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President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russian bombers would be welcome in Venezuela, but the socialist leader denied that his country would offer Moscow its territory for a military base.
A Russian Air Force chief said Saturday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered an island as a temporary base for strategic Russian bombers, the Interfax news agency reported.
A look at some of the deadliest attacks by female suicide bombers in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion:
A look at some of the deadliest attacks by female suicide bombers in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion:
Eighteen young women purportedly belonging to a suicide bombing network in northern Iraq surrendered to U.S. forces on Wednesday, a top U.S. commander said.
Indonesia mishandled the Bali bomber case, enabling three death-row inmates to foment an image as Islamic martyrs and raising security concerns, experts said Monday.
Police tightened security across Indonesia on Friday as authorities braced for potential terrorist attacks ahead of the executions of three Islamic militants convicted in the 2002 Bali bombings that left 202 people dead.
The Russian long-range bombers that have resumed missions into the Western Hemisphere nearly 20 years after the end of the Cold War are delivering a clear message: Russia wants to be seen as a global superpower once again.
Russia on Thursday downplayed the two strategic long-range bombers that flew to Venezuela in the first such flight since the Cold War, saying the bombers carried no live weapons — nuclear or otherwise — and would return to Russia next week.
Iraqi police in this provincial backwater got a tip earlier this month that a suicide bomber was on the loose. They were even given his name, age and a description of his car.
Lawyers for three Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings asked Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Thursday to reconsider the method of their executions, saying firing squads were inhumane.
The father of an Australian killed in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings asked Indonesia not to execute three militants convicted in the blasts, saying Friday "no good, only harm" would come from their deaths.
U.S. forces may be close to unlocking the mystery of who is behind a deadly innovation in Iraqi insurgents' weapons, a "lob bomb" now being used in Baghdad to target U.S. and Iraqi combat outposts, a senior American general said Friday in an Associated Press interview.
A girl strapped with explosives approaches an Iraqi army captain, who dies in the suicide blast. A woman posing as a mother-to-be to disguise a bulging bomb belt strikes a wedding procession as part of a coordinated attack that kills nearly three dozen people.
The Air Force says its B-2 stealth bombers are back on active duty for the first time since one of the planes crashed in February at a base on the Pacific island of Guam.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon supports a U.N. General Assembly special session on suicide terror, which he calls "an unacceptable political weapon," the U.N. said Wednesday.
The U.S. military said Wednesday that two women used as suicide bombers in attacks earlier this month had undergone psychiatric treatment but there is no indication they had Down syndrome as Iraqi and U.S. officials initially had claimed.
The United States and Russia on Tuesday played down a weekend flyover by Russian bombers of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Pacific, with Moscow defending the move as routine and the Americans calling it unprovocative.
U.S. fighter planes intercepted two Russian bombers, including one that buzzed an American aircraft carrier in the western Pacific during the weekend, The Associated Press has learned.
It goes against religious taboos in Iraq to involve women in fighting, but three recent suicide bombings carried out by women could indicate insurgents are growing increasingly desperate.
Attacks and attempted attacks by female suicide bombers in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion:
More than 18,000 feet above the mountains on Hawaii's biggest island, two B-2 stealth bombers drop six 2,000-pound inert bombs on a training range below.
Russian warplanes staged at least seven exercises outside U.S. airspace near Alaska this summer, and each time U.S. or Canadian fighter jets were dispatched to escort them, U.S. military officials said Monday.
British and Norwegian jets intercepted Russian military aircraft on Friday after they breached NATO airspace near the U.K. and Finland, defense officials said.
Conservative Partisanship: Glenn Reynolds On The Shoe BomberDaily Dish: "Clearly in favor of a criminal prosecution in 2003" ======================= In 2003, he was pro us courts for the shoe bomber during Bush Administration, but now he has a different position.
'Cheney the Coward' tries to undermine the Presidency and America again Two articles: DICK THE COWARD... DICK THE COWARD.... It was only a matter of time before Dick Cheney decided to trash the president again.
Dick Cheney: Barack Obama "trying to pretend we are not at war" with terrorists"Why doesn't he want to admit we're at war? It doesn't fit with the view of the world he brought with him to the Oval Office. It doesn't fit with what seems to be the goal of his presidency – social transformation—the restructuring of American society."
BBC News - Ahmed Rashid: Pakistan conspiracy theories stifle debateGuest columnist Ahmed Rashid on how the real problems facing Pakistan are being sidelined by a surge of conspiracy theories Switch on any of the dozens of satellite news channels now available in Pakistan.
The `Culture War' is real and scary I don't know who coined the term ``culture war'' to describe our political divisions, but I'm reasonably sure he or she intended it only as a figure of speech.
Al Jazeera English - CENTRAL/S. ASIA - Bombers strike two Pakistan mosquesAt least two people have been killed in near-simultaneous blasts in Pakistan, officials say. One blast took place inside the offices of the Jamia Naeemia religious school and mosque in the eastern city of Lahore soon after Friday prayers, police said.
Baghdad Roadside Bomb Kills 3 US SoldiersBombers struck in Baghdad and a northern city Thursday, killing three American soldiers and nearly two dozen Iraqis in a new spasm of violence that has taken at least 66 lives in two days.
My Lancaster bomber was shot down in flames... and I landed in the arms of Madame MazongaThe night was warm, dark and still. I lay on my back where I landed, afraid to make the slightest noise, not knowing whether the Germans were two yards or two miles away.
Breathtaking account of one of Second World War's most dangerous jobs.... gunner on a Lancaster bomberAt just 18, RUSSELL MARGERISON volunteered for one of the most dangerous jobs in the Second World War: gunner on a Lancaster bomber. His chances of survival were slim - half of all Bomber Command's aircrews perished.
March 16 -- Venezuelan state media announced today President Hugo Chavez's decision to allow Russia's Air Force the use of its La Orchila airfield base for strategic purposes in the Western hemisphere.
Russia weighs Cuba, Venezuela bases: ReportRussia could use bases for its strategic bombers on the doorstep of the United States in Cuba and Venezuela to underpin long-distance patrols in the region, a senior air force officer said Saturday. "This is possible in Cuba," General Anatoly Zhikharev, chief of the Russian air …
One evening in my freshman year in college, we all gathered around the sole television in our dorm to watch President Kennedy alert the nation that we were on the verge of war with the USSR.
Indonesia execution of Bali bombers sparks clashes"Thousands of Indonesians poured onto the streets for the funerals of three militants executed on Sunday for the 2002 Bali bombings, causing some clashes between police and emotional supporters.
Sarah Palin: "I don't know" if abortion clinic bombers are "terrorists," but Bill Ayers sure isQ: Is an abortion clinic bomber a terrorist, under this definition, governor?
Can blue collar workers like 'Joe the Plumber' and the busy soccer moms swing the election away from the current Obama leaning trend? The answer is an unequivocal and resounding yes; but why should they. Let's see.
Russian strategic bombers land in VenezuelaCARACAS, Venezuela - Two Russian strategic bombers landed in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of military maneuvers, President Hugo Chavez said, welcoming the unprecedented deployment at a time of increasing tensions between Moscow and the U.S.
Two Russian bombers land in VenezuelaThe Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers landed at Venezuela's Libertador military airfield and "will spend several days carrying out training flights over neutral waters, after which they will return to the base," Interfax reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Cuban Bomber Crisis -- Russia May Deploy Nuclear Capable Bombers To Cuba In Response To US Missile Shield In EuropeRussian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons could be deployed to Cuba in response to U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, a Russian newspaper reported Monday, citing an unnamed senior Russian air force official.
U.S. General Warns of Cuban Bomber CrisisRussia would cross "a red line for the United States of America" if it were to base nuclear capable bombers in Cuba, a top US air force officer warned on Tuesday.
'Airline terror plotters planned bigger 9/11' A gang of British Muslims plotted to cause carnage "on an almost unprecedented scale" by detonating up to 18 suicide bombs on transatlantic passenger flights, a court has heard.
'Airline terror plotters wanted heavy casualties' A gang of British Muslim fanatics plotted to cause "carnage on an almost unprecedented scale" with simultaneous suicide bombings on up to 18 transatlantic airliners, a court has heard.
NATO fighters scramble again to intercept Russian Bear bombersMOSCOW, March 19 (RIA Novosti) - NATO fighters scrambled to accompany Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers on a regular patrol over the Atlantic on Wednesday, a Russian Air Force spokesman said.
Air Force Generals: We Need Billions (More) Dollars Immediately; Fleets are "Geriatric"Air Force officials are warning that unless their budget is increased dramatically, and soon, the military's high-flying branch won't dominate the skies as it has for decades...
Air Force: U.S. domination of skies at risk; Service wants more money — a lot more — for coveted planes"After more than seven years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Air Force's aging jet fighters, bombers, cargo aircraft and gunships are at the breaking point, they say, and expensive, ultramodern replacements are needed fast.
Russian bombers to test-fire missilesFiring missiles off the coastline of two Nato members is the latest in a series of Kremlin moves flexing Moscow's military muscle on the world stage.
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