US Aims To Close North Korea’s Shady ‘Office 39′ — AOL NewsWhen it comes to sanctioning rogue entities in the North Korean government, the question arises: Does one go after “Office 99,” which oversees the regime’s illicit arms smuggling?
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What Is Office 39?
Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 3rd, 2010
US Aims To Close North Korea’s Shady ‘Office 39′ — AOL News
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Tags: Hard Drugs, Illicit Arms, Kim Jong Il, Korean Government, Luxury Goods, North Korea, Office 99, Provocative Behavior, Pyongyang, Robert Einhorn, S Sales, S South, Sailors, Sanctions, South Korean, State Department, Target, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, Warship 
Comments OffConditions In Which U.S. Combat Forces Will Return To Iraq
Posted by War News Updates Editor on August 23rd, 2010
TRACER TRAININGU.S. Army soldiers fire .50-caliber machine gun rounds at the base of a training target to indicate to nearby helicopters where to fire their rockets during partnered aerial-ground integration training between U.S.
Posted in Iraq Tags: Al Asad Air Base, Al Asad Air Base Iraq, American Commander, American Soldier, Army Soldiers, Asad Air Base, Caliber Machine Gun, Combat Forces, Combat Unit, Integration Training, Iraqi Security, Machine Gun Rounds, Military Police Company, Ray Odierno, Rocket Attack, Sectarian Conflict, Shiites, Southern Iraq, Target, U S Army Comments OffTaliban Sniper(s) Exact A Heavy Toll On Coalition Troops In Afghanistan
Posted by War News Updates Editor on August 21st, 2010
Taliban Hire Sniper To Hit Troops At 600yds: British Soldier Shot Dead Through 9in Gap In Glass Shield — The Daily Mail
The Taliban have hired a mercenary sniper to kill British soldiers, it was disclosed last night. The marksman has been blamed for the latest British casualty in Afghanistan.
He is said to have picked off Sapper Darren Foster from a distance of up to 600 metres through a gap in a protected lookout post just nine inches wide.
It is thought the Taliban have hired the sniper to target the Nato forces’ most highly specialised soldiers, including bombdisposal expert and their own snipers.
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My Comment:Another reason why the Taliban and their military forces should never be underestimated.
Posted in World News Tags: Afghanistan Taliban, British Soldier, British Soldiers, Casualty, Coalition Troops, Daily Mail, Gap, Glass Shield, Lookout Post, Marksman, Military Forces, Nato, Nato Forces, Reason, Sniper, Snipers, Taliban, Target, Troops In Afghanistan Comments OffIraq News Updates — August 12, 2010
Posted by Bookyards on August 12th, 2010
Iraq’s army chief, Lieutenant General Babakir Zebari, with US counterpart Lieutenant General Michael Barbero at a news conference. Posted in World News Tags: Abc News, Al Jazeera, Al Qaeda In Iraq, Al Sudani, Attack Wave, Chief Lieutenant, Christian Science Monitor, Cnn, Conference Photograph, Extremist Groups, Iraq, Iraq Attack, Jazeera Iraq, L A Times, Lieutenant General Michael, Michael Barbero, Radio Free Europe, Reuters Report, Target, Washington Times Comments OffPakistan update in digest form
Posted by UpdatedFrequently on August 10th, 2010
Here is a roundup of several items of interest concerning the Pakistan flooding. This is now being recognized as that country’s worst flooding in over 80 years.
Posted in World News Tags: Aerial Views, Aid Workers, Centrepiece, Chronic Problems, Development Efforts, Donor Governments, Dubuis, Fragile Economy, Government Of Pakistan, High Waters, Humanitarian Organisations, International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund Imf, International Red Cross, Mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, Natural Disasters, Pakistan, Photo Collection, Stunning Photo, Target, Water Borne Diseases Comments Off
