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EU Report: Georgia Started War

Kevin Spak — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:30:00 CDT

Georgia was responsible for triggering last summer’s war with Russia, a European Union investigation has concluded. But Russia was far from blameless, laying the foundation for the war and breaking international law by invading. The report, which was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal , also accuses Russian-backed South Ossetian militias...

Poland Marks 70th Anniversary of WWII's Start

Rob Quinn — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:58:18 CDT

Polish leaders gathered at dawn today at the fort the Nazis attacked to begin World War II exactly 70 years ago, the BBC reports. A German battleship attacked Westerplatte on September 1, 1939, as German troops launched a blitzkreig attack on three fronts. The invasion triggered declarations of war from...

Missing Picasso Found in Iraq?! Probably Not.

Harry Kimball — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:45:02 CDT

Iraqi security forces have secured a purported Pablo Picasso painting believed stolen from a Kuwaiti museum during the 1990 invasion, the Times of London reports. Only it’s probably not a Picasso. “It bears absolutely no relation to any Picasso that I can think of,” says one expert. Iraqi forces obtained...

Hitler Sent Troops to Russia's Frozen Hell

Matt Cantor — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:10:41 CDT

When Adolf Hitler sent his troops to invade Russia, he gave little thought to their warmth—leaving them in “desperate need” of millions of hats, gloves, and coats, writes historian Andrew Roberts in a Daily Telegraph book excerpt. “One can't put any trust in the meteorological forecasts,” Hitler once said....

The Afghan Region Marines Invaded? America Built It

Neal Colgrass — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:30:00 CDT

The 4,000 US Marines who invaded the Helmand Province in Afghanistan this week might feel at home—the US helped build it, the Christian Science Monitor reports. In a Cold War race against the Soviets, Washington lavished more than $110 million on irrigating land, constructing schools, and building the...

Town Cranks Stones, Zeppelin to Fight Crickets

Matt Cantor — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:58:59 CDT

A tiny Nevada town faces a yearly menace next month in the form of legions of crickets that can be a mile long and two miles across. Among the more unusual tools in their arsenal: rock music. Residents of Tuscarora swear it works, or at least helps, and are getting...

Aussie Dad Wrestles 'Roo Invader

Matt Cantor — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:40:00 CDT

Waking up can be a bear, but for one Aussie family it was an 88-pound kangaroo crashing through their bedroom window and hopping around on a bloody rampage until the skivvies-clad dad wrestled it out of the house, the Canberra Times reports. “My initial thought when I was half awake...

Looted Iraq Museum Partially Reopens

Matt Cantor — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:50:16 CST

Iraq’s National Museum reopened yesterday for the first time since its 2003 looting made it a symbol of post-invasion bedlam, the New York Times reports. But with only eight of 26 rooms functional, its reopening symbolizes as much the long road ahead as it does Iraqi reconstruction thus far, Steven...

Saddam to Commanders: Wait, Do We Have WMDs?

Harry Kimball — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:55:33 CST

Saddam Hussein didn't have weapons of mass destruction, but America made such a strong case that even the Iraqi leader himself had doubts, the Washington Post reports. Saddam, apparently in awe of US intelligence, asked his top commanders if the nation had stashes even he didn't know about. So says...