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Cross Stolen From Soldier’s Gravesite
Ella King placed the solar light cross on her nephew’s gravesite about a week before Easter. King thought the cross, which absorbs the sunlight during the day so it can shine brightly at night, was a fitting tribute to her nephew, Army Cpl. Pruitt Rainey, who was killed July 13,...
‘No US troop survives if Iran is attacked’
Major General Hassan Firouzabadi says if the United States attacks Iran, none of the American troops in the region will go back home alive. Iran’s Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Hassan Firouzabadi has warned the US against making any military moves on the Islamic Republic. Firouzabadi said that...
Somali Pirate Attacks Increasing
April 02, 2010 Stars and Stripes|by Sandra Jontz NAPLES, Italy — Military warships have seen swarms of pirates taking to the seas from Somalia in recent weeks, causing a dramatic increase in the number of attacks off the coasts, a European naval official said. “The monsoon season ended about a...
The Tree of Liberty
God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the...
North Korea On Full Combat Alert Against South Korea
The South Korean-U.S. joint military exercise began Monday, with North Korea, opposing the drill, asking its troops to be ready for any aggression. The Korean People’s Army “should reliably defend the outposts of the country so as to repel at a single stroke any attempt of the aggressors to make...
Air Force Pilot Ejects Before F-16 Crash
OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — An Air Force pilot escaped serious injury Thursday when he ejected before his F-16 fighter crashed while landing, authorities said. Base officials did not immediately identify the pilot, who was treated at the base hospital for minor cuts and released, said 1st Lt. Chris...
Blackwater Took Hundreds Of US Weapons From Military, Afghan Police Using ‘South Park’ Alias
WASHINGTON – A Senate investigation accuses the Army of turning a blind eye when a Blackwater subsidiary hired violent drug users to help train the Afghan army and declared “sidearms for everyone” even though employees weren’t authorized to carry weapons. The inquiry by the Senate Armed Services Committee found that...
Israel Unveils Drone That Can Reach Iran
TEL NOF AIR FORCE BASE, Israel — Israel’s air force on Sunday introduced a fleet of huge pilotless planes that can remain in the air for a full day and fly as far as the Persian Gulf, putting rival Iran within its range. The Heron TP drones have a wingspan...
In Marja, it’s war the old-fashioned way
In Marja, it’s war the old-fashioned way Marines do battle with Afghan Taliban fighters on foot, with rifles MARJA, Afghanistan – They had slogged through knee-deep mud carrying 100 pounds of gear, fingers glued to the triggers of their M-4 carbines, all the while on the lookout for insurgents. Now,...
Lebanon’s AK-47 index may be pointing to War
Two of his first customers on a cold winter morning are young fighters in their late teens from the militant Shiite movement Hizbollah who are enraptured with a selection of gleaming new 9mm handguns from Belgium, the United States and the Czech Republic. But these young fighters make only about...
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Veterans-Gaming- Steel Beasts September 4, 2010Hey, after so many people answered to my Arma OA Thread i thought to make a new game suggestion. Everybody who likes tanks and APC will have fun with it. The Game is called Steel Beasts Professional PE. its a team based tank simulation. and its probably the best simulation out there. it was actually developed to train military personal but they deleted some […]
- World of Tanks Closed Beta Help September 3, 2010For those of you with WOT Closed Beta, I need some help. I downloaded the 0.5.4.1 installed but when I click on the .exe, nothing happens. My computer gets INSANELY slow for about 10 minutes, and 30 minutes later the screen pops up asking me if I want to run the .exe. I finally run it and the computer isn't slow anymore, but the .exe doesn't run af […]
- FH2 Artillery September 2, 2010Can someone give me instructions on using artillery in FH2? I am lost on what to do. There has been several times where I would have been most useful if I could have used mortars. […]
- Robocop, Thumper1 and Me Last Night September 1, 2010Robo and Me, A6 Bridge Strike. Robo Got the Bridge. He got blowed up by a SAM and I made it back to the Carrier and tried to land at night, everything looked good, hook down, all lined up, speed good, hit the deck nicely. EXPLODED. Robo said "RAM did you have the landing Gear Down???". DOH, I forgot just one little thing RAM22 […]
- Operation Arrowhead Missing HUD September 1, 2010I got ACE for Operation Arrowhead and I decided to get rid of it for now because I couldn't get it to work. When I got rid of it though, and had only the original game files, my HUD was still missing (I still get ammo and crosshairs, speed when driving-I haven't checked but probably altitude as well-and the rest is missing.) I uninstalled and is cu […]
- Steel Beasts September 4, 2010
- Military News
- 'Bangor 5' Anti-War Protesters Indicted September 4, 2010[…]
- Report: US to Tolerate Afghan Corruption September 4, 2010[…]
- Gates Gives Brutal Assessment of Tricare September 4, 2010[…]
- Mullen Seeks Turkish Support Over Iran September 4, 2010[…]
- Airman Killed in Laos to Get Medal of Honor September 4, 2010Richard Etchberger died in Laos in 1968, saving fellow Americans at a top-secret radar station overrun by North Vietnamese commandos. He was nominated that year for the Medal of Honor. But there was a problem: The U.S. was not supposed to have troops in Laos. President Lyndon B. Johnson declined to award the medal. That was then. […]
- Afghans Continue Run on Kabul Bank September 4, 2010[…]
- Twenty Haqqani Killed in Afghan Raids August 13, 2010[…]
- Petraeus to Face Complaints Over War Rules June 26, 2010Crouched in a field, a young Marine lieutenant pleaded over the radio for an airstrike on a compound where he believed a sniper was firing at his troops. Request denied. Civilians might be inside and the Marines couldn't see a muzzle flash to be absolutely sure the gunman was there. […]
- Spec Ops Command Cancels New Rifle June 25, 2010In a surprising reversal that follows years of effort to design a one-of-a-kind commando rifle, the U.S. military's Special Operations Command has abruptly decided to abandon the new SOCOM Combat Assault rifle -- commonly known as the "SCAR" -- in favor of previously-fielded carbines. […]
- Al-Qaida Warns of New, Deadlier Attacks June 21, 2010[…]
- 'Bangor 5' Anti-War Protesters Indicted September 4, 2010
- Alternative News
- Dutch breakthrough in biofuel September 4, 2010Scientists from the University of Twente reporting a breakthrough in the production of biofuel. They have managed changing an agricultural waste oil into an oil that has the... […]Regenstorm
- Revealed: After Baghdad massacre, Blackwater split into 30 shell companies September 4, 2010The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced... […]TrueAmerican
- Tony Blair pelted with eggs and shoes at book signing September 4, 2010Violent skirmishes broke out between protesters and police at the first public signing for Tony Blairs memoirs, with shoes and eggs hurled at the former prime minister. ... […]Chevalerous
- Tony Blair pelted with eggs and shoes at book signing September 4, 2010Violent skirmishes broke out between protesters and police at the first public signing for Tony Blairs memoirs, with shoes and eggs hurled at the former prime minister. ... […]Big Raging Loner
- Tony Blair pelted with eggs and shoes at book signing September 4, 2010Violent skirmishes broke out between protesters and police at the first public signing for Tony Blairs memoirs, with shoes and eggs hurled at the former prime minister.(visit... […]I AM LEGION
- Is physicist Stephen Hawking right that physics, not God, created the universe? September 4, 2010In a new book, world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has altered his previous position, which seemed to accept a divine creator, to argue that the universe is the work of... […]Parallex
- From North Korea, Word of Shortages, Grudges September 4, 2010[…]ironfalcon
- Nationwide Protests in Iran against Israel.. September 4, 2010Government-backed protesters rally against Israel, in support of Palestinians(visit the link for the full news article) […]CanadianDream420
- US envoy Oren warns: Hizbullah has 15,000 rockets on border September 4, 2010Ambassador says Islamist group amassing arsenal in southern Lebanon with long enough range to hit Eilat; missiles now hidden beneath hospitals, homes and schools to avoid Israeli... […]BiGGz
- Victoria on flood watch amid downpours September 4, 2010Victoria remains on flood watch as much of the state recorded heavy downpours overnight and more is forecast to come. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Dean Stewart said... […]q_ball
- Dutch breakthrough in biofuel September 4, 2010
- UFOs and Aliens!
- Whats the pattern with UFO sightings ? September 4, 2010This is something which has intrigued me for a while. I guess its because I consider our ET visitors to be as intelligent, or more intelligent, than us. So if theyre paying... […]LeBombDiggity
- French towns UFO landing pad welcomes first visitor! September 4, 2010Unfortunately it was a visitor very much from this world. A small town in France that built the countrys only council-funded UFO landing pad has received its first craft after... […]Big Raging Loner
- Blinking Light i witnessed last night September 4, 2010Good morning ATS, last night me and my father went outside to look at the stars (very clear night) We watched for a couple of minutes then i decided to head back into the house and... […]Haydn_17
- Extraterrestrial UFO Are Real : Ben Rich Lockheed CEO Admitted In His Deathbed Confession September 4, 2010Extraterrestrial UFO Are Real : Ben Rich Lockheed CEO Admitted In His Deathbed Confession Ben Rich Lockheed Skunk Works CEO had admitted in his Deathbed Confession that Extraterrestrial... […]Vincent84
- Infared Detects UFOs (with official Military backing!!!) September 4, 2010According to Reuters, the government confirmed the video was shot by the air force on March 5 over the eastern coastal state of Campeche as the aircraft looked for drug... […]DevilJonah
- ufo makes cloud in 30 seconds September 3, 2010This one is interesting, a guy filming in his yard looks up at the sky and suddenly a cloud starts forming right in front of him. […]trutherman
- Jeff Peckham Alien September 3, 2010What ever happened to his video? I remember watching him on Larry King. Im 99.9% sure it turned out to be a hoax/fake. Did anyone watch the full video? I tried searching but the new... […]theknuckler
- Rendlesham witness Halt should be ashamed September 3, 2010Dr David Clarke (a skeptical academic in the UK that acts as a consultant to the National Archives in relation to the releases of UFO documents, and author of several UFO books) has... […]IsaacKoi
- Original Solar Obliteration episode found.. September 3, 2010I dont know how or who found it - but the original Solar Obliteration episode of the SIGHTINGS television show, circa 1995 - has been posted it on YouTube. I thought it was lost... […]Johnbro
- I Captured Something On Film, What? September 3, 2010On Monday morning I was getting off work, around 7 am in Northwest GA , and a co worker and myself noted that there were the strangest looking clouds in the sky, it looked like an orange... […]space cadet
- Whats the pattern with UFO sightings ? September 4, 2010
- Science Daily
- Functional motor neuron subtypes generated from embryonic stem cells September 4, 2010Scientists have devised a method for coaxing mouse embryonic stem cells into forming a highly specific motor neuron subtype. The research provides new insight into motor neuron differentiation and may prove useful for devising and testing future therapies for motor neuron diseases. […]
- Hair provides proof of the link between chronic stress and heart attack September 4, 2010Researchers have provided the first direct evidence using a biological marker, to show chronic stress plays an important role in heart attacks. The scientists developed a method to measure cortisol levels in hair providing an accurate assessment of stress levels in the months prior to an acute event such as a heart attack. […]
- Novel nanotechnology collaboration leads to breakthrough in cancer research September 4, 2010A multidisciplinary group of researchers has produced a 3.6-angstrom resolution structure of the human adenovirus. Scientists are working with adenovirus as a vector for gene therapy, but have needed better structural information. […]
- Helping corn-based plastics take more heat September 4, 2010A team of agricultural scientists are working to make corn-derived plastics more heat tolerant -- research that may broaden the range of applications for which these plastics could be used as an alternative to petroleum-based plastics. […]
- Next step in evolution? A technical life form that passes on knowledge and experience September 4, 2010Dutch biologist Gerard Jagers op Akkerhuis has developed the ‘operator hierarchy’ -- a system based on the complexity of particles and of organisms, which can predict the next step in evolution: a technical life form, that can pass on its knowledge and experience to the next generation. […]
- Magnetism's subatomic roots: Study of high-tech materials helps explain everyday phenomenon September 4, 2010Theoretical physicists have created a new model that helps define the subatomic origins of ferromagnetism -- the everyday "magnetism" of compass needles and refrigerator magnets. The model was created to explore the inner workings of ferromagnetic compounds that are related to high-temperature superconductors. […]
- Why fish oils work swimmingly against inflammation and diabetes September 4, 2010Researchers have identified the molecular mechanism that makes omega-3 fatty acids so effective in reducing chronic inflammation and insulin resistance. […]
- Many urban streams harmful to aquatic life following winter pavement deicing September 4, 2010The use of salt to deice pavement can leave urban streams toxic to aquatic life, according to a new study on the influence of winter runoff in northern US cities, with a special focus on eastern Wisconsin and Milwaukee. […]
- When it comes to the immune system, we're all more alike than previously thought, study finds September 4, 2010When it comes to the mechanics of the human immune system, we are all more alike than previously thought, according to a new study. […]
- New animal model for hemophilia A developed September 4, 2010Researchers have developed a new animal model for studying hemophilia A, with the goal of eventually treating people with the disorder. Hemophilia A, a hereditary defect that prevents blood from clotting normally, is caused by a variety of mutations in the factor VIII gene. […]
- Functional motor neuron subtypes generated from embryonic stem cells September 4, 2010
