Apr 8, 2013 No Comments ›› Spit Stixx
Excerpted from WND: The U.S. in recent weeks aided in the transfer of shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles, or man-portable air-defense systems, to the Syrian rebels, according to informed Middle Eastern security officials. The arming of Syrian rebels is considered highly controversial. A major issue is the inclusion of jihadists, including al-Qaida, among the ranks of the Free ...
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Apr 8, 2013 No Comments ›› Spit Stixx
Excerpted from The New York Times: The Navy is going to sea for the first time with a laser attack weapon that has been shown in tests to disable patrol boats and blind or destroy surveillance drones. A prototype shipboard laser will be deployed on a converted amphibious transport and docking ship in the ...
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Apr 8, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from US NEWS NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The Navy's top officer unveiled new technology Monday that allows ships to shoot down drones or other vehicles for about the cost of a pack of gum. The USS Dewey tested an onboard laser weapons system in July 2012, in which it successfully shot down a test drone. Navy Adm. Jonathan ...
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Apr 8, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE HILL Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recommended Monday that the Pentagon strip commanders of the ability to overturn verdicts in military criminal court cases. The proposed change in the military’s judicial code comes in the wake of widespread outrage on Capitol Hill over a commander's dismissal of a sexual assault guilty verdict against an Air ...
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Apr 8, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE DAILY BEAST America’s 23 million veterans are facing an unprecedented crisis as the backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has grown to nearly 1 million—more than double what it was when President Obama took office. The situation has reached a tipping point.Newspaper editorial boards and magazines call it a ...
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Apr 8, 2013 No Comments ›› Spit Stixx
Look above at that scared rabbit, "I'm guilty as fuck" look on Obama's face.
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Apr 8, 2013 No Comments ›› Infidel
Excerpted from Newsbusters: Bill Maher just can’t resist denigrating those who choose to join our military forces. Catching up with a comment from his Friday night show on HBO, when discussing what motivates soldiers to want to re-join their units and what they miss when back in civilian life, war correspondent Sebastian Junger explained: “The ...
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Apr 7, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE BLAZE It has been more than six months since the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that cost four Americans — including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens — their lives. Yet, the picture is not much clearer than it was in the weeks after the tragedy. It seems the government and ...
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Apr 7, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from JP Steinitz calls on world powers to set deadline of weeks to persuade Tehran to halt nuclear enrichment.Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz called on world powers on Sunday to set a deadline for military action of weeks to persuade Iran to halt its nuclear enrichment program after talks ended without progress at the ...
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Apr 7, 2013 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from The Guardian: The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. A Californian corporation has been awarded a contract with United States Central Command (Centcom), which oversees US armed operations in the Middle East and ...
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Apr 6, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from FOX NEWS NORFOLK, Va. – A Navy ship named in honor of the victims and first responders of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon joined the fleet Saturday, serving as a floating tribute to the people who died that day and an active warship that can transport Marines around the world. The Navy commissioned ...
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Apr 6, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from AP — Amid mounting tensions with North Korea, the Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test that had been planned for next week at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a senior defense official told The Associated Press on Saturday. The official said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel decided to put off the long-planned ...
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Apr 6, 2013 No Comments ›› Spit Stixx
(CNSNews.com) – In the 1980s, when now- Secretary of State John Kerry was a Democratic U.S. senator from Massachusetts, he criticized the Reagan administration’s plan for a missile defense system -- known as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) -- calling it a “cancer on our nation’s defense.” According to an Aug. 5, 1986 story from ...
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Apr 6, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
A Marine Special Operations Team member fires an M240B machine gun during night fire sustainment training in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 28. Marine Special Operations Team members are deployed in Helmand to train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces. Army Sgt. with Charlie Company, 702nd Brigade Support Battalion, attempts to set a new weight ...
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Apr 6, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from USA TODAY WASHINGTON — FBI agents interviewed David Petraeus, the former head of the Central Intelligence Agency, at his home in Arlington on Friday, two government officials have confirmed to USA TODAY. Petraeus resigned last year as head of the CIA when it was revealed that he had had an extramarital affair with his ...
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Feel Good Video Of The Day: Mother Screams Loudly At The Surprise Return Of Her Son From Afghanistan
Apr 6, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
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Apr 6, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from FOX NEWS KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said. In the south, three U.S. service members, two U.S. civilians and the doctor were ...
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Apr 6, 2013 No Comments ›› Spit Stixx
(Agence France-Presse) A US army general responsible for operations in east Africa has been stripped of his command amid reports of sexual misconduct, a Pentagon official confirmed on Friday. Major General Ralph Baker, the commander of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, was relieved of his duties by the outgoing head of US Africa Command ...
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