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Look At How Much Shell Is Paying To Militants, Gangs And 'Kill And Go' Police...
Shell Oil Company allegedly paid hundreds of millions of dollars to the oppressive Nigerian government for "security" at the height of conflicts in the region, according to a report from watchdog...
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Pentagon Says Ex-SEAL Will Face Legal Action For Bin Laden Book
The Pentagon warned a former Navy SEAL that he faces legal action and loss of the profit for writing a book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, according to a letter released Thursday night....
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Pat Tillman's Wife Details The Enduring Message He Left For Her
Late on that terrible April day in 2004, hours after she learned that her husband had died in the mountains of Afghanistan, Marie Tillman finally reached for the sealed envelope hidden beneath the...
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If You Thought Afghanistan Was Complicated, Wait Until You See The Next Big...
There has been a lot of talk about a ‘New Great Game’ in Central Asia, in which the major powers compete for control of resource rich and logistically important region of Central Asia. This area might...
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Sixth-Largest Defense Company Breaking Up Months Before Pentagon Cuts (SAI)
Science Applications International Corporation — more commonly SAIC — is breaking up, dividing its businesses into two different publicly traded companies. The news comes after cuts to the Defense...
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This Supersonic Concept Plane Rotates In Midair And Looks Like A Ninja Star
One problem facing supersonic aircraft is that the properties that make them fly efficiently at speeds greater than Mach 1 (the speed of sound, 761 mph) hurt their performance in subsonic flight. To...
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Death Penalty Sought For Soldiers Accused Of Double Slaying And Anarchist Plot
Tiffany York's stepfather rushed across the courtroom and had to be tackled by security. "You killed (expletive) my kid!" He yelled, while another family member shouted, "An eye for an eye!" The drama...
View ArticleApple Rejects The App For Tracking Drone Strikes
Apple has rejected an app that would alert users to drone strikes. The app would also keep an active log of strikes, allowing users to plot areas of interest. CNET reported that Apple rejected Drone+...
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Green-On-Blue Attacks Have Gotten So Bad In Afghanistan That Troops Are...
U.S. military units have resorted to building hardened safe rooms, or what they call "Alamos," to protect themselves from potential attacks from the soldiers and police officers they are training,...
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Gamers Use Their Thumbs To Help Injured Troops Survive On The Battlefield
Video gamers are lending their hands, in particular their thumbs, to battlefield medics. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is known for bizarre crowd sourcing techniques and odd...
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US Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Sell Secret Information To The Chinese...
An American who worked as a guard at a new U.S. consulate in China has pleaded guilty to trying to sell classified information to the Chinese government. Bryan Underwood, 32, reported offered to sell...
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The Taliban Have Started Beheading Scores Of Innocent People Again
The news out of Afghanistan is that the Taliban beheaded 17 men and women who had gathered for a mixed-gender social event with music and dancing. This, of course, is not the first time the excesses...
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The President's Executive Order On Military Health Care Is Too Little Too Late
It's certainly planned, inadvertently ironic, that President Barack Obama chose the 2nd anniversary of the end of the Iraq War to visit Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, to announce an executive order...
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If You Want A Classic WW2 Rifle, The Government Is Selling
Guess what? You can buy WW2 rifles from the government. The "Civilian Marksmanship Program" is a private non-profit, but the government classifies it as a "government corporation hybrid." A...
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There's A Secret Ruling That The NSA's Domestic Spying Violates The 4th...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is suing the Justice Department for details of last month's ruling by a secretive U.S. court that National Security Agency's domestic spying program violated...
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16 Charts On The Booming Global Small Arms Trade
The value of the arms trade has DOUBLED since 2006, according to the Small Arms Survey 's newest report: Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets. The Swiss-based survey valued the global trade of...
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Russia Wants Its Own Hypersonic Bomber By The End Of The Decade
Russian leaders have taken notice of the U.S. Air Force’s plans to build a next generation bomber, announcing they have set their sites on building a hypersonic bomber. Russian Deputy Prime Minister...
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Studies Like This Helping Brain Rattled Troops May Help Everyone Stay...
Posit Science today announced the launch of BrainHQ, its next-generation computerized brain fitness training system. Designed to improve the cognitive performance of virtually everyone who uses it,...
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Libyan Man Describes Horrific Experience Of Being Waterboarded By US Troops
Earlier today, Human Rights Watch released a report in which it charges the CIA and UK security forces of serious human rights violations. The 154-page report, Delivered Into Enemy Hands: U.S.-Led...
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Israel Dials Down Tough Talk After Meeting With Americans
In the coded landscape of Israel's intentions regarding a military strike against Iran, the defence minister, Ehud Barak, made a public statement on Thursday which may signify a shift away from...
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