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Technology Lessons from Iraq
This is pretty epic in length but interesting nonetheless -- a good roundup of the technological difficulties faced by the US in Iraq, and some proposed solutions. Still, I'm pretty wary of any self-described...Cheney's Secret Escalation Plan?
"At yesterday's press conference, President Bush announced that he had put Iran on notice: "One of the main reasons that I asked [U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan] Crocker to meet with Iranians inside Iraq was to send...Benchmarks: Escalating War
"WASHINGTON, June 7 (UPI) -- More than four months into the "surge" strategy the statistics of U.S., insurgent and civilian casualties reveal an escalating war that may be entering a decisive "tipping point" phase. The Pentagon claims that since January, U.S. forces have...Expert: Penn Station likely next target for bombers
"WASHINGTON - Experts studying the use of IEDs that have wreaked havoc among U.S. troops in Iraq warn that the deadly bombs will likely be exploding here sometime in the near future. "There are going to be a bunch of...Sunday: 12 GIs, 1 Briton, 110 Iraqis Killed; 131 Iraqis Wounded
"At least 110 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 131 Iraqis were wounded in violent attacks today; the largest a bombing in Bagdad that killed dozens. Twelve U.S. servicemembers were also reported killed, nine of them died today. A British soldier was also killed. Today,...Al Qaeda Wages Electronic War against US Forces in Iraq
"In 2006, the Pentagon spent $1.4 bn to develop sophisticated counter measures for roadside bombs, which account for more US deaths in Iraq than any other weapon. They were designed to locate and detonate the improvised explosive devices IEDs from afar, before American...Bomb-sniffing robots on way to troops in Iraq
"U.S. troops deployed in Iraq will soon receive help in the form of explosive-detection robots, which can sniff out deadly improvised explosive devices, more commonly known as IEDs. More than 100 PackBot robots provided by iRobot Corp. will be fitted with the sniffing...Casus Belli: Iranian Weapons Arm Iraqi Militia
"WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2006 â U.S. officials say they have found smoking-gun evidence of Iranian support for terrorists in Iraq: brand-new weapons fresh from Iranian factories. According to a senior defense official, coalition forces have recently seized Iranian-made...Fort Apache in Taliban Land
On Scene: A soldier learns to fiddle, while NATO tries to douse Afghanistan's fireslooking back at the numbers of the second anniversary
Whatever these numbers were on the second anniversary, they will be bigger numbers on the the third anniversary (March 19/20, 2006).
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