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Israel's new UAV can reach IranTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Dec 18, 2009 Israel's new long-range unmanned aerial vehicle, unveiled by Elbit Industries this week, adds a new dimension to the military's capabilities against Iran -- not just boosting its surveillance reach but perhaps even attacking air defenses with remote-controlled Hellfire missiles. Elbit announced on Tuesday that its Hermes 900 had successfully completed its maiden flight and would enter production following additional flight tests. The UAV is based on the Hermes 450, which is the main UAV used by the Israel, with 20 deployed during the 34-day war with Lebanon's Hezbollah in July-August 2006. ... read more |
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Hilla, Iraq (AFP) Dec 17, 2009The last alcohol vendor in Iraq's Babylon province, a member of the ancient Yazidi religious sect, has been arrested, his family told AFP on Thursday. "My uncle Murad Sardar, 45, was arrested on Monday by the police... and we have not seen him since," said nephew Firas, 25. Murad's son Fawaz said plain-clothes police came to their house and told his father to accompany them, saying they ... more  
Sarkani, Afghanistan (AFP) Dec 20, 2009For a month Afghan soldiers have guarded a bitterly cold mountain peak, coming under fire and keeping watch over an insurgent-infested valley near the Pakistan border. "Yesterday we were under attack all morning. They shot at us with machine guns and (Russian) dashakas," said the sergeant, decked out in new camouflage uniform and cradling an M-16, the US rifle slowly replacing the Kalashniko ... more  
Panama City (AFP) Dec 20, 2009Twenty years after the United States invaded Panama and captured dictator Manuel Noriega, many Panamanians say the intervention was a US move to remove a "hindrance" to its political agenda. The United States maintains that the invasion, which began on the morning of December 20, 1989 under US president George H.W. Bush, sought to depose general Noriega to bring him to justice for his role ... more |
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Amara, Iraq (AFP) Dec 20, 2009Iranian troops who for three days controversially occupied a disputed border oil well left the facility during the night but remain on Iraqi soil, Iraq's government spokesman said Sunday. "The Iranian forces have pulled back 50 metres (yards) from the well and have taken their flag but we now demand they return to where they have come from and that negotiations begin on the demarcation of ... more 
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 18, 2009A million dollars in exhaust fumes pollutes the air of Baghdad daily thanks to traffic jams caused by security checkpoints that have proliferated after the waves of bombings that have hit the city. "We distribute about 15 million litres (almost four million gallons) of gasoline daily across the country, including seven million in Baghdad," oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad says. "Engine ... more
Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Dec 18, 2009The top US military officer, Admiral Michael Mullen, visited troops in southern Iraq on Friday, accompanied by retired Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova and American country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus. Mullen, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, flew into Contingency Operating Base Adder, 10 kilometres (six miles) outside the city of Nasiriyah, in the afternoon. After meeting ... more |
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