[youtube 75YhFScM5sU] (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi called the rebels who rose up against his 42-years of one-man rule “rats,” but in the end it was he who was captured cowering in a drainage pipe full of rubbish and filth… “One
SIRTE, Libya (AP) – Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by his own people in an uprising that turned into a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces
Cheering now? Not so much… (Reuters) – Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs near his hometown of Sirte at dawn on Thursday, National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid said. Majid reported the capture after
WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States will hold a fresh round of talks with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program next week and appoint a new full-time envoy as its seeks to deepen its engagement with the reclusive regime,
From the Associated Press: Afghans: we need big stuff, too KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan needs more advanced weapons, like fighter jets, to defend against foreign threats, while the current firepower is enough to deal with insurgents, the country’s defense minister
An Occupy Portland protester crossed yellow police tape that is protecting a memorial to fallen soldiers in the center of Lownsdale Square. The significance of the statue can be found at Portland Online: The Soldiers’ Monument, Douglas Tilden’s monument to
From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON – Three months ago, one of the CIA’s most experienced clandestine operatives started work inside the New York Police Department. His title is special assistant to the deputy commissioner of intelligence. On that much, everyone
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Hamas militants whisked a captured Israeli soldier across the Gaza border into Egypt early Tuesday, beginning an elaborate prisoner swap deal in which hundreds of Palestinian inmates are to be freed in return for
From the Associated Press: LAS VEGAS — Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan kept it simple and sweet. She was eight months into a nine-month assignment in Kuwait, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta had just informed Congress that the U.S. armed
From the Associated Press: LINCOLN, Neb. — A criminal case has been dismissed against a Nebraska veteran accused of lying about his military record. A federal judge in Maryland ruled in August that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was
Don’t hold your breath waiting for the protests to come to Beijing…. From the Associated Press: Occupy Wall Street…but not Tiananmen Square BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign ministry said Monday the Occupy Wall Street movement highlights issues that are worth
From the Associated Press: BAGHDAD (AP) – The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline, The Associated Press has learned. The decision to pull out fully by January will effectively end more
From the UK’s Daily Mail: A British Royal Navy ship was ordered to turn its guns around because they were parked pointing at a hotel room Michelle Obama was staying in. Fearing the First Lady might be in danger, minders
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama said Friday he’s dispatching roughly 100 U.S. troops to central Africa to help battle the Lord’s Resistance Army, which the administration accuses of a campaign of murder, rape and kidnapping children that spans two
From the Marine Corps Times: The House Armed Services Committee chairman said Friday he would be willing to support a tax increase to pay for defense spending but would “fight like crazy to make sure those are not the only
From the Washington Examiner: Pentagon counternarcotics and counterterrorism operations around the world were abruptly suspended this month when the Defense Department officials overseeing the programs failed to ensure they were funded by congressional authorizations, according to documents obtained by The
From Reuters: Amnesty International urged Canada on Wednesday to arrest former US President George W. Bush for human rights abuses when he visits the province of British Columbia later this month. Amnesty International: “Charges” against former President Bush Alex Neve,
DETROIT (AP) – A Nigerian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempting to bring down an international flight over Detroit with a bomb in his underwear, telling a surprised courtroom on the second day of his trial that the failed attack
**UPDATED** WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration on Tuesday accused agents of the Iranian government of being involved in a plan to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the thwarted plot
From National Defense Magazine: Space weather forecasters are predicting an upswing in solar activity that may result in catastrophes on Earth. The sun is on the upswing of an 11-year cycle called solar maximum, which is ripe for solar flares.
From the Associated Press: FORT BRAGG, N.C. — They were the first Americans into Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks and will probably be the last U.S. forces to leave. As most American troops prepare to withdraw in 2014, the
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Mitt Romney delivered a blistering foreign policy speech this afternoon at South Carolina’s military college. In addition to invoking the names Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, he said that rebuilding America’s economy was critical for our national security. he
From the Navy Times: Fisherman Jimmie Eady was packing the afternoon’s catch of red grouper and triggerfish into the hold of his 35-foot-long boat on Aug. 17 when he heard the first round hit. It landed with a thunderclap in
From the Air Force Times: The Air Force’s venerable half-century-old Boeing B-52 bomber is getting its biggest makeover yet. A host of ongoing and planned upgrades will keep the 76 jets flying for three more decades, service officials said. “The
From the Associated Press: BAGHDAD — Iraqi leaders said Tuesday that they need U.S. military trainers to stay beyond a year-end deadline for American forces to leave but that the troops should not be granted immunity from prosecution. The late-night
From the Associated Press: CAIRO — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, America’s former top spymaster, is meeting with Egyptian leaders to urge them to release a U.S.-born man being held for allegedly being an Israeli spy. Egypt has accused Ilan Grapel,
The Kim family has enslaved millions of people, killed thousands, and is trying to develop a nuclear arsenal. And based on their (until now secret) Facebook and Twitter postings, they are a dysfunctional family. Their activities on social networking sites
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From the Navy Times: Heading off into history… The Navy’s 2nd Fleet — the command that quarantined Cuba in 1962, led the Navy’s responses to Hurricane Katrina and oversaw East Coast Navy combat training for much of its 6 decades
From Sweden’s English-language publication The Local: Despite the Swedish Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket) threatening that they would take a hard line on hospitals placing patient beds in corridors and too many cramped rooms, the problem still persists, and in the
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer is staying grounded despite a whirlwind tour of national TV appearances, trips to New York and Los Angeles and one-on-one time with the leader of the free world. The Kentucky-born Marine
SANAA, Yemen (AP) – Yemen’s Defense Ministry said Friday that the U.S.-born al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed. The Yemeni ministry provided no details in the statement, which appeared on one of its website. Yemeni security and tribal officials
From Defense News: The round in a Marine’s .50 caliber machine gun weighs about 114 grams. MAC Ammunition out of Bay St. Louis, Miss., has produced a round that weighs about 92 grams. It’s 25 percent lighter because instead of
Can someone please explain this rule to me? Totally absurd! From the Marine Corps Times: Commands are advising personnel they are not authorized to wear so-called KIA bracelets, pictured at right, which have become a popular method for honoring friends
The WSJ destroys the myth that the military is comprised primarily of poor people with no other career options: It should no more be necessary to write this article than to prove that there were Jews killed in the World
(AFP) Iran’s navy is going to deploy ships close to US territorial waters, its commander in chief was quoted as saying on Tuesday. “As the global oppression (the US) is present not far from our maritime border … our navy
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s government on Tuesday granted the go-ahead for construction of 1,100 new housing units in occupied east Jerusalem, raising already heightened tensions fueled by last week’s Palestinian move to seek U.N. membership. Israel’s Interior Ministry said the
From the Associated Press: OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Army National Guard is warning the families of military personnel of a hoax involving fake death notifications in the Oklahoma City area. Lt. Col. Max Moss says the wife of a