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Oct- 2017 -5 OctoberBusiness
Pratt & Whitney awarded $2.7 billion C-17 engine sustainment contract
Pratt & Whitney was awarded a $2.7 billion contract for engine sustainment support for the C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft
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5 OctoberAfrica
Nigerien troop, 3 US special forces killed in ambush near Mali border
Five Nigerian troops and three U.S. Army special forces were killed on Wednesday, October 5 after they were ambushed in Niger while on a routine patrol
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5 OctoberWar
Iraqi forces recapture Hawija from ISIS
Iraqi forces recaptured the town of Hawija from Islamic State militants, less than two weeks after the offensive began, the army reported on Thursday.
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5 OctoberBusiness
US State Department approves $113 million medium-range missile sale to Japan
The U.S. State Department approved $113 million sale of 56 AIM 120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) to Japan.
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4 OctoberEurope
NATO official says alliance faces ‘hybrid challenges’ after reports of Russian smartphone attack
NATO troops in the Baltic states and Poland face hybrid challenges and sophisticated attacks to undermine them, a NATO official told The Defense Post
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4 OctoberEurope
Two arrested after mustard gas canisters found in eastern England
Two people have been arrested after WW2-era mustard gas canisters were discovered in woods near what was previously an RAF base in eastern England
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4 OctoberEurope
Dutch defense minister resigns over deaths of Mali peacekeepers
Both the Dutch defence minister and the chief of its military resigned over the deaths of two soldiers on a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali in 2016
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4 OctoberMiddle East
Russia claims al-Qaeda leader Julani seriously injured in Syria airstrike
Russia's defense ministry claimed an airstrike seriously injured Abu Muhammad al-Julani, leader of Syria's Al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
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4 OctoberMiddle East
Coalition strikes target 16 ISIS ‘tactical units’ near Raqqa – CJTF-OIR
U.S.-led Coalition strikes in Iraq engaged 16 ISIS tactical units and 14 fighting positions near the Syrian city of Raqqa on Tuesday, Operation Inherent Resolve said.
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4 October
Motorbike explodes outside Jordanian defense mission in Paris
A motorbike exploded outside the Jordanian military mission in the French capital early on Wednesday morning. Jordan’s Petra news agency reported that no one was injured in the explosion, which occurred outside the defense attache’s office on avenue Foch in Paris’ 16th arrondissement. The Jordanian embassy is located nearby. An embassy official said he did not believe the military office was deliberately targeted. Several vehicles were damaged, according to the foreign ministry. The Paris police department said the motorbike was set on fire in front of the office, but nothing “corresponded to an explosion,” Reuters news agency reported. Police said the incident was under investigation but not believed to be linked to terrorism.
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