that ended with military threats of intervention in April 2007.
One of the key pieces of evidence in the charge sheet is a 60-page extract from diaries allegedly written by a retired admiral. Originally published by the Turkish magazine Nokta in 2007, the diaries detail plans by Mr. Eruygur and other military commanders for coups in 2003 and 2004.
The admiral denies the diaries are his. In July 2008, Mr. Tolon told Turkey's leading newspaper that the sections referring to him were "correct."
Planned at a time when Turkey's government was preparing to accept a United Nations-led plan to reunite the island of Cyprus, divided since a Turkish invasion in 1974, the coups failed because of opposition from the then Chief-of-Staff Hilmi Özkok, the diary claims.
The Turkish daily Milliyet reported last week that Mr. Özkok and his successor were prepared to testify in the case if asked by prosecutors.
Turkey's military has intervened four times since 1960 to remove civilian governments. The army denies links to any current plot accusations.
Military denies food blockade in Sulu
Military denies food blockade in Sulu
A military spokesman on Thursday denied reports that troops are blocking the entry of food supplies to Indanan town, Sulu province, where the group of Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Albader Parad is believed to be holding three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers captive.
Lt. Col. Edgardo Arevalo, Philippine Navy spokesman, said the military blockade was preventing bandit reinforcements and the entry of ammunitions, rather than food, in Indanan town.
"There is no food blockade. We don't know where that information [came] from. We've repeatedly stated that what we're depriving them (bandits) is reinforcement of personnel and refurbishment of guns and ammunitions," Arevalo said in a text message to ABS-CBN Zamboanga.
Reports said the military has resorted to a food blockade in Indanan town following a clash between Parad's group and the military's anti-terror group, Task Force Comet, in Barangay Timahu, Indanan early last week.
The clash took place while Parad's group was trying to breach the military's cordon around the town.
In a phone interview with ABS-CBN News, kidnapped ICRC worker Mary Jean Lacaba said food has become scarce in their area. She added that since last week's clash, she and the two other ICRC workers -- Swiss national Andreas Notter and Italian Eugenio Vagni -- have become more frightened of possible eruption of gunshots.
Civil relations chief Brig. Gen. Gaudencio Pangilinan, meanwhile, said the military has maintained its position in Indanan to keep pressure on Parad's group and prevent them from leaving the town.
Pangilinan said troops pursuing the bandits have been ordered to suspend operations against the bandits. He, however, said the troops are always ready to fight if provoked by the bandits.
Arevalo had said that the military’s position in Indanan "far enough to allow the crisis committee to do its part, but near enough to maintain the pressure on the terrorists and break their will to fight and eventually release the victims."
Parad had promised to release one of the ICRC workers in exchange of a military pullout from Indanan. The Abu Sayyaf leader specified that they want troops in Tagbak village in Indanan and Patikul town to pull out.
The military believes Parad's group and the three hostages are in the southernmost part of Indanan, a few kilometers only from Parang town. -- report from Leila Vicente, ABS-CBN Zamboanga
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/03/26/09/military-denies-food-blockade-sulu
A military spokesman on Thursday denied reports that troops are blocking the entry of food supplies to Indanan town, Sulu province, where the group of Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Albader Parad is believed to be holding three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers captive.
Lt. Col. Edgardo Arevalo, Philippine Navy spokesman, said the military blockade was preventing bandit reinforcements and the entry of ammunitions, rather than food, in Indanan town.
"There is no food blockade. We don't know where that information [came] from. We've repeatedly stated that what we're depriving them (bandits) is reinforcement of personnel and refurbishment of guns and ammunitions," Arevalo said in a text message to ABS-CBN Zamboanga.
Reports said the military has resorted to a food blockade in Indanan town following a clash between Parad's group and the military's anti-terror group, Task Force Comet, in Barangay Timahu, Indanan early last week.
The clash took place while Parad's group was trying to breach the military's cordon around the town.
In a phone interview with ABS-CBN News, kidnapped ICRC worker Mary Jean Lacaba said food has become scarce in their area. She added that since last week's clash, she and the two other ICRC workers -- Swiss national Andreas Notter and Italian Eugenio Vagni -- have become more frightened of possible eruption of gunshots.
Civil relations chief Brig. Gen. Gaudencio Pangilinan, meanwhile, said the military has maintained its position in Indanan to keep pressure on Parad's group and prevent them from leaving the town.
Pangilinan said troops pursuing the bandits have been ordered to suspend operations against the bandits. He, however, said the troops are always ready to fight if provoked by the bandits.
Arevalo had said that the military’s position in Indanan "far enough to allow the crisis committee to do its part, but near enough to maintain the pressure on the terrorists and break their will to fight and eventually release the victims."
Parad had promised to release one of the ICRC workers in exchange of a military pullout from Indanan. The Abu Sayyaf leader specified that they want troops in Tagbak village in Indanan and Patikul town to pull out.
The military believes Parad's group and the three hostages are in the southernmost part of Indanan, a few kilometers only from Parang town. -- report from Leila Vicente, ABS-CBN Zamboanga
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/03/26/09/military-denies-food-blockade-sulu
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