Military News

General security, policy

1. Georgia chaos halts nuclear security effort
US was helping track smugglers; Traffickers could take advantage
By Bryan Bender, Boston Globe Staff | August 19, 2008

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Ironduke Is Shi'ite terror group Hezbollah using submarines to run drugs in South and Central American waters ... and funneling the proceeds into the Middle East?

August 19, 2008: The U.S. Navy has angered many in the Coast Guard by aggressively recruiting Coast Guard personnel for the SEAL forces.

Herald/SARAH MOORE KUSCHELL

General security, policy

1. Georgia: Terror fears over whereabouts of region's nuclear material
Georgia's conflict with Russia has raised fresh concerns over the whereabouts of the region's nuclear material that could be used by terrorists to make a "dirty bomb".

The Coast Guard wants to get a bit more "hooyah" by jumping on the special operations forces bandwagon with a new program that could put as many as 28 of its personnel into elite Navy SEAL teams by 2016.

THE AMERICAS

General security, policy

1. Russia compares conflict to US response to 9/11

Wed Aug 13, 6:14 PM ET Associated Press
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The Navy SEAL Fitness Challenge takes place Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Physical Education Building, 839 W. Roosevelt, Chicago. The Challenge is free
and open to anyone age 13 or older, city or suburb, male or female. It

THE AMERICAS

General security, policy

1. Activist turned extremist, US says
Ex-Hub woman tied to Al Qaeda
FIVE-YEAR DISAPPEARANCE The mystery of Aafia Siddiqui's whereabouts adds another twist to the bizarre tale of her transformation into a terror suspect.

U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan are involved in an ambitious project to turn thousands of Afghan soldiers into commandos. The effort to create an elite fighting force is part of the broader counterinsurgency strategy that U.S. military officials say is key in helping stabilize Afghanistan.