WHITE HOUSE: Bob Gates Is Completely Wrong On Joe Biden
The White House pushed back on comments from former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in a new memoir late Tuesday, particularly Gates' criticism of Vice President Joe Biden on foreign policy.In his...
View ArticleIraq Poised To Launch An 'All Out Assault' On Fallujah That Looks Awfully...
Baghdad's bombing campaign (conducted by oddly modified Cessna planes shooting off hellfire missiles) is poised to turn into a Fallujah III that looks like Fallujah II minus the Marines.To Washington's...
View ArticleFormer Guantanamo Detainee May Have Participated In Benghazi Attack
A former detainee once held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and released back to Libya in 2007 may have participated in the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Adam Goldman of The Washington Post...
View ArticleAl Qaeda Group Vows To Attack Syrian Rebels And Opposition Leaders
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An al Qaeda affiliate based in Iraq and Syria has vowed to crush rebel groups fighting it and to target members loyal to the Syrian National Coalition, the internationally recognized...
View ArticleArmed Groups In Libya Are Selling The Oil They Seized
TRIPOLI/LONDON (Reuters) - Armed groups demanding autonomy for eastern Libya have invited foreign companies to buy oil from ports they have seized in defiance of the central government in Tripoli.In an...
View ArticleThe Fragility Of Syria In One Heartbreaking Photo
Bassam Khabieh of Reuters has taken a particularly startling series of photos capturing the aftermath of an airstrike by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the rebel-held Damascus suburb...
View ArticleReddit Has A Thriving Gun Market
Mother Jones just published an investigation into how Redditors have developed a marketplace on the site for assault rifles and other guns.And the transactions might not all be legal.From the...
View ArticleFormer Marine Left His 9-To-5 Job To Live Barefoot In The Forest
Twenty-five years ago, Mick Dodge left the modern world and ventured into the Hoh rain forest in western Washington state. He's been building his life there ever since, sleeping among trees and moss,...
View ArticleThe 100 Deadliest Movies Of All Time
A data scientist has created a handy list of the deadliest films of all time.Randal Olson, a Computer Science PhD student at Michigan State University who also made lists of the deadliest actors and...
View ArticlePolice Say Man With 48 Bombs Also Had Top Secret Clearance, Guns, A Vest, And...
A man caught speeding with 48 bombs in his car also had a remote detonating device, guns, and military base schematics and was on an 85 mph b-line toward a U.S. Navy SEALs training facility, Police...
View ArticleOne Crewman Dead, One Still Missing In Navy Helicopter Crash Off The Coast Of...
One of four rescued crewman has died following the crash of a U.S. Navy MH-53E helicopter off the coast of Virginia, the Associated Press reports.First responders in the Navy were able to recover four...
View ArticleThe 29 Coolest US Air Force Images Of The Year
The U.S. Air Force gets a lot of ribbing from the other services for being a kush job, but the general consensus when it comes to photography is that United States Airmen are second to none.The...
View Article11 Intense Syria Photos From The 18-Year-Old Photojournalist Who Died In Action
Eighteen-year-old photojournalist Molhem Barakat was killed in a battle for control of Aleppo's al-Kindi Hospital on December 20th, 2013.The Syrian teenager had been photographing the war with...
View ArticleSouth Korea Thinks Kim Jong-un's Aunt Is In 'Critical Condition'
The powerful aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears to be in critical condition stemming from heart problems, according to senior South Korean officials speaking to Yonhap News.Last seen in...
View ArticleWhat Happened To One Marine Who Fought In Fallujah When He Came Home
The city of Fallujah is back in the news after being taken over by Al Qaeda militants, and now a third major battle over control of the city is on the horizon.Disappointment is the most apt description...
View ArticleFormer Defense Secretary Bob Gates Passed Out While Listening To The...
There's been a lot of talk about the upcoming book written by former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates — especially surrounding his criticism of President Obama's strategy in Afghanistan, and his...
View ArticleDENNIS RODMAN: Sorry About What I Said In North Korea, 'I Had Been Drinking'
Ex-NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman has apologized for comments he gave while in North Korea on the case of Kenneth Bae, the American missionary currently being held by the regime, AP is reporting.In...
View ArticleSYRIA: Rebels Attacked Two Of Our Chemical Weapons Sites
On Wednesday, Syria's government said that rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad had attacked two storage sites storing some of the deadly chemical weapons components that he has agreed to...
View ArticleRussia Again Blocks UN Security Council From Condemning Syria's Air Strikes...
Russia blocked a British-drafted UN Security Council statement condemning the Syrian government attacks on the city of Aleppo, diplomats said.It was the second time in a month that Russia objected to a...
View ArticleJapan To Officially Claim 280 Remote Islands In Latest Territorial Move
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to clarify the ownership of 280 remote islands in its territorial waters and register them as national assets, a move that could rile China and South Korea, which are...
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