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The US Is Helping Iraq Beef Up Its Navy And Delivered Two New Ships Today
The United States has delivered two support ships to Iraq, which is seeking to boost its fledgling naval capabilities, the US embassy said on Sunday.The two 60-metre offshore support vessels were...
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US Marine Jon Hammar Is Finally Out Of Mexican Jail For Antique Shotgun Fiasco
A former US marine, jailed in Mexico after illegally crossing the border with an antique shotgun, has been released, a Florida congresswoman said in a statement.Jon Hammar, 27, a south Florida resident...
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Looks Like South Sudan's Shooting Down UN Helicopters As A Matter Of Policy Now
The shooting down of a UN helicopter in South Sudan by the army, which killed four Russian crew, is the latest of a long line of UN troubles with government forces in the country, a UN spokesman said...
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Let's Be Honest, Guns Are Just A Small Part Of America's Real Problem
Let's be clear: when Congress passes an "assault weapons" ban (and they will pass a ban), it'll be pretty much toothless.That the law will likely leave most things unchanged doesn't matter — the...
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The CIA Thinks 'Zero Dark Thirty' Is So 'Inaccurate' It Issued This Statement...
The new movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, 'Zero Dark Thirty' arrived in theaters last week and reviews have been mixed, but the acting head of the CIA is not impressed.Michael Morell, standing...
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'Poison Gas Bombs' In Syria Could Force US Intervention
Just hours after Syrian forces bombed a line of starving residents waiting for bread, reports came out that the government used chemical weapons on the city of Homs, a rebel-held city in Western...
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The World's Largest Naval Station Is Packed Tight For Christmas
The Navy does its best to get troops home for the holidays when it can, but this display at Norfolk Naval base is still more the exception than the rule.Nine "Flattops," five aircraft carriers, and...
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EXPERT: New Yorkers Own At Least 1 Million Bushmaster Rifles
New York state residents own approximately 1 million Bushmaster rifles, the same firearm used to murder 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to the New York Post's Fred Dicker. In a...
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Questions Abound Over SEAL Team 4 Commander's Apparent Suicide
The US Navy is investigating the death of a top SEAL officer in Afghanistan as an apparent suicide, CNN reported Sunday.The Pentagon said Commander Job Price, 42, did not die in combat, and that his...
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Here's What The 'Agent-15' Chemical Weapon Probably Used In Syria Does To People
Reports that chemical weapons were used this weekend in Syria were effectively confirmed today after doctors at the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) interviewed witnesses and victims of the...
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How About Banning Bullets? The Constitution Doesn't Say Anything About Those...
One of the arguments invoked by those who think we should keep assault weapons freely available in this country is that the Constitution says we have a right to own and buy them.The Constitution...
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Syrian Regime 'Has No Future' Says US
Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held "constructive" talks in Syria with President Bashar al-Assad, as Washington warned that his regime's days are numbered.As jihadists seized an area populated by the...
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Even Syrians Are More Optimistic About The Future Than US Republicans
Syrians, who are fighting a civil war in which 40,000 of them have died just this year, are still more optimistic about their own future than US Republicans, recent polls reveal. Republicans also are...
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South Korea Says US Drones May Be Too Expensive
South Korea is not necessarily committed to buying US Global Hawk surveillance drones, a spokesman said on Wednesday, after the Pentagon requested congressional permission for such a sale.Seoul's...
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Freedom Of Information Request Reveals British Government's Plans For A...
A zombie invasion is a problem that may seem to belong in a horror film rather than to real life, but, none the less, the British government believes it has worked out the best way to cope with one.In...
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Syrian Chief Of Police Defects To The Rebels, Cites Assad's Brutality
The head of Syria's military police has defected from the army and declared allegiance to the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, according to a video and a Syrian security source.The...
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The Clock Is Ticking On Obama To Solve The Iranian Nuclear Crisis
International crises are supposed to last days. Perhaps, like the Cuban missile crisis, they can stretch to weeks or, like the prelude to war in 1914, even months. But the Iranian nuclear crisis, which...
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This Army Exercise Was So Useless It Inspired A Psychological Theory
Long before he won the Nobel Prize for Economics, Daniel Kahneman was a psychology officer for the Israeli Defence Force. He got a lot out of his time in the army too, including inspiration for the...
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Professor: Don't Be Surprised If There's A War Between Japan And China In The...
Chinese planes flew near Japanese airspace Monday to assert its claims to Japan's Senkaku islands (China calls them the Diaoyu islands).The move came just as Japan announced its new prime minister.Hugh...
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The Guy Who Killed Two Firemen Was Also Using A Bushmaster .223 Rifle
Police are now reporting that the man who ambushed first responders in Webster, New York, armed himself with a Bushmaster AR-15 "assault style" rifle, according to Russell Goldman of ABC News.William...
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