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Military Advice to Obama Should Be Private: Gates

Defense secretary joins criticism of McChrystal

Oct 5, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Military commanders should give their advice on Afghanistan to President Obama, not to the public, Robert Gates said today. In an implicit reprimand to Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who has commented openly on his low opinion of the administration’s Afghanistan policy, the defense secretary said such advice should be given... More »

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Afghanistan • Robert Gates • war • defense secretary • Obama administration • military commanders • Stanley McChrystal

 EU Report: Georgia Started War 

But Russia broke international law, militia committed genocide

Sep 30, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Georgia was responsible for triggering last summer’s war with Russia, a European Union investigation has concluded. But Russia was far from blameless, laying the foundation for the war and breaking international law by invading. The report, which was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, also accuses Russian-backed South... More »

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Russia • genocide • European Union • Georgia • war • invasion • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

Missing Picasso Found in Iraq?! Probably Not.

The Naked Woman likely not missing, nor
a Picasso, say experts

Aug 27, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi security forces have secured a purported Pablo Picasso painting believed stolen from a Kuwaiti museum during the 1990 invasion, the Times of London reports. Only it’s probably not a Picasso. “It bears absolutely no relation to any Picasso that I can think of,” says one... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • art museum • war • Kuwait • The Louvre • Pablo Picasso • art heist • forgery • invasion

 Brit Princes Yearn 
 to See Front Lines 

William, Harry living together during pilot training

Jun 18, 09 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prince William is older, but Prince Harry went to war first—and, he says, “if Harry can do it then I can.” Harry, joining his brother at the media event yesterday, said his helicopter training is the “easiest way of getting to the front lines,” People... More »

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Prince William • Prince Harry • war • pilot • Royal Air Force • British royals • Apache helicopter • Lynx helicopter

 iPods Give War a Soundtrack 

Our playlists are for running; soldiers' are for shooting—or relaxing

May 19, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to iPods, the Iraq war has a soundtrack—and it’s different for each soldier, writes Jonathan Pieslak in his new book, Sound Targets. “People can put nanos in their flak jackets and they are ready to go,” Pieslak tells the New York Post, and CDs are... More »

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Iraq • music • military • iPod • war • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - The tense peace between Myanmar’s military rulers and various armed ethnic groups may fracture into war next year when the government implements a controversial new constitution, the New York Times reports. The constitution requires the rebels to disarm, without granting them the de facto autonomy they currently enjoy in... More »

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civil war • war • constitution • drug trade • Myanmar • Burma • ethnic conflict • jade • weapons • timber

GLOSSIES

Why Davids Win: They
Ignore Goliath's Rules


May 5, 09 7:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to David vs. Goliath-style battles, the underdog’s secret weapon is always supreme effort, Malcolm Gladwell writes in the New Yorker. From that Biblical encounter to Lawrence of Arabia’s stand against the Turks to a winning, but unskilled, California girls’ basketball team, “legs” tend to... More »

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basketball • war • insurgency • David • Goliath • underdog • conflict • tactics

UPDATED

Israeli Troops: We Were Ordered to Kill Gaza Civilians

Defense chief vows 'serious' investigation

Mar 20, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli soldiers' accounts about their actions in Gaza seem to back up critics' assertions that the army violated rules of war and have set off a "soul-searching" in Israel, writes Richard Boudreaux in the Los Angeles Times. The troops tell of orders to shoot civilians without warning and destroy... More »

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Israel • Gaza • war crimes • war • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • IDF • Israeli Army

North Korean Troops
on War Alert

Nuclear state prepares 'satellite' launch that US fears is missile test

Mar 9, 09 1:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea is warning that troops are on full combat alert as its southern neighbor preps for an annual military exercise with the US, BBC reports. The nuclear nation also threatened war if a "satellite" it plans to deploy soon is disturbed. South Korea and the US believe that... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • war • threats • Kim Jong Il • nuclear arsenal • nuclear missiles

OPINION

 McGovern to Obama: 
 Call 'Time-Out on War' 

War not the best solution to terrorism, ex-candidate argues

Jan 22, 09 2:18 PM CST
(Newser) - George McGovern would like to take the “war” out of the war on terror. The 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, writing in the Washington Post, cautions President Obama against diving headlong into Afghanistan, a battleground that has broken two empires already. “Let me suggest a truly audacious hope for... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Barack Obama • terrorism • war • George McGovern • war of ideas • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama

Israelis Near Gaza See Slim— or No—Victory

Residents still fear rockets, think war should have continued

Jan 21, 09 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - When Israel began its raid of the Gaza Strip three weeks ago, the government said its goal was to end rocket attacks and sniper fire into the country's south. Polls show that most Israelis supported the war, despite the staggering civilian casualties. But in interviews with farmers and other residents... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • war • Qassam • Sderot

Angola Closes Border With Congo to Block Ebola

Outbreak has allegedly killed 13, infected 40

Jan 5, 09 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused Angolan authorities to close part of their border with the country, Reuters reports. Angolans will be forbidden to travel to the DRC from the northeastern province of Norde Lunde. The Ebola outbreak is suspected of infecting 40 and... More »

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Africa • disease • war • Democratic Republic of Congo • Ebola • Angola • Congo

Israel Likely Using Shells That Burn Skin

Controversial tool to disguise troops causes horrific damage

Jan 5, 09 5:19 AM CST
(Newser) - As Israeli soldiers approached the limits of Gaza City, reports have suggested they are using controversial white phosphorus shells to cover their advance. Although the shells are not illegal if used as a smokescreen, they can cause severe burns among bystanders, says the Times of London. An international treaty says... More »

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Israel • Gaza • war • chemical weapons • Israeli Army • Israel Defense Force

 Israeli Army Puts 
 War Videos on 
 YouTube 

IDF launches web channel to steer Gaza debate

Dec 30, 08 4:29 PM CST
(Newser) - The Israeli army has launched a YouTube channel of graphic war videos in an attempt to curry public favor for its Gaza siege, the Jerusalem Post reports. The footage shows aerial strikes, aid distribution, and—in one potentially unsettling piece—an alleged airstrike on two men loading Israel-bound rockets onto... More »

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Israel • technology • Internet • YouTube • Gaza • war • bomb • Gaza City • Arab Israeli conflict • Israel Defense Force

 Kid Toll Hits 14 
 in Afghan Bombing 

Kid toll rises as Pakistan bomb kills 30 people

Dec 29, 08 2:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The toll of child victims in an Afghanistan suicide bombing yesterday has risen to 14, reports the Guardian. An exploding truck in eastern Afghanistan killed the children as they walked home from the last day of school for the year. There's no doubt the driver spotted the kids before detonating... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • children • suicide bombing • war • Afghanistan war • insurgency

Soldiers Who Survive War
Are Less Intelligent

Records reveal that the smartest of Scottish regiments died on WWII battlefields

Dec 20, 08 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Soldiers who survived World War II were on average less intelligent than their fallen comrades, a study of British records has revealed. Researchers merged military records with an IQ test given to Scottish schoolchildren in 1932 and found that Scots who died in battle had an average IQ of 100.... More »

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military • Scotland • war • research • British troops • soldier • World War II • human intelligence • casualties

 Minister: Pakistan 
 'Ready for War' 



If India pushes, Pakistan vows to retaliate

Dec 9, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan’s foreign minister escalated the rhetoric against India yesterday, saying the country is “ready for war” if pushed to it over the Mumbai attacks, the Telegraph reports. “We do not want to impose war, but we are fully prepared,” Shah Mehmood Qureshi said. “We are... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • India • war • Mumbai attacks

New Releases Show How Vietnam Weighed on Nixon

Defense secretary urges against plan that would become 'Christmas bombing'

Dec 2, 08 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Newly declassified documents and tapes from the Nixon era show how conflicted the administration was over public dissatisfaction with the war in Vietnam, the AP reports. One October 1969 memo from Defense Secretary Melvin Laird advises the president against adopting a proposal for a massive assault on North Vietnam, noting... More »

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Vietnam • Joint Chiefs of Staff • White House • Richard Nixon • war • Hanoi • Melvin Laird

 'Grenade Cam' Gives 360° View 

Technology hopes to protect soldiers in urban operations

Nov 18, 08 2:56 PM CST
(Newser) - The British military is developing a small, ball-shaped camera that soldiers can throw like a grenade to get visual information about dangerous surroundings, the BBC reports. The “I-Ball,” which will also be able to be fired from a grenade launcher, transmits a 360-degree image as soon as it’... More »

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intelligence • United Kingdom • camera • war • Ministry of Defence • Britain

Report Rebuts Georgian Claims About Invasion

It suggests nation shelled S. Ossetia
to provoke Russia

Nov 7, 08 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Independent military observers have published new accounts that contradict Georgia's claim that it was acting defensively against Russian aggression. The reports suggest instead that the small Georgian army moved into Tskhinvali unprovoked, unleashing artillery and rocket fire without discrimination at civilians and unarmed monitors. It also discounts the claim, made... More »

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Russia • Georgia • war • Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe • Mikheil Saakashvili • South Ossetia

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