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Soldiers in US Army helicopters shot and killed two employees of the Reuters news agency in 2007. Now a leaked video of the incident is making the rounds on the internet and causing renewed interest in the case. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from Matthew Baum, professor of Global Communications at Harvard’s Kennedy School. Download MP3
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Can a robot be programmed to make life-and-death decisions on the battlefield? Some researchers are currently working to develop software that will help robots make moral and legal decisions on their own. Later today, we speak with Ronald Arkin, a professor of computer science at Georgia Tech who has just completed a three-year research project for the Army looking into the use of ethical battlefield robots. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
The island that figures in today’s Geo Quiz just experienced an invasion of sorts. Langkawi Island was taken over last week by helicopters, warships, and surface-to-air missile launchers.
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Film Director Juan Mandelbaum is a native of Argentina. After learning that an old girlfriend of his was among the thousands of people who “disappeared” during the Argentinian dictatorship, Mandelbaum decided to investigate what happened to her and to some of his old friends during that time. The result is the documentary “Our Disappeared” which debuts on Public Television’s Independent Lens series tonight. Marco Werman talks with Mandelbaum. Download MP3
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Last month was the deadliest for US and allied forces in Afghanistan since the war began. At least 42 American troops and 23 more international troops died in July, most in the volatile Helmand Province in the south. Five more were killed there over the weekend. The World’s Aaron Schachter spent last week embedded with a team of army medics working just behind the front lines in southern Helmand. >>>Click here to see a narrated slideshow.
The World’s Katy Clark reports on how the US military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is costing the US vital national security skills of gay service members.Listen
What are America’s larger objectives in Afghanistan? Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Amin Tarz, Middle East Studies Director at the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia — and Anatol Lieven, a professor at the War Studies Department at King’s College in London. Listen
The US military is taking lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, and it’s preparing American troops to fight future insurgencies. But what are the trade-offs in focusing so much on counterinsurgency warfare? The World’s Matthew Bell reports.
