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Fort Leonard Wood on notice as US Army plans to cut 80,000 soldiers
jkaplan@kspr.comWAYNESVILLE, Mo -- The US Army plans slash 80,000 military positions from its bases and forts around the world. Officials at the Pentagon tell KSPR News the plan, called "Army 2020", will save approzimately $4.5 billion. The Army's proposed action -...Tags: U.S. Army, Armed Forces, U.S. Department of Defense
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Hundreds honor Staff Sgt. Tyler Smith who was killed while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom
Reporter, PhotographerSUMMERSVILLE, Mo. - On Friday hundreds of people stood in silence along a stretch of nearly 70 miles of road to honor a fallen soldier from Licking. Staff Sgt. Tyler J. Smith, 24, of Licking, Mo., died April 3, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds...Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Injuries and Wounds, U.S. Army, Emergency Incidents, Crime, Law and Justice
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UK attack spurs Muslim community soul-searching, backlash fear
ReutersBy Mohammed Abbas LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Strapping his baby into a car seat, Abu Khaled said it was unfortunate that a British soldier was hacked to death in an apparent Islamist attack a day earlier in London, but it was not the only misfortune on...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Politics, Tony Blair, Religion and Belief, United Kingdom
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British Prime Minister seeks answers after soldier hacked to death
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron convened an emergency meeting of his intelligence chiefs on Thursday after two Islamists hacked a soldier to death with meat cleavers on a south London street. A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker just...Tags: Boris Johnson, Politics, Religion and Belief, Suicide, England
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London attacker was British-born of Nigerian descent: source
ReutersLONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - British authorities believe that two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries are British of Nigerian descent, a source close to the investigation said Thursday....Tags: Religion and Belief, Computer Crime, England, Immigration, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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London attackers known to British security services
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested two more people on Thursday in a hunt for accomplices of two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries. The two suspected...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Suicide, Religion and Belief, Prosecution, Religious Conflicts
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Suspects in London cleaver attack known to British security services
Tribune wire reportLONDON -- Two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries were known to security services, a source close to the investigation said Thursday. One man, filmed calmly...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Religion and Belief, Suicide, Emergency Incidents, Prosecution
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British soldiers descend on Imperial
Staff WriterIMPERIAL — Scorching heat, desert sand and locals’ scrutiny are just some of the things that members of the British Army Air Corps 672 Squadron 9 can expect when they deploy to Afghanistan. But when they landed a helicopter at T.L. Waggoner...Tags: United Kingdom, Teaching and Learning, Education, Armed Forces, Students
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British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack
Reuters* Soldier hacked to death in attack in London * Police shoot two suspects who now in hospital * PM Cameron says likely terrorist incident * Attackers scream Islamic slogans By Maria Golovnina and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - A British...Tags: Boris Johnson, Suicide, Religion and Belief, Prosecution, England
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ANALYSIS-Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability
Reuters* Moderate Islamist-led government cracks down on Salafists * Rupture raises risk of fuelling armed radicals in N.Africa * Main Salafist group rejects state, shuns elections * Secular Tunisians fear for freedom, stability By Tarek Amara TUNIS, May 23...Tags: Arab Spring, Egypt, Labor Legislation, Politics, Al-Qaeda
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