REPORT: 3 Chinese Ships Enter Japanese Waters Near Disputed Islands — Nikkei...
More concerning headlines between Japan and China.According to Kyodo, 3 Chinese ships have entered Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku islands, which are disputed.The Nikkei, which had opened...
View ArticleThe 16 Greatest Cities In Human History
What New York City was in twentieth century, London was in the the 1900s, Constantinople was in the 600s, and so forth, back to Jericho in 7000 BC.They were the largest cities in the world, and...
View ArticleChina Already Has A Plan To Sink The US Fleet In Any Upcoming Battles
As the U.S. makes clear it will defend Japan should China try and lay claim to the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, this Chinese announcement from mid-2012 offers additional perspective.Once the...
View ArticleTop BP Exec Killed In Algeria Hostage Crisis Was On Rare Visit To The Site
A senior executive at BP, who lived in London, was among those who died in the attack on the Algerian gas plant, adding to suggestions that the terrorists may have had inside information.Carlos...
View ArticleChina's Forces Are Getting Combat Ready As The Island Dispute With Japan Grows
When Chinese and Japanese fighters met for the first time over disputed islands in the East China Sea earlier this month, Japan promptly declared its right to fire tracers at China's jets.Though met...
View ArticleIraq Just Discovered Another Billion Barrels Of Oil
Iraq said on Sunday it has discovered deposits of crude equivalent to one billion barrels of oil after the first exploration work by state-owned firms in almost 30 years.The deposits were found after...
View ArticleWhat Western Powers Are Up Against In Mali And Algeria
Bamako, MaliToday in Algeria, authorities are scouring a Saharan gas plant for bodies in the wake of a hostage crisis that ended in a shootout between the Army and Islamist kidnappers. Around the...
View ArticleMLK's Vehement Condemnations Of US Militarism Are More Relevant Than Ever
The civil right achievements of Martin Luther King are quite justly the focus of the annual birthday commemoration of his legacy. But it is remarkable, as I've noted before on this holiday, how...
View ArticleA Look Inside 'The Beast' Limousine Carrying Obama To The Inauguration
At a cost of over $300,000 and enough armor to stop an RPG, the President's ground vehicle is a very resilient ride.It looks like a Caddy STS on the outside, but on the inside it has everything the...
View ArticleThe Air Force Is Turning Combat Planes Into Airborne Wireless Routers
The U.S. Air Force is trying to turn the targeting pods carried by some of its legacy fighters and the B-1 Lancer bomber, into flying wireless routers that would allow ground troops to communicate each...
View ArticleAirport Security Toy Outrages Amazon Shoppers
We've covered some bizarre toys before, but this one is priceless ... literally.The toy is unavailable right now on Amazon, and we're not surprised reading the comments.The funniest from commenter M....
View ArticlePrince Harry Returns From Afghanistan Seemingly Battle-Hardened
Prince Harry says he did not come to Afghanistan to kill the Taliban, but says he will "take a life to save a life" and if insurgents attack British forces then he will "take them out of the...
View ArticleHow Explosives I Found In Libya Field May Have Ended Up With Algerian...
When I read the story of Steven McFaul, the hostage from Belfast who did a runner from the jihadis in southern Algeria with a Semtex suicide belt around his neck, I was taken back to a slightly...
View ArticleAlgeria Hostage-Takers 'Aided By Libyan Islamists'
Libyan Islamists provided logistical support to the militants who seized an Algeria gas plant before they were killed in a bloodbath which also left 37 foreigners dead, well-informed sources...
View ArticleJill Kelley Finally Speaks About Petraeus, Broadwell and Blackmail
In her first interview since the bottom of the David Petreaus scandal fell out, the "other other woman" Jill Kelley told The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz that Paula Broadwell is one scary cyberbully;...
View ArticlePrince Harry: Shooting Hellfire Missiles At Insurgents Is Like 'Playing Video...
Britain's Prince Harry, who compared shooting insurgents in Afghanistan to playing video games, has probably developed a mental problem, the Taliban said Tuesday."There are 49 countries with their...
View Article3-D Sonar Scans Offer Unprecedented View Of Civil War Ship Sunk 150 Years Ago
One-hundred and fifty years ago, the USS Hatteras, a 210-foot, iron-hulled Navy ship, was sunk by a Confederate ship about 20 miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas. The Hatteras was the only Union...
View ArticleObama's Living In A 'Fantasy World' When It Comes To Al Qaeda
Either Barack Obama is living in a fantasy world, or he really does believe that the decade-long war against Islamist terror is drawing to a close, as he claimed in his inaugural address yesterday....
View ArticleJapan And Philippines Try More Creative Diplomacy To Deal With China
Both Japan and the Philippines are attempting to engage China in new ways to settle sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea.The Associated Press reports a Japanese envoy has arrived in China to...
View ArticleTaliban Sends A Message With Second Coordinated Attack In Five Days
A nine-hour gun battle raged through the heart of Kabul on Monday, leaving at least seven dead and eight wounded. The latest attack, claimed by the Taliban, shows a defiant insurgency that may not be...
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