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  • US Troops 'May Have Been Killed' in Strike on Patriots in Ukraine: Russia

    03/11/2024 6:01:48 PM PDT · by Mariner · 62 replies
    Newsweek ^ | March 11th, 2024 | By Brendan Cole
    American military personnel may have been killed in a Russian strike on a United States-supplied Patriot air defense system supplied to Ukraine, according to a Moscow-aligned lawmaker in comments reported by Kremlin-backed media.When asked for a response to the claims, a spokesperson for the Pentagon told Newsweek, "I can confirm no U.S. injuries because we have no US service members in the fight."
  • Germany set to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Der Spiegel reports

    01/24/2023 6:19:07 PM PST · by Anti-Bubba182 · 21 replies
    CNN ^ | January 24, 2023 | Lauren Kent, Mick Krever and Rob Picheta, CNN
    "....Germany is set to send its sought-after Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine to help bolster the country’s war effort, Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday evening, attributing to unnamed sources. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided to deliver the battle tanks following “months of debate,” according to the German news outlet’s exclusive report.....
  • Silly String helps troops detect trip wires (heheheh this is old news on FR hehehehe)

    02/16/2007 6:06:09 PM PST · by SandRat · 14 replies · 909+ views
    A party favor has been found to save lives in the Iraq war and now, the Rural Metro Fire Department and Canoa Homes are teaming up to get as many cans of it as possible shipped to the troops. When you think of the gear protecting our troops overseas, you probably wouldn't think of a can tattooed in hot colors proudly displaying the word goofy. Anne Marie Sweeney/Rural Metro Fire: "An innovative attempt by one of our soldiers over there to figure out a way to save lives." Goofy, silly...whatever you want to call it...these cans of silly string are...