Germany Assuming A Greater Military Role On The World Stage

Germans with a Patriot missile battery. Germany has voted to send two Patriot missile batteries and 400 soldiers to Turkey. Tobias Schwarz/ReutersGermany, for Decades a Pacifist Power, Faces the Need to Play a Military Role -- New York TimesBERLIN — When Chancellor Angela Merkel...

Impressive Rebel Tank Strike In Syria (Video)

Video Claims To Show An Impressive Rebel Tank Strike In Syria -- Business InsiderFree Syrian Army rebels are laying siege to Assad's Taftanaz airport, which they claim he uses to mount helibourne assaults on rebel positions.This video claims to have caught a direct hit from a rebel tank on a Syrian army tank at that airport. The rebel tank looks like...

NYT > Home Page: Obama and G.O.P. Gear Up for Next Fiscal Fight

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NYT > Home Page: Aurora, Colo., Shooting Kills Four

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A Critical review Of 'Global Trends 2030'

U.S. Intelligence's New Year's Wish -- Tom Engelhardt, Real Clear World/TomDispatch.comThink of it as a simple formula: if you've been hired (and paid handsomely) to protect what is, you're going to be congenitally ill-equipped to imagine what might be. And yet the urge not just...

Can A Sniper Hit A Target 3080 Yards With A HTI .375 CheyTac

DTA & DTM 3080 Yards with HTI .375 CheyTac -- DTAComLinkRecent news has been reported of two Australian Snipers who shot and killed a Taliban commander at a record distance of 3079 yards during a simultaneous command fire. They were firing two Barrett M107 .50 BMG rifles. There has been a lot of debate whether the equipment used had the accuracy...

Laying The Groundwork For The Next Washington Battle Over Debt And Spending

(Click on Image to Enlarge)Obama Hints At Big Debt-Ceiling Brawl, But Can He Win This One? -- Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science MonitorOn Saturday in his weekly address, President Obama warned of a 'dangerous game' ahead if Congress resists raising the debt ceiling. US debt has hit...

NYT > Home Page: McChrystal Book Details Tensions With Obama

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NYT > Home Page: Bill Pushes for More Legislative Sessions in Texas

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Egyptian President: No Negotiations With 'Descendants Of Apes And Pigs'

Morsi: No Peace With Descendants Of Apes And Pigs -- Jerusalem PostNewly translated interviews by MEMRI show Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in 2010 opposing two-state solution.Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are "a waste of time and opportunities" as Arabs and Muslims get nothing out of engagement with "the descendants of apes and pigs," current...

NYT > Home Page: Former C.I.A. Officer Is the First to Face Prison for a Classified Leak

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NYT > Home Page: From Spy to Source to Convict

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