Read more war stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3997/war.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:01:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70995/military-advice-to-obama-should-be-private-gates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMilitary commanders should give their advice on Afghanistan to President Obama, not to the public, Robert Gates said today. In an implicit reprimand to Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who has commented openly on his low opinion of the administration’s Afghanistan policy, the defense secretary said such advice should be given “candidly...http://www.newser.com/story/70995/military-advice-to-obama-should-be-private-gates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 16:10:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70640/eu-report-georgia-started-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorgia 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...http://www.newser.com/story/70640/eu-report-georgia-started-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 8:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67953/missing-picasso-found-in-iraq-probably-not.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraqi 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...http://www.newser.com/story/67953/missing-picasso-found-in-iraq-probably-not.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 15:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62224/brit-princes-yearn-to-see-front-lines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPrince William is older, but Prince Harry went to war first—and, he says, “if Harry can do it then I can.” Harry, joining his brother at the media event yesterday, said his helicopter training is the “easiest way of getting to the front lines,” People reports. William, who is...http://www.newser.com/story/62224/brit-princes-yearn-to-see-front-lines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 11:01:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59469/ipods-give-war-a-soundtrack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThanks to iPods, the Iraq war has a soundtrack—and it’s different for each soldier, writes Jonathan Pieslak in his new book, Sound Targets . “People can put nanos in their flak jackets and they are ready to go,” Pieslak tells the New York Post , and CDs are popular in care...http://www.newser.com/story/59469/ipods-give-war-a-soundtrack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 12:50:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58573/myanmar-govt-rebels-on-collision-course.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe tense peace between Myanmar’s military rulers and various armed ethnic groups may fracture into war next year when the government implements a controversial new constitution, the New York Times reports. The constitution requires the rebels to disarm, without granting them the de facto autonomy they currently enjoy in the...http://www.newser.com/story/58573/myanmar-govt-rebels-on-collision-course.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 14:50:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58127/why-davids-win-they-ignore-goliaths-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen it comes to David vs. Goliath-style battles, the underdog’s secret weapon is always supreme effort, Malcolm Gladwell writes in the New Yorker . From that Biblical encounter to Lawrence of Arabia’s stand against the Turks to a winning, but unskilled, California girls’ basketball team, “legs” tend to triumph over power....http://www.newser.com/story/58127/why-davids-win-they-ignore-goliaths-rules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 19:47:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53877/israeli-troops-we-were-ordered-to-kill-gaza-civilians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsraeli soldiers' accounts about their actions in Gaza seem to back up critics' assertions that the army violated rules of war and have set off a "soul-searching" in Israel, writes Richard Boudreaux in the Los Angeles Times. The troops tell of orders to shoot civilians without warning and destroy property...http://www.newser.com/story/53877/israeli-troops-we-were-ordered-to-kill-gaza-civilians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Mar 2009 6:26:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52782/north-korean-troops-on-war-alert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Korea is warning that troops are on full combat alert as its southern neighbor preps for an annual military exercise with the US, BBC reports. The nuclear nation also threatened war if a "satellite" it plans to deploy soon is disturbed. South Korea and the US believe that the...http://www.newser.com/story/52782/north-korean-troops-on-war-alert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Mar 2009 1:53:12 CDT