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Scores of rebels killed as attack on key Afghan town foiled Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) Oct 12, 2008 
About 100 militants were killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province, half in air strikes that thwarted a major attack on a key town overnight, Afghan and British forces said Sunday. The attempt to enter Lashkar Gah from three directions was "virtually unprecedented" in the area in the scale of the attacking force and their degree of coordination, British military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel ... read moreTurkish air raid targets senior Kurdish rebels in Iraq: army 
Ankara (AFP) Oct 12, 2008Turkish warplanes bombed Sunday a Kurdish rebel hideout in neighbouring Iraq where senior militants were believed to be, the army said. It was the seventh Turkish air strike in northern Iraq since October 3 when Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants crossing from their bases in the region attacked a Turkish border outpost, killing 17 soldiers. The jets on Sunday evening struck a hideou ... more
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Fatal Ukrainian drone barrage on Russia hits oil refinery
Ukrainian drone barrage on Russia kills two, hits oil refinery North Korea's Kim vows nuclear programme to continue: state media North Korea's Kim vows nuclear programme to continue: KCNA Doomsday clock ticks one second, closest ever to midnight China wants to see US, Russian nuclear disarmament efforts before talks Iran says US should win back Tehran's trust for nuclear talks UK govt accused of renaming submarine to avoid offending France Iran diplomat says no contact with US since Trump's return Lights out for French solar panel maker 
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US drones fly after missile strike in Pakistan: residents
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 12, 2008US pilotless spy planes on Sunday flew over a Pakistani tribal town bordering Afghanistan just hours after a missile strike killed at least four people, residents said. Two missiles from suspected US drones overnight struck a compound just outside Miranshah, the main town in the restive North Waziristan district, which is seen as a safe haven for Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants. ... more US boasts all inspections demands met in N Korea blacklist deal 
Washington (AFP) Oct 12, 2008The United States boasted Saturday it got "every single thing" it wanted from North Korea on steps to verify its nuclear disarmament, in return for striking Pyongyang from a terrorism blacklist. The deal allows for outside experts to visit both declared and undeclared sites in North Korea, take and remove samples and equipment for analysis, view documents and interview nuclear program staff ... more Outside View: Russia flexes Med sea power 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 10, 2008 A squadron comprising the nuclear-powered battle cruiser Peter the Great, the anti-submarine warfare -- ASW -- ship Admiral Chabanenko and two supply ships from the Russian navy's Northern Fleet recently entered the Mediterranean Sea. The squadron was joined there by the Russian Baltic Fleet's escort ship Neustrashimy ("Intrepid") and the Black Sea Fleet tanker Ivan Bubnov. ... more  |
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TAAC 2008 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Conference
Las Cruces NM (SPX) Oct 13, 2008The New Mexico State University UAS Technical Analysis and Applications Center (TAAC) invites you to join us at our 10th annual UAS conference to be held December 9 - 11, 2008 at the Tamaya Hyatt Regency Resort, located on the Santa Ana Pueblo, north of Albuquerque, NM. Unclassified sessions will be offered on December 9 - 10, followed by a day of classified presentations and discussions ... more Dogs of War: A big step for accountability 
Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2008 For those who like to characterize private security contractors as uncontrolled, unregulated, thinly disguised mercenaries run amok, September was a bad month. For it was on Sept. 17 that the "Montreux Document" was released. That document, the "Montreux Document on Pertinent International Legal Obligations and Good Practices for States Related to Operations of Private Military and ... more Commentary: Saudi rescue in Afghan war? 
Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2008 Those who know Afghanistan best say we've reached rock bottom and they don't understand why we keep on digging. Those who now believe that more U.S. and NATO troops are the best way to beat the Taliban theocracy and bring democracy to a desolate country the size of France (where less than 10 percent of women and 30 percent of men can read and write) are doing the digging. President Bus ... more BMD Focus: Russia may not sell Iran S-300s 
Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2008 The good news for Israel is that its outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has won assurances from Russia that it isn't going to sell advanced anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems to Iran. The bad news is that Russia already has sold a lot of other dangerous things to Iran, and its position on the S-300 could change too. Also the assurance in question didn't actually mention the S-300 ... more |
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