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198 - Code Talkers - One Minute History
In the heat of battle, knowledge is power. Messages must be sent and received quickly, accurately and if you plan on winning, they need to be encoded. October 1918 (World War I) France - Native American men from Oklahoma organize a...
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199 - Navajo Code Talkers - One Minute History
On the morning of May 4, 1942, twenty nine Navajo men boarded a bus at Ft. Defiance, Arizona bound for Marine Corps training camp. These men were tasked with creating a code based on the complex, unwritten Navajo language. The Navajo...
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Agent Garbo
Juan Pujol García, a pacifist who became a crucial double agent during WWII, deceived Nazi Germany and aided the D-Day invasion.
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Oleg Penkovsky
Oleg Penkovsky, a Soviet spy who switched allegiances to the West during the Cold War, helped to avert nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Ghost Army
The WWII 23rd Headquarters Special Troops – otherwise known as the Ghost Army – was a top secret tactical deception unit deployed by the US Army during the Second World War to fool the enemy by any means necessary.
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BURMA: RANGOON: STUDENT DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH RIOT POLICE
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Baton wielding Burmese riot police have chased protesting students through the streets of the capital, Rangoon.
Monday's clashes followed a protest Saturday that marked the largest demonstration of civil unrest since Burma's...
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Arrest warrants for four pro-Syrian generals held in Hariri murder
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1. Various of Major General Jamil Sayyed, the former chief of General Security, at press conference
2. Various of Major General Ali Haj, the former director general of the Internal Security Forces, during meeting
3....
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Anfal trial resumes, shows seat once occupied by Saddam ADDS charges dropped
1. Chief Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa
2. Military commander of Operation Anfal Sultan Hashem Ahmed
3. Chief Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa
4. Head of military intelligence in Northern Iraq Farhan Mutlak al-Jubouri
5. Chief Judge...
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LEBANON/ISRAEL: 3 ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED IN BOMB ATTACKS UPDATE
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Three Israeli soldiers have been killed and seven people wounded in two bomb attacks by Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon.
The bombs went off as military vehicles drove through Marjayoun, the main town in the...
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Car bomb strikes military compound in Egypt
A car bomb exploded on Saturday near the Egyptian military intelligence compound in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, wounding six soldiers.
The blast came as some returned to work after the major Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
Security...
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Four injured as explosion hits military facility in north of country
At least four people were injured on Sunday when an explosion went off outside a military intelligence building in the countryside northeast of Egypt's capital.
Initial reports suggested that explosion was caused by a hand grenade thrown...
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SYND 7-3-72 SOVIET SPY AND TURKISH ARMY OFFICER ON TRIAL
Two trials in Istanbul, 1st of a Syrian born alleged Soviet spy, Ashraf Abaza 2nd trial of army officer and former National Unity Committee member together with 83 other members
1 accused anarchists in court
2 prosecutor
3 accused...
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Pakistan - Deadly army HQ assault in Rawalpindi / Blast in garrison city of Rawalpindi / 12 Dead in suicide bomb, including anti-Taliban mayor, in Adezai / 35 killed in an attack on a mosque close to army headquarters in Rawalpindi / Blast wounds 19 in Karachi / Explosion outside court building kills 6 in Peshawar / Bomb explodes at busy junction, at least 24 killed, in Charsadda / Militants launch attack on an intelligence office, killing 12 people / Students protest against alleged 'US in
Pakistan - WRAP Deadly army HQ assault
Rawalpindi - 10 Oct 2009
1. Wide of army ambulances and soldiers outside army headquarters
2. Police armed vehicle entering army headquarters
Many killed in deadly blast in garrison city...
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Bombings claimed by IS kill 25 in southern Yemen
An Islamic State group affiliate carried out a series of attacks in Yemen's southern port city of Mukalla on Monday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 10 others, officials said.The officials said two suicide bombers and other...
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Senior Ukraine military officer dies in blast
Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday that a senior military intelligence officer had been killed in a car bomb in the country's capital.Police said in a statement that the driver of a luxury car was killed instantly as the vehicle blew...
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GRU headquarters and other key military sites in Russia
The United States and other Western nations leveled a torrent of new allegations against Moscow's secretive GRU military spy agency on Thursday, accusing its agents of hacking anti-doping agencies, plane crash investigations and a...
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Russia GRU building said to be 2014 home address of Salisbury poisoning suspect
One of the two suspects in the poisoning of an ex-spy in England is a doctor who works for Russian military intelligence and travelled to Britain under an alias, according to the investigative group Bellingcat.
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St Petersburg military medical academy where Skripal suspect said to have studied
The investigative group Bellingcat is reporting that one of the two suspects in the poisoning of an ex-spy in England is a doctor who works for Russian military intelligence.
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Senior military officials at senate hearing
1. Abizaid and Sanchez stand up and take oath before Senate Armed Services Committee
2. Cutaway of committee hearing
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, Commander, Multinational Task Force:
"We have already...
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US State Department says talks with French officials over alleged NSA spying are ongoing after a newspaper reported the agency swept up over 70 million French phone records in a 30-day period. (Oct. 21)
At the US State Department, reaction to reports that the U.S. National Security Agency was focusing on French phone calls, was to emphasize that there's a need to balance security and privacy.
The U.S. National Security Agency swept up...
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Clapper: Russia did meddle in election
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington 5 January 20171. Wide of committee hearing room2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator John McCain, (Republican) Arizona:"Quote, 'based on the scope and sensitivity...
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Clapper: Russia Undoubtedly Meddled in Election
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington 5 January 20171. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sen. John McCain, (R) Arizona:"Quote, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's senior...
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Hong Kong / USA / Hawaii / Russia - Edward Snowden, the intelligence contractor with National Security Agency and the CIA who disclosed the US government's surveillance programmes, seeking asylum
On-camera interview Guardian writer Glenn Greenwald, extradition expert comments
Hong Kong - 10 June 2013
1. Wide of Mira Hotel, one of hotels where Snowden is thought to have stayed, and pan to street
2. Wide of street with signs in...
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US Intel Officials Say Russia Targeting Midterms
Three of the nation's top intelligence officials said Tuesday that the U.S. has seen Russian activity aimed at meddling in the upcoming midterm elections.
"We have seen Russian activity and intentions to have an impact on...