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March 27, 2013, 4:43 pm
By
Carlo Muñoz
Al Qaeda's dangerous Western African cell is looking to gain a foothold in the Northern African country of Tunisia, in an attempt to expand on gains made by the terror cell in Mali and elsewhere on the continent, a top U.S. general said Tuesday.
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Operations, Middle East/North Africa
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March 27, 2013, 11:43 am
By
Jeremy Herb
North Korea said Wednesday it was shuttering a military
hotline with South Korea as tensions between the two countries continue to
escalate amid repeated threats from Pyongyang.
North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency said
South Korea had been informed Wednesday that the North would no longer use
the direct line of communication, after two others were also shut off in recent
weeks.
"Under the situation where a war may break out at any
moment, there is no need to keep north-south military communications which were
laid between the militaries of both sides," KCNA quoted a military
spokesman as saying, according to Reuters.
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Operations, Asia/Pacific
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March 26, 2013, 5:06 pm
By
Carlo Muñoz
The Navy SEAL who reportedly killed al Qaeda chieftain Osama bin Laden was dismissed from the Pentagon's elite SEAL Team 6 shortly after the infamous operation and was not actually the sailor who fired the fatal shots during the May 2011 raid.
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Operations
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March 26, 2013, 2:09 pm
By
Carlo Muñoz
North Korea's recent posturing and threats of military action will "achieve nothing" except to further inflame tensions on the peninsula and increasingly isolate the country's regime within the international community, according to the Pentagon.
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Operations, Asia/Pacific
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March 22, 2013, 12:13 pm
By
Carlo Muñoz
An American drone strike late Thursday killed four individuals in western Pakistan's restive tribal regions, an area known as a safe haven for a number of Pakistani-based terror groups, according to recent reports.
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Operations
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March 21, 2013, 4:07 pm
By
Carlo Muñoz
Hackers who carry out cyberattacks as part of a coordinated military campaign can be targeted as legitimate combatants, even if those individuals are civilian, according to a new NATO cyber warfare handbook.
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Technology, Operations
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March 20, 2013, 4:35 pm
By
Carlo Muñoz
U.S. and coalition forces are focusing their efforts on provinces in eastern Afghanistan, in what will likely be the final fighting season for American troops in the over decade-long conflict.
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Operations
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March 20, 2013, 4:11 pm
By
Zack Colman
An amendment to a $984 billion Senate government funding bill that would have stripped funds from the Defense Department's drop-in biofuels program failed by a 40-59 vote on Wednesday.
Sen. Pat Toomey's (R-Pa.) amendment aimed to shift $60 million from the Defense biofuels effort to the department's operations and management budget.
The measure continued a fight between some defense- and budget-minded conservatives and Democrats and Midwest Republicans whose states host sizable biofuel operations.
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Energy & Environment, Defense & Homeland Security, E2-Wire, Budget/Appropriations, Operations
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March 19, 2013, 12:25 pm
By
Jeremy Herb and Justin Sink
A rocket containing chemical materials has reportedly been used in the Syrian conflict for the first time.
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Operations, Middle East/North Africa
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March 19, 2013, 11:47 am
By
Jeremy Herb
Seven Marines were killed and several others were injured during
a training exercise Monday night at Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada.
The cause of the incident is still under investigation, the
Marine Corps said in a statement Tuesday.
“We send our prayers and condolences to the families of
Marines involved in this tragic incident. We remain focused on ensuring that
they are supported through this difficult time,” Marine Expeditionary Force
commander Maj. Gen. Raymond Fox said in a statement. “We mourn their loss, and
it is with heavy hearts we remember their courage and sacrifice.”
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Operations
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