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March 25, 2017

Mosul’s children were shouting beneath the rubble. Nobody came

Coalition bombs buried more than a hundred people in the ruins of three houses and raised fresh questions about US rules of engagement

Men load the bodies of people recovered from the rubble of a house in western Mosul. Photograph: Cengiz Yar

Martin Chulov in Mosul

Saturday 25 March 2017 01.58 EDTFirst…

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March 24, 2017

Jihadi terror manuals on how to use a car as a ‘tool of war’ for mass murder can be found in just two minutes on Google and Twitter

Fanatics are urged to use cars before going on stabbing rampage in the guides

Video revealed after Khalid Masood killed three in car then stabbed a policeman

Manuals told jihadists in West to learn from Palestinian terrorists who use cars 

News comes as Boris Johnson…

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March 23, 2017

London Terror Killer Named as Convicted Criminal Khalid Masood

by OLIVER JJ LANE

London’s Metropolitan Police named the man responsible for Wednesday’s Westminster terror attack as British born Khalid Masood.

In a press release from Scotland Yard Thursday afternoon approximately 25 hours after the attack took place, the force revealed 52-year-old Khalid Masood, born in Kent but lately…

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March 22, 2017

North Korea missile test ends in failure as projectile “explodes within seconds” of launch The launch made near the city of Wonsan, on North Korea’s east coast, was detected by Japanese, South Korean and American systems

North Korea’s latest missile launch ended in catastrophic failure as it appeared the projectile exploded within seconds, say US officials.

The launch made near the city of…

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March 21, 2017

Military Cooperation Between Russia, China Hits Three-Decade High Expanded coordination poses significant threat to U.S., allies in Asia Pacific

Russia and China are displaying the highest level of military cooperation in three decades, posing an escalated threat to the United States and its allies, according to a government report released Monday.

U.S. air superiority in the Asia Pacific is…

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March 20, 2017

3 US soldiers shot in Afghanistan ‘insider attack’

By Lucas Tomlinson

Three U.S. Army soldiers were shot and wounded Sunday when an Afghan Army soldier opened fire on them inside a base in southern Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand Province, officials told Fox News.

The attack occurred around 1:30 p.m. local time at Camp Antonik in Washer District in Helmand.

“Coalition security forces on the…

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March 19, 2017

Bomb scare at the White House: Man drives to the gates and tells security he has explosives in his car – the second security alert at the president’s home in one day

A person claiming to have a bomb  pulled up to the White House

They were taken into custody and security at the White House was upgraded

It is not clear if they actually had an explosive device  

By Kaileen Gaul For Dailymail.com

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March 18, 2017

‘Radicalised Muslim’ is shot dead at Paris Orly airport after snatching a soldier’s gun and shooting at three police officers from a car as Kate and William meet Bataclan and Nice terror victims

Convicted criminal, 39, was shot dead at the airport’s south terminal 

Less than two hours earlier he had shot at three police officers during a routine stop-and-search

Authorities believe he had been…

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March 17, 2017

31 Somali refugees killed in helicopter attack off Yemen coast

Boat carrying refugees was travelling to Sudan when it was hit by airstrike from Apache helicopter, coastguard says

Peter Beaumont

Thirty-one Somali refugees were reportedly killed off the coast of Yemenlate on Thursday when a helicopter attacked the boat they were travelling in, a coastguard in the…

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March 16, 2017

Don’t Fight Saudi Arabia’s War

It would be a mistake to get more involved in the Yemeni conflict that poses no risk to national security.

By Daniel DePetris | Contributor

March 15, 2017, at 1:45 p.m.

The civil war in Yemen has created one of the world’s greatest humanitarian disasters. According to United Nations estimates, more than two-thirds of Yemen’s entire population need…

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March 15, 2017

The US prepares to ‘incapacitate’ Kim: USS Carl Vinson carrying huge fleet of fighter jets arrives in South Korea as military sources reveal plan to ‘remove’ Jong-un’s war chiefs

USS Carl Vinson arrived at the southern port of Busan, in South Korea, to join the annual joint military exercise

South Korea military source says heightened presence is part of plan to decapitate North Korean leadership

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March 14, 2017

Russian special forces sent to back renegade Libyan general – reports

Deployment just over border in Egypt may be in support of Khalifa Haftar and aimed at gaining leverage over Libya’s eventual ruler

Alec Luhn in Moscow and Reuters

Russia appears to have deployed special forces to an airbase in western Egypt near the border with Libya in recent days, according to US, Egyptian and…

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March 13, 2017

  Exclusive: Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea, sources say By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo Reuters

By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of…

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March 12, 2017

Dutch police expel Turkish minister as ‘Nazi remnants’ row escalates

Mounted police disperse pro-Erdoğan crowd in Rotterdam after family affairs minister was barred from rally and escorted to German border

Turkish authorities have sealed off the Dutch embassy and consulate, sources at Turkey’s foreign ministry have said, in the latest incident in a tit-for-tat row between the two…

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March 11, 2017

Erdoğan brands Dutch ‘Nazi remnants’ for barring Turkish MP

Rotterdam officials withdraw permission for foreign minister to land in city amid row over cancelled rally

The Turkish president has branded the Netherlands “Nazi remnants” and “fascists” after one of his ministers was barred from entering the country in an escalating row over a cancelled rally in Rotterdam.

Recep Tayyip…

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March 10, 2017

Defiant Iran Conducts More Ballistic Missile Tests; This Time From Naval Vessel by Tyler Durden

As tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to mount, the semi-official news agency Tasnim is reporting that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has successfully conducted yet another ballistic missile test, this time from a navy vessel.  Called the Hormuz 2, these latest missiles are designed to…

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March 9, 2017

Drones threatened nuclear facilities By Bill Gertz – The Washington Times – Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Drone aircraft recently carried out unauthorized intrusions over Air Force and Navy nuclear facilities, and the incidents pose a growing threat, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command disclosed to Congress Wednesday.

Gen. John E. Hyten revealed the drone threats in written…