BBC – A cruise ship sailing off Somalia has beaten back gunmen in speedboats who opened fire on it in an apparent pirate attack which terrified passengers.
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Daily Archives: November 6, 2005
US Marines – Major Offensive Hits Insurgents on Iraqi Border
New York Times – Thousands of American and Iraqi troops laid siege on Saturday to this town near the Syrian border in one of the largest military assaults since American-led forces stormed the guerrilla stronghold of Falluja last year.
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US Marines – Realignment puts Navy's land forces under one command
Virginian Pilot – Recognizing a growing need for sailors trained in close combat and security, the Navy has realigned and plans to expand its land-based forces under a single command.
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Geopolitics / Europe – Transatlantic Tension and Threat Perception
Naval War College Review – Because of profoundly different understandings about both the nature and responsibility of federal authority, Washington and European capitals are talking past each other. The answer to the question, ìWhat are the threats to domestic security for which the federal authority is responsible?î sounds very different on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
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