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Military/Armed Forces

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Name: Military/Armed Forces

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 15 hours ago - 18 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Hu Jintao

China urges greater contact with US military

* President Hu affirms need for boosting strategic mutual confidence BEIJING: China urged more contact with the US military on Friday while President Hu Jintao said his nation's plans for space were peaceful, striking a conciliatory tone ahead of US President ... [Daily Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, China, Beijing, Hu Jintao

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 5 hours ago - 32 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Nidal Malik Hasan

US grieves after army base shooting

US President Barack Obama led his nation in mourning on Saturday as shocked Americans struggled to understand why a Muslim army doctor killed 13 in a massacre at a US military base.Alleged shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, a psychiatrist and specialist ... [West Australian - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Fort Hood, Army base, Muslim, Nidal Malik Hasan

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 6 hours ago - 13 Documents (in Politics)

Shooting raises fears for Muslims in US army

An army major accused of firing on and killing fellow soldiers in Texas is a US-born Muslim. The reasons for the shooting are not clear, but Major Nidal Malik Hasan was reported to be unhappy at alleged racial abuse he had received. The BBC's Penny Spiller ... [BBC - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Muslim, Muslim-Americans, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 22 Documents

Paraguayan president fires top brass amid coup rumors

ASUNCION: Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has replaced his military chiefs after making accusations of a coup plot to overthrow his leftist government, officials said Thursday.Lugo, a former Catholic bishop who assumed office in August 2008, fired ... [Kuwait Times - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Rear Admiral, Impeachment, Fernando Lugo

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 17 hours ago - 23 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Pakistan Troops Storm Taliban Bastion, 24 Dead

Pakistan has vowed to crush Tehreek-e-Taliban in South Waziristan, part of the border area with Afghanistan that Washington calls the most dangerous place in the world because of an abundance of Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters. The military provides the ... [Al Manar TV - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Taliban

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 111 Documents (in Politics)

Barack Obama

Obama warning over Texas mass shooting

President Barack Obama has urged Americans not to jump to conclusions on the motive behind the mass shooting at Fort Hood army base in Texas.In a special news conference, he said: 'We don't know all the answers yet and I would caution against jumping ... [ITN - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Barack Obama, Nidal Malik Hasan, Army base, Fort Hood

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 121 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

US reels after Fort Hood tragedy

FORT HOOD: A stunned US nation battled to understand on Friday why a Muslim army psychiatrist may have snapped, mowing down 13 people and wounding 30 others in a massacre at a sprawling US military base.Alleged shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, a specialist ... [The News International - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Fort Hood (United States), Fort Hood, Muslim, Nader Hasan, Nidal Malik Hasan

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 11 Documents

Fort Hood Attack is 3rd This Year Targeting Military on U.S. Soil

The Fort Hood attack is the third instance this year in which American military personnel in the United States have been targeted by people reportedly opposed to U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, terrorism experts said.Investigators are ... [AINA - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Fort Hood (United States), Soil, Military/Armed Forces, United States, Bruce Hoffman

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 20 Documents (in Politics)

Paraguayan president fires military chiefs amid coup rumors

Paraguayan General Bartolome Pineda speaks after assumed as new Major in Chief of the Army during a ceremony in Asuncion. Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has replaced his military chiefs after making accusations of a coup plot to overthrow his leftist ... [France24 - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Fernando Lugo, Military/Armed Forces, Asuncion (Paraguay)

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 10 Documents (in Politics)

United States: Massacre on a Texas military base (AFP)

8:45 pmTroubled portrait emerges of 'shooter' November 6, 2009, 4:10 pmDefusing "poor man's minefield" in Afghan south November 6, 2009, 9:06 pmAustralia, Sri Lanka to discuss refugees November 6, 2009, 9:10 pmGunman alive after US army base shooting ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Australia First Party (AU), Massacre, Military/Armed Forces, Yahoo! Inc

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 9 mins ago - 5 Documents

Testing Times for Muslims and Americans

Dr Muqtedar KhanThe American Muslim community is in shock and in a state of disbelief combined with apprehension as it watches the details of the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas unfold. Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a doctor and a practising Muslim, born in ... [Khaleej Times - 9 mins ago]

Entities: Muslim, Fort Hood, Muqtedar Khan

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Politics)

Russian military aircraft crashes in Pacific

A Russian military plane has crashed in the Pacific Ocean, with all 11 people on board feared dead.The Tupolev-142 disappeared from radar screens over the Tatar Strait, separating the mainland from the island of Sakhalin.The wreckage has reportedly already ... [EuroNews - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Russia, US Pacific Fleet

Quotes

...of military relief and rescue operations last month when Metro Manila went under water in the wake of Tropical Storms "Ondoy" and "Pepeng. "General Fojas' accomplishments are too many to mention in detail. Suffice it to say that as NCRCom commander, he led the command in securing the country's premier region" said Ibrado said of his mistah (classmate) in PMA Class 1976

Arroyo 'mistah' named Metro military chief [Philippine Daily Inquirer - 23 mins ago]

...ministry spokesman Mohammad Zahir Azimi told AFP there was no doubt Afghan personnel had been killed and injured by their international partners. "It was an erroneous air strike which caused casualties to friendly forces" he said. More than 100,000 troops under NATO and US command are in Afghanistan fighting a Taliban insurgency now at its deadliest in the eight years...

NATO strike kills 7 Afghan security personnel: government [Philippine Daily Inquirer - 35 mins ago]

"Thursday's shooting was one of the most devastating ever committed on an American military base," he said. "And yet, even as we saw the worst of human nature on full display, we also saw the best of America."

Probe of army shooting focuses on motive [The Age - 35 mins ago]

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U.S. Marines aircraft moved to Afghanistan [UPI - 15 mins ago]
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8 Afghans killed in search for missing troops [ABC Online - 24 mins ago]
Gorbachev, McDonnell, Barbour, Rendell, Steele,... [WorldNetDaily - 24 mins ago]
Obamas to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday [Washington Post - 25 mins ago]
Key's chopper flights queried [New Zealand Herald - 33 mins ago]
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Probe of army shooting focuses on motive [The Age - 35 mins ago]
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DMN: A shocking, sad irony that soldiers died w... [Dallas Morning News - 1 hour ago]

Blogs

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Observer Panel \| Which discovery has most impro... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago] Science Museum visitors have voted the X-ray as the most important modern discovery ahead of penicillin and the DNA double helixDONALD MACLEODRunning water. My childhood ...
Dan Agin: Armistice Day, the Great War, and Bra... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 2 hours ago] What do we remember? Veteran's Day--November 11th--was once called Armistice Day, the day the mangled soldiers started coming home in 1918. The problem ...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Good Reason for Muslims ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 3 hours ago] The instant the news broke that a soldier with a Muslim name shot up the base at Ft. Hood the Council on American-Islamic Relations wasted ...
How far can Lula's stardust scatter? \| Richard ... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 3 hours ago] The president of Brazil stands for democracy, and for the poor. These are still valuable qualities in the 21st centuryPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, ...
Being an Absentee President [Built on Facts] [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 4 hours ago] Of late president Obama has taken a little bit of heat for his frequent (and mostly male) golf outings. Before him, president Bush took the same sort of heat for ...

Audio/Video

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Toll of War PTSD on the Military [ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - 18 hours ago]
Who is Nidal Malik Hasan? [CBS - YouTube - 18 hours ago]
Who is Nidal Malik Hasan? [CBS News Online - YouTube - 18 hours ago]
Can you carry a concealed weapon on military ba... [Slate Magazine - 18 hours ago]
Red Flags at Fort Hood? [CBS News Online - YouTube - 19 hours ago]

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