Syria has begun dismantling the remains of a site Israel bombed Sept. 6 in what may be an attempt to prevent the location from coming under international scrutiny, said U.S. and foreign officials familiar with the aftermath of the attack.
Based on overhead photography, the officials say the site in Syria’s eastern desert near the Euphrates [...]

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Putin has made it increasingly clear in recent years that’s how he regards the portion of the former Soviet Union over which he rules – and that’s how everyone else should, too.
He left no doubt about it in his television interview yesterday, especially with his announcement that Russia will spend some 6 billion rubles ($240b.) [...]

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Russia’s already rapid rearmament would be stepped up even further, Mr Putin promised. Ambitious plans to bolster the country’s nuclear arsenal — as well as its conventional military hardware — were well underway.
They include new missile systems, modernised nuclear bombers and submarines. “We have plans that are not only great, but grandiose,” he boasted.
To drive [...]

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Missing from the prosecution’s case, however, was the motive. Why has Putin’s Russia turned hostile? Why is Putin mending fences with China, Iran and Syria? Why is Putin sending Bear bombers to the edge of American airspace? Why has Russia turned against America? For Putin’s approval rating is three times that of George Bush. Who [...]

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China’s newest attack helicopter is powered by Canadian-built engines, a development military analysts say could spark a backlash against Canada’s aerospace industry from U.S. lawmakers concerned about technology being transferred into the wrong hands.
Other analysts are questioning why Canada would sell engines to a nation that has used its military to crush internal dissent.
The engines [...]

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Woman Accused in China Arms Export Case
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Chinese woman living in Connecticut sought to buy military equipment commonly used to gauge the power of nuclear explosions and export it …
US investigators say woman tried to buy military sensors San Jose Mercury News
Agents: Woman Tried To Smuggle [...]

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Apparently there was a translation error when a Syrian diplomat admitted that Israel had bombed a Syrian nuclear facility. Oops!
Taking creative license with the words of a Syrian diplomat, a real-world U.N. interpreter startled nervous Middle East diplomats on Tuesday by claiming that Israel had targeted a Syrian nuclear facility last month. The translation later [...]

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The delegation also acknowledged that Russian presence in northern Syria is a counter-balance to US presence in the region and “is a reminiscence of the Cold War era”.
The undersecretary hinted that the Russian military poses threats to the US interests and said the US policymakers are exploring new strategies to counter Russian show of military [...]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit to Moscow is just the latest sign that, more than 16 years after the collapse of Soviet Communism, Moscow is gravitating towards Cold War behavior. The old Soviet obsession — fighting American “imperialism” — remains undiluted.
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“We will develop missile technology including completely new strategic (nuclear) complexes, completely new.” Putin said in an annual televised question-and-answer session with Russian citizens. “Work is continuing and continuing successfully.”
“We have plans that are not only big, but grandiose, they are fully realistic. Our armed forces will be more compact but more effective and better [...]

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