War

Surprise drill: IDF gets ready for war

RT: The Israeli Defense Force has begun surprise live-fire war games on the Golan Heights, bordering unstable Lebanon and Syria. Officially, the Israeli military is practicing combat readiness to repel possible sudden attack from Lebanon-based Hezbollah. The Chief of IDF General Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz ordered troops from the […]

Hidden Causes of the Muslim Protests

Source: The Atlantic By ROBERT WRIGHT As the Muslim protests subside, more and more people have come to realize that what seems to have sparked them–one of the worst YouTube videos ever, which is saying something–isn’t what they were mainly about. But what were they about? Here theories differ, and some of the […]

Israeli attack on Iran ‘would not stop nuclear programme’

Guardian: An Israeli attack on Iran would delay but probably not stop its nuclear programme, the most senior US military officer has claimed. General Martin Dempsey reinforced Washington’s opposition to unilateral Israelmilitary action as he made clear that US military chiefs were equally wary of getting ensnared in Syria. In common with Nato’s supreme commander, US […]

Obama threatens to attack Syria

RT: US President Barack Obama has a stern warning for the country of Syria. In an address made early Monday, the commander-in-chief confirmed that he has not ruled out an offensive strike on Bashar al-Assad and his regime. Speaking from the White House, President Obama said that if Syria is […]

Attack on Pakistan’s Minhas Military base

Taliban claim attack on Minhas base; nine militants killed DawnNews and Agencies | DAWN.COM | 3 hours ago اسے اُردو میں پڑھیں     133 http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D9%23cb%3Df1a7d205b8%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fdawn.com%252Ff326cb3c44%26domain%3Ddawn.com%26relation%3Dparent.parent&extended_social_context=false&font=arial&href=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F2012%2F08%2F16%2Fmilitants-attack-pakistani-airbase-at-kamra%2F&layout=button_count&locale=en_GB&node_type=link&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false&width=90 http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1345016233.html#_=1345119720298&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F2012%2F08%2F16%2Fmilitants-attack-pakistani-airbase-at-kamra%2F&size=m&text=Taliban%20claim%20attack%20on%20Minhas%20base%3B%20nine%20militants%20killed%20%7C%20DAWN.COM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F2012%2F08%2F16%2Fmilitants-attack-pakistani-airbase-at-kamra%2F&via=dawn_com https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&size=medium&hl=en-US&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com%2F2012%2F08%2F16%2Fmilitants-attack-pakistani-airbase-at-kamra%2F&count=true&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3D–ql0RZyq4A.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!odsckOnlCmSAl2tjew%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOlZdXQvjH1KwxIVfvwgonhOeDpgA#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart&id=I0_1345119720429&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fdawn.com Pakistani Air Force personnel cordon the main entrance of the air force base following an attack in Kamra about 60 kilometres northwest of Islamabad on August 16, 2012. […]