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Israel's 'Kfir' brigade to quit West Bank, join Northern Command 
The Daily Star
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Israel's 'Kfir' brigade to quit West Bank, join Northern Command Move hints at preparation for ‘Great War’ with lebanon and Syria Daily Star staff Listen to the Article -
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Iraq security will decline further as US withdraws troops, says analyst
Deutsche Welle
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After more than seven years, the United States has formally ended combat operations in Iraq. Since the invasion in March in 2003, more than 4,400 US troops have been killed, along
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Why Do Wars of Choice Last So Long?
Foreign Policy
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When great powers intervene in minor countries, sometimes they win quick and fairly decisive victories.
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China Holding 4-Day Naval Exercise in Yellow Sea
Defense News
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LONDON - Britain's largest defense industry organization wants Prime Minister David Cameron to clarify the government's position on funding the replacements for Britain's Trident
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Fog of ambiguity
Washington Post
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Now that the Iraq war is over -- -- only one thing is clear about the outcome: We didn't win. This Story We didn't lose, either, in the sense of being defeated.
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Why killing "criminals" with drones is a war crime.
Slate Magazine
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U.S. Predator droneAre the masters of "drone porn" committing war crimes by remote control? It's a bit shocking that more people aren't asking this question.
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U.S. Slaps New Sanctions on North Korea
Defense News
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. government on Aug. 30 slapped sanctions on four people and eight firms linked to North Korea's government, the Treasury Department said.
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Iran’s New Reactor: Why We Shouldn’t Worry
The New York Review of Books
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by Jeremy Bernstein A 1914 Persian postage stamp with a British overprint, used during Britain's 1915 occupation of Bushehr, Iran Because of its strategic
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Thomas 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron Fairfax
Oxford Companion: Military History
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(1612 -- 71 ). Born in Denton in north Yorkshire, Fairfax served in the Low Countries under Lord Vere , whose daughter he married in 1637 .
Gen Louis Lazare Hoche
Oxford Companion: Military History
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(1768 -- 97 ). Son of a groom, Hoche was an assistant groom in the royal stables before joining the Gardes Françaises.
Gen Robert E. Lee
Oxford Companion: Military History
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(1807 -- 70 ), aristocratic Confederate commander in the eastern theatre of the American civil war and ‘Lost Cause’ icon.
Gen Sir John Monash
Oxford Companion: Military History
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(1865 -- 1931 ), an Australian of German-Jewish parentage, an active and proficient citizen-soldier before 1914 , and a highly successful engineer in civil life.
George VI
Oxford Companion to World War II
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(1895 -- 1952 ), British king who inherited the throne after his elder brother Edward VIII (see Windsor ) abdicated in 1936 .
International Labour Organization
Oxford Companion to World War II
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agency of the League of Nations which remained active when the League became moribund.
Atlantic, battle of the
Oxford Companion to World War II
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popular name for the six-year struggle from 1939 -- 1945 to secure the Atlantic routes vital to Allied victory.
