By Jim Garamone The United States could leave Patriot anti-missile batteries and F-16 fighter jets in Jordan following the end of Exercise Eager Lion, a Pentagon spokesman said. Jordan has requested the batteries, but Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has not yet reviewed it, Army Col. Steve Warren told reporters. “When the secretary receives the request, [...]
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Some media commentators have been at great pains to point out that the riots and popular unrest in Turkey, still scarcely being contained by the government, cannot be equated with the so-called Arab Spring that flickered into life in Tunisia in December 2010, and then spread like a raging forest fire across the Middle East. [...]
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Why Turkey’s Protests Won’t Bring about Drastic, Arab Spring-style Change By Ron Gray Chances are if you’ve tuned into any major media outlet you have been flooded with information on the revolts in Turkey. You see videos of Turkish police firing teargas at protestors and anchors raise the alarm that Turkey is the next stop [...]
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By Elvira M. Jukic Bosnian Serb politicians say they may stop attending State Parliament sessions in Sarajevo after the recent blockade of the building left them feeling physically endangered. The government of Bosnia’s mainly Serbian entity, Republika Srpska, is to hold an extraordinary session to discuss the safety of its officials. It comes after protesters [...]
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By Dan Robinson U.S. President Barack Obama has defended for the first time the National Security Agency’s surveillance of telephone and Internet records, saying Americans should trust those who conduct the programs who are working to prevent new terrorist attacks. Obama’s remarks on the controversy swirling over government surveillance came at an event in California. [...]
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(RFE/RL) — Pakistan’s new prime minister has unveiled a new 25-member cabinet, including two women. Many key posts have been filled by allies of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. However, the key posts of foreign minister and defense minister were left unfilled. Pakistani media have said that Sharif will keep these positions himself with aid from [...]
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A suicide car bomb attack has killed eight Iranian pilgrims and wounded 25 others north of Baghdad, police say, according to Belfast Telegraph. The bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a bus carrying Iranian Shiite pilgrims who were on their way to visit holy shrines in the city of Najaf. The attack took place today [...]
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The new Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and his 24-member caretaker cabinet were sworn in yesterday. President Mahmoud Abbas chose the 54-year-old academic for the post after Salam Fayyad resigned in April and asked him to form a government. Hamdallah who served under Fayyad said he would keep most of the ministers. “Consultations are in [...]
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By Jamal Kanj When signing up for the military, US soldiers swear to serve their country and defend the constitution with their life. They march in harm’s way to the end of earth and sail the seas, following orders from their leaders. In return, they expect leaders to uphold the constitution and honor their sacrifices. [...]
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Authorities in the U.S. state of California say a heavily armed gunman killed at least six people Friday in the city of Santa Monica, before he was shot dead by police in the library of a local college. Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said a second person, described as “a person of interest” was [...]
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Hassan Rohani, an Iranian presidential candidate, says the internet bandwidth provided for Iranians is an insult and he criticized the “lack of variety” in the media. On Thursday night, three TV programs aired interviews with Rohani and two other candidates, Ali Akbar Velayati and Mohammad Gharazi, discussing their future plans. Rohani, who is backed by [...]
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The first-known definitive case of a benign bone tumor has been discovered in the rib of a young Neandertal who lived about 120,000 years ago in what is now present-day Croatia. The bone fragment, which comes from the famous archaeological cave site of Krapina, contains by far the earliest bone tumor ever identified in the [...]
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President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping both highlighted the importance of the U.S.-China relationship during their remarks made today before the start of their informal talks at the Sunnylands estate in Palm Springs, Calif. In welcoming the Chinese president, Obama noted that Xi just took office in March. “Our decision to meet so [...]
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By Peter Lvov With financial assistance from Qatar and Saudi Arabia drying up and the flow of weapons from Turkey and Lebanon slowing, what had to happen now has: The rebels have begun retreating in panic under the Syrian Army’s onslaught. This is occurring against the backdrop of bad things happening for the rebels: Riyadh [...]
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with Bahraini Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa at the Pentagon today, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said. In a statement issued after the meeting, Little said Hagel underscored the importance of the defense relationship, which is the foundation of the nearly seven-decade [...]
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Maj. Gen. Michael T. Harrison Sr. was suspended today of his duties as the commanding general of U.S. Army Japan and I Corps (Forward), according to a Defense Department news release. Harrison was suspended following actions taken today by Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno due [...]
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In this week’s address, President Obama said that the United States Senate will soon take action to fix our broken immigration system with a commonsense bill. The President urged the Senate to act quickly to pass this bill so that we can continue to live up to our traditions as a nation of laws, and [...]
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U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, have concluded their two-day meeting in California, seen as a chance at a fresh start to a complicated, often tense relationship. The leaders of the world’s two largest economies began their informal talks Friday evening at the Sunnylands estate near Los Angeles. It was their [...]
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President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jingpin said their two countries need to develop better military-to-military relations and improve cybersecurity cooperation during a session with reporters at the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage near Palm Springs, Calif., yesterday. Obama and Xi are in California to discuss a range of issues during two-days of informal [...]
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President Barack Obama ordered national security leaders to compile a list of potential overseas “adversaries” for US cyber-attacks which could be targeted with “little or no warning”, a top secret document reveals. The 18-page, classified document, entitled Presidential Policy Directive 20, outlines plans for Offensive Cyber Effects Operations (OCEO), cyber-attacks which would target US adversaries [...]
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