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Showing posts with label soldiers. Show all posts

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Two U.S. soldiers killed in the shooting Frankfurt Airport

Two U.S. soldiers killed in the shooting Frankfurt Airport

Two soldiers were killed from the U.S. Air Force, was killed and two others seriously wounded on Wednesday when he was a young man from Kosovo fire on them at the airport in Frankfurt, West Germany.

And fired on the bus, the U.S. military while standing in front of the arrival hall the second largest airport in Germany, and on board U.S. soldiers arrived by air from England before heading to the U.S. base at Ramstein, 140 km from the airport.

The General Command of the U.S. Air Force in Germany in a statement: "kill Mlahan and two others wounded in a shooting today, Thursday, at the airport of Frankfurt International," the statement added that the German authorities arrested the shooter, and that an investigation of the incident, and the interior minister said the Hesse German Boris saw that a soldier was killed outside the bus and the other inside.

The German police have arrested inside the arrivals hall on the second shooter is supposed, a young man in the twenty-first session, originally from Kosovo, had been living in Frankfurt, according to Minister Ryan. The investigation began with the shooter. Police cordoned off the German site of the attack and the transfer of Jerihan to the hospital, did not say police spokesman Andrei Stormit the severity of injuries, nor the number of military personnel who were on the bus.

He was President Barack Obama regretted the incident and sadness following the attack, in a speech in front of reporters in the White House. Were made by German Chancellor Angela Merkel "sincere condolences to the families of the victims," during a press conference with Portuguese Foreign Minister Jose Socrates. She said that her government would do all it can to uncover the circumstances of the attack. He also Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle in Ukraine condemned the attack.

In Pristina, announced a senior security official told AFP on Wednesday that the young Kosovar origin, who shot and killed two U.S. Air Force in Frankfurt Airport Albany from the north of Kosovo, the source said on condition of anonymity, "according to our information called Corporal Aouka one of the Mitrovica region ( north), "he said" has no record, which means that he did not face problems with the law before, but we are still verifying. "

The Government of Kosovo for the condemnation of the work of the "ugly", and confirmed that the perpetrator acted "alone" and did not yet know the motives of the attack and said the newspaper "Der Spiegel" on its website that investigators tend to the hypothesis of a deliberate attack against U.S. soldiers, as they seek to verify the certificates confirmed that the striker shouted "Allahu Akbar" before opening fire. The Web site said investigators had found him on the arms and ammunition.

Frankfurt Airport is located about 120 km from the U.S. base at Ramstein in Germany. The Americans have several bases in the Frankfurt area used for the logistical support for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Was planning the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States partly in Hamburg, northern Germany. In March 2010, four Islamist convicted of plotting against U.S. interests in Germany, after being accused that they were preparing to attack similar attack in 2001

German Interior Ministry confirms deaths of two U.S. soldiers

German Interior Ministry confirms deaths of two U.S. soldiers

Announced "Boris Ryan" and Interior Minister German state of Hesse, the gunman killed two U.S. soldiers shot and wounded two others seriously wounded, were inside a bus owned by the U.S. Army near the airport of Frankfurt.

Ryan added that the armed citizen from Kosovo appeared to a young man in 21-year-old, referring to the tightening of security around.

For its part, confirmed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a joint press conference with Portuguese Prime Minister, "Jose Socrates," killing the U.S. soldiers, "she said, do not know the details, but I want to express how dysphoretic we must do everything in our power to discover what happened."

The channel Russia Today, the spokesman for Frankfurt airport, confirmed occurrence of fire on a bus belonging to the U.S. Army, in front of Building No. 2, noting that initial reports suggest that the assailant broke into the bus before it starts shooting at the soldiers.

An official in the U.S. military, the fire killed two people, one bus driver, in addition to injuring two others, said that the soldiers who were exposed to fire are members of the Air Force base "for Aknhit" in the United Kingdom, and they were on their way to travel through one of the commercial flights, and not using military aircraft

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

America's trigger happy society

izona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot at point blank in the head over the weekend, leaving many to wonder if gun control laws in the United States are weak. Is America's trigger happy society really able to lead by example? RT's Dina Gusovsky is joined by Filmmaker Danny Schechter, Activist David Swanson and Journalist Andy Worthington to discuss the problems of guns in America

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Fresh meat for US war machine? Veterans Day no lost opportunity

Fresh meat for US war machine? Veterans Day no lost opportunity


Veteran's Day in the US, and the military's hoping to boost its numbers by capitalizing on public emotion for war heroes. Army video games and parades are among the tools aimed at young people from poor neighborhoods, as recruiters try to fill their quotas. RT's Lauren Lyster met an Iraq veteran who says he couldn't take any more war, and that others shouldn't have to either.



Veterans Day, soldiers abandoned upon return

Veterans Day, soldiers abandoned upon return


Veterans Day has taken on a new meaning as troops return home from the Afghanistan and Iraq war. As the country celebrates its veterans, are Americans turning a blind eye to the problems facing these heros? Jake Diliberto says the mainstream media has removed the American people from the wars going on, ignoring realities soldiers coming face such as PTSD and memories of war


Saturday, September 18, 2010

Afghan success: 'Reach out to postunes'

Afghan success: 'Reach out to postunes'


As the Afghanistan war continues to wage on, there has been a major question hanging over the campaign. How will the United States measure success in Afghanistan? Matthew Hoh says that when the US turned the corner in Iraq there was a sense of stability after reaching out to the Sunni leadership, the same must be done with the royal postunes in Afghanistan.


The 3 Minute Download: Jake Diliberto, Max Fraad Wolff and Eric Montalvo

The 3 Minute Download: Jake Diliberto, Max Fraad Wolff and Eric Montalvo


Tonight on The 3 Minute Download, as the Afghanistan war continues to wage on, there has been a major question hanging over the campaign. How will the United States measure success in Afghanistan? Plus, it was exactly 2 years ago today that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy when it could not find a buyer and the US Government would not bail out the company. So, what has changed to ensure that this will never happen again? US soldiers 'killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies' according to a report that accuses twelve soldiers of participating in this act.


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