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Iraq war killed 120,000 and cost $800 billion, study estimates
At least 116,000 Iraqi civilians and more than 4,800 coalition troops died in Iraq between the outbreak of war in 2003 and the US withdrawal in 2011, researchers estimate.
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The Destruction of a Nation: Syria’s War Revealed in Satellite Imagery
Two years ago, joining a crescendo of protest around the Arab world, Syrians launched a peaceful uprising against the autocratic rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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Back Behind Bars with Gaddafi's Would-Be Assassin
Twenty-six years ago, Azeddine Madani would have done anything to escape his cell in Tripoli's notorious Abu Salim prison, but right now he’s wrangling with armed guards in an effort to get back in.
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Syrian Rebels Plan to Form Government
Syria's main opposition group plans to start talks on Monday to form a cabinet and appoint a prime minister, a meeting that has polarized the opposition and brought a wave of criticism against the group's leader.
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Nuclear Weapons.. Are Americans ready to use them?
Nuclear war is unthinkable. At least, that’s what we like to tell ourselves. Given the mass death and devastation from an atomic strike, surely only a desperate despot would even consider such a strike.
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Charts: Bush Lowballed Us on Iraq by $6 Trillion
…and counting.
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Dying vet’s ‘fuck you’ letter to George Bush & Dick Cheney
Imagine that you're Bush or Cheney and you're reading this...
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This Is How Newspapers Covered The Start Of The Iraq War 10 Years Ago
"Good morning, Saddam"
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No More Drones for CIA
Three senior officials tell Daniel Klaidman that the Obama administration is poised to shift the CIA’s drone program to the Pentagon.
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Rules of cyberwar set out for first time in Nato manual
A Nato handbook laying down the rules of cyber warfare has said governments should refrain from attacking hospitals and nuclear plants.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un threatens attack on US bases in Pacific
Kim Jong Un said on Wednesday that North Korea would attack U.S. military bases in the Pacific in addition to South Korea if its “enemies … make even the slightest movement,” according to the North’s official KCNA news agency. The North also hit out over …
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Iraq War's 10th Anniversary: The Invasion
A decade ago, the U.S. and its allies invaded Iraq on the premise that the country was hiding weapons of mass destruction. Despite worldwide protest and a lack of UN authorization, 200,000 thousand troops deployed into Iraq in March of 2003, following massive airstrikes.
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North Korea's threats: Five things to know
It seems barely a day passes without another North Korean threat,
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You will not believe the crazy shit one man had to endure to get the metal of honor
"Without regard for such superior numbers, he unhesitatingly attacked and killed all of them."
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The dangerous drift towards world war in Asia
At ground zero in Hiroshima the inscription for victims of the world's first Atomic bomb is a pledge. We will never again repeat the evil of war.
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Have Americans Forgotten Afghanistan?
As the U.S. grapples with sequestration, the economy, and other policy battles, the war has fallen (even farther) from view.
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A photo that makes North Korea look a lot less scary
North Korea loves to threaten to start World War III. In the last week alone, it has warned Japan that it might launch a preemptive nuclear strike against it and released a video detailing its plan for a three-day invasion of South Korea.
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The US Army Is Planning For A Failed Nuclear State In North Korea
It won't be pretty.
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North Korea Releases New Photos That Reveal Its 'US Mainland Strike Plan' In The Background
North Korea is making more noise. Following the deployment of U.S. B-2s to South Korea, North Korean President Kim Jong-un has ordered his military to be on alert for a strike against the US.
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North Korea: 'State of war' with South
North Korea has entered a "state of war" with neighboring South Korea, according to a report Saturday from the state-run Korean Central News Agency that included a threat to "dissolve" the U.S. mainland.
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