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GEORGE FRIEDMAN: There's no such thing as an illegal war

Edit Business Insider 13 Jul 2016
Everyone knows now that we should either have not gone to war or gone with greater force. Most people today agree that the execution of the Iraq war was deeply flawed—even those who forgot to say so or endorsed it at the time. All wars are subject to withering scrutiny after the fact, and there is little I can add on that subject. What the UN Charter Says about War ... But war is not the greatest horror....

A long-lost original print of the notorious Turkish Star Wars is discovered

Edit Digital Spy 13 Jul 2016
The only 35mm print of the cult classic Turkish Star Wars has surfaced 36 years after release - meaning a Western theatrical run could happen someday. For the uninitiated, Turkish Star Wars is actually a film called Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam - a space opera which integrated ......

Cantina tickets

Edit Skiddle 13 Jul 2016
A group of huge Star Wars fans who play music from, and inspired by, the saga as well as classic rhythm and blues songs performed with a Star Wars twist ... Can’t wait for Star Wars Celebration? Why not get the party started early with this incredible gig the night before! #Cantina will happen at the Brooklyn Bowl in London’s iconic O2 arena on Thursday 14th July 2016....

Pentagon chief in Afghanistan to meet with US commanders

Edit Topix 13 Jul 2016
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is in Afghanistan to meet with U.S. commanders in the wake of a pledge by NATO allies to keep troop levels stable as they battle a resilient Taliban. It's Carter's second stop in a war zone in as many days, part of a weeklong trip that has underscored America's growing commitment to two wars that President Barack Obama inherited but has not been able to end ... ....

Historical society offers program on War of 1812; ‘Dream’ casting a family affair

Edit Pittsburgh Tribune Review 13 Jul 2016
Talk details War of 1812 The Westmoreland County Historical Society has scheduled a program on what some historians have labeled “a silly little war” and ... ....

Yasukuni Shrine Bomber Faces 5 Years in Jail

Edit Chosun Ilbo 13 Jul 2016
The shrine honors convicted World War II criminals among the country's war dead and is attached to a museum celebrating Japan's ill-fated expansionist adventures ... ....

Archived films project to tour Scotland

Edit BBC News 13 Jul 2016
There are also World War Two propaganda films and a post-war film made to dissuade Highlanders from leaving their home area to live and work in cities ... ....

As Colombia Peace Talks Advance, War Widows, Ex-Fighters Clear Landmines One at a Time

Edit Voa News 13 Jul 2016
Sweating under her protective anti-explosive vest and shatterproof mask, she searches for landmines, a deadly legacy of 52 years of civil war in Colombia, one of the most mine-scarred countries in the world ... This brings Colombia ever closer to signing a full peace accord to end half a century of war and Latin America's longest-running insurgency....

New Israeli military chief rabbi under fire over rape remarks

Edit Arabnews 13 Jul 2016
Attached Files. . ID.  ... They pointed to a reply Karim gave in 2002 to a question about the Bible’s attitude toward rape during war, in the “Ask the Rabbi” section of kipa.co.il ... rape is permissible in a war.” ... “Rabbi Karim has never written, said or even thought that an Israeli soldier is permitted to sexually assault a woman in war, and anyone who interprets his words otherwise is completely mistaken,” the statement said ... ....

Lebanon’s Hezbollah Train Afghan Snipers to Fight for Assad

Edit Voa News 13 Jul 2016
Most settled there after fleeing war and conflict in their homeland ... The Iranian news service added that several other Fatemiyon teams would soon receive advanced military training, including armored, ranger, and guerilla techniques.  Rights Groups Concerned Human rights organizations as well as Syrian opposition groups have voiced deep concern over Iran’s recruitment of Afghan refugees for the Syrian war....

Police could face this invisible injury

Edit CNN 13 Jul 2016
But in addition to these documented risks, we could also consider the concept of moral injury seen in the work with war veterans. Emerging research indicates that war events that go against deeply-held ethical beliefs and expectations -- such as perpetrating, failing to prevent, or bearing witness to cruel and inhumane acts -- can cause "moral injury" in veterans....

Editorial: Scale back prison sentence for Blagojevich

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 13 Jul 2016
Follow @csteditorials. There is no doubt former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is a guilty man. Among his crimes, he tried to sell a vacant Senate seat and blackmail a hospital and racetrack owner to make big campaign donations. But the 14-year sentence he began serving in 2012 is too severe. U.S. District Judge James Zagel should reduce it when he resentences Blagojevich Aug ... He has taught Civil War and World War II history ... ....

U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Thom Tillis Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Job Creation for America’s Veterans (Tammy Baldwin)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jul 2016
(Source. Tammy Baldwin) 07.11.16. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S ... The Boosting Rates of American Veterans Employment Act (BRAVE Act) is supported by The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce, Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Wisconsin, and the Military Order of the Purple Heart (Wisconsin.) ... The text of the BRAVE Act (S.3154) is available here ... (noodl....
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