Read more warfare stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8352/warfare.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:19:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74052/iraqi-war-zone-sees-big-spike-in-birth-defects.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoctors in Fallujah are seeing an alarming rise in the number of birth defects and early life cancers. They have no definitive evidence, but suspicion has naturally fallen on toxic materials left behind after years of modern warfare, reports the Guardian . The rate of birth defects—including multiple tumors, nervous...http://www.newser.com/story/74052/iraqi-war-zone-sees-big-spike-in-birth-defects.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 13:24:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71452/tudor-sailor-bones-set-for-exhibit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe bones of King Henry VIII's faithful fighters will soon go on display in a Portsmouth museum, nearly 500 years after they were defeated at sea by the French. The sailors of the flagship Mary Rose went down to defeat in a battle among 80 other Tudor vessels against 225...http://www.newser.com/story/71452/tudor-sailor-bones-set-for-exhibit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 5:26:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50936/killer-robots-pose-danger-to-humans-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe warfare of the not-so-distant future will rely on robots that can make decisions for themselves—and for our own safety, they’ll need a firm code of conduct, says a US Navy report in the first “serious” study of robot ethics. “There is a common misconception that robots will do...http://www.newser.com/story/50936/killer-robots-pose-danger-to-humans-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Feb 2009 13:58:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47016/peace-team-rushes-to-gaza-as-toll-tops-520.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA European peace and humanitarian team and French President Nicolas Sarkozy headed to the region today as Israeli ground-assault tanks pushed further into Palestinian territory, and edged the death toll close to 530, Reuters reports. Hamas militants have retaliated by firing rocket-propelled grenades at tanks in eastern Gaza, and at...http://www.newser.com/story/47016/peace-team-rushes-to-gaza-as-toll-tops-520.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Jan 2009 4:19:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32402/taliban-shows-fresh-fangs-in-us-base-attack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Taliban demonstrated complex tactics and a renewed taste for conventional warfare in the attack on a remote outpost that claimed the lives of nine US soldiers yesterday, Reuters reports. The militants drove the residents from a nearby village and used it as a base of operations from which to...http://www.newser.com/story/32402/taliban-shows-fresh-fangs-in-us-base-attack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Jul 2008 15:17:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5237/gun-toting-robots-patrol-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHeavily armed, remote-controlled robots are on the ground in Iraq—a first in military history. Only three of these robo-soldiers, armed with M249 machine guns, are currently deployed, but the Army has requested 80 more. Their location is classified, but officials report they're involved in reconnaissance and street patrol missions....http://www.newser.com/story/5237/gun-toting-robots-patrol-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Aug 2007 16:43:12 CDT