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How Violent ISIS Videos Help Mobilize New Recruits

Aug. 19 will mark one year since James Foley’s execution was posted on YouTube. Such videos offer, to certain minds, a paean to masculinity and a path out of powerlessness.

  • Roxanne L. Euben
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Deadly day in Iraq; F-16s strike from Turkey; Odierno’s last presser; SpecOps helo crashes on ship; and a bit more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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Odierno Wades Into GOP Battle Over Iraq War

If Iraqi soldiers don’t make progress in the coming months, the Pentagon should recommend embedding troops on the battlefield, says Gen. Raymond Odierno, the outgoing Army chief of staff.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
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What's Putin Doing in the Arctic? Trying To Keep Russians Distracted

Stuck in Ukraine, battered by global energy trends, the Russian president is trying to insure his still-stratospheric popularity at home.

  • Brian Whitmore
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Reclaiming Ramadi; Did ISIS dox US troops?; Who lost Iraq, redux; Swiss raid French lake to help thirsty cows; and a bit more.

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Pentagon wants another base in Turkey; Odierno’s last week; Drone operators behaving badly; Russia wants nuclear aircraft carrier; and a bit more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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Taliban targets Kabul; US sends F-16s to Turkey; Arms sales resume to Bahrain; How to email DoD Silicon Valley; and a bit more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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Precedent set for ISIS detainees; GOP debaters give natsec short shrift; U.S.-trained Syrians go missing; Exclusive video from hybrid-war exercise; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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US Releases First ISIS Detainee to Iraq, Setting Precedent for a New War

The White House hands Nasrin As’ad Ibrahim to Iraqi authorities, saying it has a ‘firm belief that she will be held to account for her crimes.’

  • Molly O'Toole
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Army Holds Massive Drill To Show Off Its Lethality

After spending 14 years fighting insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. Army is preparing for a hybrid war.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
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Obama channels JFK; A changing of the guard at JCS; Disturbing news from BlackHat; Leave those fake pipe bombs at home; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Hacker Cracks Satellite Communications Network

Satellite tracking of people and objects was supposed to make the world safer. If only it was secure.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Russia Is Running Out of Options in Ukraine

As negotiations flounder, Moscow is turning to other subtle, more desperate means to influence its non-NATO neighbor.

  • Brian Whitmore, The Atlantic
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Is Washington souring on China?; Taliban spar over new chief; GOP debate guide, natsec edition; A SEAL and an engineer walk into Silicon Valley; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Full-blown ground war in Yemen; Gulf blessing for Iran deal; Smarter, deadlier drones; Sailors board Ford; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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New rules for the Syria war; The problems with China; F-35, ready-ish for war; NATO air intercepts shoot up; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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CIA vs. Obama’s ‘optimistic’ ISIS talk; New DIA chief speaks; After Mullah Omar; Carter to arm recruiters; Hacking infrastructure; US-trained Syrian rebels kidnapped; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
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Mullah Omar’s Death Could Be a Nightmare for Afghanistan and NATO

Who is left among the Taliban leadership to conduct peace talks?

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic
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Exclusive: Odierno’s final plans for Big Army; Ash & Demps’ Iran hearing; Saudis want Patriots; Post-Omar Taliban; Death Star laser; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
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Omar, really dead?; Turkey bombs Kurds; Murky rules for US in Syria; A terrifying noise gun; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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