Syria's Al-Assad May Be Looking To Warm Sandy Beaches To Make His Final Escape
Russia and Patriot missilesRussia has urged Turkey not exaggerate the threat from Syria after Nato approved the deployment of Patriot missiles to Turkish-Syrian border.Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov...
View ArticleFour Afghan Youth Were 'Shot By The British While Drinking Tea'
British forces have been accused of killing four boys at close range in an operation in Afghanistan.A 12-year-old boy and three teenagers are alleged to have been shot dead as they were drinking tea...
View ArticleBashar Al-Assad Bombs Own Capital As Rebels Close In On His Position
Warplanes on Wednesday pounded suburbs of Damascus as regime forces fought to reclaim rebel-held areas of the capital, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The Britain-based watchdog, which...
View ArticleThe 2013 Defense Bill Was Unanimously Approved For $17 Million More Than...
The US Senate unanimously passed the Pentagon's 2013 budget, despite a political impasse over debt reduction that could see huge cuts to military spending next year.After months of negotiations,...
View ArticleThe Assad Regime Is Lashing And Absolutely Pounding Damascus With Airstrikes...
Warplanes on Wednesday pounded suburbs of Damascus as regime forces fought to reclaim rebel-held areas of the capital, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The Britain-based watchdog, which...
View ArticleSyria's Chemical Weapon Threat Is Real Enough That Turkey Is Getting Patriot...
Nato has agreed to deploy Patriot missiles to defend Turkey as Britain warned Syria of "serious consequences" if the regime were to use chemical weapons.Arriving for a Nato foreign ministers' meeting...
View ArticleThe Fort Hood Shooting Case Has Become Even More Of A Travesty
The second thing Army Maj. Nidal Hasan did was grow a beard.The first thing he did was allegedly stalk around Ft. Hood, Texas, shouting "Allahu Akbar" and shooting 42 people, 13 of whom died, until...
View ArticleHere's What Life Is Really Like In Post-Apocalyptic Afghanistan
People told me I was crazy for doing it.I hadn't even opened the package containing my shiny new NYU Master's in Journalism and I was already heading to Afghanistan. It had been a couple of years since...
View ArticleBashar Al-Asad May Stick Around A Bit Longer Than Expected
The United States Senate has issued an order to the Pentagon to come up with a "military options" for the Syrian Civil War.The options must come within 90 days of the enactment of the National Defense...
View ArticleTom Ricks Takes A Swipe At Today's Crop Of Army Generals
Fresh off his Fox News jabfest, Veteran Defense Reporter and author of the book "The Generals," Tom Ricks, appeared on PBS Newshour and said American generals are "well-trained, but ill-prepared" for...
View ArticleThe Military Is Finally Providing A Permanent Special Ops Team For AFRICOM
Ever since the Benghazi debacle, a chorus of voices has been howling about use of Special Forces, among other options, to stem the attack.The nearest group of operators though was in Croatia and had...
View ArticleFrench Magazine Reports That Western Militaries Have Begun Preparing For...
France is preparing its special forces for a mission in war-torn Syria, French weekly magazine Le Point reports.The mission would only involve a relatively small amount of special forces, and a number...
View ArticleThe New York Times Gets Slammed For Blowing Off A Huge WikiLeaks Hearing
The New York York Times "missed the boat" by not covering the first public testimony of Bradley Manning on Friday, according to the Times' public editor Margaret Sullivan.Over the past few days, a...
View ArticleNASA's 'Spooky Plane' Is On The Way Back To The US After Its Afghanistan Mission
It's been far too long since we've checked in with our friend David Cenciotti at The Aviationist and we're never disappointed with what his readers send his way.The plane in the picture above is a...
View ArticleThe Only Way To Survive A Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
With word out from NBC last night that Syria loaded chemical agents onto bombs, the potential human rights crisis became a bit more grave.Of course it was an unnamed source who filled NBC in, but word...
View ArticleWashington Police Seem Pretty Chill About The Official Legalization Of Marijuana
Washington state's Initiative 502– which legalizes up to one ounce of marijuana for those 21 or over – went into effect at midnight on Thursday, and Washington police seem to be taking the transition...
View ArticleThese Russian Warships In Syria Are A Prime Example How The Kremlin's...
Recently there have been multiple reports that Russia may be backing away from its support of Syrian President Bash al-Assad, but Moscow's warships seem to be singing a different tune.Agence...
View ArticleSyria Says News Of Its Chemical Weapons Preparation Is Totally Untrue
Unnamed U.S. officials told NBC News that the Syrian military has loaded the precursor chemicals for sarin nerve gas into aerial bombs to potentially use in the country's civil war.But Syria says the...
View ArticleOne Former Juicer Describes His Insane Life On Steroids
There's something about South Florida that prompts many residents to hone their physiques, without buying into that healthy living thing found in places like Southern California.I spent some time on...
View ArticleHere's Why The West Will Almost Certainly Intervene In Syria
The U.S. is likely to formally label Syrian fighters with the Al Nusra Front a 'terrorist' organization, and effectively set back any possible victory over Bashar Al-Assad.Unless, of course, the West...
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