From the Associated Press: BAGHDAD — Iraqi leaders said Tuesday that they need U.S. military trainers to stay beyond a year-end deadline for American forces to leave but that the troops should not be granted immunity from prosecution. The late-night
From the Associated Press: CAIRO — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, America’s former top spymaster, is meeting with Egyptian leaders to urge them to release a U.S.-born man being held for allegedly being an Israeli spy. Egypt has accused Ilan Grapel,
The Kim family has enslaved millions of people, killed thousands, and is trying to develop a nuclear arsenal. And based on their (until now secret) Facebook and Twitter postings, they are a dysfunctional family. Their activities on social networking sites
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From the Navy Times: Heading off into history… The Navy’s 2nd Fleet — the command that quarantined Cuba in 1962, led the Navy’s responses to Hurricane Katrina and oversaw East Coast Navy combat training for much of its 6 decades
From Sweden’s English-language publication The Local: Despite the Swedish Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket) threatening that they would take a hard line on hospitals placing patient beds in corridors and too many cramped rooms, the problem still persists, and in the
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer is staying grounded despite a whirlwind tour of national TV appearances, trips to New York and Los Angeles and one-on-one time with the leader of the free world. The Kentucky-born Marine
SANAA, Yemen (AP) – Yemen’s Defense Ministry said Friday that the U.S.-born al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed. The Yemeni ministry provided no details in the statement, which appeared on one of its website. Yemeni security and tribal officials
From Defense News: The round in a Marine’s .50 caliber machine gun weighs about 114 grams. MAC Ammunition out of Bay St. Louis, Miss., has produced a round that weighs about 92 grams. It’s 25 percent lighter because instead of
Can someone please explain this rule to me? Totally absurd! From the Marine Corps Times: Commands are advising personnel they are not authorized to wear so-called KIA bracelets, pictured at right, which have become a popular method for honoring friends
The WSJ destroys the myth that the military is comprised primarily of poor people with no other career options: It should no more be necessary to write this article than to prove that there were Jews killed in the World
(AFP) Iran’s navy is going to deploy ships close to US territorial waters, its commander in chief was quoted as saying on Tuesday. “As the global oppression (the US) is present not far from our maritime border … our navy
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s government on Tuesday granted the go-ahead for construction of 1,100 new housing units in occupied east Jerusalem, raising already heightened tensions fueled by last week’s Palestinian move to seek U.N. membership. Israel’s Interior Ministry said the
From the Associated Press: OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Army National Guard is warning the families of military personnel of a hoax involving fake death notifications in the Oklahoma City area. Lt. Col. Max Moss says the wife of a
The journal Nature reports that repeated concussions on the battlefield leads to a heightened likelihood that vets coming back from combat will face Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. An excerpt: “…an increasing body of evidence suggests that the repeated concussions have left
December means parliamentary elections in Russia, and Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party is campaigning with, well, activists. ACORN, Code Pink, or even the Tea Party they are not. To show their support for the “domestic Russian auto industry,” a group
From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee chairman is warning that further reductions to projected defense spending could make a military career so unattractive that it would force the Pentagon to revive the draft. Rep. Buck
From the Associated Press: Suspected drug traffickers dumped 35 bodies at rush hour beneath a busy overpass in the heart of a major Gulf coast city as gunmen pointed weapons at frightened drivers. Mexican authorities said Wednesday they are examining
From the BBC: “A global poll conducted by the BBC shows that more people support United Nations recognition of an independent Palestinian state than oppose it. According to the poll, which surveyed 20,446 people across 19 nations, 49% were in
From France’s The Local: The wife of assassinated US president John F. Kennedy did not care for French leader Charles de Gaulle or India’s Indira Gandhi, according to newly-released taped interviews. Jackie O: I studied there…but that doesn’t mean I
Here’s the Varyag missile cruiser which has been engaged over the past few days in war games in Russia’s “Far East” (the Pacific). The Kremlin likes to refer to it as an “Aircraft Carrier Killer.” Weapons include 15-ton anti-ship guided
From the Associated Press: RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday he won’t be deterred from seeking U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine, despite what he said was “tremendous pressure” to drop the request and
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Editor’s note: This very special article comes from a close friend who was imtimately involved in the underground Solidarity movement in Poland. This is a story you are not likely to read anywhere else. Tom Dao-Pompowski is married and has
