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                    [Title] => US sending new special ops force to fight Islamic State
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The U.S. military will deploy a new special operations force to Iraq to step up the fight against Islamic State militants unleashing violence in Iraq and Syria.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-01 18:46:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1250030 [AuthorName] => Deb Riechmann [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20151201/iraqi-forces-islamic-state-isis.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1357123 [Title] => Iraq is not Syria: US Congress on board this time [Summary] =>

Little of the impassioned debate that fractured lawmakers last year over possible military intervention in Syria is happening now as American war planes strike extremist targets in Iraq.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-13 04:00:47 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1180425 [AuthorName] => Bradley Klapper [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1297795 [Title] => US questions China on double-digit military spending hike [Summary] =>

The U.S. Pacific commander voiced concern Wednesday over China's intentions as the Asian power announced its latest double-digit hike in defense spending.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-06 15:17:06 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510042 [AuthorName] => Matthew Pennington [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/513/b0h9.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 956159 [Title] => Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions [Summary] =>

Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call yesterday to reduce US and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time."

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-20 04:22:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1432801 [AuthorName] => Julie Pace [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 929841 [Title] => North Korea's leader showing he's in charge [Summary] =>

North Korea's new leader is using the threat of a nuclear strike to get concessions on foreign aid rather than trying to trigger military conflict, top U.S. intelligence officials told Congress Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-12 04:00:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 729815 [Title] => Concern over budget cut effect on elite US forces [Summary] =>

 Deep budget cuts would hurt special operations forces and make it difficult to meet demands for those units on missions beyond the current war zones, the commander of the U.S. military's elite troops told Congress on Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-23 09:35:06 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 670016 [Title] => Coalition strikes against Libya open 'Pandora's Box' of chaos [Summary] =>

The ongoing multinational intervention in Libya has not only increased the risk of civilian casualties in the North African country but also added more uncertainties and destabilizing factors to an already volatile situation in the Middle East.

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WASHINGTON (AP) – The top general in Iraq is sending home 4,000 more U.S. troops by the end of October as the American military winds down the six-year war. Army Gen. Ray Odierno said in remarks prepared for a congressional hearing Wednesday that the number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq will total about 120,000 over the next month.

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