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From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says more than 40 Americans have been recruited by al-Qaida-linked terrorists in Somalia and have gone there to fight. U.S. counterterrorism officials have not reported such

From the Associated Press: BOSSIER CITY, La. — A south Bossier City homeowners association has sued to force a family to remove a front yard sign supporting their son’s military service because it violated subdivision covenants. The Times reports that

From Canada’s National Post: OSLO — Anders Behring Breivik told a Norwegian judge on Monday his bombing and shooting rampage that killed scores aimed to save Europe from a Muslim takeover, and said that “two more cells” existed in his

From the Daily Mail: In an extraordinary outburst, the Business Secretary accused Republican politicians in the U.S. of sabotaging recovery by opposing tax rises to help cut America’s budget deficit. Mr Cable told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show: ‘The irony

From the BBC: “The man accused of a massacre at a youth camp in Norway and a bombing in the capital, Oslo, has admitted responsibility, his lawyer says. Anders Behring Breivik, 32, described his actions as “gruesome but necessary”, and

Here is Aljazeera’s take on the terrorist attack in Norway. They tie it to the rise of “right wing” politics in Scandinavia. [youtube GzVYoSVEIDc nolink]

From the DoD: Soldiers from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, conducted a rare sling load operation July 6, 2011, using a CH-47F Chinook helicopter to transport another Chinook helicopter from Camp Kunduz to Camp Marmal, Afghanistan. Hovering

From the UK’s Daily Mail: The man responsible for the massacre in Norway was a member of a Swedish nazi forum which encourages attacks on government buildings. It was also revealed by local police that he had extreme right wing

The report comes from Pravda. The story is so bizarre and strange….it must be true. An excerpt: “The category of gender was canceled at one of Swedish kindergartens. The words “boy” and “girl” are no longer used there, while pronouns

From the Marine Corps Times: “At least six senior Pentagon staff members, including federal civilian employees, senior executives, and uniformed officers, have filed a complaint with the Defense Department Inspector General against the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness,

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Tom Ricks is no conservative. He was a military reporter for the Washington Post and describes himself here as the grandson of Democratic Party politicians in Massachusetts. He has this to say about Camelot in Foreign Policy: “As I studied

Amazing that they didn’t think of this earlier. From the Marine Corps Times: It looks like a camouflage diaper, but it could save your future children. Within a month, the Marine Corps will begin fielding new groin protectors that can

From the Associated Press: SAN DIEGO — About 200 active-duty troops and veterans wearing T-shirts advertising their branch of service marched Saturday in San Diego’s gay pride parade with American flags and rainbow banners, marking what is believed to be

This is the most recent installment of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania, as he continues to share snippets from his latest book revealing how communists, from Moscow

From the Army Times: The Pentagon is considering massive changes to the force — including a draft — amid fears that new and far deeper budget cuts are looming just over the horizon, a top military official said Thursday. Marine

From the Marine Corps Times: “Will she or won’t she? Marines everywhere cheered Hollywood hottie Mila Kunis when reports emerged early this week that she would honor the invitation from Sgt. Scott Moore and attend a Marine Corps Birthday Ball

From Department of Defense Buzz: “A pair of top Navy officials admitted Tuesday that its endemic readiness problems are basically unresolved — and may keep getting worse — before the service’s plans to fix its surface fleet finally take effect.

From the UK’s Daily Mail: This is the brutal lynching and public display of the close confidante who shot dead Ahmed Wali Karzai – the half-brother of president Hamid Karzai. A group of men in plain clothes hung the corpse

From the Marine Corps Times: The Marine Corps is considering an overhaul of the Physical Fitness Test for women that would incorporate a new upper-body strength test requiring pull-ups for a perfect score. Details of the plan are outlined in

From the Associated Press: BEIJING — The United States is spending too much on its military in light of its recent economic troubles, China’s top general said Monday while playing down his country’s own military capabilities. The chief of the

Business Insider (h/t: AOSHQ) has gathered some news off the Reuters Twitter feed: Reuters reports that protesters loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad have broken into the U.S. embassy compound in Damascus, according to diplomats in the capital city. Reuters

Pakistan’s Dawn takes a look inside rehab programs for former Taliban and radicals. Based on this account, the program has been quite a success. Although I have to say the notion of terrorists suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress bothers me. Aren’t

From the Associated Press: KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. and its allies are within reach of defeating al-Qaida after killing Osama bin Laden and gaining new insights about the terrorist group’s other leading figures, new Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said

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This is the most recent installment of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania, as he continues to share snippets from his latest book revealing how communists, from Moscow

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From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has warned domestic and international airlines that some terrorists are considering surgically implanting explosives into humans to carry out attacks, The Associated Press has learned. There is no intelligence pointing to

The US military now has some prototypes of Lockheed Martin’s hydraulic-powered anthropomorphic ekoskeleton system for testing. Among other things, the system gives soldiers super human strength. As Lockheed Martin puts it in a press release: Exoskeleton technologies: ‘Bionic’ legs and

From the Tehran Times: TEHRAN – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the United States and the Zionist regime are fearful of the fact that the Islamic system of Iran is serving as

From the Associated Press: Nearly 40 years of continuous service comes to an end…congrats to Command Sgt. Major Jeff Mellinger FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A homemade wind chime with the word “Whining” under a red slash is made from metal

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Civil War reenactments are growing in, of all places, Germany. Germany’s English language newspaper The Local has an interesting account of how this hobby has caught on. This weekend they are reenacting the bombardment of Fort Sumner and the Battle

From Ynetnews: A defiant Muammar Gaddafi has threatened to carry out attacks in Europe unless NATO halts its campaign of airstrikes against his regime in Libya. Gaddafi delivered the warning Friday in an audio message played to thousands of supporters

From the UK’s Daily Mail: Die-hard Democrats may want to keep their children well away from July 4th parades, according to a new Harvard study. Researchers at the university claim youngsters who attend the patriotic events are much more likely

So, is this a trade up or a trade down? From the Marine Corps Times: “For at least a decade, factions of the Marine Corps have pushed for replacement of the legendary 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon in infantry fire