The Oldest City In Human History Is On The Verge Of Being Ravaged By War
The Syrian capital of Damascus— inhabited as early as 8,000 to 10,000 BCE — is arguably the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.Syrian rebels — bolstered by an influx of Croatian weapons...
View ArticleNew North Korean Video Shows The White House Under Fiery Assault
North Korea has produced another video showing the United States under attack, this time with the White House and the US Capitol literally in the crosshairs.The four-minute video titled "Firestorms...
View ArticleAmerica Is STILL Paying For The Civil War
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the...
View ArticleUS Contractor Charged With Passing Nuclear Secrets To A Chinese Woman
A U.S. defense contractor in Hawaii has been charged with passing classified information about nuclear weapons and ballistic missile systems to a Chinese woman, according to a press release from the...
View ArticleSeven Marines Killed In Tragic Training Accident In Nevada
Seven U.S. Marines were killed and at least seven wounded during a training exercise on Monday night when a mortar round exploded inside a tube, NBC News reports.The Marines, from 1st Battalion, 9th...
View ArticleA Chinese National Appears To Be Fighting With Al-Qaeda In Syria
There's been evidence of a Japanese trucker taking pictures in Aleppo and a Russian judge reporting on government troops near Damascus, and now it appears a Chinese national is fighting with jihadist...
View ArticleSyrian Government and Rebels Blame Each Other For Chemical Attack In Aleppo
Syria's government on Tuesday accused rebel forces of using chemical weapons for the first time, but the opposition denied the claim, saying instead that government forces might have used banned...
View ArticleHow The American People Were Sold The Iraq War
On March 19, 2003, as troops packed gear into their trucks on the Iraq-Kuwait border and loaded weapons for combat, President George W. Bush told the American people he had given the order to...
View ArticleThe Letter James Mattis Wrote To His Marines Is A Must Read In Military History
Marine Gen. James N. Mattis is something of a legend in the U.S. military. Looked at as a warrior among Marines, and well-respected by members of other services, he's been at the forefront of a number...
View ArticleFormer Halliburton Subsidiary Received $39.5 Billion In Iraq-Related...
The accounting of the financial cost of the nearly decade-long Iraq War will go on for years, but a recent analysis has shed light on the companies that made money off the war by providing support...
View ArticleIt's Highly Unlikely The 2 Alleged Chemical Attacks In Syria Came From Rebels
There are reports that neighborhoods near both Aleppo and Damascus were hit with chemicals — suggesting a coordinated attack — and the circumstances make it unlikely rebels were responsible, James...
View ArticleThe Israeli Army Is NOT Happy About Bar Refaeli's Pro-Israel Ad
The Israeli Foreign Ministry picked supermodel Bar Refaeli as the face of its new ad campaign, and the Israeli Defence Force is not happy about it.Why? The Sports Illustrated bikini model dodged...
View ArticleNew US-Educated Prime Minister Of Syria Has One Massive Problem
On Monday the Syrian opposition chose naturalized Syrian-born American citizen Ghassan Hitto to lead an interim government tasked with aiding rebels and serving as an alternative to the regime of...
View ArticleB-52 Bombers Are Flying In South Korea As Show Of Force Against The North
On Mar. 8, a B-52 bomber based at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, flew a mission over South Korea as part of Exercise Foal Eagle.Although Foal Eagle is an annual exercise involving U.S. and South Korean...
View ArticleSolar And Wave Powered Robots Revolutionize Information Gathering On The Open...
Silicon Valley startup Liquid Robotics said today that it has raised $45 million in new funding to expand its fleet of autonomous solar-and-wave powered robots that are roaming the world’s oceans...
View ArticleThis Reporter Followed US Marines As They Fought The Most Storied Battle Of...
I first learned of Kevin Sites after finding a video posted on YouTube, where he interviewed a young Marine named William Wold on the deadly streets of Fallujah in 2004. In that incredible video, I saw...
View ArticleHere's Another Sign That Investors Are Totally Unconcerned About Defense...
Defense stocks have actually outperformed the S&P 500 since the start of the year, a sign that investors are relatively unconcerned about the effects of the sequester budget cuts on the...
View ArticleRussia May Want A Cyprus Naval Port In Exchange For A Bailout
If you want to know why the EU is nervous about Cyprus negotiating with Russia for a bailout, look no further than this Ekathimerini report on the status of negotiations between the two countries.It is...
View ArticleEveryone Should Remember The Casualties Of War On The 10th Anniversary Of The...
Back in August, The New York Times ran a spread containing all the faces of the dead Afghanistan veterans.On the 10th anniversary of America's invasion of Iraq, it's important to remember there's still...
View ArticleEvery Day I Walk The Streets Of America, A Part Of Me Is Walking In Baghdad
Iraq. It wasn't a great war, it wasn't a "loved" war, and when they write the final history of this country, I think it will be nothing more than a foot note. It was contentious. It was painful. It...
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