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US arms deal 'damaging'

<i>Garth George:</i> Do wear your helmet, there's a good chap

Battle to block execution in Kabul

Legal advice to Blair: invasion against the law

Australian sentenced to death in Kabul

A former Australian soldier has been sentence to death in Afghanistan for murdering an Afghan security guard and then accusing the Taliban for the crime.

SAS blew up missile site, foiled bombs

The blanket secrecy over SAS operations has been ditched, with the Defence Force revealing that elite troopers recently helped capture bomb-makers in Kabul.

Apiata told to be more careful

Brown cuts attacked at Iraq inquiry

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been presented with more damaging evidence.

Diappearing acts of the last decade

<i>Editorial:</i> Public right to know more about SAS

John Key defends naming Willie Apiata

Prime Minister John Key stands by his decision to reveal that one of the SAS soldiers in a controversial photograph this week was Victoria Cross winner Corporal Willie Apiata.

Reporter describes SAS encounter

Reporter describes SAS encounter

NZ soldiers in Afghanistan to keep using 'Jesus scopes'

Gun sights with biblical inscriptions will not be withdrawn from New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan but New Zealand defence bosses want them cleaned up.

Biblical citations on NZDF weapons to go

The Defence Force says it was caught unaware by biblical citations stamped on its weapons, and they will be removed.

Trauma tally shows stress on soldiers