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Ukrainian recruiters are reportedly roaming the streets of the country in a desperate effort to bolster the ranks of the military as the war with Russia continues to sap the native population. A report from the Times of London claimed that tactics to increase the number of soldiers have become “increasingly deceitful, coercive and violent” as Kyiv attempts to increase the number of mobilized men by around 200,000 to press on with the fight against Russia. Speaking anonymously to the British paper of record, a conscription officer from the city of Odesa said that some of his colleagues are often...

<p>ST. LOUIS — With lethal-injection drugs in short supply and new questions looming about their effectiveness, lawmakers in some death penalty states are considering bringing back relics of a more gruesome past: firing squads, electrocutions and gas chambers.</p> <p>Most states abandoned those execution methods more than a generation ago in a bid to make capital punishment more palatable to the public and to a judicial system worried about inflicting cruel and unusual punishments that violate the Constitution.</p>

As the Syrian city of Jisr al-Shughour emptied its streets at the weekend, with 5,000 refugees having fled to Turkey and another 6,000 sat waiting at the Syrian-Turkish border, Western audiences were treated to the following howlers by Syrian state media: This humanitarian crisis is really the largest spontaneous family reunion in history. Reem Haddad, the ginger stoogette of the Assad regime, told the BBC on Friday: “A lot of them find it easy to move across because their relatives are there. It’s a bit like having a problem in your street, and your mum lives in the next street

Saddam's son already called for suicide terror squads to attack the US, not only our troops, but also our businesses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/751130/posts [and source link] "Iraq Calls for the Formation of Suicide Squads to Strike American Targets and Interests" My first thought was, 'This is a declaration of war'. But then I thought, 'No wait a a bit. Theoretically, Saddam could reprimand his son and correct the world's perception of his intentions. Ok. We waited already. This is just one of many reasons why we are already at war. Saddam has attacked US planes 130 times the past twelve months. Saddam...