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Virginia-Class Subs Could Bolster Cruise Missile Fleet, But Where’s the Money? — Aol Defense The nuclear-powered submarine USS Florida was lying in wait, quietly submerged off the Libyan coast, when the order came from then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to launch its cruise missiles. It was the evening of March 19
Gilad Shalit Freed In Israeli-Palestinian Prisoner Swap — BBC Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has arrived back in Israel following his release from five years’ captivity, as part of a prisoner exchange deal. Sgt Shalit was taken from Gaza to Egypt, and then to an airbase in Israel where he was reunited with his family
Prisoner Swap Between Israel, Hamas Moves Ahead — USA Today/AP JERUSALEM (AP) – The elaborate machinery of a prisoner swap deal between two bitter enemies swung into motion Monday, as hundreds of Palestinians and one Israeli soldier prepared to return home in one of the most dramatic recent developments in the otherwise deadlocked Israel-Palestinian conflict. The Israel-Hamas deal, to take place Tuesday morning, is going ahead despite criticism and court appeals in Israel against the release of 1,027 Palestinians for a single captured Armored Corps sergeant, Gilad Schalit, held by militants in Gaza since 2006
Photo: USAF Unfounded Drone Fears — Michael W. Lewis, Christian Science Monitor America’s use of drones has sparked fears of a new international arms race.
Upcoming Election Raises Specter Of Terror In Kyrgyzstan — Washington Times BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The foiling of a terror plot by Islamic extremists in southern Kyrgyzstan over the weekend has underscored ethnic and regional tensions before presidential elections in Central Asia’s only parliamentary democracy. The National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan (GKNB) detained 11 members of the Islamic Jihad Union on Oct. 8 as part of a security operation in the southern province of Osh, according to GKNB leader Keneshbek Dushebayev
Video: The Horse Soldiers Of 9/11 In the days after 9/11, the American people demanded action against the terrorists who slaughtered almost 3,000 people and the regime that sponsored them. Most of us know very little about the first to answer that call, but Alex Quade and the Daily Caller tell their story in “The Horse Soldiers of 9/11,” a tribute to the special forces that went into Afghanistan to rally the rebelling tribes against the Taliban.