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Entries Tagged as 'Military'

Egypt’s generals finger Israel

October 18th, 2007 · 11 Comments

Egypt, facing a $200 million cut in US aid, blames Israeli soldiers for cooperating with smugglers bringing arms and military equipment into the Gaza Strip.

An Egyptian document distributed in Congress asserts that Israeli soldiers cooperate with smugglers in allowing arms and military equipment into the Gaza Strip.
The Egyptian document was circulated among congressmen by […]

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Tags: Military · US Policy · Egypt · Gaza · Israel

Taking leave

October 8th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Tired Israeli soldiers on leave wait for the bus in Dimona.

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Tags: Photo · Military · Israel

Google Earth and China’s sub fleet

October 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Needless to say, it’s not just Israel that is having its secrets exposed by Google Earth. The Federation of American Scientists, which is one of the premier sources for military data of all kinds, has been doing some pretty sophisticated sat photo analysis on their Strategic Security Blog. Yesterday, they published new Google Earth photos […]

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Tags: China · Intelligence · Military

Google Earth zooms in on Israel military sites

October 5th, 2007 · 19 Comments

From today’s Yediot:
Sensitive installations, Air Force bases with their planes and helicopters, missile bases and even the nuclear reactor in Dimona have never been photographed better. A recent Google Earth update shows satellite pictures that make it possible to see clear, sharp pictures of military and civilian targets all across Israel.
Up until recently, the […]

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Tags: Intelligence · Military · Israel

Chemical weapons mishap in Syria, reports Jane’s

September 19th, 2007 · 7 Comments

The latest development on the Syria front is a report in Jane’s Defence Weekly reported today in the Israeli press. According to Jane’s, as relayed by Yediot Aharanot, 15 Syrian officers and dozens of Iranian experts died earlier this symmer in an explosion at a missile installation for manufacturing chemical weapons southeast of Aleppo (see […]

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Tags: Military · Iran · Syria · Israel

Don’t ask, don’t tell

June 26th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Did you know our troops in Iraq shave their legs? This note from a Lieutenant stationed north of Baghdad:
It gets a little bit hot here. After wearing body armor for a few hours our clothes are drenched… There are rumors among the locals here in some parts of the country that we have cold pills […]

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Tags: Military · Iraq

Israel pimps out army babes

June 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments


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Tags: Media · Military · Society · Israel