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Turkey asks US to base Predators on its soil: reportWashington (AFP) Sept 10, 2011 The United States is considering a request from Turkey to base Predator drones there to operate against Kurdish separatists based in northern Iraq, The Washington Post reported late Saturday. Citing unnamed senior US military officials, the newspaper said a decision to deploy the drones could strengthen the US-Turkish diplomatic alliance but draw the United States deeper into the conflict. The US military has flown unarmed Predators from Iraqi bases since 2007, sharing their surveillance video w ... read more |
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  Pentagon attacks inspired war of 'vengeance': US US military and political leaders on Sunday paid solemn tribute to the victims of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and to troops who have waged a war of "vengeance" in the decade since. ... more | .. |
  Iraq's Sadr says no anti-US attacks before pullout Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers not to launch any attacks on US troops before a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, in a statement seen on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Tears unite Americans on 10th anniversary of 9/11 Tears flowed and bells tolled at Ground Zero on Sunday as Americans marked the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in a rare moment of unity for a country still shaken by the horrific attacks. ... more | .. |
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  US drone kills four militants in Pakistan: officials A US drone strike killed at least four militants Sunday in a restive Pakistani tribal area, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 AeroVironment Receives Order for Raven AeroVironment, Inc. has received a $15,909,962 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract order on September 1, 2011, under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises Army contractor logistics s ... more | .. |
  Fear of rising China unites polarized US politicians With the 2012 election cycle heating up, US politicians this week harnessed worries over a rising China to power support for everything from patent law reform to debt reduction - and their own ambitions. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Delivers Another Super Hercules To Dyess Lockheed Martin has delivered the sixth C-130J Super Hercules to crews at Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, Thursday. Lt. Gen. Robert Allardice, 18th Air Force Commander, accepted delivery of the s ... more |
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  Proliferating Surveillance Satellites Almost 50 Earth observing satellites were launched in the past 10 years in addition to military and weather satellites. A further 200 or so are expected to be launched by 2020. Eight countries have ... more | .. |
 China uses 9/11 to crack down on Xinjiang: group Over the past decade China has used the global "war on terror" to jail thousands of ethnic Muslim Uighurs in the far-western and restive Xinjiang region, a minority rights group said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Eight killed in Iraq violence Three soldiers, a policeman and a journalist were among eight people killed Saturday in attacks in Iraq, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 China says "trust" main challenge for relations with EU The main challenge for China-EU relations lies in the lack of trust produced by Europe's "double standards", China's vice minister for foreign affairs Fu Ying said here on Saturday. ... more |
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 F-16 pilot was ready to ram hijacked plane on 9/11 A F-16 pilot scrambled on 9/11 to prevent another attack on the US capital says she was prepared to ram her plane into a hijacked aircraft - as there was no time to arm her plane with missiles. ... more | .. |
  Fewer Taiwanese want to work or live in China: poll Fewer Taiwanese people intend to work or live in China despite efforts promoting closer trade and tourism links, a survey showed Saturday. ... more | .. |
 UAVs 'could end Israel-Turkey rift' Israeli commentators say that Turkey's pressing need for unmanned aerial vehicles, as its conflict with Kurdish separatists flares anew, may help mend the deepening rift between the onetime strategic allies. ... more | .. |
  ATF Mexico gun scandal far from over A smoldering scandal is stalking the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama despite it being temporary obscured by budget battles and unemployment figures. ... more |
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  NATO grapples with Libya arsenals threat NATO is grappling with a growing threat of sophisticated weapons falling into the hands of potential foes in Libya as the North African country inches toward an endgame for its civil war. ... more | .. |
 British Guantanamo inmate on hunger strike The last remaining British detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison has gone on hunger strike and said in a letter obtained by the BBC on Friday that he is being treated inhumanely. ... more | .. |
Highest-level US trip to Taiwan in five years US assistant secretary of commerce Suresh Kumar is scheduled to visit Taiwan next week, the highest-level American official to come to the island in over five years, its mission in Taipei said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Google advises Iran users to change passwords Google has advised users of its online services in Iran to change their passwords following the theft of Internet security certificates from a Dutch company. ... more |
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  Pakistani pleads guilty in US on nuclear charges A Pakistani citizen on Friday plead guilty to illegally attempting to export nuclear material to organizations in his homeland that are classed "of concern" to US national security, justice officials said. ... more | .. |
 Chinese army general under fire for son's violence A Chinese army general has apologised for his son's brutal beating of a couple and offered compensation, state media said Friday, in the latest scandal involving the so-called "rich second generation". ... more | .. |
  Ahmadinejad criticises 'brother' Turkey over missile shield Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticised "brother" Turkey over its plan to host an early-warning radar as part of NATO's missile defence system, the presidency website reported on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Turkey threat of warships to Gaza 'grave': Israel An Israeli cabinet minister on Friday described as "grave and serious" a threat by Ankara to send warships to escort any aid vessels trying to reach Gaza in defiance of Israel's naval blockade. ... more |
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 Military unity could make EU a superpower: Kaczynski The creation of a united armed forces for the European Union could give Brussels superpower status to match that of Washington, Poland's opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski told AFP Friday. ... more | .. |
 Commentary: Now a pointless war? We should have declared the Afghan war won last May 3, the day after a U.S. SEAL team killed Osama bin Laden and buried him in the Arabian Sea. That was the advice given in Washington this week by a former spy chief who played a key role in the Saudi-Pakistan-U.S. alliance that defeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in early 1989. The Soviet empire imploded nine months later. ... more | .. |
 Islamic group behind Xinjiang attacks A group calling itself the Turkestan Islamic Party claimed responsibility for the attacks in China's Xinjiang region in July, a security intelligence Web site said. ... more | .. |
 Indian attack chopper expected by year end The Indian army will induct the attack version of the indigenously built advanced light helicopter into the army aviation corps this year, a defense official said. ... more |
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 At 15, nuclear test ban treaty still not in force Created as yet another tool to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which was introduced 15 years ago on Saturday, has yet to come into force. ... more | .. |
 Syrian army defector's body given to family: report Syrian forces abducted the brother of an officer who announced his defection in June and handed his body over to his family early on Friday, a rights advocacy group said. ... more | .. |
 China seeks to ease US worries over tense Pacific The United States should view China's growing role in the Pacific as grounds for cooperation rather than concern, a top Chinese official said Friday, amid anxiety over Beijing's new assertiveness. ... more | .. |
Turkish warships will protect Gaza aid convoys: PM Turkish warships will escort the country's aid vessels bound for the Gaza Strip, protecting them from Israeli ships, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late Thursday. ... more |
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