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Some Amazing Stories From Our Medal Of Honor Recipients
The three variations of the Medal of Honor - Army (left), Navy (middle), Air Force (right) The Real American Idols: Our Medal Of Honor Recip...
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Al Qaeda's #3 Reported Killed In Pakistan
Photo: Mustafa Abu al Yazid, al Qaeda's commander in Afghanistan, in a propaganda video in May 2007. Photo from The Long War Journal Al ...
In The Koreas, Five Possible Ways To War
From The New York Times: USUALLY, there is a familiar cycle to Korea crises. Like a street gang showing off its power to run amok in a well-...
How A Taliban Bomb Master Is Produced
Inside The Mind Of A Taliban Bomb Master -- Times Online Squatting on a concrete floor with nails, wires and a plug socket scattered around ...
Fallout From The Israeli Raid On A Flotilla of Aid Ships Continues
UN Security Council Holds Emergency Session On Israeli Raid -- Voice of America The U.N. Security Council met in emergency session Monday on...
A Shift In The U.S. - South Korean Military Alliance
Seoul Weighs Shift in U.S. Military Ties -- Wall Street Journal American and South Korean Leaders Plan New War Games and Strategy Sessions i...
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- May 31, 2010
Some 100,000 people gathered in Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang, capital of Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK), on May 30 to protes...
World News Briefs -- May 31, 2010
UN Security Councils Holds Emergency Session on Israeli Aid Convoy Raid -- Voice of America The U.N. Security Council met in emergency sessi...
IAEA Says Iran Has Enough Fuel For 2 Nuclear Weapons
U.N. Report Says Iran Has Fuel For 2 Nuclear Weapons -- New York Times WASHINGTON — In their last report before the United Nations Security ...
Colombia's Presidential Election Heads For A Runoff Election
Top Colombian Presidential Candidates Head For Runoff Election -- CNN (CNN) -- The two leading candidates in Colombia's presidential rac...
Saudi Money Continues To Fund Islamic Extremism
Terror Link Alleged As Saudi Millions Flow Into Afghanistan War Zone -- Times Online Millions of dollars of Saudi Arabian money have flowed ...
The Disgrace And Fall Of A General
Brig.-Gen. Daniel Ménard, fired as head of the Forces in Afghanistan because of alleged sexual misconduct, is married to Major Julie Fortin,...
Sniper Teams Are Having An Impact In Afghanistan
Photo: A U.S. Marine sniper trains for battle at a Korean base. Photo from Reuters How To Shoot Someone From A Mile Away -- New York Post S...
How The Brits Are Combating The IED Threat In Afghanistan
A US marine runs to safety moments after an IED blast in Garmsir district of Helmand province. Photograph: Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Buffalo...
Memorial Day 2010
Hat Tip: Wings over Iraq On Memorial Day, Three Stories Of Loss, Redemption, And Healing -- Christian Science Monitor Three people who lost ...
Afghanistan War News Updates -- May 31, 2010
U.S. General Accuses Iran Of Helping Taliban In Afghanistan -- Voice of America The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChr...
A Pointless Death
Bomb Disposal Expert Killed After Defusing 13 Bombs In 36 Hours -- Times Online An inquest into the death of a bomb disposal expert decorate...
5:56 AM
Memorial Day GRE Round Up
I've been doing minimal posting over the three-day weekend because I have a lot of family activities going on, so I haven't been kee...
5:17 AM
Memorial
As with many families, I'll be keeping the men in mine who served, sacrificed and are no longer with us in my thoughts and prayers today...
World News Briefs -- May 31, 2010
Ten Dead After Israel Boards Gaza-Bound Ships: Military -- Yahoo News/Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli commandos intercepted Gaza-bound...
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 31, 2010
A drone lands at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. Defense analysts have criticized drone operations because drone crews have little experien...
Report: Israel To Station Nuclear Missile Subs Off Iran
Photo: Israeli submarine "Dolphin" sails along the Mediterranean Sea near the coastal city of Tel Aviv. Israel Stations Nuclear Mi...
Scores Killed As Israeli Soldiers Storm Aid Flotilla To Gaza
Israeli Troops Attack Ship Carrying Aid To Gaza Killing 16 -- The Telegraph Israeli commandoes have stormed a flotilla of ships carrying act...
On This Memorial Day, My Favorite Military Tribute Video
My Comment: Every Memorial Day this is the video that I play .... and tonight is no exception. After 28 million views .... this video is pr...
7:16 AM
This Day in History: May 30
The Battle of Cobleskill (also known as the Cobleskill massacre) was an American Revolutionary War raid on the frontier settlement of Cobles...
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Editor's Note
Regular readers of this blog know that for the past month I have been working on a project that has taken me away from regularly posting on ...
How Blood Diamonds Are Keeping Zimbabwe's Mugabe In Power
Blood Diamonds: The Illicit Trade Propping Up The Mugabe Regime -- Times Online Bayo, a burly Guinean also known as Mr Big, threw the conten...
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