MILITARY & SECURITY TUESDAY IN-DEPTH: Top 100 Breaking News & Stories Worthy to Read/Watch & Share | 7/22
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The city of Plymouth came alive with music for the opening night of the Royal Marines 350th anniversary proms. Running for the next three evenings, it has been organised as a thank you to the city for its unwavering support of the Corps.
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Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 22, 2014 After years of delay, Russia plans to deploy this year the first satellite of its new constellation replacing the space component of the early warning system, Russian media reported. It will also dou...
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Beijing (AFP) July 21, 2014 Beijing has defended its dispatch of a spy ship to international waters off Hawaii, near where Chinese vessels are taking part in a US-led naval exercise for the first time, reports said Monday. The defence mi...
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Vienna (AFP) July 21, 2014 Iran has eliminated all its most sensitive nuclear material in line with an interim deal struck with world powers, a new UN atomic agency report showed Monday. Days after a deadline to reach a lasting nuclear d...
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Qaraqosh, Iraq (AFP) July 21, 2014 Christians in the Iraqi city of Mosul were wrong-footed by its new jihadist masters, who initially left them in relative peace but later forced them to flee for their lives. The turnaround in the attitu...
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Jerusalem (AFP) July 21, 2014 With 18 soldiers killed in Gaza, the highest military casualty toll in eight years, Israel is in mourning, but has vowed to pursue its mission against Hamas militants. Thirteen of them were killed on Sunday ...
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London (AFP) July 21, 2014 British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday urged the EU to hit Russia with tougher sanctions over the downing of flight MH17, calling for a ban on military sales and criticising France's deal to build two w...
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Seoul (AFP) July 21, 2014 North Korea's top military body Monday defended its recent missile tests as a legitimate exercise in self-defence, and said South Korean and US charges of provocation were malicious and hypocritical. The North h...
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Washington DC (UPI) Jul 21, 2014 The downing of Malaysia Flight 17 casts new light on just how inept and decadent the United States and Europe have become. Faced with Russia's annexation of Crimea and attempts to repeat in Eastern Ukrain...
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Arlington, Va. (UPI) Jul 21, 2013 A baseline configuration of gunships for Jordan has been announced by the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau and ATK of the United States. The AC-235 aircraft from Airbus - delivered recently...
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Istanbul (AFP) July 21, 2014 Turkey's state television channel stopped broadcasting an ambitious TV drama series about the country's spy agency following warnings from police about a possible jihadist threat, local media reported on Mond...
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Caracas (AFP) July 20, 2014 Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Sunday in Venezuela, the third leg of a Latin American tour aimed at bolstering trade with the region and sealing energy deals. The Chinese leader's charm offensive, which ...
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London (UPI) Jul 21, 2013 The danger of Cyber-crime isn't only a concern for large businesses but is also a costly danger to small British enterprises, a new analysis reports. Kaspersky Lab, a vendor of computer security products, recent...
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South Bend, Ind. (UPI) Jul 20, 2013 AM General's offered replacement vehicle for the U.S. military's Humvee successfully completed month of off-road government testing, the company says. The testing of the Blast Resistant Vehicle - Offro...
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Washington DC (SPX) Jul 16, 2014 A new NASA-developed computer software tool designed to aid air traffic controllers was presented to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during a ceremony Monday at the agency's headquarters in Wash...
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Abu Dhabi (AFP) July 16, 2014 Oil-rich United Arab Emirates announced Wednesday it will create a space agency with the aim of sending the first Arab unmanned probe to Mars by 2021. "The UAE has entered the space race with a project to se...
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Army judo star Victor Ahaivor makes his Commonwealth Games debut later this week. The Lance Corporal from the First Battalion Royal Fusiliers will take to the mat for Ghana when he competes in the 90 kilo category. Sports Reporter Julian...
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The Republic of Cyprus has given assurances that it is still committed to finding a solution to the island's division 40 years on. Government Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides says that Turkey needs to see the benefit of an agreement betwe...
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He’s already Wales and Great Britain number one but Ashley Williams is looking to add Commonwealth Gold to his trophy cabinet. Known as Ash-Bash, the Lance Corporal from 2 Royal Welsh weighs in at 49 kilograms and fights in the lightest ...
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Texas Governor Rick Perry ordered 1,000 National Guard troops to the state’s Mexican border, The New York Times reported Monday.
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Ukraine’s parliament approved a presidential decree on limited mobilization at a parliamentary session of 232 lawmakers, meeting the required minimum of 226 votes.
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French officials defended President Francois Hollande's decision to push ahead with delivery of a helicopter carrier to Russia in defiance of calls by key allies Britain and the United States. Speaking on the eve of a...
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Italy: The crewmembers of ITS Levanzo have carried out surveys off the Sicilian coast to gather data on the basalt magmas of Mount Etna which are behind the eruption activity of the volcano. The mission’s aim was to investigate in depth ...
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Today, Tuesday 22 July 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment homecoming parade, Bedford. Tomorrow, Wednesday 23 July 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment homecoming parade, Cleethorpes. Thursday 24 July 2nd Battalion The Royal Ang...
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Amsterdam - Fresh analysis of the smart weapons market, now available on ASDReports, has found that it offers numerous opportunities for growth, especially in emerging military markets. The Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions...
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PALO ALTO, Calif. - Space Systems/Loral (SSL), a leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it was selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to integrate the flight hardware fo...
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A decision on whether to deliver the second Mistral-class LHD (amphibious vessel) to Russia will depend on Moscow's behavior over the Ukraine crisis, French President François Hollande said on July 21st, speaking during a dinner with the...
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The Indian Government yesterday approved INR 7000 crore ($1.1 billion) valued contract for procurement of 32 new HAL Dhruvs for Indian Navy and Coast Guard. The first ALH (Dhruv) Squadron was commissioned in the Indian Navy in November 2...
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Huntington Ingalls Industries announced the successful completion of builder’s sea trials for the company’s fourth U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, Hamilton (WMSL 753). The ship, built by HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, sp...
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THE VERY LAST F-22 aircraft built for the US Air Force
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Bonnie from the Honda Dreams magazine asked me to share this. Former Royal Marine, Chris Short, talks to Dream about his epic motorcycle journey from Afghanistan to Goodwood What is Mission Motorsport? Founded by Major James Cameron, Mis...
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There is a truck load of speculation and conflicting opinion online about the MH17 but this popped into my Twitter feed this morning from a number of people and I think it is worth a look Fascinating stuff The post Open Source Image Anal...
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Good morning! Here's what people will be chatting about on Tuesday. 1. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Tuesday that an agreement had been reached with Ukrainian separatists to recover the bodies of victims from th...
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The MoD is selling one of the RLC’s Ramped Landing Craft The best part of the sale document The engines have recently been upgraded to Volvo Penta’s as have the Gearbox’s and Generators Well of course they have Read the details ...
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MOM has covered more than 540 Million kms on its journey to the red planet. that’s very close to a whopping 80 %. pic.twitter.com/TlMoIHdnBC — ISRO (@ISROOFFICIAL) July 21, 2014 Inching closer to the red planet, India's Mars orbiter spac...
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DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - The remains of some of the nearly 300 victims of the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over Ukraine were making their way to the Netherlands on Tuesday as a senior Ukrainia...
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By David Pugliese, Defence Watch The Conservative government on Monday announced an amendment to the contract with CAE Inc. of Montreal for C-130J training. The amendment will deliver training enhancements, including training simulators ...
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Hamas Shooting from Within Homes to cause civilian deaths IDF Thwarts Hamas Infiltration into Israel
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The Financial Times posted a photo of what appears to be wreckage from the Malaysian Airlines jetliner peppered with shrapnel damage from an anti-aircraft missile.SAM systems destroy aircraft by exploding in the airspace in which the air...
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HQ-16 SAMs of 651st Independent Air Defense Brigade.This will be a permanent deployment of HQ-16 in Tibet. May 2014 photos of air defense drilll in Tibet
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These maps show South China Sea and Arunachal Pradesh as part of China.
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AgustaWestland has received a GBP90 million (USD153.8 million) contract amendment from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) under which it will integrate the respective 'Light' and 'Heavy' variants of the Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon (F...
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John Wagley Top Priority Sector: border_security A new bill has been introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) to stop the surge of children, teenagers, and families from C...
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Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Herndon, VA-based ViON Corporation , a provider of design, delivery, and maintenance of mission critical IT infrastructure solutions, has announced the appointment of Richard Breakiron as its sen...
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Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Portland, OR-based Tripwire , a provider of advanced threat, security and compliance solutions, has announced an expansion of its Technology Alliance Partner program. The expansion is focused on ...
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Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Duluth, MN-based Minnesota Power , a utility division of ALLETE, has reached a settlement agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Minnesota Pollution Control A...
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Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Sacramento, CA-based Fed Up at the Pump is a coalition of consumers, businesses, and advocates who are concerned about the negative impacts that a gas tax will have on California. Fed ...
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IBM recently patched a handful of vulnerabilities in some of its KVM switches that if exploited, could have given an attacker free reign over any system attached to it.
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There are a number of undocumented and hidden features and services in Apple iOS that can be used to bypass the backup encryption on iOS devices and remove large amounts of users’ personal data. Several of these features began as b...
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Hailed by card brands as the cure to payment card fraud, Chip and PIN security technology will take years to deploy and has already proven vulnerable.
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A new ransomware from the Crypto-Ransomware family has been detected by the security researcher, which is being sold in different underground forums from the last month and recently included in the Angler exploit kit. The latest ransomwa...
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The EFF is working on an open wireless router firmware that’s designed to be a secure and flexible alternative to the existing software that runs on home and small business routers, much of which is notoriously insecure. The Open W...
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That's happening even though 65 percent say it's their responsibility to protect that data.
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Ukraine's conflict: despite hopes for a turning point, change could be elusive
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The NSA whistleblower has criticised the focus on encryption as being a good start, but not going far enough in helping users Edward Snowden will dedicate his time to developing and promoting technologies aimed at protect users' rights b...
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The unfolding revelations of government spying on private emails and communications have prompted a good deal of business for startups and bigger firms that sell tools to encrypt email to higher standards than easily available before. Su...
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Theresa May launches campaign urging people not to travel to Syria
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Retailers and hospitality vendors are falling victim to point-of-sale hacks, and little is being done to stem the tide. At the upcoming Black Hat conference, a researcher hopes to spur a call to action.
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Australian shopping website CatchOfTheDay has warned customers of a data breach dating back to 7 May 2011, urging anyone who has kept the same password at the site since that date to change it.
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Ukraine's President Poroshenko says 'It is impossible to watch calmly the way the terrorists treated the bodies of the victims' - @NBCNews
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US intelligence pointed finger at Moscow but questions remain three years on.
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Not so much backdoors as frontdoors, basically without doors in them Second hand point-of-sale systems sold through eBay are likely to contain all sorts of sensitive information, according to the work of a security researcher at HP.…
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7/20/14 MH17 Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments U.S. secretary of state John Kerry said on Sunday that all the evidence related to the downing of Malaysian passenger plane clearly pointed to Ukrainian sepa...
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7/20/14 Biolabs Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Last week, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) officials reported that the same federal scientist who found vials of smallpox in a Food and...
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Genealogy portal inadvertently gave cybercriminals a head start with personal info.
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7/20/14 Immigration Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments New York City officials have formed a task force to help coordinate accommodation for Central American children who have arrived in the city in recent...
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7/20/14 Driverless cars Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments Whether or not a driverless car, from Google or any other company, ever makes it to market, the FBI thinks it may be a “game changing” vehicle whi...
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7/20/14 Public health Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments State-of-the-art military hardware could soon fight malaria, one of the most deadly diseases on the planet. Researchers at Monash University an...
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7/20/14 Israel-Hamas war, Day 14 Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments After days of oscillation over an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, the conflict between Israel and Hamas has escalated into a full-on Israeli...
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7/20/14 Flood insurance Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments There is often tension between setting insurance premiums that reflect risk and dealing with equity/affordability issues. The National Flood Insur...
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7/20/14 Infrastructure protection Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments A 70-foot-long, 52-ton concrete bridge survived a series of earthquakes in the first multiple-shake-table experiment in the University o...
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7/20/14 Water Enable IntenseDebate Comments: Enable IntenseDebate Comments In what parts of the world and to what degree have groundwater reservoirs been depleted over the past fifty years? The Frankfurt hydrologist Prof. Petra Döl...
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When the Senior Executives at Birmingham Airport were laying out plans to increase passenger numbers and improve operational efficiency, it became clear that the existing system and infrastructure would be unable to meet these demands. T...
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How's this for irony? A pair of fraudsters phished bank account details out of over 150 Apple users by sending them hairy-scary messages about their accounts having been compromised.
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BigBoss repository, one of the biggest and most popular repositories for jailbreak tweaks in Cydia, has reportedly been hacked by either an individual or a group of hackers. Cydia is a software application for iOS that enables a user to ...
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Four years ago, NASDAQ servers were compromised by Russian hackers, who were somehow able to insert a "digital bomb" into the systems of NASDAQ stock exchange, which would have been able to cause several damage to the computer systems in...
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As always, online gangs are among the first to react to tragic news.
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The rules are strict. Will the community pay heed, or will it ignore attempts to control this wild landscape?
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Catch up with everything we wrote in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
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A UK anti-piracy campaign aimed at educating people about copyright and legal ways to download digital content will begin in 2015
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Afghan official: Suicide bomber targets police convoy, killing 2 people in southern province
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Huawei has reported revenues of $21.9bn for the first six months of the year, up 19% compared with the same period in 2013
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Says it's your civic duty to turn our KIDS into SYSADMINS National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wants the geeks of the world to develop anti-spying technology to prevent governments spying on their citizens.…
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Did I have Communist sympathies? Did I have debts? Was I homosexual or having an embarrassing heterosexual affair? No one could have looked less like James Bond. He was small, deferential, and almost apologetic. His macintosh was old and...
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David Irvine tells Senate committee that Australia's spy agency is not conducting mass-scale surveillance and only 'a few thousand' people each year are of intelligence interest Australias top spy has strongly defended the nations survei...
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Toot the horn, too Zhejiang University students have hacked the Tesla Model S with an attack that enabled them to open its doors and sun roof, switch on the headlights and sound the horn - all while the car was driving along.…
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To meet a deadline by the ISIS militants, most Christians in Mosul, a community almost as old as Christianity itself, left with little more than the clothes they were wearing.
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The Australian Government is actively considering designating the MH17 disaster as a terrorist act, which would enable compensation for victims' families - @abcnews
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Outrage from victims' families and world leaders leaves Russian President Vladimir Putin on the defensive.
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Court documents claim Abdel-Hakin Belhaj chained and beaten as he was abducted and jailed in Libya after intelligence tip-offs A Libyan dissident is to appeal to three of Britain's most senior judges to reject a high court ruling in favo...
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Scores killed in first major ground battle in 2 weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting
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The online hacktivist Anonymous has a message for Israeli government in which the group has asked elite hackers from around the world to join them and conduct a massive cyber attack against the state of Israel. A YouTube video message up...
