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Is the Army Vanquished, Or Able to Fight Another Day?
March 5, 2010[Story ID: 2752]
The Turkish army, NATO’s second largest, is showing little fight against the pro-Muslim Erdogan government’s mass arrests of top military chiefs, past and present. Washington and Brussels ask which way it will jump in a war involving Iran.
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What did Teheran ask of Hizbullah?
March 4, 2010[Story ID: 2728]
To complement its upgraded arsenal, Hizbullah recently spelled out a new military posture toward Israel. -
Capture of Taliban's No. 2 Raised False US Hopes for Its Helmand Operation
February 26, 2010[Story ID: 2279]
Pakistan turned its back on its US ally and conspired with the Afghan Taliban’s Mullah Omar to get rid of his military commander Mullah Baradar who was open to talks with the Americans.
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The Battle for Marjah Is Still Undecided
February 26, 2010[Story ID: 2276]
The stalled Battle of Marjah bodes ill for Barack Obama’s most ambitious military campaign and US plans to go on from there to conquer much larger Afghan cities.
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Lebanon indicts eight over spying for Israel: agency (Peoples Daily)
February 25, 2010[Story ID: 2235]
A Lebanese military prosecutor on Wednesday indicted eight Lebanese on the charge of spying for Israel, the country’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. According to the report, Lebanese military prosecutor Samih el- Hajj accused the group of “working with Israel and providing it with information on civil and military locations and on [...] -
About 50 Turkish commanders held over coup plot
February 22, 2010[Story ID: 2041]
Military men allegedly planned to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow Erdogan gov’t. -
Hezbollah says Israel is shy (UPI)
February 18, 2010[Story ID: 1750]
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 18 (UPI) — Israel has made comments about peace along the northern front as Hezbollah brags about its military capabilities, the Shiite resistance movement said.