Pentagon Wrestles with Possible Twitter, Facebook Ban (Updated)

From The Danger Room: Stars & Stripes, Military Times, and AFP all followed up on our story, that the Defense Department is considering ...

At Secret Conference, Scientists Consider The Possible Rise Of Autonomous Killer Robots

Faster, Robot! Kill! Kill! From Popular Science: The long-awaited robot-led holocaust may happen any day now. That seems to be the finding o...

Did Bad Decisions Set Stage For 9 U.S. Deaths In Afghanistan?

Click Image to Enlarge (Image from Army Times ) From McClatchy News: In the days before one of the fiercest battles in America's eight-y...

Ex-Soviet States Meet For 'Russian NATO' Summit

The Collective Security Treaty Organization is holding a meeting in Kyrgyzstan starting Friday. Map by moscwotopsnews.com From AFP: CHOLPON-...

Saudi Arabia Rejects President Obama's Approach To Middle East Peace

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal (L) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Photo AFP . Saudis Reject 'Incrementalism...

Corazon Aquino, 1933-2009 -- News Updates And Commentaries

People Power's Philippine Saint: Corazon Aquino, 1933-2009 -- Time Magazine The arc of Corazon Aquino's life lent itself to maxims, ...

A Brief Euphoria in Tehran: 'We Can Win This'

Supporters of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi gather in northern Tehran in this frame grab taken from YouTube on July 30, 2009. YouTub...

Unrest In Honduras -- News Updates July 31, 2009

Honduran Interim Leader President Roberto Micheletti. Photo AFP Interim Honduran Leader Says President Will Not Return To Power -- AFP TEGUC...

How Aid Money Is Being Wasted In Afghanistan

The new buildings in this corner of the ancient city of Qalat were supposed to represent the U.S. commitment to creating a new Afghanistan. ...

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July 31, 2009

On patrol: Royal Marine Commandos south of their base at Kajaki Dam in Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan. Unreliable Friends in Afghani...

World News Briefs -- July 31, 2009

The new commander for the international troops in Afghanistan, U.S. general Stanley McChrystal (R), and General Egon Ramms commander Joint F...

What The Raptor Cancellation Means For The Navy

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jets fly over Kadena U.S. Air Force base on Okinawa May 30, 2009. ( Reuters ) From New Wars: With what so...

India Plans To Build 100 Warships

Indian Navy in formation From The Financial Times: India has plans to add about 100 warships to its navy over the next decade as it seeks to...

How Terrorists Are Recruited In Europe

Photo : A photo purporting to show Moez Garsallaoui firing a rocket launcher on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. European Gang Trained For T...

Pictured: U.S. Missile Defence Test Hailed A Success As North Korea Tensions Rise

A Standard Missile - 3 (SM-3) is launched from the USS Hopper the latest Missile Defence Agency test From The Daily Mail: The latest US miss...

U.S. Takes Steps To Boost Security Cooperation With Russia

From The Washington Post: The United States is moving to deepen security cooperation with Russia as part of the Obama administration's e...

That's All, Folks!

At least for today. I know I have plenty of email tips, but it's late and I have family in town from out of state. I'm off to enjoy...

We're the Only Ones Monkeying Around Enough

The law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Officer Justin Barrett referred to the black scholar as a “jungle mo...

Forget "Aspiring Rapper." How About "Aspiring Citizen?"

Under Florida law, it's illegal to threaten harm against any public servant. [ More ] I thought it was pretty much illegal anywhere to a...

Hamas Chief Outlines Terms For Talks On Arab-Israeli Peace

From The Wall Street Journal: DAMASCUS -- The chief of Palestinian militant group Hamas said his organization is prepared to cooperate with ...

Pelosi Calls Her Financial Backers 'Villains'

If I felt justified in publicly denouncing someone as a villain, I wouldn't take a dime off of them. I couldn't. How could I share i...

This Day in History: July 31

you may think, it not necessary to keep a party at the white Plains, but unless we do, the Inhabitants will be ruined their grass, grain &am...

Iraq War News Updates -- July 31, 2009

The most devastating attack was in the district of Al-Shaab, where a car bombing killed 21 people. Photo AFP . 29 Killed In Bombings Near Ba...

Civil War In NIgeria's North -- News Updates July 31, 2009

A building of an Islamic religious sect is seen in flames after reportedly being set ablaze by Nigerian soldiers Photo: AFP Islamist Sect L...

Afghanistan War News Updates -- July 31, 2009

U.S. Marines return from a partnered patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers in Lakari Bazaar, Afghanistan, July 19, 2009. U.S. Marine Cor...

Spain On High Alert As ETA Marks The 50th Anniversary Of Its Founding

Tourists look at the smoke and flames coming from a car explosion in the Palmanova beach area, southwest of the island's capital, Palma ...

Afghanistan: US Surgeons Drafted In As British Medics Exhausted By Casualty Surge

A surgeon at work in Camp Bastion field hospital: 157 wounded arrived for treatment in one week. (Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images) From Times On...

Divided, Demoralized Palestinian Movement Hopes To Hit 'Restart'

From McClatchy News: RAMALLAH, West Bank — For half a century, the fortunes of the Palestinian people have been inextricably linked to the f...

It’s Time For The US To Declare Victory And Go Home

U.S. soldiers in Baghdad. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Col. Timothy Reese: ‘It’s Time for the US to Declare Victory ...

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 31, 2009

Click Image to Enlarge (Image from Army Times ) Investigating the Battle of Wanat, Afghanistan -- The Captain's Journal The Battle of Wa...

DARPA Readies An Ultra-Fast Mini-Sub

Have Bubble Will Travel via The Day From Popsci.com: In a world of rapidly evolving threats, every branch of the military is looking for ...

Military May Ban Twitter, Facebook As Security ‘Headaches’

From The Danger Room: The U.S. military is strongly considering a near-total ban on Twitter, Facebook, and all other social networking sites...

Eurofighter Deal To Be Inked: Sources

A Eurofighter takes part in an airshow in Vigo, northwestern Spain. The four partner countries in the Eurofighter consortium were on Friday ...

Blackout Bomb: Air Force's High-Powered Microwave Weapons Fry Enemy Equipment

Blackout Bomb: Graham Mu rdoch From Popsci.com: An Experimental Stealth Weapon Could Blind Enemy Surveillance. In modern warfare, where mis...

Can The Military Find The Answer To Alternative Energy?

From Business Week: DARPA, the Defense Dept. agency that helped invent the Internet, is setting its sights on cleantech. Nine years ago, Rob...

Pakistan Injects Precision Into Air War On Taliban

Pakistanis in May at a temporary camp for internally displaced people. Millions of civilians have been moved from conflict areas. Lynsey Add...

Britain's Iraq War Inquiry -- News Roundup July 30, 2009

Britain Initiates Iraq War Inquiry -- Washington Post Ex-Prime Minister Blair Is Set to Testify . LONDON, July 30 -- Britain launched an ind...

U.S. Congress OK's $636 Billion Defense Budget -- News Updates

House OKs $636 Billion Defense Bill -- UPI WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. House passed a $636 billion Pentagon spending bill Thursday...