| Training the Israeli Army’s Robot Squads |
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| At the Israeli army’s Counter Terror School, a team of veteran soldiers is helping train some of the world’s first infantry teams specially dedicated to using small robots in combat. |
Posted at 8/3/2009 by esmoore5
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| Living pictures formed by thousands of US soldiers |
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| From the Daily Telegraph.
Englishman Arthur S Mole and his American colleague John D Thomas took these incredible pictures of thousands of soldiers forming icons of American history. Arthurs great nephew Joseph Mole, 70, says: "In the picture of the Statue of Liberty there are 18,000 men: 12,000 of them in the torch alone, but just 17 at the base. The men at the top of the picture are actually half a mile away from the men at the bottom" |
Posted at 7/30/2009 by gobo
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| Medieval battle records go online |
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| The detailed service records of 250,000 medieval soldiers - including archers who served with Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt - have gone online.
The database of those who fought in the Hundred Years War reveals salaries, sickness records and who was knighted.
The full profiles of soldiers from 1369 to 1453 will allow researchers to piece together details of their lives. |
Posted at 7/28/2009 by yojimbo
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| U.S. version of Chinese Strategic fleet carrier missle? |
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| Apparently, the Air Force is already planning a U.S. version of the Chinese "flattop" killer. |
Posted at 7/10/2009 by kyfho23
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| George S. Patton, Live and In Person |
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| So you think Patton sounded like George C. Scott, eh?
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Posted at 6/30/2009 by Al-Nofi
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| Current Issue of the New York Guard Sentinel |
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| A look at the current activities of one of the more active state defense forces. |
Posted at 6/29/2009 by Al-Nofi
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| Sri Lanka military says rebel sub found |
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| Sri Lankan troops have recovered the first submarine believed to have been used by the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, the military said Monday. |
Posted at 6/16/2009 by esmoore5
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| Jump Jeep - DARPAs TX Transformer |
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| DARPA hopes to kick off a program in fiscal 2010 called the Transformer (TX) Vehicle. Its only seeking $2 million for trade studies, but if it gets off the ground, the TX program could be a boon for those trying to develop flying cars, sorry, roadable aircraft. |
Posted at 6/8/2009 by esmoore5
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| The disaster that may have saved D-Day |
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| Hushed up for decades: How 749 U.S. troops died in practice for Utah Beach. |
Posted at 6/5/2009 by esmoore5
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| Is China Pulling Strings in North Korea? |
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Posted at 6/3/2009 by yojimbo
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| Hollywood Recruiting Military for Film Projects |
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| A Hollywood producer is looking for serving and retired military members with ideas for movie and TV projects, with the intent to fiannce and produce at least one project per year. |
Posted at 5/30/2009 by Burke G Sheppard
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| NYMAS talk, Friday, May 29th -- "Right vs. Left: Politics in the Cold War and the Improbable Saga of
Major General Edwin Walker" |
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| On Friday, May 29th, NYMAS will host its own Bob Rowan, who will speak on "Right vs. Left: Politics in the Cold War and the Improbable Saga of
Major General Edwin Walker"
NYMAS talks, which are free to the public, are held at the CUNY Graduate Center, Fifth Ave. at 34th St., in midtown Manhattan.
Talks begin at 7:00 and last about two hours.
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Posted at 5/23/2009 by Al-Nofi
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| NYMAS talk, May 29th -- "Right vs. Left: Politics in the Cold War and the Improbable Saga of
Major General Edwin Walker" |
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Posted at 5/23/2009 by Al-Nofi
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| Pirates Have Stingers? |
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| The South Korean navy wants to equip its Lynx helicopters with a missile protection system (flares and radar warning system) and is prepared to make the necessary modifications immediately, according to a South Korean defense ministry quoted by the Korea Times. The move comes after it received warning from the National Intelligence Service and the Defense Security Command that Somali pirates seem to have acquired Stinger anti-air missiles from Al-Qaida. |
Posted at 5/20/2009 by esmoore5
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| On Its Trolley - X-51A Rolls Out |
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| The first X-51A WaveRider, complete with its rocket booster and scramjet engine, has arrived at Boeings Huntington Beach, Calif., plant for structural testing leading up to a first flight attempt late this year. |
Posted at 5/13/2009 by esmoore5
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| Israel Unveils Mini-Aegis Missile |
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| Israel Aerospace Industries is showing a full-scale mockup of the Barak 8 surface to air missile (SAM) for the first time at the IMDEX maritime defense show, which opened in Singapore today. |
Posted at 5/12/2009 by esmoore5
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| NYMAS talk, Friday, May 15th, "Sparta and the Greek Art of War, 550 – 362 BC" |
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| On Friday, May 15th, NYMAS will host Independent Scholar Scott Rusch, who will be speaking on "Sparta and the Greek Art of War, 550 – 362 BC"
NYMAS talks, which are free to the public, are currently held at the CUNY Graduate Center, Fifth Avenue at 34th St, in mid-town Manhattan.
Talks begin at 7:00 and run about two hours. |
Posted at 5/9/2009 by Al-Nofi
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| NYMAS lecture, May 8th -- "Chinese Amphibious Operations: 1949-1958" |
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| On Friday, May 8th, NYMAS will host its own Edward Chen, who will be speaking on "Chinese Amphibious Operations: 1949-1958"
NYMAS talks, which are free to the public, are currently held at the CUNY Graduate Center, Fifth Avenue at 34th St, in mid-town Manhattan.
Talks begin at 7:00 and run about two hours. |
Posted at 5/3/2009 by Al-Nofi
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| Serbian company offers hybrid gun/missile anti-aircraft system |
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| Serbias Yugoimport state-owned company is developing a new self-propelled hybrid SHORAD (short-range air-defence) designated Heavy Self-Propelled Air Defence Gun-Missile System. |
Posted at 5/1/2009 by esmoore5
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| 1941 color footage of the USS Enterprise air group in operation |
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Posted at 4/21/2009 by Al-Nofi
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| NYMAS lecture, April 24th - "Forgotten Patriots:
The Untold Story of American Prisoners during the Revolutionary War" |
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| On Friday, April 24th, NYMAS will host Pulitzer Prize winning author Prof. Edwin G. Burrows, of Brooklyn College, who will be speaking on "Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners during the Revolutionary War"
NYMAS talks, which are free to the public, are held at the CUNY Graduate Center, Fifth Avenue at 34th St, in mid-town Manhattan.
Talks begin at 7:00 pm and last about two hours. |
Posted at 4/19/2009 by Al-Nofi
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| US Navy Producing Scaled-Down Rail Gun Naval Weapon |
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| Back in March 2006, BAE Systems received a contract for “design and production of the 32 MJ Laboratory Launcher for the U.S. Navy.” Some hint of what they are talking about can be gleaned from the name. The project is an electro-magnetic rail gun that accelerates a projectile to incredibly high speeds without using explosives. |
Posted at 4/16/2009 by esmoore5
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| Peaceniks Target Killer Drones |
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Posted at 4/14/2009 by esmoore5
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| Gaza Boat Explodes Near Israel Navy Vessel |
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| A booby-trapped fishing boat exploded on Monday near an Israel Navy vessel off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip. |
Posted at 4/14/2009 by esmoore5
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| Exoskeletons Ratchet Up Strength, Endurance |
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| The soldier exoskeleton has moved from the realm of science fiction to reality, with contractors like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin partnering with smaller firms to bring products to market. But one big challenge remains: convenient and safe power for these machines. |
Posted at 4/10/2009 by esmoore5
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| HULC-ing Out in Afghanistan |
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| Lockheed Martin recently unveiled a down-scale competitor to the exoskeleton wars. At the February Association of the US Army symposium, LockMart introduced its Human Universal Load Carrier system. |
Posted at 4/2/2009 by esmoore5
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| Pentagon Plan to Regrow Limbs: Phase One, Complete |
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| The first phase of the Pentagons plan to regrow soldiers limbs is complete; scientists managed to turn human skin into the equivalent of a blastema — a mass of undifferentiated cells that can develop into new body parts. Now, researchers are on to phase two: turning that cellular glop into a square inch of honest-to-goodness muscle tissue. |
Posted at 3/25/2009 by esmoore5
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| UFO Files |
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| For anyone digging into the murky and unsubstantiated world of secret aircraft projects, the periodic de-classification of official documents about UFO sightings is always a potential gold mine. The latest batch, containing a wide range of UFO-related documents from the UK Ministry of Defence from 1987 to 1993, is no exception and includes some truly interesting reports. |
Posted at 3/25/2009 by esmoore5
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| Y-Dimensional Enhanced Sensor (YES) |
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| DARPA seeks innovative proposals that address the technical and fabrication issues based on a preliminary design of a single chip focal plane array (FPA) that detects passive radiation in the Visible to Short Wave Infrared Vis-SWIR and Mid Wave Infrared MWIR bands and a laser return for three-dimensional (3D) imaging. |
Posted at 3/25/2009 by esmoore5
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| Ospreys Grounded |
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| A loose bolt was found in an area near the rotors on deployed MV-22 Ospreys which was worrying enough to Red Stripe the entire fleet. |
Posted at 3/24/2009 by esmoore5
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| Military Blocks Its Own YouTube Knockoff |
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| The Defense Department banned YouTube from its networks, and built a military-friendly video-sharing site to take its place. But in an odd twist, many military bases are now blocking that new site, TroopTube, as well. |
Posted at 3/17/2009 by esmoore5
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| How the US forgot how to make Trident missiles |
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| Plans to refurbish Trident nuclear weapons had to be put on hold because US scientists forgot how to manufacture a component of the warhead, a US congressional investigation has revealed. |
Posted at 3/9/2009 by esmoore5
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| DARPA orders Katana monoblade nano-copter |
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| Famed Pentagon crazytech bureau DARPA has handed out half a million greenbacks to buy a tiny one-bladed robot helicopter slightly bigger than a coin, dubbed "Katana" and apparently intended for "indoor military missions". |
Posted at 3/9/2009 by esmoore5
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| The people are the prize. |
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| Book based on a huge amount of in-person interviews with commanders in Iraq, about the switch in US strategy from a "search and destroy" to classic counterinsurgency (COIN) approach:
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
The book covers both the strategy itself (the people are the prize and must be protected at almost any cost) and how that strategy was sold up, and often around the chain of command. |
Posted at 3/8/2009 by matisse
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| Simulated Suicide for Laser-Training Troops |
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| When U.S. troops train, they often use a kind of Laser Tag system, to record simulated kills from rifles and artillery. But these days, American forces face less conventional threats, like suicide bombers. Which is why the Navy has funded a patent, for a simulated suicide bomber vest. |
Posted at 3/6/2009 by esmoore5
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| New edition of The U.S. Army War College Librarys annual "Suggested Military Reading List" |
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| The new version of the Army War College Librarys annual "Suggested Military Reading List," is available here, with “notable books published during the last three years. These books deal with topics of interest to U.S. Army War College students and are of special value in their specific subject areas.” |
Posted at 3/5/2009 by Al-Nofi
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| Mexicos drug war creates new class of refugees |
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| Business owners, law enforcement officers, journalists and other professionals are among those seeking asylum in the U.S. -- even when it means sitting in jail. |
Posted at 3/4/2009 by esmoore5
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| NYMAS talk, March 6th -- "Policing the White Man’s Democracy? Army Aid to the Civil Power in Jacksonian America"
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| On Friday, March 6th, NYMAS will host Samuel Watson, of the United States Military Academy at West Point, who will be speaking on "Policing the White Man’s Democracy? Army Aid to the Civil Power in Jacksonian America."
NYMAS talks, which are free to the public, are held at the CUNY Graduate Center, Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, in mid-town Manhattan.
Talks begin at 7:00 and usually last about two hours.
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Posted at 3/1/2009 by Al-Nofi
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| Drone War Backlash Forces Covert Op Disclosure |
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| A backlash against the American drone war in Pakistan has forced officials in Islamabad and Washington to reveal fresh details on another covert U.S. operation on Pakistani soil. |
Posted at 2/23/2009 by esmoore5
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| Taliban "using advanced SAS rifle against Pakistan army" |
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| A senior diplomat claimed that pro-Taliban fighters were attacking the Pakistani army with an advanced assault rifle that is normally only used by the SAS. |
Posted at 2/21/2009 by esmoore5
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| NYMAS lecture, 27 Feb - "Islam in the French Army
during the Great War" |
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| On Friday, Fberuary 27th, NYMAS will host Prof. Richard S. Fogarty, of the State University of New York at Albany, author of "Race and War in France: Colonial Subjects in the French Army, 1914-1918," who will be speaking on "Islam in the French Army during the Great War"
NYMAS talks, which are free to the public, are held at the CUNY Graduate Center, Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, in the shadow of the Empire State Building.
Talks begin at 7:00 and last about two hours. |
Posted at 2/21/2009 by Al-Nofi
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| EMALS: Electro-Magnetic Launch for Carriers |
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| As the US Navy continues to build its new CVN-21 Gerald R. Ford Class carrier [CVN 78], few technologies are as important to their success as the next-generation EMALS catapult. The question is whether that technology will be ready in time, in order to avoid either costly delays to the program – or an even more costly redesign of the first ship of class. |
Posted at 2/20/2009 by esmoore5
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| Scientific method locates Bin Laden |
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| worth checking out |
Posted at 2/19/2009 by matisse
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| Even the Taliban Now Loves the iPhone |
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| We doubt Apple will sign this guy up for an endorsement deal, but Mullah Zaif, a former Taliban official, raved about his iPhone to Al Jazeera correspondent Hamish McDonald during a visit in Kabul. |
Posted at 2/17/2009 by esmoore5
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| NYMAS Tal, Feb 20th - "God Willing: My Wild Ride with the New Iraqi Army" |
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| On Friday, Feb 20th, Eric Navarro will discuss his adventures as a Marine Corps Reservist working with the Iraqi Army, "God Willing: My Wild Ride with the New Iraqi Army."
NYMAS talks, which are free to the public, are held at the CUNY Graduate Center, Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, in Manhattan.
Talks begin at 7:00 and last about two hours.
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Posted at 2/16/2009 by Al-Nofi
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| Special Forces Gigapixel Flying Spy Sees All |
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| You may think your new ten-megapixel camera is pretty hot –- but not when you compare it to the 1.8 Gigapixel beast built for the Pentagon. The camera is designed as a payload for the A-160T Hummingbird robot helicopter now being quietly delivered to Special Forces. It will give them an unprecedented ability to track everything on the ground in real time. The camera is scheduled for flight testing at the start of next year. |
Posted at 2/12/2009 by esmoore5
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| Satellites Collide in First-Ever Mid-Space Crash |
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| A commercial Iridium communications satellite and a "presumably-defunct" Russian Cosmos spacecraft smashed into one another on Tuesday, more than 490 miles above northern Siberia. Its the first ever sat-on-sat collision, SpaceFlightNow.com reports. |
Posted at 2/11/2009 by esmoore5
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| French fighter planes grounded by computer virus |
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| French fighter planes were unable to take off after military computers were infected by a computer virus, an intelligence magazine claims. |
Posted at 2/9/2009 by esmoore5
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| Germany to Deploy Troops: to France not Afghanistan |
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| The war in Afghanistan is going badly, the NATO Secretary General is calling for European countries to do more and so what do the Germans do? Send several hundred troops to be stationed in France. |
Posted at 2/9/2009 by esmoore5
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| NYMAS Talk, Feb 13th - "Lincolns Code: The Laws of War in American History"
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| On Friday, Feb 13th, NYMAS will host John Fabian Witt, of the Columbia University Law School, who wil be speaking on "Lincolns Code: The Laws of War in American History"
NYMAS talks are free to the public. They are held at the CUNY Graduate Center, Fifth Avenue at 34th St., in midtown Manhattan.
Talks begin at 7:00 and last about two houws. |
Posted at 2/8/2009 by Al-Nofi
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