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By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsThe death of a British explosives expert in Afghanistan has again highlighted how the crudest of bombs has proved an effective way to combat the world's most technologically advanced militaries. British Staff Sgt. Olaf Sean George Schmid was killed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday while defusing a bomb, a tragic end for a soldier who had dedicated his career to clearing explosives. News of Schmid's death comes just days after Washington lawmakers again grilled the head of the Pentagon agency responsible for combating IEDs on why more progress hasn't been made in this area. Manpreet ...
Bush Pirate Plan Focused on Prevention
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyIn one of its final acts, the Bush Administration drafted a plan for protecting shipping lanes off the eastern coast of Africa from pirate attacks. While the Bush plan does not contain detailed recommendations for dealing with an active hostage situation involving a U.S. flagged vessel, it does call for U.S. forces to, "terminate the act of piracy and any included hostage situation," using unspecified means. The Wall Street Journal reports:The 14-page blueprint, issued in December, committed the U.S. government and its military to securing the sea lanes of the Gulf of Aden -- through which, ...
Obama Skips Visit to Normandy, American Cemetery
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyReports out of London indicate that President Barack Obama declined an inviation from French President Nicholas Sarkozy to visit Normandy's Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-mer on his way to Strasbourg for the NATO summit last week. The Daily Telegraph reports that White House officials travelled to France last month to discuss the visit with their counterparts on Sarkozy's staff. But one American official familiar with the negotiations said that President Obama never had any intention of making the stop over."It wasn't going to happen. We went through the motions to ...
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