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Jun 24th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on June 24, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that President Barack Obama said his ouster of the top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, would not disrupt his war strategy or timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan.


Jun 17th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on June 16, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the complex nature of the June 13, 2010 attack on Iraq’s central bank suggested that al-Qaida in Iraq’s new leadership was taking cues from the Taliban’s success with similar operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.


Jun 10th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on June 10, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Islamic militants publicly hanged a 7-year-old boy for spying in the militant stronghold of Helmand province, an Afghan official told the Associated Press. The child was allegedly placed on trial by the Taliban and found guilty of working for Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government.


Jun 3rd, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on June 3, 2010, Aubrey Immelman featured the latest news on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.


May 27th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on May 27, 2010, Aubrey Immelman made an appeal to Minnesota 6th Congressional District constituents to fill out the online nominating petition to help him gain ballot access as an independent candidate to challenge Rep. Michele Bachmann in the 2010 general election.


May 20th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on May 20, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that despite forensic evidence proving that North Korea fired a torpedo that sank the South Korean warship Cheonan, North Korea continued to deny responsibility and threatened “all-out war.” He also featured a psychological evaluation of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il.


May 6th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on May 6, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that it was not immediately clear why the Dow Jones industrial average lost some 6 percent of its value in a matter of minutes and then recovered almost as quickly in its biggest intraday move in history.


Apr 29th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on April 29, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that U.S. troops raided the home of a female member of the Afghan parliament and killed a neighbor who was one of her relatives, sparking angry protests.


Apr 22nd, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on April 22, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that months after Pakistani troops chased them from South Waziristan, Taliban and al-Qaida fighters had regrouped and established a new base of operations in North Waziristan near the Afghan border under the protection of insurgent leader Gul Bahadur, who in the past had cut deals with the Pakistani army.


Apr 15th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on April 15, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Sen. John McCain said the United States had been backing away from a brewing fight with Iran, even as that country moved ever closer to having nuclear weapons.