Ben Thieroff

INTERNATIONAL #1

Summary-- fifteen soldiers were killed today in Pakistan when a suicide bomber struck their barracks. These soldiers were the same commandoes that helped to bring down the islamic extreamestists holding out in the Red Mosque in Islamabad. The extremests were attempting to take over the country and run it as a Taliban style government.

Opinion-- look these extremists got thier butts kickes in the Red Mosque by theis group of commandoes and security forces. They are bitter due to their defeat and decided to strike back in a more traditional extremist way. ( if that makes any sense).

INTERNATIONAL #2

Summary-- The Russians have just claimed to have created the largest non-nuclear weapon in history. They call it the daddy of all bombs, a joke of the American's Mothere of all Bombs or MOAB. MOAB stands for Massive Ordinance Air Burst. The US version is the equivalent of 11 tons of TNT while the Russians claim theirs to be the same as 44 tons of TNT while weighing less than the American version. By the way the Russians have resumed strategic bomber patrols after being suspended for 16 years, since the fall of the USSR.

Opinion-- Look the Russians are at it again. They'vea lways been about building things BIGGER. But just because it is bigger doesnt always mean better. This new bomb is parachute dropped which means it can go wherever the wuind decides to take it. The US bomb is sattelite guided, meaning pinpoint accuracy. The US also has the precision air power to get the bomb to its release point. The Russians are still using strategic bombers from the cold war to deliver their ordinance.

NATIONAL #1

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