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Beijing Really Needs To Be Careful In The South China Sea
The world has many trouble spots that have long posed a risk to peace and stability -- the Persian Gulf, Israel and its neighbors, and the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, to name the most obvious. One...
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China Deploys Two Warships In Response To Japan's Island Purchase
On Tuesday morning Osamu Fujimura, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, confirmed his country had agreed to purchase the islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, from a Japanese family it...
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The Lessons From Katrina Were painful But Paying Off Huge For New Orleans
Americans held their collective breath as Hurricane Isaac pelted the Gulf Coast with 80-mph winds and up to twenty inches of rain in some places last week. In an ominous sign, the Category I...
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Eleven Stories From Ground Zero On The Anniversary Of 9/11
Stepping on the bus this morning, I asked the bus driver, "What do you think, Lincoln Tunnel gonna be packed?" "I'm not sure, man, we haven't been through yet. But who knows, it's 9/11, anything can...
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Iran Is Getting Closer To Building The Bomb
The dialogue surrounding Iran's nuclear program is sometimes tough to decipher. Israel says Iran is stalling international talks, while Tehran hastily proceeds to assemble a nuclear weapon. Israeli...
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Face The Facts: Military Members Are Smarter Than Those They Serve [INFOGRAPHIC]
I just stumbled on to this infographic and thought it was interesting, considering the stereotype that military members are dumb muscleheads—quick to follow orders, slow to think for themselves—or...
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Airman: 9/11 Changed My Outlook On These Wars
I tried to write this post last night because I wanted it to go up first thing this morning. I just couldn’t put it all together. I wanted to wait and see what the day would bring. It seemed wrong...
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Marines Deny Report Of Marine Casualties In Benghazi
Despite earlier reports from CBS we've heard that no Marines were killed in Benghazi during Tuesday's raid on the US consulate there. Marine Capt. Kendra Motz told us: "We don't have any Marine...
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This Japanese Statement On Cyber Security Has Chilling Implications
It kind of went underneath the radar, but last Friday (Sept. 7) a Japanese military panel ruled to define cyberspace as "a 'territory' where various activities such as information gathering, attack,...
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The Amount Of "Military Aid" The US Government Provides To Law Enforcement Is...
Troops officially came home from Iraq on Dec. 31, 2011, but they were coming back in a steady stream since 2010, and they were bringing their equipment with them. The website Public Intelligence...
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Obama Finally Opens Up About The Administration's Massive Drone War
The drone war: It's a sticking point among liberals and activists, and a subject about which Obama has stealthily avoided going into depth. Until now. CNN's Jessica Yellin sat down with Obama for an...
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US Generals Claim They Never Blocked The Investigation Into Afghan's 'Horror...
On Wednesday two U.S. generals denied that they tried to stop an investigation into the "Auschwitz-like conditions" at the U.S.-funded Dawood National Military Hospital in Afghanistan. Lt. Gen....
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[LINK] Cairo In Flames: Stunning Photos Of The Protests Happening In Egypt
It seemed to start when Egyptian broadcaster Sheik Khaled Abdullah aired the anti-Islam satire video titled Innocence of Muslims or Life of Muhammad, calling for the outrage of his fellow Muslims....
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American School In Tunisia Torched
The protests that started in Cairo have spread across the world raising havoc in more than a dozen countries in the Muslim world. The news today is one of massive chaos: Lots of protests, fires, and...
View ArticleAn Incredible Map Of Today's Global Islamic Protests
If you can't keep track of all the Muslim protests erupting across the globe, you're not alone. The uproar over a 14-minute anti-Islam YouTube video has sparked furious protests from Somalia to Egypt...
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America's Scariest Electronic Weapons
Controlling the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is a major asset in military operations. The Marines recently demonstrated their painful "heat ray," a weapon that blasts intruders with a wave beam that...
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Obama Doesn't Need To Send A Letter To Congress About Libya And Yemen
Obama's letter to Congress about deployment of Marines to Libya and Yemen is awfully nice, but let's be honest: It's not a legal requirement. As well it shouldn't be; the president can't be expected...
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Central Asia Could Go To War Over Water
Earlier this week, President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan indicated that efforts by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to build hydroelectric power stations on rivers that flowed into Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan...
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We're Headed To The Persian Gulf For A Huge Military Mine Clearing Exercise
Underwater mines may be one of the most effective ways of disabling an opposing force in the history of warfare, and if Iran feels it has little left to lose it could mine the Strait of Hormuz and...
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The Taliban Attack On Camp Bastion Sends An Unmistakable Signal
The implications of the recent attack on the biggest bases in Helmand, Afghanistan, are bigger than a stab at Harry or two dead Marines. As many as 15 Taliban fighters, armed with small-arms,...
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