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Kidal, Mali
Soldiers from the National Front for the Liberation of Azawad patrol the streets of Kidal. Mali’s government refuses to talk to ‘terrorist’ armed groups, the foreign minister said, days after jihadists and allied separatists mounted unprecedented attacks against the junta.

Photograph: AFP/Getty

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Author Carlo Carrasco 1d ago

Japan’s Self-Defense Forces Launch Anti-Ship Missiles In The Philippines

In the presence of Philippines’ Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, the media and many other officials, the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) launched two anti-ship missiles during a Balikatan multi-national exercise held in Paoay in the Philippines, according to a Kyodo News report. The live-fire drill involved one hundred forty ground SDF personnel and was a success in terms of directly hitting a target at sea.

To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the news report of Kyodo News Some parts in boldface…

The Japanese Self-Defense Forces on Wednesday fired two anti-ship missiles during a large-scale multinational exercise in the Philippines, with the two countries’ defense ministers observing the launches.

The two Type 88 surface-to-ship missiles successfully hit and sank a decommissioned Philippine navy vessel floating about 75 kilometers off Paoay on the northern Philippine island of Luzon during the annual Balikatan exercise co-hosted by the United States and the Philippines.

The live-fire drill involving about 140 Ground Self-Defense Force personnel was open to the media.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Philippine counterpart, Gilberto Teodoro, watched the drill on site, while Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. observed the exercise remotely from Manila, according to the military of the Southeast Asian country.

China criticized the missile launches, with Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian saying Japan’s “right-wing forces are pushing for the acceleration of remilitarization,” posing a threat to regional peace and stability.

Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? Do you think Japan and their Filipino counterpart will cooperate even more to enhance the Philippines’ defense capabilities and modernize its military? Do you think it is inevitable that the Philippines will purchase more military weapons from Japan in the near future? Were you surprised to learn about Communist China’s criticism against the successful live-drill?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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The Christian Science Monitor 3d ago

Every year Colombia retires thousands of battle-hardened veterans from its armed forces. Many end up enlisting in foreign conflicts – including the front lines of Ukraine. #colombia #mercenaries #soldiers

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2026/0505/How-Colombia-became-a-top-exporter-of-mercenaries?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN YOUR WORLD @what-just-happened-in-your-world-csmonitor

How Colombia became a top exporter of mercenaries

Every year Colombia retires thousands of battle-hardened veterans from its armed forces. Many end up enlisting in foreign conflicts.

The Christian Science Monitor

Mark 4d ago

Why more #Russians are reportedly #dying in #Ukraine than ever before

A grim new record

Russian #soldiers are now dying at an exceptionally high rate in Ukraine, according to #Ukrainian officials, in what could mark one of the #deadliest #killed-to-wounded ratios seen in modern #warfare.

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-losses-in-ukraine-may-have-set-a-grim-new-record/

#RussianAggression #RussianImperialism #RussianCausalities #RussianLosses #deaths #RussianSoldiers #killed

A grim record? Why more Russians are reportedly dying in Ukraine than ever before

Russian soldiers are now dying at an exceptionally high rate in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, in what could mark one of the deadliest killed-to-wounded ratios seen in modern warfare. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 10 that "out of 100 percent of losses, 62 percent are killed and 38 percent wounded" among Russian forces, citing intelligence assessments reviewed by Ukraine — a ratio of nearly 2:1. A source in the President's Office familiar with the data told the Kyiv Ind

The Kyiv Independent

~meoralis~5d ago

𝘠𝘰𝘶. 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺, 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘠𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘴𝘭𝘰 — 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦:

𝘚𝘢𝘺 𝘕𝘖! 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘕𝘖!

– From Wolfgang Borchert's poem "There's only one choice" ("Dann gibt es nur eins"), written in 1947 shortly before his death at just 26.

I'm not usually into poetry and grand literature, but reading Borchert's works about World War II and its aftermath at school left a lasting impression on me. So whenever I see memorials or #graves from that time, Borchert isn't far from my mind. You can read the full poem in English and the original German, along with context and links, here: http://www.swans.com/library/art13/xxx123.html

This is a section of #Brno Central Cemetery, Ústřední hřbitov, with the graves of German #soldiers of the Second World War for #CemeterySunday.

#cemetery #graveyard #churchyard #Friedhof #tombStones #Grabsteine #Grabstein #tombStone #headstones #headstone #Grab #Gräber #Soldaten #Soldatengräber #ThickTrunkTuesday #TreeTuesday #ZweiterWeltkrieg #SecondWorldWar #WorldWar2 #WorldWar #Weltkrieg #WorldWarII #ZentralfriedhofBrünn #Zentralfriedhof #Brünn