This Yemeni Man Loves America, Hates al-Qaeda, and Says Drone Strikes Make...
A drone strike killed 5 people last week in the remote Yemeni village of Wessab. Locals are still scared. Many knew at least one of the men who was killed. But they didn't know that he was suspected of...
View ArticleTamerlan Tsarnaev Actually Was On US Government Lists Of Potential Terrorists
Eighteen months ago suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was placed in U.S. government databases that track potential terrorists, Mark Hosenball of Reuters reports.The revelation is sure...
View ArticleTests Show The Navy's $37 Billion Computerized Ship Is Vulnerable To Hackers
The Navy's troubled Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS FREEDOM has sailed to Singapore on its first deployment and into another host of potential problems.Andrea Shalal-Esa at Reuters reports the ship was...
View ArticleA Creepy Journey To The Hidden 5th Floor Of A Pyongyang Hotel
With North Korea in so many of today's headlines and little idea what's genuine and what isn't, we were reminded of the little known fifth floor of the Yanggakdo Hotel.The Yanggakdo is North Korea's...
View ArticleFormer Israeli Intelligence Chief: Iran Has Already Crossed Israel’s Red Line
On Tuesday retired Israeli Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin said Iran has essentially crossed the "red line"set by Israel for its nuclear activity, Gavriel Fiske of The Times of Israel reports.On September 27...
View ArticleNorth Korean Soldiers Drop Weapons To Pick Up Farming Tools
The Hermit Kingdom is talking tough again, only this time it's about the fight to feed its own people.On the northern side of the Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the democratic South from...
View ArticleAmerica's Drone War Depends On A Very Loose Definition Of 'Positive ID'
Retired Air Force Col. Martha McSally defended drone strikes before Congress on Monday by saying that all targets were "positively identified.""Positive identification" (called "pid") is achieved by...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Will Have To Address Benghazi On Her Way To The White House
The latest GOP report out about Benghazi points the finger of responsibility directly at Hillary Clinton and the State Department.The 46-page report draws on classified internal emails to illustrate a...
View ArticleHezbollah Drone Shot Down Over Israeli Skies
An Israeli fighter jet shot down a Hezbollah drone over Israeli skies near the Haifa coast at 1 p.m. Thursday.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he views "with utmost severity the attempt...
View ArticleOfficials: Boston Bombing Suspects Killed MIT Police Officer To Steal His Gun
Investigators believe that the suspected Boston bombers killed MIT police officer Sean Collier in a failed attempt to steal his gun, The New York Times reports.Police told the Times that surveillance...
View ArticleGas Station Clerk Describes Boston Carjacking Victim Fleeing From The...
The New York Times has published the most detailed account yet of the mayhem that occurred in Cambridge and Watertown, Mass. on the night of April 18 and the subsequent manhunt for the Boston bombing...
View ArticleThe Sexual Assault Case That Has The Pentagon Scrambling Just Took A...
Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, the Air Force fighter pilot convicted last year of sexual assault — only to have his controversial case later overturned by a General — has some new troubles to worry...
View ArticleINSIDE GITMO: An Exclusive Tour Of The Most Notorious Prison On Earth
There's no getting around the dark history of Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The U.S. military facility in Cuba was where America first embraced indefinite detention and, by many reports, torture.After...
View ArticleAssad Thinks He's Winning The Syrian War — And He May Be Right
Last week Syrian President Bashar al-Assadsaid that his regime has "no choice but victory."A fierce counteroffensive by his troops — including what appears to be the local deployment of chemical...
View ArticleSouth Korea To Withdraw Remaining Workers From Factory In The North
SKorea decides to withdraw remaining SKorean workers at jointly run factory in North KoreaSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul said Friday that it has decided to withdraw the roughly 175 South Koreans still...
View ArticleNew Documentary Says This US Soldier Is Alive In Vietnam 44 Years After Being...
The new documentary "Unclaimed" purports to introduce the world to former Army Sergeant John Robertson, lost over in Vietnam in 1968 and left behind for over four decades. The Toronto Star reports...
View ArticleBoston Bombers’ Carjacking Victim Is A Chinese Entrepreneur Named 'Danny'
The man who was carjacked by alleged Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and who made a daring escape that helped lead to their apprehension, is a 26-year-old Chinese immigrant...
View ArticleFemale Navy Sailor Put Attempted Dubai Rapist In Stranglehold And Beat Him Up
A 28-year-old female sailor on shore leave in Dubai stopped a bus driver from allegedly raping her by putting him in a stranglehold with her thighs, prosecutors told a court this week.The 21-year-old...
View ArticleCell Phone Usage Is Expanding In North Korea
There are nearly two million North Koreans now hooked into the country's only wireless 3G network, up from one million in 2012, according to North Korea Tech. The service, provided by Koryolink, is a...
View ArticleCheck Out The Military Special Operations Flight Unit That's Opened Up To Women
The most elite helicopter unit in the world — the 160th SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) — is just one of many combat units that has opened up to women.Women are no strangers to aerial...
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