Revealed: Pentagon knew in 2012 that it would take 75,000 GROUND TROOPS to...
Mail Online – Securing Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles and the facilities that produced them would likely require the U.S. to send more than 75,000 ground troops into the Middle Eastern country,...
View ArticleAIPAC to deploy hundreds of lobbyists to push for Syria action
Reuters – The influential pro-Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee will deploy hundreds of activists next week to win support in Congress for military action in Syria, amid an intense White...
View ArticleNATO airstrike kills at least 10 civilians: Afghan officials
ABC – At least 10 civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike on a pickup truck carrying women and children in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan provincial officials said Sunday. ISAF said 10 enemy forces...
View ArticleIraq blasts near Baghdad Shia mosque ‘kill at least 35′
BBC- Two explosions near a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have killed at least 35 people, officials say. At least 55 others were wounded in the attack in the largely Shia district of Kasra as...
View ArticleMystery Satellite Movements: What Is China Doing?
Discovery – Unexplained satellite movements in orbit, secretive payloads, testing of potential anti-satellite technologies and no official explanation — this sounds like the plot of the next James Bond...
View ArticleDefence secretary: selling weapons abroad is priority for Britain
Guardian – Selling weapons abroad is a top priority for the government, Philip Hammond, the UK defence secretary, made clear on Tuesday, praising what he called a “fabulous show” displaying “fantastic...
View ArticleReport: CIA believes Israel acquired chemical weapons decades ago
Jerusalem Post – Israel is believed to have secretly developed a range of chemical weapons in the 1960s and 70s as further defense against an attack by the surrounding enemy states, according to a...
View ArticleRoadside bomb kills civilians in Afghanistan
Al Jazeera – A roadside bomb has struck a passenger bus, killing seven civilians and wounding more than a dozen others in southern Afghanistan, officials say. Three children and one woman were among...
View ArticleReports: Scores killed in CAR gun battles
Al Jazeera – At least 55 people have been killed in fighting between the forces of the new Central African Republic (CAR) president and those loyal to deposed leader Francois Bozize, according to the...
View ArticleSyria hails US-Russia deal on chemical weapons
BBC – The US-Russia deal on Syria’s chemical weapons is a “victory” that averts war, a Syrian minister says. The framework document says Syria must provide full details of its stockpile within a week –...
View ArticlePhilippines ceasefire collapses as fighting continues
ABC – Fighting has continued for a sixth day in the southern Philippines, after a ceasefire between government forces and Muslim separatist rebels almost immediately collapsed. More than 50 people have...
View ArticleRussia to expand Mediterranean fleet to 10 warships – Navy chief
RT – The Russian Navy intends to build its presence in the Mediterranean Sea – particularly in the area close to Syrian shores – to up to 10 battleships, announced Admiral of the Fleet Viktor Chirkov....
View ArticleThree dead as Taliban launches attack on US consulate in Herat, Afghanistan
ABC – At least three people were killed and 17 wounded after gunmen in suicide vests detonated a truck bomb outside the US consulate in the Afghan city of Herat, sparking a shootout with American...
View ArticleOpposition fighters in Syria reject Russian plan to collect regime’s chemical...
ABC – Opposition rebel groups in Syria have rejected a Russian proposal for placing the Syrian regime’s chemical arms under international control, calling for regime officials to be brought to justice....
View ArticleBlast damages Libyan foreign ministry building in Benghazi
Reuters – An explosion damaged a Libyan foreign ministry building in Benghazi, local officials said on Wednesday, the first anniversary of the attack on the U.S. consulate in the country’s second...
View ArticleSix killed in two blasts near army sites in Egypt’s Sinai
Reuters – Six Egyptian army officers were killed on Wednesday in two car bomb explosions near military units in the Sinai Peninsula, close to the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip, a military...
View ArticleRussian Mediterranean fleet to be expanded to 11 warships
RT – The Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean Sea will be boosted by another military vessel till the end of September, according to the country’s Black Sea Fleet command. The large landing...
View ArticleGolden Eye-style energy beam is developed by Nato scientists
Telegraph – The device uses an intense pulse of electromagnetic energy that can be directed at a moving vehicle to interfere with the electronics on board. Tests conducted by Nato scientists who have...
View ArticleTurkish warplanes shoot down Syrian helicopter
Reuters – Turkey said its warplanes shot down a Syrian helicopter on Monday after it crossed into Turkish airspace and the government warned it had taken all necessary measures to defend itself against...
View ArticleIsrael has 80 nukes, can about triple inventory – report
RT – Israel has never confirmed or denied possession of nuclear weapons, but according to new report by US experts it has at least 80 operative warheads and has enough material to produce up to 190...
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