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Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones - WSJ.comInsurgents Hack U.S. Drones
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Predicting insurgent attacks with a mathematical modelWhen bombs and bullets left 37 dead during Friday prayers at a mosque in Pakistan, earlier this month, the insurgency was using the element of surprise. Unpredictability is the hallmark of modern insurgent attacks such as this one. However, the likelihood of such events, their timing and ...
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Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones - WSJ.comWASHINGTON -- Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations. Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed ...
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VIDEO: Iran's Nuclear TriggerConfidential intelligence documents obtained by The Times show that Iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb. The notes, from Iran’s most sensitive military nuclear project, describe a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator, the component of a nuclear bomb that ...
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U.S. charges Chicago man in '08 Mumbai attack - Yahoo! NewsU.S. prosecutors on Monday charged a Chicago man, David Headley, with helping plan the 2008 attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people, including six Americans. Headley, the first American charged in the plot, was accused of receiving training from the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, ...
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Suicide attackers kill 35 at Pakistan mosque - Yahoo! NewsMilitants stormed a mosque frequented by Pakistani army officials, killing at least 35 worshippers during Friday prayers as they sprayed gunfire and threw grenades before blowing themselves up, officials said. The strike was part of a wave of by Islamist insurgents that has killed more than 400 ...
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Pakistani Taliban Targets Both Boys' and Girls' Schools - TIMEThe numbers show the extent of the war on education by the Pakistani Taliban. At least 473 schools across Swat and Federally Administered Tribal Areas have been destroyed over the past two years. Militants recently blew up a 12-room state-run high school and health clinic for boys in Hangu ...
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U.S. forces missed chance to get bin Laden in 2001 - Yahoo! NewsThe U.S. military could have captured or killed Osama bin Laden in 2001 if it had launched a concerted attack on his hideout in Afghanistan, according to a report prepared for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The report, written by staff working for the Democratic majority on the ...
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Pakistan's Non-Campaign Against the Taliban - Yahoo! NewsDespite strenuous entreaties by top U.S. officials, Pakistan has abandoned plans to mount a military offensive against the terrorist group responsible for a two-year campaign of suicide bombings across the country. Although the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has been in disarray since an Aug. ...
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What would happen if your town got nuked?The thermal effects of the 'Little Boy' nuclear bomb if it was dropped on New York City. Not that it's particularly likely, but as long as nuclear bombs exist, there's the chance - however slim - that one might go off somewhere near you. This little Google Maps overlay might be a bit morbid, ...
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