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Some of the world's most sophisticated and hi-tech weaponry was showcased at controversial arms convention in London today. Rocket launchers, armoured transport vehicles and assault rifles made up just a fraction of the huge arsenal at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) event. And showing off those munitions were more than 1,600 exhibitors from 54 countries. But the event has been surrounded in controversy — with Scotland Yard confirming officers arrested 100 protesters seeking to block access to the ExCel centre in London's Docklands.

Heckler & Koch, the German weapons manufacturer whose guns are estimated to have killed more than 2 million people since the company was founded in 1949, has quietly adopted the most ethical sales policy of any gunmaker in the world. The company has pledged no longer to sell arms into warzones or to countries that violate corruption and democracy standards, including Saudi Arabia, Israel, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia, or any African countries. [Emphasis Mine]

FORT HUACHUCA — The fort's Directorate of Emergency Services and the 18th Military Police Detachment host a Patriot Day Remembrance ceremony 4 p.m., Monday, Sept. 11, on Brown Parade Field here to render honors and pay respect to our country's fallen heroes and their families. The public is welcome to join. Speakers at the event are the fort's Provost Marshal Maj. William Owens and Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels. Patriot Day, observed as the National Day of Service and Remembrance, occurs on Sept. 11 of each year in memory of the 2,977 people killed in the 2001 Sept. 11 terrorist...

Decorated married Marine colonel, 56, who sexually abused daughter, 6, of one of the men serving under him, is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4871880/Marine-colonel-guilty-sexually-abusing-child.html#ixzz4sNrLcR98 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

Last week, the Pakistan Air Force and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army-Air Force (PLAAF) began joint training exercises dubbed “Shaheen VI” in China. The exercises began on Thursday and will run until September 27. According to Xinhua, China’s state news agency, a spokesperson for the PLAAF noted that China had sent a wide range of aerial assets and troops, including Shenyang J-11 twin-engine multirole fighters, Xian JH-7 fighter-bombers, KJ-200 airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, and surface-to-air missile crews and radar operators.Xinhua added that Pakistan had sent an undisclosed number of JF-17 Thunder fighters and its own early warning...

OMBSTONE — What was it like to be a soldier in the country’s post-Civil War frontier forts? Perhaps Lt. Col. Josias King summed it up best when he wrote, “We are about 1,000 miles from nowhere excepting it be the verges of Hell…” Historical accounts of soldiers from the mid- to late-1800s — the trials, tribulations and sacrifices, as well as the significant roles they played in pacifying the west — are some of the stories that are likely to be shared through Tombstone Territorial Days, on Sept. 16 and 17. This year’s theme — Five Flags Over Arizona —...

Marvin Strombo, who had taken the calligraphy-covered Japanese flag from a dead soldier at World War II island battlefield 73 years ago, returned it Tuesday to the family of Sadao Yasue. They had never gotten his body or — until that moment — anything else of his. Yasue and Tatsuya’s sister Sayoko Furuta, 93...covered her face with both hands and wept silently as Tatsuya placed the flag on her lap. ... The flag’s white background is filled with signatures of 180 friends and neighbors in this tea-growing mountain village of Higashishirakawa, wishing Yasue’s safe return. The signatures helped Strombo find...

Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles are believed to carry a total of approximately 1,000 strategic nuclear warheads that can hit the US less than 30 minutes after being launched. Of this total, about 700 warheads are rated at 800 kilotons; that is, each has the explosive power of 800,000 tons of TNT. What follows is a description of the consequences of the detonation of a single such warhead over midtown Manhattan, in the heart of New York City. The initial fireball. The warhead would probably be detonated slightly more than a mile above the city, to maximize the damage created by...

I am researching pics of soldiers from WWI . Specifically any pic of a soldier w/helmet standing in front of a tent with a violin. Criteria: USA / UK or any other country during that time. I have not been successful in my multiple pic search Would anyone have or have such a pic?

North Korea has said it has developed a more advanced nuclear weapon that has "great destructive power” amid World War 3 fears. Kim Jong-un’s state media mouthpiece NCNA declared the hydrogen bomb's power is adjustable to hundreds of kilotons and can be detonated at high altitudes.

Everything you ever wanted to know 
about your favourite Torah characters, 
and the ones you’ve never heard of Urriah the Hittite was an outstanding soldier in David’s army. While away fighting, David noticed Uriah’s wife Bathsheba bathing on a roof. He asked about her and invited her to his palace. David was apparently reassured that she had bathed from her menstruation. Get The Jewish News's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories FREE SIGN UP! Our rabbis teach that the ancient Israelite practice was that husbands officially divorced their wives before leaving for war in case they...

While I was doing genealogy research, I came across an interesting story from many years ago. When I was in school, I learned that one of the causes of the War of 1812 was that Americans were outraged by the British Royal Navy’s practice of impressment, or removing seamen from U.S. vessels and forcing them to serve in the British Navy. Impressing American sailors became a common practice, with an estimated 15,000 American sailors impressed into the British Royal Navy in the years leading up to 1812. Although I knew about the impressment of American sailors, I was not aware...

Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned the United States on Friday not to apply too much pressure on North Korea regarding its nuclear weapon program, saying the strained relationship between the two countries was "on the verge of a large-scale conflict." Putin posted the warning on the Kremlin website before he left for the BRICS nations summit in China, Reuters reported. Putin called on the two nations to open up dialogue with one another. (please see link, for full article)

Today we learned Comey concluded 2 months before interviewing Hillary Clinton, Cheryl Mills & 17 aids, there would be NO charges brought upon Clinton. The fix was ALWAYS in. Comey is the ultimate Gatekeeper of the Swamp. Loretta Lynch & Comey CORRUPT. The DC swamp is so deep it touches China. No ifs, ands, or buts Comey committed Obstruction of Justice. We demand Jeff Sessions & the DOJ finally do their jobs and recommend FBI director Christopher Wray arrest James Comey IMMEDIATELY. Nobody is above the rule of law. Comey is Enemy of the State. Congress cant be trusted &...

PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Friday that North Korea would have capability to send long-range ballistic missiles in a few months and urged China to be more active diplomatically to resolve the crisis. "The situation is extremely serious... we see North Korea setting itself as an objective to have tomorrow or the day after missiles that can transport nuclear weapons. In a few months that will be a reality," Jean-Yves Le Drian told RTL radio. (please see full article at the link)

SEOUL (AFP) - Washington's ban on US citizens travelling to North Korea came into force on Friday, with the two countries at loggerheads over Pyongyang's weapons ambitions. The measure was imposed following the death of student Otto Warmbier, 22, in June, a few days after he was sent home in a mysterious coma following more than a year in prison in the North. He had been convicted of offences against the state for trying to steal a propaganda poster from a Pyongyang hotel and sentenced to 15 years' hard labour, with US President Donald Trump blaming Pyongyang's "brutal regime" for...

Fresh on the heels of a successful offensive in Mosul, Iraq, the Iraqi military is now poised to retake Tal Afar, long a hotbed of ISIS and other insurgent activity. Before we pulled out of Iraq, Tal Afar, like Fallujah, had been the focal point of multiple large-scale, costly offensives to eject entrenched insurgents. In 2005, then-Colonel H.R. McMaster led the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (3rd ACR) in the largest of these offensives, Operation Restoring Rights. His reputation as a brilliant military strategist rests largely on the results of that one battle.

TrevorLoudon: National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster: A legend or a lie?(language warning)Fresh on the heels of a successful offensive in Mosul, Iraq, the Iraqi military is now poised to Operation Restoring Rights. His reputation as a brilliant military strategist rests largely on the results of that one battle. Given the widespread support for McMaster in the media and Washington establishment, it is ironic that current reporting largely fails to mention this battle or McMaster’s central role in it. McMaster’s widely-hyped strategic acumen has been called into question by high-level military sources with personal knowledge of his conduct in the...

<p>Full Title: Special Forces hero who led secret mission to blow up Saddam Hussein's communications network dies from 'human Mad Cow Disease'</p> <p>An ultra-fit Special Forces hero who led a real-life “mission impossible” behind enemy lines has died from the rare human form of Mad Cow Disease.</p>

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