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Unfriendly fire in Afghanistan
The increasing frequency of attacks on U.S. and NATO troops by members of the Afghan security forces they are supposed to be helping has reached the point where American commanders are rightly concerned that the mistrust engendered by such incidents...
Tags: International Organizations, Taliban, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts, Afghanistan
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Pakistan's nukes
The attack by Taliban fighters this week on a major Pakistani air base where nuclear weapons allegedly were stored offered a dramatic example of what the U.S. fears most about its unstable, nuclear-armed ally. Though Pakistan claimed its forces repelled...Tags: Taliban, Wars and Interventions, Haqqani Network, Armed Conflicts, Rebellions
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America can't withdraw from the world
Regarding Thomas F. Schaller's column about America's role in the world, he should quit beating around the bush about where he's coming from ("America should give up its role as lone superpower," July 25). As a former Navy officer during World War II,...Tags: World War II (1939-1945)
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Op-ed takes a too rosy view of Iranian intentions
Commentator Ray McGovern charges Israel with using the pretext of alleged Iranian support for terrorism, to "whip up support for war" ("Is Israel fixing the intel? Netanyahu's rhetoric has echoes of Bush administration's justification for the Iraq war,"...Tags: Barack Obama, Iran's Nuclear Program, Central Intelligence Agency, Madeleine Albright, India
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Military police headed to Afghanistan
Maryland National Guard Sgt. Darren Lebowitz is leaving soon for Afghanistan as many U.S. troops return home. Lebowitz, who has served three tours in Iraq, volunteered for the mission. "I'm a glutton for punishment," he said as he trained Tuesday at...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Baltimore County, Parkville, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Afghanistan
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Rachel Marsden: Could we have the wars without the manipulation?
Testifying before a Senate committee a few months ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lamented that America was "in an information war, and we are losing that war." This week, she blew a fuse at the "Friends of Syria" meeting in Paris, saying that...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Arab Spring, Bashar Assad
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We're already at war in Syria
What happens when a brutal regime gets replaced by an alternative and largely unknown entity? Exhibit A: Libya. Shortly after Moammar Gadhafi bumped his head on a bullet, the "rebels" took over and promptly declared Sharia law. It's a start -- I guess....
Tags: Barack Obama, Fox News Channel (tv network), WikiLeaks, International Military Interventions, United Nations
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Romney can distinguish himself with a sensible Afghanistan policy
It is very sad and disturbing to continue reading and hearing about the skirmishes still transpiring in and around Afghanistan in order for the U.S. and NATO to maintain control of the terrorist forces, including al-Qaida and the Taliban, which is an...Tags: Taliban, Barack Obama, Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Mitt Romney
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Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II, 48, was buried Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery. Marchanti, a 25-year member of the Maryland National Guard, was one of two officers killed last month in Afghanistan. Violence erupted in Kabul, where Marchanti was...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Baltimore County, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Family pays tribute to fallen soldier
The wife and four children of Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II stood silently before his casket Monday. Their arms were wrapped firmly around one another in a display of family solidarity and devotion for the soldier killed in Afghanistan.
Hundreds of...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Skype, Baltimore County, Executive Branch, Fishing
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Naval Academy preparing officers for cyberwarfare
Huddled over laptop computers, four midshipmen spent 20 minutes setting up a wireless network and tested it with what they assumed was a private chat.
But Ensign Justin Monroe, a teaching assistant at the Naval Academy, used a small wireless receiver...Tags: University of Maryland Baltimore County, The New York Times, United States Naval Academy, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya
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Md. Guard major who taught in Balto. Co. is killed in Afghan ministry shooting
As violent protests continued in Afghanistan over the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book by NATO forces, the Pentagon confirmed Monday that a Maryland National Guard major was one of two U.S. military officers shot to death inside a ministry...Tags: International Organizations, Barack Obama, Armed Conflicts, Parkville, Islam
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