Military

Military: Sri Lankan air force attacks rebel boats as fighting kills 21 (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

9 Jul 2008

Sri Lanka air force jets attacked a Tamil Tiger flotilla off the coast of northern Sri Lanka early Wednesday, destroying one rebel boat, while infantry clashes in the north killed 19 insurgents and two soldiers, the military said.

Job fair for military personnel is set for tomorrow (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

9 Jul 2008

More than 300 former and current members of the military, at least a third of them veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, are expected to meet with prospective employers tomorrow at a job fair on the battleship New Jersey on the Camden waterfront.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,115 (AP via Yahoo! News)

9 Jul 2008

As of Tuesday, July 8, 2008, at least 4,115 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.