Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 31, 2010

F22 Raptor Take-off at RIAT 2010 MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS Jump jets to fall victim to UK spending cuts -- The Telegraph SAS fa...

President Obama To Address The Nation On Iraq Transition

Obama to Address US on Iraq Transition -- Voice Of America President Barack Obama will address the American people on Tuesday about the new ...

An Examination On The Ruthless Calculus Behind A New Age Of Piracy

The 290-foot, three-masted cruise ship Le Ponant was targeted last year by Somali pirates, who held hostage its crew of 30—a harbinger of at...

Mexico's Drug Cartel War -- News Updates August 31, 2010

Mexican authorities are struggling to contain a wave of brutal killings by drug cartels [ Reuters ] Mexico Fires 3,200 Police Officers For I...

Where Does U.S. Intelligence Get Their Intelligence?

Army Intelligence Buys Intelligence Like Netflix? -- Washington Post Everyone knows that the U.S. government collects and produces intellige...

Typhoon Display Over Dunsfold Airfield. " Hascombe Hill View " (Video)

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Is The ROTC Coming Back To Elite Colleges?

Is ROTC Poised For A Comeback At Elite Colleges? -- Time Magazine Shawna Sinnott spent the last four years performing a balancing act: she t...

Britain And France To Share Aircraft Carriers

HMS Illustrious, a British aircraft carrier, passes London's financial district in Canary Wharf before docking at Greenwhich November 4,...

Another Terror Plot Busted

ABC News Exclusive: Two Men On United Flight From Chicago Arrested On 'Preparation Of A Terrorist Attack' In Amsterdam -- ABC News S...

A Bad Day For U.S. Troops In Afghanistan

U.S. Army Capt. Cory Petro, left, waits for Afghan elders to arrive for a meeting near Combat Outpost Mizan in Mizan district, Zabul provinc...