Elbit Systems to Supply $100 Million of Military Communications Systems to Customers in Europe, South America and Asia.
Systems to be Delivered by the end of 2009 HAIFA, Israel, October 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it has recently been awarded contracts valued in a total amount of approximately $100 million, to supply its military communications systems to three armies. (Logo:...

An ancient land and the dream that won't die.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT'S AKIN TO going back in a magical time machine. A collage filled with glorious civilisations, complex political machinations and a humanity interwoven with rich cultural and personal intrigue. An area which saw the ancient armies of the Canaanites, Philistines, Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, and...

Background Of Syrian Overtures.
Writing in Asia Times Online of Aug. 23, Syrian analyst Sami Moubayed said (with minor editing by APS): "When the armies of Israel, France and Britain began a massive operation on Egypt in October 1956, to punish Gamal 'Abdul-Nasser for nationalising the Suez Canal, the first world leader to...

Taliban's Puzzling Popularity Rise Despite Its Atrocities.
Like al-Qaeda, the Taliban follow the most extreme ideology in Sunni Islam - Neo-Salafism - and have all along committed a number of atrocities. Yet their popularity in both Afghanistan and Pakistan has been on the rise in recent months. This is puzzling analysts across the Muslim world. ...

Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War.
doi: 10.1017/S0009640708001339 Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War. By James O. Lehman and Steven M. Nolt. Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. xv + 361 pp. $39.95 cloth. At some point, the fascination with the...

In victory's direction: where we're headed in Iraq, and why we must arrive.
IN July, five American soldiers died in action in Iraq. That's the lowest number since the war began in March of 2003. A prudent leader, Gen. David Petraeus has warned his commanders not to claim success yet. Nonetheless, in traveling around the country in early August at Petraeus's invitation,...

Aerospace & Defense News - Defense Europe.
Sep 1, 2008 Dassault France's defense ministry is preparing the requirements for its medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned air vehicle requirement, with a request for information expected to be released in May 2009. The French government would like to issue a joint RFI with Spain, but if...

The Canadian Corps: spearhead to victory: Canadian troops help break the will of the German army.
ONE OF THE MOST significant battles of the First World War occurred 90 years ago. On August 8, 1918 just over 100,000 soldiers in the Canadian Corps inflicted such a crushing defeat on the German army that General Hindenburg stated to the Kaiser: "The war must be ended." Unfortunately...

The vast implications of America's withdrawal from Iraq are severe.
The Democrats have taken over Capitol Hill, and have a mandate to withdraw American forces from Iraq ASAP. It is likely that in the medium to long term, this move would have great impact on Israel. U.S. elections revolve around a number of issues, but there is...

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.
Byline: The Register-Guard Obama's got the right stuff The first time Abraham Lincoln campaigned for president, his entire office-holding rsum consisted of one term as a congressman and three terms in the Illinois Legislature. He was a great man and arguably our greatest...