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Analysis: USAF's cyber offense capability
Washington (UPI) May 15, 2008 Procurement documents from the U.S. Air Force give a rare glimpse into the Pentagon's plans for developing an offensive cyberwar capacity that can infiltrate, steal data from and if necessary take down enemy information technology networks. The Broad Area Announcement, posted Monday by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate in Rome, N.Y., outlines a two-year ... more Military Matters: A time to cut -- Part 2 
Washington (UPI) May 13, 2008 How can the United States seriously cut its military spending while retaining and improving its national security? As the U.S. government cuts, it needs to preserve the military's combat units. That means, above all, the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps infantry battalions. Cut the vast superstructure above those battalions, but keep the battalions. Infantry battalions are what we need ... more US seeks to pressure Iran, not give incentives: Pentagon 
Washington (AFP) May 15, 2008The United States is not trying to create incentives to bring Iran to the negotiating table but rather is seeking ways to intensify pressure to force it to change its ways, the Pentagon said Thursday. Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell indicated, however, that the Pentagon does not currently plan an increase in US military presence in the Gulf as a form of pressure on Iran. ... more US warns China over weapon links in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan 
Washington (AFP) May 15, 2008The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday. He said he conveyed the concerns personally to Chinese officials during his visit to Beijing this week. "Just the other day, Monday, when I was in Beijing, this ... more Pakistani militants accuse US of missile attack 
Damadola, Pakistan (AFP) May 15, 2008Pakistani militants on Thursday accused the United States of carrying out a missile strike in the country's lawless tribal region and vowed to avenge the attack, which killed at least 12. Maulvi Omar, spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, said a house belonging to a local tribesman was hit late on Wednesday by a guided missile fired from a US drone. Security officials told AFP at least 12 ... more |
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Jerusalem (AFP) May 15, 2008US President George W. Bush warned on Thursday that allowing Iran to obtain nuclear weapons would be "an unforgivable betrayal of future generations." "Permitting the world's leading sponsor of terror to possess the world's deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal of future generations," Bush said in remarks prepared for delivery to the Israeli parliament. "America stands with ... more Features: More graves found 
Zahamm, Iraq (UPI) May 13, 2008 The number of human remains unearthed in an al-Qaida killing field northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province is nearing 70 with the discovery of more graves by villagers who had volunteered to search an abandoned pomegranate orchard. The remains of seven people -- all appeared to have been executed late last year -- were found in two graves in the orchard on the outskirts of Zahamm ... more Korea - AIM-9X SIDEWINDER Missiles 
Washington DC (SPX) May 16, 2008The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Korea of AIM-9X SIDEWINDER Missiles as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $25 million. The Republic of Korea has requested a possible sale of 35 All-Up-Round AIM-9X SIDEWINDER Missiles, 1 AIM-9M SIDEWINDER Missile ... more Time running out in search for China quake survivors 
Mianyang, China (AFP) May 16, 2008China warned Friday that vital time was running out to save survivors of its devastating earthquake as it allowed the first foreign rescue teams to join the frantic search for life. The government estimates the powerful quake has already killed some 50,000 people, and the chance of finding survivors buried in the rubble is diminishing by the hour. Across the southwest province of Sichuan ... more Thousands await relatives in stadium in China's earthquake zone 
Mianyang, China (AFP) May 16, 2008Ten thousand people made homeless by China's earthquake squeezed in this city's gymnasium on Friday, hoping with growing desperation for miraculous reunions with their loved ones. Throughout the day, they gathered in front of constantly updated name lists of new arrivals at this large stadium in southwest Sichuan province, pining for news of family lost for four days. Most were disappointed. ... more |
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Yangon (AFP) May 15, 2008Myanmar has moved tens of thousands of homeless cyclone survivors into government-run shelters, pushing them out of monasteries and schools, Buddhist monks from the disaster zone said Thursday. They said people in the hardest-hit parts of the Irrawaddy Delta were relocated by boats and trucks to camps, where it was unclear if they had enough food and water after the storm that left 66,000 deaths ... more Most Myanmar survivors unreached by 'worst' disaster response 
Bangkok (AFP) May 15, 2008Most victims of Myanmar's cyclone remain without emergency food supplies two weeks after the catastrophe, experts said Thursday, with one calling it the worst disaster response in recent memory. Critical supplies are slowly making their way to survivors, but not nearly enough for the up to 2.5 million people who the United Nations says were severely affected by the storm. "I cannot recal ... more China quake zone behind in building safety standards: UN expert 
Geneva (AFP) May 15, 2008The poor regions of southwest China hit by this week's devastating earthquake lag far behind the more developed eastern regions in building safety standards, a top UN disaster official said Thursday. Salvano Briceno, head of the UN's International Strategy for Disaster Reduction agency, told AFP that modern buildings in the boom towns of China's east coast "are built with great care" to with ... more China battling to prevent epidemics in quake-zone: official 
Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2008China said Thursday that no major disease outbreaks had been reported in the earthquake zone but warned that a battle against epidemics was only just beginning as relief workers recovered bodies. Some 10,000 trained medical personnel were working in areas worst-hit by Monday's 7.9 magnitude quake in southwestern Sichuan province, Vice Health Minister Gao Qiang told a press conference. ... more British official clarifies Brown comments on Myanmar summit 
London (AFP) May 15, 2008British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street office clarified comments he made earlier Thursday that the United Nations was organising an emergency summit on the Myanmar cyclone disaster. A Downing Street spokeswoman told AFP that Brown was lending his support to a proposal already made for a high-level pledging conference involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ... more
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