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120801-D-BW835-814 Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu brief the press in Jerusalem, Israel, on August 1, 2012 Panetta is on a 5-day trip to the region, stopping in Tunisia, Egypt, Israel and Jordan to meet with senior leaders and counterparts. DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo. (Released)
Iran   Israel   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran   		 The Guardian 
Israel's defence plans reinforced against possible Iranian counterattack
Mon 10 Sep 2012
| Gas masks have been handed out and warning systems trialled as Binyamin Netanyahu steps up the talk of war with Iran | Israelis wait to collect gas masks in Jerusalem – 60% of the country already ... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
Iraq's Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks to the media as he leaves a meeting with Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, unseen, in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012.
Baghdad   Iraq   Photos   Tariq al-Hashimi   Wikipedia: Tariq al-Hashimi   		 Ohio 
Iraq’s fugitive vice president convicted as attacks kill 92
Mon 10 Sep 2012
| BAGHDAD: Iraq’s fugitive Sunni vice president was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals. | His trial has fueled sectarian tensions in the ... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012.  Gulf News  Sun 9 Sep 2012
Wave of attacks kill 52 people in Iraq
| Baghdad: A series of more than 20 attacks across Iraq killed 52 people and wounded more than 250 on Saturday and Sunday, security and medical officials said, with targets including security forces a... (photo: AP / Nabil al-Jurani)
Iraq   Photos   Terrorism   War   Wikipedia: History of Iraq (20032011)  
Kashmir police will give lessons of self defence to the girls in the state.- India  Kashmir Observer  Sun 9 Sep 2012
Police to Impart Self Defence Training to Kashmir Girls
| Srinagar, Sept 08: The Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) has decided to impart self defence training to female students so that they can counter eve-teasing and other physical assaults. | The training ... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India   Kashmir   Photos   Wikipedia: Kashmir   Women  
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh -India-Politics Deccan Chronicle Sun 9 Sep 2012
PM's assets around Rs 10.73 crore, cabinet colleagues richer
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assets worth around Rs 10.73 crore, double that of last year, but a number of his cabinet colleagues are much richer than him. | Among... (photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of I & B Government of India.)
Defence   India   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Manmohan Singh  
The Army Chief, General Bikram Singh (left) complete 100 days in office on 8 setember.- Defence- India Newstrack India Sat 8 Sep 2012
100 days on; Army Chief roots for institutional supremacy
| Tweet | New Delhi, Sep.8 (ANI): The Army Chief, General Bikram Singh, complete 100 days in office today. This may be a short period in the tenure of a senior functionar... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Delhi   India   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Bikram Singh (General)  
Afghan Taliban suspects walk after being released from Bagram, the U.S. prison for terror suspects in Kabul, Afghanistan in this photo of June 8, 2006. Foreign Policy Fri 7 Sep 2012
The tug o' war at Bagram
| On Sunday, there will be a "splendid ceremony" marking the handover of the United States' Bagram prison. Yet despite the pomp, the handover hides the real sto... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghanistan   Photos   US   War   Wikipedia: Parwan Detention Facility  
Mitt Romney Former Governor Mitt Romney speaking at the 2012 CPAC in Washington, D.C. Zeenews Fri 7 Sep 2012
US to cede global power status: Mitt Romney
Washington: The proposed massive defence budgetary cuts announced by the Obama Administration would seriously undermine the global power status of the United States, the ... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore)
Defence   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Mitt Romney  
Mauricio Jaramillo, a spokesman and top leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, center, sits with other FARC members Ricardo Tellez, left, Andres Paris, right, and Marco Leon Calarca, behind, wait to start a press conference in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. Al Jazeera Fri 7 Sep 2012
Colombia rules out ceasefire with FARC
| Colombia's president has rejected a proposal from the country's main leftist rebel movement to observe a ceasefire during peace talks that are due to begin next month i... (photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa)
Colombia   Peace   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia  
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept 2, 2012. WorldNews.com Thu 6 Sep 2012
Hot off the (Israeli) press
Article by WN.com Guest Writer Gilad Atzmon | Israeli press reported yesterday that PM Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved an Israeli security cabinet meeting on Wednesday, sayi... (photo: AP / Baz Ratner)
Defence   Iran   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: IranIsrael relations  
Soldiers stand near the site hours after an explosion at an ammunition store in Afyonkarahisar in western Turkey which killed some 25 soldiers and wounded at least four others, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. Deutsche Welle Thu 6 Sep 2012
Fatal apparent accident at Turkish ammunition depot
Turkey's military has announced an explosion at a munitions depot in the west of the country; 25 soldiers were killed in the blast. Authorities said it appeared to be an ... (photo: AP)
Defence   Mideast   Photos   Turkey   Wikipedia: 2012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosion  
In this image made from video and accessed Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, Free Syrian Army fighters take up positions during fighting with Syrian troops in Aleppo, Syria. Novosti Thu 6 Sep 2012
Putin Warns West’s Syria Policy could Backfire
| MOSCOW, September 6 (Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Western powers that their “dangerous” stance on the Syria crisis co... (photo: AP)
Photos   Russia   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
Indian Army soldiers The Siasat Daily Wed 5 Sep 2012
'India-China militaries should deepen their defence ties'
| Beijing, September 05: | China should deepen its defence ties with India, as the agreement reached by the two countries to resume joint military exercises still represe... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
China   Defence   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Military  


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Citizens and security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept 7, 2012. Bloody Sunday: Iraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive VP gets death sentence Indian Express
In this Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 file photo, Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with the Associated Press near Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq Iraq's fugitive VP convicted as attacks kill 64 The Guardian
Pentagon
Afghanistan's flag is seen, top right, as Afghan soldiers stand attention during a hand over ceremony of U.S.- run prison to Afghan government in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. The Bagram trauma Khaleej Times
File - U.S. Airmen, with the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, conduct a security patrol around Bagram Airfield, Parwan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2012. Afghan prison Bagram to be handed back by US BBC News
NATO
File - U.S. Airmen, with the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, conduct a security patrol around Bagram Airfield, Parwan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2012. Afghan prison Bagram to be handed back by US BBC News
French soldiers who are part of the NATO forces investigate the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. A suicide bomber blew himself up near NATO headquarters in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least six people, police said. Pak condemns Kabul bombing Zeenews
Missile
WSJ: U.S. eyes missile defense in Japan WSJ: U.S. eyes missile defense in Japan Daily Yomiuri
An Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon from the US Marines´ 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) of the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Forces and their Philippine counterpart storm the beach to simulate an amphibious assault of high value individual during U.S. to Expand Missile Defense in Asia Chosunilbo
Coup
President Barack Obama points to someone after speaking at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Thursday, June 14, 2012. DNC 2012: Obama’s speech to the Democratic National Convention (Full transcript) The Washington Post
France giving aid to rebel-held Syrian cities France giving aid to rebel-held Syrian cities Gulf News
In this Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 file photo taken on a government-organized tour, Abdullah al-Senoussi, head of Libyan intelligence, speaks to the press as gunfire erupts all around the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, Libya. Mauritania extradites Gaddafi spy chief Senussi to Libya The Guardian
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