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What Is Qatar Doing In Syria?
Even after 17 months the Syrian conflict continues to elicit shock and concern. The death toll rises with every passing day and the civil war becomes more entrenched and protracted as the rebels...
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Satellite Images Reveal Brutal Total War In Syria
Amnesty International has released satellite images to back up its accusation of war crimes by the Syrian government. President Bashar al-Assad promised to “ purge the country of terrorists and to...
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Turns Out The Taliban Burn Korans Too
In February of this year American troops working at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan burned dozens of their prisoners Korans. Though the Taliban was quick to use the event to inspire locals to kill U.S....
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Blackwater Pays Fine For Illegal Operations In Sudan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The military contractor formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide agreed to pay a fine of $5 million to $7.5 million for trying to operate in Sudan in violation of trade sanctions...
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Former Military Leaders Are Calling Obesity An American Security Concern
Recently a group of retired American generals, admirals and civilian military leaders published a report called "Ready, Willing, And Unable To Serve" to highlight the growing national security problem...
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The US Wants To Trade Five Taliban Leaders In Guantánamo For This American POW
The Obama administration has offered to transfer several Taliban fighters from Guantánamo Bay in exchange for the release of the only U.S. prisoner of war in an effort to revive peace talks in...
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This New Law May Spell The End Of Westboro Baptist Church Military Funeral...
Monday marked an important day for the military community as President Obama signed into law HR 1627, known as Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012. Among the...
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The Lead In Bullets Is Creating More Pollution And Public Health Hazards Than...
This year, the Norwegian Armed Forces (NAF) selected Nammo, a Nordic Ammunition manufacturing company, as its small ammunition supplier, converting to completely lead-free munitions. The deal, worth...
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Appeals Court Overturns Only Successful Case Against NSA Warrantless Wiretapping
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the government can spy on the communications of Americans without warrants and without fear of being sued, David Kravets of Wired reports. The decision...
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Stanley McChrystal Thinks The US Should Bring Back The Draft And It's A...
General Stanley McChrystal (USA Ret) and Tom Ricks make unfortunate bedfellows. On the issue of the draft they make a few good points, but even together they fail to come up with one compelling...
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The Army's New Football-Field-Size Blimp Was Flying Over New Jersey Yesterday
After years of development and a string of delays, Northrop Grumman hauled the Army's Long-Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) from its hangar and let it sail into the New Jersey sky...
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The NOAA Is Shopping For 46,000 Rounds Of Ammunition
Following a request for 450 million rounds of ammunition for DHS and ICE earlier this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is looking for 46,000 rounds of ammunition for the...
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Nokia Knows Where You'll Be 24 Hours From Now
Not only does your phone know where you are, but it knows where you are going to be. It may even know why you're going there. He calls it the "Interdependence and Predictability of Human Mobility and...
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Nobel Peace Prize Winners Want NBC To Take 'Stars Earn Stripes' Off The Air
A group of nine Nobel Peace Prize winners have published an open letter to NBC over its new reality show "Stars Earn Stripes." The show pairs up celebrities and American military members for...
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Here's Why That Huge Spy Camera Network Called TrapWire May Be Total Bull
During televised remarks on Wednesday, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa stated his intention to have a resolution on the matter of Julian Assange’s asylum request to that country as early as this...
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D-Day Fighting Was So Intense That 4% Of Normandy's Beach Is Still Shrapnel
It turns out that the fighting on D-Day was so fierce that as much as 4% of the sand on Normandy beaches is magnetic shrapnel that has been broken down over the decades into sand-sized chunks. From...
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Our Strategy And Leadership Vertical Is Hiring A Reporter
Business Insider's popular War Room vertical is looking for a reporter. Could it be you? Here's how to know if you're the ideal candidate: *You're an excellent writer *You have a basic understanding...
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There's An Israeli Media Blitz Over A Possible Strike On Iran
• A daily summary of global reports on security issues. Israeli media speculation that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to launch a preemptive attack against Iran kicked into high gear over the...
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The US Government Is More Invasive Of Your Twitter Privacy Than Any Country...
A tweeted threat which seemed equally whimsical, amateurish and nonsensical threw the NYPD into a Twitter tizzy a few days ago, but it also rehashed a trending social problem: what, if any, legal...
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This Detector Finds Tiny Amounts Of Nerve Gases By Their Sound
A new system to detect chemical warfare attacks can identify incredibly low levels of dangerous toxins in the air by their sound. The new technique can detect multiple dangerous chemicals in the air...
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