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VIDEO:: US MILITARY raid frees American, Dane held hostage in Somalia – FoxNews
By MB Snow at January 25, 2012 | 6:19 pm
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NAVY SEALS raid rescues Somalia aid workers – CNN
By MB Snow at January 25, 2012 | 8:29 am
Washington (CNN) -- U.S. special forces swooped into Somalia in a pair of helicopters in a daring overnight raid to rescue two kidnapped aid workers -- an American and a Dane -- and killed several gunmen in the operation, an American official said Wednesday. The raid was carried out by Navy SEALs, the same special forces unit that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden ... Go To Article
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KLAVAN ON CULTURE:: Pissing Away the War on Terror – pjm
By MB Snow at January 24, 2012 | 12:14 am
The Taliban is pissed off at getting pissed on. After four U.S. Marines apparently urinated on the faces of their dead enemies in Afghanistan—and after the event was captured on video and spread on YouTube—the Taliban condemned the action as “inhuman.” And listen, if anyone knows inhuman it’s the Taliban. The Obama administration made a great show of ... Go To Article
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GENERAL DEMPSEY: US planning for military strike on Iran | WashEx
By MB Snow at January 8, 2012 | 3:45 pm
President Obama's chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said this morning that the United States military is developing the plans necessary for a military strike on Iran in the event that the Iranians try to buiild a nuclear weapon. "My responsibility is to encourage the right degree of planning [for if Iran tries to build a nuclear bomb], to understand the risks ... Go To Article
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MILITARY:: WAR, As We Like It | Weekly Standard
By MB Snow at January 7, 2012 | 1:06 am
There may be examples in history where war unfolded to the script of politicians and generals, but few come to mind. Unfortunately, the Pentagon’s newest strategic guidance prepares only for a future of ordered, defined battles. President Obama stated this much when he said that “the tide of war is receding” and that “we are turning a page.” The Pentagon’s ... Go To Article
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GEN. GEORGE S. PATTON and the Third Army Prayer and Christmas Greeting
By MB Snow at December 24, 2011 | 9:15 am
The True Story of The Patton Prayerby Msgr. James H. O'Neill(From the Review of the News 6 October 1971)Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend. Grant us fair weather for Battle. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, ... Go To Article
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YORK:: Romney changes stance on Iraq invasion | WashEx
By MB Snow at December 22, 2011 | 12:21 pm
In an appearance on "Fox News Sunday" a few days ago, Mitt Romney was asked whether, given what we know today, the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq was the right thing to do. Romney wouldn't say. "Oh boy, that's a big question," Romney answered. "And going back and trying to say, given what we know now, what would we have done? Would we have invaded or not? At the ... Go To Article
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TERRORISM:: After Biden Says Taliban Is Not America’s Enemy, Taliban Lashes Out at U.S. ‘Occupation’ of Iraq – CNSnews
By MB Snow at December 21, 2011 | 11:29 am
(CNSNews.com) – As controversy greeted Vice President Joe Biden’s assertion that the Taliban “is not our enemy,” the militant Afghan movement on Tuesday launched a verbal assault against the United States, demanding that it pay compensation and that its leaders be put on trial for the “nine year occupation of Iraq.” In a statement attributed to Taliban ... Go To Article
JUSTICE FOR ILARIO PANTANO — NYPOST
By MB Snow at December 20, 2011 | 1:12 am
Five years late, Ilario Pantano has been fully vindicated. Now where does he go to get his reputation back? A dogged NCIS investigator has proven that Pantano, then a Marine lieutenant, should never have been put up on war-crimes charges back in 2004-5. But that doesn’t wipe away the endless smears thrown at him since. Maybe the media and the bloggers hated him so ... Go To Article
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IRAQ WAR:: Iraqis celebrate US exit, but worry for future – AP
By MB Snow at December 18, 2011 | 11:04 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Even as Iraqis celebrated the departure of the last American troops Sunday, the dangers left behind after nearly nine years of war were on full display. Politicians feuded along the country's potentially explosive sectarian lines and the drumbeat of deadly violence went on. The last U.S. convoy rumbled out of Iraq across the border into Kuwait around ... Go To Article
