Weekend Drone Toll up to 12 in Pakistan
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Members of Congress are fuming at the discovery of a WWII veteran who was buried in a cardboard box at Florida National Cemetery in 2004. Sadly, Lawrence Davis Jr. had no loved ones to see him off, so Veteran Affairs buried his remains in the same co
It’s a disproven myth, but politicians, keen on dispelling opposition and maintaining militarism, continue to feed the fable.
Residents in east London have threatened to form human barricades to prevent missiles being installed on the rooftops of their homes for the Olympic Games.
The US is set to reposition its Navy fleet with the majority of its warships to be assigned to the Asia-Pacific by 2020.
At the expense of US taxpayers and of innocent people throughout Central America, militaristic interventions are increasing
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“What you are proposing is murder,” Lt. Joseph Cramer told his commanding officer, Colonel John Chivington of the Third Colorado Cavalry, shortly before daybreak on the morning of the planned assault.
The US military Tuesday vehemently denied a media report that special forces had been parachuted into North Korea on intelligence-gathering missions, saying a source had been misquoted.
Unexploded ordnance, errant bullets, and metal shrapnel have left many civilians dead or dismembered
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On Memorial Day, I remember some of the most ardent and intense peace enthusiasts: U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War.
We depend on them to protect our country, our lives, our freedom, our way of life.
NATO forces in southwestern Afghanistan will implement a total ban on soldiers’ taking personal photos during military operations.
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Maine shipyard says four injured people have been treated and released.
Sure, it took an extra year or so, but Northrop Grumman has finally penciled in the first flight of the giant surveillance airship it’s building for the U.S. Army.
Nato summit leaders should have been forced to watch the moving protest of the former troops chucking their medals away
Alliance endorses plan to withdraw troops by 2014, but fails to resolve issues such as supply routes through Pakistan.
A group of around 20 U.S. special operations forces are on the ground in Yemen, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The European missile shield is up and running, says NATO Secretary-General Fogh Rasmussen, who announced its “interim capability” to shoot down incoming missiles.
Last year, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates was greeted in Beijing by China’s experimental stealth jet buzzing over his head. Gates didn’t sweat it: He proclaimed that the J-20 wouldn’t be ready until at least 2020. Oops.
Pentagon requests Congress to provide Israel with additional funding for its "Iron Dome" missile defence programme.
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