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NEWS ABOUT: warfare

warfare stories: 6 news summaries

Iraqi War Zone Sees
Big Spike in Birth Defects

Fallujah reports unusually high rate of abnormalities

Nov 14, 09 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Doctors in Fallujah are seeing an alarming rise in the number of birth defects and early life cancers. They have no definitive evidence, but suspicion has naturally fallen on toxic materials left behind after years of modern warfare, reports the Guardian . The rate of birth defects—including multiple tumors, nervous... More »

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Iraq • warfare • Fallujah • chemical warfare • Iraq war • birth defect

 Tudor Sailor 
 Bones Set 
 for Exhibit 

400 went down on Mary Rose as dismayed king watched

Oct 12, 09 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The bones of King Henry VIII's faithful fighters will soon go on display in a Portsmouth museum, nearly 500 years after they were defeated at sea by the French. The sailors of the flagship Mary Rose went down to defeat in a battle among 80 other Tudor vessels against 225... More »

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France • England • warfare • navy • The Tudors • King Henry VIII

Killer Robots Pose Danger
to Humans: Report 

Machines need 'warrior code,' says analyst

Feb 16, 09 1:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The warfare of the not-so-distant future will rely on robots that can make decisions for themselves—and for our own safety, they’ll need a firm code of conduct, says a US Navy report in the first “serious” study of robot ethics. “There is a common misconception that... More »

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artificial intelligence • robot • warfare

 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

Taliban Shows Fresh Fangs in US Base Attack

Secure in Pakistan, insurgents gain next door in Afghanistan

Jul 14, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban demonstrated complex tactics and a renewed taste for conventional warfare in the attack on a remote outpost that claimed the lives of nine US soldiers yesterday, Reuters reports. The militants drove the residents from a nearby village and used it as a base of operations from which to... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • Pakistan • suicide bombing • US Army • warfare

Gun-Toting Robots Patrol Iraq

Aug 4, 07 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heavily armed, remote-controlled robots are on the ground in Iraq—a first in military history. Only three of these robo-soldiers, armed with M249 machine guns, are currently deployed, but the Army has requested 80 more. Their location is classified, but officials report they're involved in reconnaissance and street patrol missions.... More »

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Iraq • technology • military • robots • robo soldier • warfare

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