BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "war" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:29:16 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) 6 Vehicles Of War With Ridiculous Weaknesses http://www.cracked.com/article_19586_6-awesome-vehicles-war-with-ridiculous-weaknesses.html

“A” for effort guys. Here are the weapons that almost worked, in a world where “almost working” might as well be “hilarious failure.”

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]]> http://www.cracked.com/article_19586_6-awesome-vehicles-war-with-ridiculous-weaknesses.html Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:17:08 -0500 <b>"A" for effort guys.</b> Here are the weapons that almost worked, in a world where "almost working" might as well be "hilarious failure." cracked nonadult 7 Incredible Facts About War Animals http://www.history.com/news/2011/12/22/war-animals-from-horses-to-glowworms-7-incredible-facts/

Even camels fled to Canada to escape the draft. From horses to glowworms (yes glowworms), animals have played crucial roles in shaping the outcome of war.

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]]> http://www.history.com/news/2011/12/22/war-animals-from-horses-to-glowworms-7-incredible-facts/ Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:17:08 -0500 <b>Even camels fled to Canada to escape the draft.</b> From horses to glowworms (yes glowworms), animals have played crucial roles in shaping the outcome of war. history.com nonadult High Five http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/high-five Taken in Afghanistan yesterday.

A U.S. Army soldier of the PSD 3/1AD Special Troops Battalion takes five with an Afghan boy during a patrol in Pul-e Alam, a town in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan November 28, 2011.

(Reuters / Umit Bektas)

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/high-five Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:02:10 -0500 <b>Taken in Afghanistan yesterday.</b> gavon nonadult 11 Women Warriors Of World War II http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106289

Happy Veteran's Day! Over 100 million military personnel participated in the war, and not all of them men. Here are the stories of eleven brave women who fought for their countries.

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]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106289 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:18:54 -0500 <b>Happy Veteran&#39;s Day!</b> Over 100 million military personnel participated in the war, and not all of them men. Here are the stories of eleven brave women who fought for their countries. mentalfloss.com nonadult Al Qaeda&rsquo;s Flag Spotted Atop Libyan Courthouse http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/al-qaedas-flag-spotted-atop-libyan-courthou VICE reporter Sherif Elhelwa snapped some pics of the Al Qaeda flag flying atop the Benghazi courthouse where the Libyan revolution started. Elhelwa was later told by a guard, “Whomever speaks ill of this flag, we will cut off his tongue.”

See more photos and read Elhelwa's report at VICE.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/al-qaedas-flag-spotted-atop-libyan-courthou Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:02:10 -0400 <b><em>VICE</em> reporter Sherif Elhelwa <a href="http://www.vice.com/read/al-qaeda-plants-its-flag-in-libya">snapped some pics</a> of the Al Qaeda flag flying atop the Benghazi courthouse where the Libyan revolution started.</b> Elhelwa was later told by a guard, "Whomever speaks ill of this flag, we will cut off his tongue.&rdquo; provincialelitist nonadult Inappropriate Battle Morale Boost http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/inappropriate-battle-morale-boost Now is not the time Frank. Damn hippies.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/inappropriate-battle-morale-boost Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:46:28 -0400 <b>Now is not the time Frank.</b> Damn hippies. donnad nonadult 10 Mind-Blowingly Offensive Quotes From Ron Paul Newsletters http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/10-mind-blowingly-offensive-quotes-from-ron-paul-n Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul used to publish a libertarian newsletter in the '80s and '90s. They were not, shall we say, sane. From those newsletters, here are some racist/homophobic/anti-semitic musings on everything from AIDS to Hate Whitey Day (aka Martin Luther King Jr. Day). Paul says he didn't write any of the following quotes, but they all appeared under his name. Yiiiiiikes.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/10-mind-blowingly-offensive-quotes-from-ron-paul-n Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:41:08 -0400 <b>Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul used to publish a <a href="http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/angry-white-man?id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720-ac15-4532a7da84ca">libertarian newsletter</a> in the &#39;80s and &#39;90s. They were not, shall we say, sane.</b> From those newsletters, here are some racist/homophobic/anti-semitic musings on everything from AIDS to Hate Whitey Day (aka Martin Luther King Jr. Day). Paul says he didn&#39;t write any of the following quotes, but they all appeared under his name. Yiiiiiikes. gavon nonadult Sharia Law Is Coming To Libya http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/sharia-law-is-coming-to-libya Is it Sharia or Shariah? Shari'ah? Whatever, just wait until the Republican candidates hear about this.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/provincialelitist/sharia-law-is-coming-to-libya Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:41:06 -0400 <b>Is it Sharia or Shariah?</b> Shari&#39;ah? Whatever, just wait until the Republican candidates hear about this. provincialelitist nonadult 40+ Amazing Hipstamatic Photos Of The War In Afghanistan http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/40-amazing-hipstamatic-photos-of-the-war-in-afgha Photographer Balazs Gardi is an acclaimed photo journalist who has been in Afghanistan documenting the war with his iPhone. Recently some of his photos were released as a photo essay in Foreign Policy Magazine . These are those amazing shots.

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Via: thehighdefinite.com

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/40-amazing-hipstamatic-photos-of-the-war-in-afgha Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:43:26 -0400 <b>Photographer <a href="http://www.balazsgardi.com/">Balazs Gardi</a> is an acclaimed photo journalist who has been in Afghanistan documenting the war with his iPhone.</b> Recently some of his photos were released as a photo essay in <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/07/25/the_war_in_hipstamatic">Foreign Policy Magazine</a>. These are those amazing shots. jpmoore nonadult Internet Joins Air, Land, And Sea As Official Pentagon "War Domain" http://www.buzzfeed.com/toddvanluling/internet-joins-air-land-and-sea-as-official-pent In a new report on defense strategy The Pentagon has added the Internet to its list of war domains. We finally made it?

  1. Bravely Defending Our Country From The Air

    Bravely Defending Our Country From The Air

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/toddvanluling/internet-joins-air-land-and-sea-as-official-pent Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:59:17 -0400 <b> <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WAGING_CYBER_WAR?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2011-07-14-11-17-06">In a new report on defense strategy</a> The Pentagon has added the Internet to its list of war domains. </b> We finally made it? toddvanluling nonadult President Obama To Pull Troops Out Of Afghanistan At Accelerated Pace http://www.buzzfeed.com/hotlist/president-obama-to-pull-troops-out-of-afghanistan-3cvx In a speech before the nation, President Obama outlined his plans to reduce U.S. forces in Afghanistan ahead of schedule, removing more than 30,000 troops by the end of next year. 10,000 troops will be home by the end of this year, and another 23,000 will return by September of 2012.

  1. In this June 15, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Pensacola, Fla. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) WASHINGTON (AP)--Pulling home the Americans he sent to war, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday night the withdrawal of more than 30,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of next summer, hastening the end of the long conflict that has been more costly than ever envisioned when launched in response to the 2001 attacks on America. In an address to the nation, Obama said that he is withdrawing 10,000 troops by the end of this year, and more than 20,000 in addition no later than September 2012. That accounts for all of the extra forces he ordered to Afghanistan in late 2009 to turn around a flailing war effort. The fast-paced drawdown, at a time when the public has turned against the war, will be complete just months before he goes before voters in his bid for a second term. Still, it will leave some 70,000 U.S. troops in unstable Afghanistan in a war bound to see more American lives lost. The United States and its NATO allies hope to end the combat mission and fully turn over control to Afghan forces by the end of 2014, a transition period that may finally bring the war to an end.

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/hotlist/president-obama-to-pull-troops-out-of-afghanistan-3cvx Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:49:47 -0400 <b>In a speech before the nation, President Obama outlined his plans to reduce U.S. forces in Afghanistan ahead of schedule, removing more than 30,000 troops by the end of next year.</b> 10,000 troops will be home by the end of this year, and another 23,000 will return by September of 2012. hotlist nonadult Why America Has So Many Patriots http://www.buzzfeed.com/majorityreport/why-america-has-so-many-patriots-3gra

The Whitest Kids You Know nails it. Now, God bless the U.S.A.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/majorityreport/why-america-has-so-many-patriots-3gra Sun, 29 May 2011 11:47:55 -0400 <b>The <em><a href="http://whitestkids.com/">Whitest Kids You Know</a></em> nails it.</b> Now, God bless the U.S.A. majorityreport nonadult World Wars Meet Google Maps http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/world-wars-meet-google-maps Conflict History is an amazing visualization of the history of war and conflict across the globe.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/sly/world-wars-meet-google-maps Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:24:18 -0400 <a href="http://www.conflicthistory.com/#/period/1801-1813">Conflict History</a> is an amazing visualization of the history of war and conflict across the globe. sly nonadult United States Strikes Libya http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/united-states-strikes-libya

The United States, in concert with European air strikes, launched missiles into Libya today in an effort to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone and protect civilians from the regime of Muammar Gadaffi. Here is President Obama's statement on the strikes, codenamed Operation Odyssey Dawn.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/united-states-strikes-libya Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:45:37 -0400 <b>The United States, in concert with European air strikes, launched missiles into Libya today in an effort to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone and protect civilians from the regime of Muammar Gadaffi.</b> Here is President Obama&#39;s statement on the strikes, codenamed <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/19/operation-odyssey-dawn-us_n_838009.html">Operation Odyssey Dawn.</a> gavon nonadult The Elephant Disguises Of War http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/the-elephant-disguises-of-war Silly horse, you are not an elephant. You don't even have a trunk…oh.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/the-elephant-disguises-of-war Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:02:09 -0500 Silly horse, you are not an elephant. You don&#39;t even have a trunk...oh. donnad nonadult Six Word Memoirs From Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/six-word-memoirs-from-iraq-and-afghanistan-veteran A site devoted to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans telling their stories, in six words or less, about coming home. They're quite powerful in their simplicity and a perfect reminder as to why we recognize Veterans Day. Here's a sampling of posts and a short documentary going into greater detail on a handful of these stories. To all of those who have served or are currently serving, thank you.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/six-word-memoirs-from-iraq-and-afghanistan-veteran Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:26:30 -0500 <b>A site devoted to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans telling their stories, in six words or less, about coming home.</b> They&#39;re quite powerful in their simplicity and a perfect reminder as to why we recognize Veterans Day. Here&#39;s a sampling of posts and a short documentary going into greater detail on a handful of these stories. To all of those who have served or are currently serving, thank you. gavon nonadult Psychedelic Action Scene http://www.buzzfeed.com/allyw/psychedelic-action-scene-xl8

Who says flower power doesn't kill?

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/allyw/psychedelic-action-scene-xl8 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:02:03 -0400 <b> Who says flower power doesn&#39;t kill? </b> allyw adult Conflict Minerals http://www.buzzfeed.com/veronicabelmont/conflict-minerals-1n4

The brutal and devastating war in the Congo is fueled in no small part by “conflict minerals,” such as tantalum, tungsten, tin and gold. All of these minerals end up in our fancy gadgets in one way or another.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/veronicabelmont/conflict-minerals-1n4 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:02:03 -0400 The brutal and devastating war in the Congo is fueled in no small part by "conflict minerals," such as tantalum, tungsten, tin and gold. All of these minerals end up in our fancy gadgets in one way or another. veronicabelmont adult Little Soldier Girl http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/little-soldier-girl This picture will break your heart.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/little-soldier-girl Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:15:26 -0400 This picture will break your heart. mjs538 nonadult Caught With Your Pants Down http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/caught-with-your-pants-down-6y Those pink “I <3 NY” boxers you should have thrown out months ago might show up anywhere, as this U.S. soldier in Afghanistan learned this week.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/caught-with-your-pants-down-6y Wed, 13 May 2009 23:45:33 -0400 Those pink "I &lt;3 NY" boxers you should have thrown out months ago might show up anywhere, as this U.S. soldier in Afghanistan learned this week. ries nonadult