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China Signaled It May Join Operations Against ISIS In Iraq
As the US-led campaign against the Islamic State grinds on, China has unexpectedly offered to help in the war effort, Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Lucy Hornby report for the Financial Times. Wang Yi, China's...
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The First 3 Things A CIA Spy Learned About Iraq In 2003 Say It All
A former CIA spy has written a commentary for Politico in which she slams the agency for being dysfunctional and lying to the public about the war in Iraq.Lindsay Moran, who left the CIA in 2003 after...
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Newly Released NSA Documents Show That China Captured American Soldiers...
During the US campaign in Vietnam, over a thousand service members were classified as prisoners or war (POW) or missing in action (MIA). Generally, those who went missing were killed or captured by the...
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Here's The Reality Behind The Futuristic Weapons In 'Call Of Duty: Advanced...
The wildly popular video game "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" takes place 40 years in the future but supposedly includes only weapons and gear based on current research.We called up the developers at...
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The 15 Best War Stories Ever Told
Despite the heartbreak and gruesomeness that often accompanies war, there's no doubt that the subject is fascinating to read about.Michael Inman, Curator of Rare Books at The New York Public Library,...
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The US Needs To Stop Pretending The Sony Hack Is Anything Less Than An Act Of...
The most devastating cyberattack ever on a US-based company wasn't an act of war, according to established guidelines of cyberwarfare.NATO's Tallinn Manual defines an act of cyberwar that permits a...
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Denmark Just Claimed The North Pole
Competition in the Arctic is heating up as Denmark has laid claim to the North Pole.Copenhagen is citing scientific data showing Greenland, which is an autonomous country within Denmark, sits atop a...
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Obama Just Made An Awkward Joke About The Military And Santa
President Barack Obama joked on Monday that US troops are essentially "Santa in fatigues" because of their dedication to serving their country."We're free and safe and secure over here because you're...
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It Was A Mistake To Indict This Dictator For Genocide
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is suspending its investigation into the conflict in Darfur in western Sudan, which has killed 300,000 and displaced some 2.3 million more. As The Guardian...
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NORAD Releases Specs On Santa's Sleigh, Which Goes 'Faster Than Starlight'...
President Barack Obama suggested the US military's C-130 transport aircraft is "a little more efficient than Santa's sleigh" in a speech at the the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey on...
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Fewer Than 100 People Have Flown 4,000 Hours In An F-16
Over the course of a career, military pilots can spend several thousand hours in the cockpit.Those that do so in a specific model earn embroidered patches to honor their milestones: 1,000 hours, 2,000...
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Iranian Hackers Paralyzed Billionaire Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Casino
Iranian hackers were behind the shutdown of a major Las Vegas casino in February, wiping hard drives clean and stealing some customers' Social Security and driver's license numbers in the process,...
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Taliban Gunmen Killed More Than 100 Students And Are Holding Others Hostage...
Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan took hundreds of students and teachers hostage on Tuesday in a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar, military officials said.At least 126 people, mostly...
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Putin Named Russia's 'Man Of The Year' For The 15th Time In A Row
Vladimir Putin has been named Russia's "Man Of The Year" for the 15th time in a row, Interfax news agency reports.The Russian president won by a landslide, claiming 68% of votes. The runner-up got only...
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BREMMER: Here's What Putin Will Likely Do Now
The ruble is in crisis less than a day after a shocking Russian central-bank rate hike. And Russian President Vladimir Putin has to find a way to explain the mess."Putin now needs scapegoats: external...
View ArticleThe US Just Used A Laser Weapon System On A Navy Ship For The First Time
For the first time, a laser weapon system (LaWS) was successfully operated aboard a US Navy ship.A demonstration of LaWS took place in November aboard the USS Ponce while it was deployed to the Arabian...
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See Why Army-Navy Is The Greatest College Football Rivalry On Earth
The US Naval Academy and US Military Academy football teams faced off in their 115th meeting on Saturday.The schools' rivalry is one of the most unique in college sports. Though fiercely competitive,...
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A Surprisingly Large Number Of Americans Think Torture Is Justified
A majority of Americans polled recently by the Pew Research Center were okay with the CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques," which are widely considered to amount to torture.Of those polled, 51%...
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Russia: We Have The Right To Put Nuclear Weapons In Crimea
Russia announced on Monday that it believes it has the full right to deploy nuclear weapons in the recently annexed Crimean peninsula. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Interfax news...
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The 'Architect' Of The CIA Torture Program Says Senate Report Put His Life In...
The "architect" of the CIA's interrogation program, James Mitchell, accused Senate Democrats of putting his life in danger last week when they released a report detailing the program's "brutal"...
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