Tag Archives: United States Department of Defense

Cyber warfare – Another Element of Modern Combat Revolution

November 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The Gaza flare up has been capturing public attention lately. It appears to be all about rockets, air strikes and horrible pictures of death and human suffering that has no end. But there is one more important aspect of the … read more »

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Gang shootout kills 14 in Veracruz, Mexico

January 14, 2011 by benim

A shootout between Mexican security forces and suspected gang members has left 14 people dead. Some 100 soldiers, marines and police in Xalapa, in the eastern state of Veracruz, had surrounded a house that, it was thought, was being used … read more »

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WikiLeaks suspect ‘not mistreated’

December 18, 2010 by benim

The United States military has denied mistreating an army private suspected of passing hundreds of thousands of classified US documents to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. Bradley Manning has been held in solitary confinement at a US Marine prison near Washington … read more »

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Omar Khadr might be released in less than three years

November 2, 2010 by benim

WASHINGTON — A United States military commission at Guantánamo Bay has sentenced a former child soldier for Al Qaeda to 40 years in prison for war crimes — but he might be released in less than three years, the Defense … read more »

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US military accepting gay recruits

October 20, 2010 by benim

The US military has started accepting gay recruits after a California judge last week struck down the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy barring openly gay people from serving. But the US defense department says new gay recruits are warned the … read more »

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