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French Airstrikes Blew Up A Key Al Qaeda Leader's House In Mali
French air strikes destroyed the home of the leader of an Al-Qaeda-linked group in northern Mali as French-led forces advanced Sunday on the Islamist stronghold of Timbuktu.The overnight strikes in...
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Syria Regime Strikes Back Against Outgunned Rebels In Key City
Rebels close to Syria's central city of Hama are being pounded with bombs and shells as the regime wages a fierce assault to reverse losses in rural areas home to many of its Alawite supporters.The...
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Russian Prime Minister: Assad's Chances Of Holding On 'Shrinking By The Day'
President Bashar al-Assad's chances of staying in power are "shrinking by the day," Dmitri Medvedev said on Sunday in Russia's sternest criticism of the Syrian regime to date.Mr Assad, a Russian...
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Russia Denies Selling China A New Fleet Of Deadly Bombers
It looks like the news that China had just bought the entire Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber production line was unfounded.According to the ITAR-TASS News Agency, the Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state arms...
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China's Heavy Transport Plane Makes Its First Flight
Ushering in a new era of Chinese military projection, China's Xian Y-20 indigenously produced heavy transport plane took its maiden flight January 26.Pakistan Defence reports the Y-20, built by Xi'an...
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Pentagon Announces Cyber Force Expansion As Anonymous Hacks Government Websites
The Pentagon plans to expand its cybersecurity force from 900 personnel to 4,900 troops and civilians over the new several years, Ellen Nakashima of The Washington Post reports. The expansion reflects...
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Soldier To Get Medal Of Honor For Fighting Off Hundreds Of Taliban While Injured
There were 53 US troops at Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan on the morning of Oct. 3, 2009. While they had been attacked many times before, on that morning at 6 AM everything went to hell.Skip to...
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You May Soon Be Able To Buy Your Own Drone For Only $50
Unmanned aerial vehicles have seen extensive use in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the military isn't the only organization playing the drone game. As IEEE Spectrum reports, you may be seeing your own...
View ArticleJon Stewart Bombed A Big Interview On Unmanned Drones
Jon Stewart recently interviewed Missy Cummings about the Lockheed Martin-funded PBS Nova documentary about drones, and he totally whiffed.From a PolicyMic post by Tim McKay:Unfortunately, the entire...
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China Is Set To Make A Killing On The Afghan War
China is positioning itself to tap Afghanistan's vast mineral resources as U.S.-led forces prepare to withdraw, Dennis Gray of The Associated Press reports.U.S. and Afghan geological surveys have found...
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DARPA's New Drone Camera Can Monitor The Globe Like Never Before
Drone technology is about to take another huge leap.The $18.5 million Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System (ARGUS) program is set to become the most advanced surveillance...
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Planned US Drone Base Near Mali Marks Latest American Expansion In Africa
The U.S. military command in Africa (AFRICOM) is planning to establish a drone base in northwest Africa to increase surveillance on radical Islamists in the region, Eric Schmidt of The New York Times...
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The Pentagon's Massive Expansion Of Its 'Cyber-Security' Unit Is All About...
As the US government depicts the Defense Department as shrinking due to budgetary constraints, the Washington Post this morning announces "a major expansion of [the Pentagon's] cybersecurity force over...
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North Korea Is No Longer A Big White Space On Google Maps
Until Tuesday the Google Maps of North Korea were mostly blank — only the capital of Pyongyang was labeled. But with the help of "citizen cartographers,"Google has released a detailed map revealing...
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Strange Censorship Episode At Guantánamo Trial Enrages Judge
GUANTANAMO NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Someone else besides the judge and security officer sitting inside the maximum-security court here can impose censorship on what the public can see and hear at the Sept....
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Before Female Infantry Officers Serve In The Marines, They Have To Survive...
The Marine Corps Infantry Officer Course is a grueling unapologetic machine, producing only a few hundred elite, light infantry officers per year.On a quarterly basis, about 100 candidates attempt to...
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It Turns Out Militants In Mali Did NOT Burn 'The History Of Timbuktu'
On Monday, as France announced that it had retaken the historic desert city of Timbuktu in northern Mali, reports indicated that the Islamist extremists who had controlled the city since April set fire...
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The Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Isn't Closing Anytime Soon
Despite efforts from the Obama administration, the controversial military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba doesn't look like it will be shutting down anytime soon.The New York Timesreports...
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Suddenly It Looks Like Assad Could Win The Syrian War
Many of the latest reports out of Syria indicate that President Bashar al-Assad has regained the upper hand against the rebels.And the UN special envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said as much on...
View ArticleFrench Drone Records Foreign Legion Paratroopers Jumping Into Mali [VIDEO]
The following video shows a French Foreign Legion (2e régiment étranger de parachutistes – 2eREP) paradrop into Timbuktu, Mali, from a C-160 Transal airlifter of the French Air Force.It was taken on...
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