Do It Yourself Weapons: Libyan Rebels Make Weapons From Scraps
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The drill sergeant. A backbone of the US Army. Gotta respect these soldiers, each and every one. The Military Times gives us an update as the competition begins: FORT JACKSON, S.C. – Think your Monday was tough? Try being a
Foreign Policy has this report about the coalition between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Wafd Party. If history is any guide, it’s the fanatics and the most committed who end up on top with these sort of arrangements. These are
From the New York Times: The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications
From the UK’s Daily Mail: Border patrol officials exchanged up to 300 rounds of gunfire with drug runners from Mexico but just six came from the suspects, authorities admitted. In a show of power which appears to have been massively
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Made out of a half-built Soviet warship, China bought it and completed it as an aircraft carrier. The ship is not yet completed. [youtube 3vHoNKAEeGc nolink]
WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC. These videos were apparently shot at the rooftop of the Al Kark mosque in Daraa. The soldiers joke: “Your father told you to watch out, but you didn’t.” [youtube hHQeNVoGMD0 nolink]
From the Institute for Energy Research in Washington: WASHINGTON– Michael Bromwich, Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. As has seemed to become his custom,
From the Associated Press: BAGHDAD — Five American troops were killed Monday in central Iraq, U.S. officials said — the single largest loss of life for the American military in Iraq in the past two years. The military said in
Gotta love the Gaddafi-style outfit, too. [youtube sYKKidF0ADk nolink]
More proof that our soldiers are tough as nails and have, well, GUTS. From the Daily Mail: Private Moss was on patrol in Paktika Province in Eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, March 16, when his unit was attacked – likely by
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” –G.K. Chesterton
Kudos to the Military Times for putting together this tribute to the more than 540 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who died for their country in the past year. Please take a moment to watch the video and see their
From the Associated Press: Capping an extensive trip to Europe, President Barack Obama said that the United States must always “leave room” to throw financial and moral support behind nations fighting for freedoms even during tough economy times.
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From the UK’s Daily Mail: Poland’s former president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa has snubbed an invitation to meet with President Barack Obama. Mr Walesa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, had been invited by Polish President Bronislaw
From the Associated Press: CHICAGO — In 2000, David Coleman Headley called a phone number he saw on a recruiting poster in a mosque in Pakistan, and in doing so launched a nearly decade-long career as a terrorist. For the
Ynetnews reports: For the first time ever, ordinary Russians can now see documents that appear to confirm long-standing rumors that Vladimir Lenin had Jewish heritage. In a country long plagued by anti-Semitism, such heritage can be a significant taint, especially
This is how he signed the guestbook at Westminster Abbey yesterday….note the date.
Discrimination, or necessity? The Marine Corps Times reports on how marines with gold grills have had their careers hurt because they are not as “presentable” as those without. An excerpt: TAMPA, Fla. — The rapper Paul Wall once said his
Here is Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech at AIPAC tonight in Washington, DC. As you can hear from the video (especially the second), leftist protesters– who’d paid to get in– tried to heckle Bibi but were drowned out by applause
From the Daily Telegraph: Barack Obama is no more O’Bama than I am O’Done. And the Irish know it. They’re watching, bemused, as the most powerful man in the world comes to visit their President and Taoiseach, then visit Moneygall,
From AFP: Gunmen armed with rockets and explosives stormed a major Pakistani naval air base, triggering gun battles that killed five military personnel, three weeks after the US killing of Osama bin Laden.
From AFP: Six medical students were killed and 23 others wounded in a Taliban suicide attack at Afghanistan’s main military hospital in Kabul on Saturday, officials said. The blast took place at lunchtime in a tent used as a dining
