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The F-35 May Completely Miss Its International Debut
The F-35 will miss the first day of this year’s Farnborough air show, the third and final event at which the Pentagon’s newest fighter jet was scheduled to appear as part of its international debut...
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Tribalism Is Still The Middle East's Biggest Problem
“A thousand years ago, the great cities of Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo took turns to race ahead of the Western world,” wrote The Economist in an article that went viral in Arab circles. “Yet today the...
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The Sunni Insurgents Taking Over Iraq Are Now Turning On Each Other
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Residents of a town north of Baghdad found 12 corpses with execution-style bullet wounds on Monday, after fighting between rival Sunni insurgent groups that could eventually unravel...
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Hamas Seems To Be Getting What It Wanted
More than a few senior people in Jerusalem, the Kirya military headquarters and the IDF have been repeating over the past two days assertions like “Hamas is frustrated” and “Hamas wants a ceasefire.”In...
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Here's The Iranian-Made Drone Hamas Is Flying Over Gaza
The Ezzedeen Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Islamic resistance movement Hamas, are flying a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) over the Gaza Strip and are using social media to show footage and...
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Egypt Completely Sidelined Hamas In Its Ceasefire Proposal
The already-broken ceasefire proposed for Tuesday morning is the darkest hour for the Hamas leadership in Gaza and abroad.If they accept something like the now-abandoned Egyptian proposal, they will be...
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ISIS Militants Captured 52 American-Made Artillery Weapons That Cost $500,000...
ISIS militants may be in a position to pummel other cities in Iraqi army control after capturing American-made weapons the group seized from the Iraqi military, Mitchell Prothero reports for McClatchy...
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This East Ukraine Village Now Looks Post-Apocalyptic
A small village in eastern Ukraine looks like something from the post-apocalypse after a month of heavy fighting between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian fighters. The village of Semenovka,...
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Here Are 5 Times Infectious Diseases Escaped From Laboratory Containment
It's an ironic global security threat, but facilities meant to prevent and cure disease have sometimes inadvertently aided in its spread.For instance, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) made...
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Lebanon Has No Idea What To Do About Its Massive Syrian Refugee Population
Three years ago, the eastern Bekaa village of Arsal was almost empty at noon, even if it wasn’t Ramadan. The village is located in a rather arid region at the foot of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains that...
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Navy Nurse Refuses To Force-Feed Detainees At Guantanamo
A Navy medical officer assigned to the detention center at Guantanamo Bay refused to force-feed detainees held at the facility and was reassigned, Carol Rosenberg reports in the Miami Herald.“There was...
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Here's What It's Like For A Former US Soldier To Return To Iraq 10 Years...
The first time I set foot in Iraq was as an Army grunt in 2004.Like most war experiences, it was an intense one, undoubtedly altering my life trajectory. Mortal combat, unlike most undertakings, has a...
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Some States Have Much Higher Enlistment Rates Than Others
Some groups are much more represented than others in the U.S. military, and we'll start by looking at where they come from.According to data provided by the Department of Defense, people between the...
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FBI: A Chinese Hacker Stole Massive Amounts Of Intel On 32 US Military Projects
A Chinese entrepreneur was arrested in Canada at the request of the FBI for allegedly hacking into the networks of various defense contractors and stealing gigabytes of military intelligence, Darren...
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I Was A Pro-Russian Militant In Eastern Ukraine And It Was Total Chaos
Artur Gasparyan, a 24-year-old native of Spitak, Armenia, was recruited in Moscow in May to fight in eastern Ukraine. Now back in the Russian capital, he spoke with Mumin Shakirov of RFE/RL's Russian...
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Putin Is Reopening A Radar Reconnaissance Center 100 Miles From Florida
Russian President Vladimir Putin is about to reactivate a Russian radar reconnaissance center in Cuba.The radar station will use existing infrastructure located just 100 miles off the coast of Florida,...
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BERGDAHL'S ATTORNEY: Bowe Is 'Deeply Grateful' Obama Saved His Life
SALMON Idaho (Reuters) - U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is grateful to President Barack Obama for the prisoner exchange that freed him from five years as a captive of the Taliban and wishes for...
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The Marine Corps' Top General Slams The Obama Administration Over Iraq
It looks like Gen. James Amos may not get invited to any Obama administration reunions in the coming years.In a talk at the Brookings Institution on Tuesday covered by Foreign Policy's Kate Brannen,...
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Strong Winds Flipped One F-16 On Top Of Another [PHOTO]
Strong winds are believed to have been the cause of a retired F-16 plane flipping on top of another Fighting Falcon at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.Winds gusts of 66 mph most probably caused the...
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Uzbeks Are Being Forced To Buy Lottery Tickets When They Take Out Money At...
Recently, in the village of Poloson, in Uzbekistan's section of the Ferghana Valley, the faithful had gathered for Namaz at the local mosque. As Friday Prayers ended the imam spoke his final words of...
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