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Commandos Hold Afghan Detainees in Secret Jails
Updated 10 a.m., April 9 Under President Obama, the CIA is barred from holding terrorism detainees in secret prisons. That’s the Joint Special Operations Command’s job now. The Associated Press’ star...
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Psst, Military: There’s Already a Universal Translator in the App Store
On one side of the scale: an app developer that wants to translate Pashto and Dari on your iPhone. On the other: around $50 million in federal money, this year alone, for research into a Cadillac...
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General: bin Laden Death Will Spook Afghan Insurgents
There aren’t many al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan anymore. Maybe 100, judging by most estimates. But the Marine general who recently ran the war in rugged southwestern Afghanistan says that Osama bin...
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NATO Choppers, Pakistani Troops ‘Exchange Fire’
Somewhere, John Kerry is gesturing for an aide to bring him three Advils and a Bushmill’s chaser. Just after the Massachusetts senator cajoled the Pakistanis into returning the remains of the stealth...
View Article‘Star Wars’ Terrorists Storm Pakistani Naval Base
The Pakistan Taliban launched a brazen attack on a Pakistani naval base, killing at least 11 people and destroying two spy planes provided by the United States. Not only did the melee last through the...
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What Role Did Accused Soldier’s Brain Injury Play in Afghan Massacre? (UPDATED)
It would be irresponsible to suggest that traumatic brain injury led a U.S. Army staff sergeant to allegedly massacre Afghan civilians on Sunday. But the sergeant is reportedly a TBI sufferer -- and...
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Combat ‘Burn Pits’ Ruin Immune Systems, Study Shows
Since returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, an untold number of soldiers have come down with puzzling health problems. Many of them are pointing the finger at a single culprit: the open-air "burn...
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For the First Time, Brits Launch Drone Strike From Home
Killer drone tech is slowly spreading. In a first, the United Kingdom has carried out a strike in Afghanistan by pilots controlling the drone from within Britain.
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