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US Special Forces Arrive In Baghdad
About 90 Special Forces troops arrived in Baghdad Tuesday to begin an advisory mission to the Iraqi military that could lead to airstrikes against Islamic militants now controlling large swaths of...
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How Arming Today's Weak States Has Led To Arming Insurgencies, Like ISIS
With the ISIS forces entering the outer region of Baghdad, the move towards Iraq’s capital lead to a lot of equipment being captured by those forces. This new and advanced equipment will likely play an...
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Air Force Resumes F-35 Testing — Just Two Days After One Caught Fire On The...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said it will resume flights of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 A-model fighter jets at a Florida air base on Wednesday, two days after one of the jets caught fire...
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Watch A Corsair Jet Carry Out Strafing Passes 24 Years Ago
Here’s an interesting clip from the Grayling Air Gunnery Range in Michigan on a rainy July day in 1990. Although it’s not the best quality (it's from a VHS video filmed by Chad Thomas from Jetwash...
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Iraqi Kurdistan's Immense Oil Wealth Means It Does Not Have To Answer To Baghdad
Terrorists have taken over much of Iraq in recent weeks, leaving the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the country's north perhaps the most stable place within Iraqi borders. But the jihadist...
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Militants In Iraq Are Surprisingly Brilliant On Social Media
In addition to seizing key towns in Iraq, Sunni militants in the country have demonstrated a remarkable ability to control and amplify their message far beyond the Middle East."The advance of an army...
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This Map Shows How Connected The Wars In Syria And Iraq Have Become
The wars in Iraq and Syria have effectively merged into one sprawling conflict, especially in light of the massive blitz across northern and central Iraq by militant group ISIS and its affiliates. The...
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Despite A Ceasefire, Paramilitary Volunteers Continue To Head To War-Torn...
On June 23, Kyiv sent over 500 men off to the battlefields of eastern Ukraine. Outside the city, well over 400 soldiers swore solemn oaths to the Donbas Battalion, a paramilitary unit led by Donbas...
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ISIS Is Closing In On Iraq's Most Important Dam
Extremist fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are bearing down on the biggest piece of Iraq's water infrastructure, The New York Times reports. Extremist militants are beginning to...
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The Air Force Has A Secret Facility Built Into This Beachside Florida Hotel
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — To the tourists who frolic in the crystal-blue surf of this picturesque, white-sand beach, the Fort Walton Beach Holiday Inn Resort looks like, well, a Holiday Inn with a...
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Iraqi Officials: We Have Essentially Given Up The North Of The Country
BAGHDAD (AP) — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is ready to concede, at least temporarily, the loss of much of Iraq to Sunni insurgents and is instead deploying the military's best-trained and equipped...
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As Iran's Military Enters Iraq, Here's A Look At What They Have In Their Arsenal
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has blitzed across Iraq over the past couple of weeks. The Sunni extremist group threatens the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite and...
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An Al Qaeda Leader In Syria Has Sworn Allegiance To ISIS
An Egyptian commander of an Al Nusrah Front faction in the border town of Albu Kamal in Syria's Deir al Zour province has recently sworn allegiance to the rival Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...
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India And Russia Are Trying To Build A Next-Generation Fighter Jet Together,...
India's co-development of a fifth-generation fighter with Russia has not progressed quite as smoothly as the top brass in the Indian Air Force (IAF) had hoped.The Sukhoi/HAL Fifth Generation Fighter...
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This Site Shows Who Is Hacking Whom Right Now — And The US Is Getting Hammered
U.S.-based computer security firm Norse has released a real-time animated map that illustrates ongoing cyberattacks around the world. Without a doubt, the U.S. is getting constantly hammered by...
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An Old US Enemy Could Plunge Iraq Into Civil War
Muqtada al-Ṣadr and his Shia militia engaged in ferocious fighting with American forces during the Iraq War. Now, the Shiite strong man is back in the spotlight and threatening to escalate tensions...
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Here's Why Iraq's Other Sunni Militants Are Probably About To Turn On ISIS
BAGHDAD/DUBAI (Reuters) - The militants dismantling Iraq's borders and threatening regional war are far from united. Theirs is a marriage of convenience between ultra-hardline religious zealots and...
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US Air Force Suspends All F-35A Flights After Fighter Jet Catches On Fire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force widened a ban on flights of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 A-model fighter jets on Thursday as authorities continue to investigate a fire on one of the jets this...
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Israel Has Named Hamas Suspects In The Kidnapping Of Three Teens In The West...
Israeli authorities on Thursday named two West Bank Palestinians as prime suspects in the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank two weeks ago.The two alleged abductors, Amer Abu Aysha...
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Here's A Glimpse Of The Navy's Amazing New Autonomous Helicopter
An MQ-8C Fire Scout was spotted on a trailer on I-405 Northbound at Newport Beach, California.The MQ-8C Fire Scout is a Bell 407 helicopter modified with autonomous controls from the MQ-8B drone...
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