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NEWS ABOUT: tanks

tanks stories: 9 news summaries

 Chávez in Russia for 
 Military Spending Spree 

Venezuela recognizes breakaway republics ahead of arms deal talks

Sep 10, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chávez arrived in Moscow today, where the Venezuelan president is reportedly ready for an arms "shopping spree." Chávez is ready to buy at least 100 tanks for $500 million, reports the Times of London, and a Kremlin aide said Venezuela may get loans for helicopters,... More »

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Russia • Venezuela • Vladimir Putin • arms deal • tanks • Hugo Chávez • Dmitry Medvedev • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

Troops in Iraq Face Final Challenge: Moving Out

US military prepares to remove equipment from Iraq

Mar 16, 09 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the US military reduces its presence in Iraq, it faces the logistical challenge of moving all the equipment it brought to the country during the nearly six-year war effort, the Los Angeles Times reports. Unlike personnel, much of the equipment used in Iraq will remain in the region, stored... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Iran • Middle East • Humvees • Qatar • Kuwait • tanks • MRAP • Iraq war • Central Command

(Newser) - A few drinks apparently inspired a British soldier to go joyriding and crash two tanks today, the Guardian reports. The unnamed Desert Rat, stationed at the Bergen-Hohne army base in Germany, hopped in an armored vehicle and promptly drove it off the road. Undaunted, he walked back and commandeered another... More »

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alcohol • Germany • British military • tanks

 Israel Renews Attacks on Gaza 

Air strikes, border closing follow Israeli soldier's border death

Jan 27, 09 1:02 PM CST
(Newser) - In the worst violence since both sides declared ceasefires, Israel today launched new air attacks and sent tanks and bulldozers into Gaza following a border explosion that killed an Israeli soldier, the BBC reports. There has been intense fighting in the south and a Palestinian farmer was killed. Israel closed... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Israel • Gaza • Hamas • tanks • Arab Israeli conflict • airstrike • borders • bulldozer

(Newser) - Israel dropped leaflets on the Gaza strip today warning inhabitants of an escalation in the 2-week offensive against Hamas militants, the BBC reports. The leaflets assured civilians that the action was against “Hamas and the terrorists only” and urged people to stay away from military targets. The development could... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Fatah • rocket attacks • Egypt • Palestinians • tanks • ceasefire • Israeli offensive • escalation

 Peace Team 
 Rushes to Gaza 
 as Toll Tops 520 

Sarkozy to meet with Israeli leaders today

Jan 5, 09 4:19 AM CST
(Newser) - A European peace and humanitarian team and French President Nicolas Sarkozy headed to the region today as Israeli ground-assault tanks pushed further into Palestinian territory, and edged the death toll close to 530, Reuters reports. Hamas militants have retaliated by firing rocket-propelled grenades at tanks in eastern Gaza, and at... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • civilian casualties • Israel and Palestinians • Gaza City • warfare • tanks • Arab Israeli conflict • Gaza blockade

 Bush Sends Aid, Rice to Georgia

Role of Russian military in Georgia unclear

Aug 13, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush announced that the US would send humanitarian aid into Georgia today as hostilities threatened to overwhelm the fragile peace agreement, the New York Times reports. In announcing that he was dispatching Condoleezza Rice to mediate the dispute, Bush said that the US “stands with the democratically elected... More »

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Russia • Georgia • war • Russian military • tanks • Mikheil Saakashvili • invasion • Gori

Venezuela
Adds Firepower
on Colombian Border

Tanks, aircraft deployed as standoff escalates

Mar 5, 08 2:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Venezuela deployed tanks to the Colombian border, Reuters reports, as Latin American tensions remained high enough that Hugo Chavez warned of an Andean war. Though Colombia refused to send reinforcements to its border, the mobilization of heavy artillery, including support from air and sea forces, is the first in the... More »

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military • Venezuela • Colombia • Ecuador • tanks • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Alvaro Uribe • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Rafael Correa

Arrested Iranian Trained Iraq Terrorists: US

Tehran's trade delegate also accused of smuggling weapons

Sep 20, 07 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US military said today it arrested an Iranian who allegedly smuggled bombs for use against US and Iraqi forces, the Los Angeles Times reports. Aghawi Farhadi is also accused of training terrorists for Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Soldiers captured Farhadi in a pre-dawn raid in the northern city of Sulaymaniyah,... More »

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Iraq • Iran • US military • Revolutionary Guards • weapon • terrorist • arrest • tanks • Aghawi Farhadi

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