Military News : Introduction Afghanistan Australian army chief says peace not close with Taliban ================================================================================ M_W on 22 November, 2008 01:27:00 The chief of the Australian Defence Force says he does not think a political settlement with the Taliban insurgents is close in Afghanistan.Air Chief Marshal Australia unlikely to send troops for US Afghan troop surge ================================================================================ M_W on 22 November, 2008 01:25:00 Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says he has not been asked to increase Australia's troop commitment to Afghanistan at a meeting of defence ministers in the United States. US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 556 ================================================================================ The Associated Press on 22 November, 2008 01:22:00 at least 556 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in U.S. Strike In Pakistan Kills Wanted British Militant ================================================================================ (Reuters) on 22 November, 2008 01:17:00 Rashid Rauf, a British militant with alleged Al-Qaeda links, has been killed along with an Egyptian by a suspected U.S. missile strike in a Pakistani US mil: American soldier dies of non-combat-related causes in Iraq ================================================================================ Associated Press on 22 November, 2008 01:13:00 BAGHDAD - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of non-combat-related causes in Iraq.A statement says Multi-National Division — Center soldier died Thursday U.S. troop surge for Afghanistan to start January ================================================================================ Richard Foot on 22 November, 2008 01:09:00 The United States will send about 20,000 more soldiers into Afghanistan next year in a bid to make the country secure enough for elections expected there in the fall, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday following a meeting with Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay and other allied governments. Bed Of Roses - British Forces Remembered ================================================================================ M_W on 22 November, 2008 01:05:00 This video is dedicated to those who fell, their families, the wounded and all those who have suffered China will not step into Afghanistan ================================================================================ JR/MMA on 19 November, 2008 08:58:00 China has strongly rejected a recent suggestion by British Premier Gordon Brown that Beijing could send its troops to Afghanistan. NATO forces fire on militants in Pakistan ================================================================================ CNN on 19 November, 2008 09:55:00 The NATO-led alliance in Afghanistan said its troops fired at militants inside Pakistan in coordination with Pakistani soldiers US Arrests Suspected Iranian Agent In Iraq ================================================================================ AP on 19 November, 2008 09:52:00 The U.S. military says it has arrested an alleged senior member of the Iranian security forces suspected of funneling weapons into Iraq.The military says in