chinese pianist plays anti-american song at white house dinner
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for more news visit http:englishntdtvcom or follow us on twitter http:twittercomntdtelevisionclassical pianist lang lang has ignited a controversy by playing an anti-american song during a state dinner at the white house the song quotmy motherlandquot is from a movie set during the korean war which depicts chinese soldiers fighting us troopsit was a lively scene as pianist lang lang played tunes for us and chinese leaders at a state dinner in the white house on january 19 but the us delegation might not have been smiling had they known what he was playingthe theme song to a famous anti-american moviethe song quotmy motherlandquot is from the chinese communist propaganda movie quotbattle on shangganling mountainquot it039s about chinese soldiers fighting americans during the korean war it ends with a verse which can be translated as quotwhen friends are here there is fine wine but if the jackal comes what greets it is the hunting riflequot the 039jackal039 refers to the united statesafter the recital us president barack obama told the chinese delegation how proud the united states was to host them then he handed the microphone to chinese leader hu jintao who praised lang lang039s performance and hugged the artistlang lang is a respected musician in both countries and spends half his time in america he explained his reasons for choosing the song in a blog post: quotplaying this song praising china to heads of state from around the world seems to tell them that our china is formidable that our chinese people are united i feel deeply honored and proudquotthe event has set the blogosphere on fire with some chinese bloggers praising lang lang with anti-american comments while others point out the depth of the insult

mercury packing party for troops
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the fourth of july is an excellent time to take a moment to acknowledge all of the men and women who are bravely serving in the united states military at home and overseas major league baseballs san diego padres and mercury insurance are doing more than just saluting our troops service as the two organizations partnered to host a packing party yesterday to assemble care packages for marines and sailors from local bases camp pendleton and mcas miramar currently deployed in afghanistan more than 50 mercury employees and agents local little leaguers and padres pitcher ian kennedy and community representatives stuffed 1000 backpacks in right field at petco park following the july 2 padres-reds game to view the multimedia news release go to http:wwwmultivucomplayersenglish7264451-mercury-insurance-san-diego-padres-assemble-care-packages-for-afghanistan-troop

moment of zen - end of iraq war flag ceremony - the daily show with jon stewart - 121511 - video clip comedy central
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russian president vladimir putin signals end of troop mobilization in ukraine - youtube
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russian president vladimir putin claims he will end his partial troop mobilization within the next two weeks despite a week of increased missile attacks on

clash royale season 11 - here be dragons unlock a free emote
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battle in the new dragon spa arena and unlock a free supercell 10th anniversary emote available for a limited time onlysubscribe for more http:suprclsubroyaleenter the arena from the creators of clash of clans comes a real-time multiplayer game starring the royales your favorite clash characters and much much morecollect and upgrade dozens of cards featuring the clash of clans troops spells and defenses you know and love as well as the royales: princes knights baby dragons and more knock the enemy king and princesses from their towers to defeat your opponents and win trophies crowns and glory in the arena form a clan to share cards and build your very own battle communitylead the clash royale family to victoryfeatures duel players from around the world in real-time in both 1v1 and 2v2 battles earn chests to unlock rewards collect powerful new cards and upgrade existing ones destroy opponent039s towers and win crowns to earn epic crown chests build and upgra

outpost harry korean war the veterans greeks amp americans vs chinese
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outpost harry was a remote korean war station located on a tiny hilltop in what was commonly referred to as the quotiron trianglequot on the korean peninsula this was an area approximately 60 miles 100 km north of seoul and was the most direct route to the south korean capitalmore than 88000 rounds of chinese artillery fell on outpost harry since the outpost was defended each night by only a single company of american or greek soldiers the chinese had anticipated an easy capture over a period of eight days waves of chinese forces moved into the outposts trench lines and totalling over 13000 soldiers five unc companies four us and one greek took turns in defending the outpostmost of the fighting occurred at night under heavy mortar fire while the daylight hours were usually spent by the unc forces evacuating the dead and wounded replacing the defending company sending up resupplies and repairing the fortified positions the daylight hours were punctuated with artillery mortar and sniper fire making repairs and reinforcement a more dangerous task during the 4 to 5 days prior to the initial attack on the outpost chinese artillery and mortar fire increased from an average of 275 to 670 per day during daylight hoursthe soldiers of the greek expeditionary force adapted its name and called it outpost quotharosquot the modern greek equivalent to charon greek mythology039s ferryman to the underworld of hadesthe chinese forces employed against outpost harry were tabulated by us intelligence sections:june 10 and june 11: one reinforced regiment approximately 3600 troopsjune 11 and june 12: one regiment approximately 2850 troopsjune 12 and june 13: one reinforced regimentjune 13 and june 14: an estimated 100 troopsjune 14 and june 15: an estimated 120 troopsjune 17 and june 18: one regimentduring this period the entire 74th division was utilized against this position and at the end of the engagement was considered combat ineffective rounds fired in support of their attack amounted to 88810 rounds over 81mm in size: unc mortar and artillery units in conjunction with friendly tank fires expended 368 185 rounds over 81mm in sizecasualty figures were15th infantry regiment - 68 kia 343 wia 35 mia katusa - 8 kia 51 wia 7 miagreek expeditionary force sparta battalion - 15 kia 36 wia 1 miaattached and supporting units 5th rct - 13 kia 67 wia 1 mia10th engineer battalion - 5 kia 23 wia 39th fa - 5 kia 13 wiafor the first time in the annals of us military history five rifle companies together four american and one greek would receive the prestigious distinguished unit citation for the outstanding performance of their shared mission

weekly address: bringing home our troops
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army called in to stop parade in hartford connecticut during puertio rican day festival
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obama: troops out of iraq
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soldier: yes i am a russian
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saif gaddafi arming civilian militias
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translation:saif -- guys guys listen listen we need high spirits more chantingsaif: listen listen brothers the people have said the police force have joined the protesters but today we will prove the opposite context -- saif is hinting at an idea -- to equip his supporters with police clothing and request them to enter the protests undercoversaif: do you need weaponssaif: one minute please you will receive all the support all the facilities and weapons etc everything will be okay and you will be victorioussaif: 039today we039re not inviting you for rice ampamp meat039 libyan saying meaning: we mean business this is what i want to tell you today039saif- listen listen this is your country now we shall leave and you have all the backing but your country unknown word italians the protesters you confront are nothing they are bums brats and druggies today brothers tripoli that you live in will be cleared of protesterssaif: i shall leave now and i will send you weapons tonight i will return with more people and weapons

sec of defense pannetta demands full accountability on disposal of veterans remains in landfills
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us troops in afghanistan burning bill o039reilly039s books he is sending them
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amazing speech by war veteran
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what is really happening in iraq http:wwwthelibertyundergroundnet201102what-is-really-happening-in-iraqhtmlif you liked this video do consider sharing it with your friends and acquaintances thank you our real enemies are not those living in a distant land whose names or policies we don039t understand the real enemy is a system that wages war when it039s profitable the ceos who lay us off our jobs when it039s profitable the insurance companies who deny us health care when it039s profitable the banks who take away our homes when it039s profitable our enemies are not several hundred thousands away they are right here in front of us- mike prysnerplease support the veterans at:http:wwwivaworgalso visitwwwantiwarcomthe name of the track used is boards of canada - davyan cowboyspeech transcript:http:dotsubcomview749fb533-dad3-4105-a56e-565e3f6d0972viewtranscriptengwatch with spanish sub titlesasombroso discurso de un veterano subtitulado espaoldiscurso de mike prysner indicando quienes son el enemigo verdadero de su paishttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=9kwu-jhetmm