International Business News - War http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The U.S. government finally released the first part of a $400 million aid package Wednesday to support Mexico's police and soldiers in their fight against drug cartels. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/188256-mexico-violence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/latin-america-fights-for-drug-aid-under-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/latin-america-fights-for-drug-aid-under-obama.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:21:40 EST In the first stage of the multi-year Merida Initiative, the U.S. is providing $400 million to Mexico and $65 million to Central America to fight drug gangs. The U.S. State Department says the money will pay for: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/us-buys-aircraft-technology-for-mexican-drug-war.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:42:49 EST Sgt. Ryan Nyhus spent 14 months patrolling the deadly streets of Baghdad, where five members of his platoon were shot and one died. As bad as that was, he would rather go back there than take his chances in this brutal job market. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/187596-army-retention.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/us-soldiers-re-enlisting-because-of-poor-economy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/us-soldiers-re-enlisting-because-of-poor-economy.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:40:06 EST Ground combat in the 1991 Persian Gulf War lasted just 100 hours, but it's meant 17 years of pain and anguish for hundreds of thousands of veterans. Those who came home and complained of symptoms such as memory loss and joint pain are even sicker. As their lives unraveled and their health further deteriorated, many were told their problems were just in their head. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/some-vindication-for-sick-vets-but-little-relief.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:10:40 EST A Japanese general who was fired as head of the air force for suggesting Japan deserves credit, not blame, for its World War II actions stood by his claim Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/sacked-japan-air-force-head-defends-wwii-actions.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:15:25 EST Sri Lankan soldiers have recaptured a key northern town near the Tamil Tigers' headquarters, 18 years after the area was seized by the insurgents, the military said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/sri-lanka-military-seizes-key-rebel-held-town.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:45:36 EST Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Friday defended the decisions made in the run-up to the August war with Russia, telling a parliamentary commission that Georgia had responded to Russian "intervention." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/184716-georgia-saakashvili-war.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/saakashvili-denies-ex-diplomats-claims.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/saakashvili-denies-ex-diplomats-claims.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:36:52 EST Judith Markelz has relied on volunteers for years to help the war wounded and their families. They've brought meals, DVDs, event tickets and an endless supply of cookies to help comfort those whose lives suddenly were upended by a bomb or a bullet. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/183543-war-wounded-program.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081127/5m-oasis-for-war-wounded-to-open-at-texas-base.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081127/5m-oasis-for-war-wounded-to-open-at-texas-base.htm Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:28:12 EST Two Congolese warlords pleaded not guilty Thursday at the International Criminal Court to charges of murder, rape and using child soldiers during a deadly attack on a village in 2003. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081127/congo-suspects-plead-not-guilty-to-war-crimes.htm Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:33:50 EST Human Rights Watch says Ossetian militias are attacking and harassing ethnic Georgians in the breakaway province of South Ossetia. The New York-based group blames Russia for not doing more to control to the militias, which are largely allied with Russian troops. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/us-group-ossetian-militias-attacking-georgians.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:40:26 EST Rebel forces were retreating Wednesday from the town of Kilinochchi and the government expected to capture the Tamil Tiger's administrative capital imminently, a senior official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/sri-lanka-army-rebels-fleeing-northern-stronghold.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:05:53 EST Sri Lankan soldiers continued their push toward the Tamil Tiger rebels' de facto capital in the north, but faced stiff rebel resistance that left dozens dead on both sides, the military said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081124/rebels-claim-killing-43-sri-lankan-soldiers.htm Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:42:28 EST Thirty-one Nobel Peace Prize recipients have joined with the non-profit group Save the Children in calling for help for millions of children trapped in war zones around the world. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/save-the-children-renews-call-to-help.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:19:10 EST Sri Lankan troops broke through a strategic front in the country's civil war on Thursday, overrunning an important rebel defense line north of the Tamil Tiger's de facto state, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/178595-sri-lanka-civil-war.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/sri-lanka-says-it-captured-key-rebel-defense-line.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/sri-lanka-says-it-captured-key-rebel-defense-line.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:26:18 EST Sri Lankan troops overran a strategically important rebel defense line Thursday north of the Tamil Tiger's de facto state, breaking open another front in the country's raging civil war, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/sri-lankan-military-says-jets-bomb-rebel-camp.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:00:04 EST Spain's most famous judge abandoned a drive for a symbolic indictment of the late Gen. Francisco Franco and his regime, dropping a probe Tuesday into atrocities committed during and after the country's ruinous civil war. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/spain-judge-drops-civil-war-probe.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:44:12 EST Sri Lankan naval forces backed by helicopter gunships attacked a group of rebel boats early Tuesday, sinking two and killing six Tamil Tiger sailors, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176979-sri-lanka-civil-war.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/sri-lanka-says-it-sinks-2-rebel-boats.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/sri-lanka-says-it-sinks-2-rebel-boats.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:38:55 EST Government officials told the chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor Monday that they have no clue where Europe's most wanted fugitive, Gen. Ratko Mladic, is hiding. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176551-serbia-war-crimes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/un-war-crimes-prosecutor-evaluates-hunt-for-mladic.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/un-war-crimes-prosecutor-evaluates-hunt-for-mladic.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:00:53 EST Sri Lankan soldiers captured a town straddling crucial rebel supply routes Monday and crossed a highway that had served as a symbolic barrier between the Tamil Tigers and the advancing troops, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/sri-lanka-says-its-soldiers-seize-key-rebel-town.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:21:04 EST Hundreds of thousands of victims of a brutal 20-year insurgency in northern Uganda remain destitute and traumatized because the government has not created a comprehensive reparations program, rights group Amnesty International said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/report-ugandan-war-victims-need-more-govt-help.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:02:25 EST