Malala Yousufzai Transferred to England

Malala Yousufzai was flown from Pakistan to the United Kingdom, on Monday, she will finish her treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England. QEH has treated every single British military casualty since 2001, and so is uniquely qualified to treat the activist.

The fourteen year old was shot in the head and neck during an assassination attempt, by the Taliban, last Tuesday. She was targeted because she had been a heavily vocal opponent of the Taliban's attempts to block girls from going to school.

It was decided to move her, due to the better care possible in England, and the move was made as soon as they felt she was stable enough to survive it. According to the hospital she is under going MRIs, CT scans, and other tests as seventeen different specialists prepare to for reconstruction of her skull.

For the Taliban, the attack was one of the single most unpopular things they've ever done, and national reaction to them in Pakistan has been highly unfavorable, with most of the country now turning on them.

Blue to Gold: NAVY Cmdr. Joel Del Mundo Tiu

NAVY Cmdr. Joel Del Mundo Tiu, forty-nine, of Manila, Philippines died October 12 in Manama, Bahrain.

Cmdr. Joel del Mundo Tiu died October 12 as a result of non-combat related injuries while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, the Defense Department announced Sunday.

The forty-eight year old, who served in the Navy Supply Corps, had been assigned to Naval Forces Central Command in Manama, Bahrain, since January 2011. The native of Manila, Philippines, enlisted in 1984 and rose to the rank of chief before he was commissioned as an officer in 1995.

Tiu had previously served aboard six ships, including the frigate Crommelin, amphibious assault ship Essex and destroyer tender Acadia, according to Navy personnel records. Before reporting to Bahrain, he was assigned to Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center Forward in Norfolk, Virginia. He also served in Saudi Arabia, Germany and Guam during his twenty-eight year career.

Blue to Gold: ARMY Sgt 1st Class Ryan J Savard

ARMY Sgt 1st Class Ryan J Savard, twenty-nine, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, died October 13, in Khanabad District, Afghanistan.
Sgt. 1st Class Ryan J. Savard, twenty-nine, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, died October 13, 2012, in Khanabad District, Afghanistan, from small arms fire while on patrol during combat operations.

According to WMUR in New Hampshire, Savard's family disclosed that he had been shot multiple times in the firefight and did not survive the medevac flight to a military medical facility.

The same news source also stated that Savard was a ten year veteran of the Army and was on his fourth combat tour. Savard's brother in law is escorting his body home.

Savard was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N. C.

Blue to Gold: ARMY Sgt. Thomas R Macpherson

ARMY Sgt. Thomas R Macpherson, twenty-six, of Long Beach, California, died October 12, in Andar District, Afghanistan.
 Sgt. Thomas MacPherson, twenty-six, was killed in a firefight Friday in the Ghanzni province of Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense.

He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

MacPherson enlisted in the Army in 2007 after attending Los Alamitos High School. He was on his fourth deployment to Afghanistan and had also been deployed to Iraq.

MacPherson leaves behind his wife and son, both living in Tacoma, Washington. 

Baumgartner Successful

Felix Baumgartner successfully completed his jump, from space, at an altitude of nearly 128,000 feet, more than twenty-four miles up.

It took two hours and twenty-one minutes for the balloon to get him to altitude.

During his journey he set the record for highest manned balloon flight, highest sky dive, and for becoming the first man to break the sound barrier without an airplane.

After jumping, he landed safely in the New Mexico desert, outside of Roswell.

With a bit of history justice, today was the sixty-fifth anniversary of Chuck Yeager's becoming the first man to break the sound barrier, in an aircraft.

The event set another record, with nearly seven million people watching it live, on youtube.

Turkey and Greece to Finally Define Aegean Sea Border

Turkey and Greece have agreed to resume talks that would finally set a border in the Aegean Sea.

The two countries have never set an official border, with both claiming almost all of the area.

Just this year alone, Turkey has complained about more than two hundred "violations" of their territory by Greek airplanes and water going vessels.

Talks over the border would settle disputes over many islands, economic zones, and fishing areas.

No date has yet been set for the meeting, which will take place between the prime ministers and foreign minsters of both countries.

Sources tell us that the two countries are very close to an agreement.

Israeli Retaliatory Attack Kills 3 Militants

A Salafist leader, in Gaza, was killed Saturday by an Israeli airstrike.

Hisham al-Saedni and two other Islamist militants were killed when Israel retaliated to a rocket attack.

Saedni headed the Mujahedeen Shura Council, a terrorist group, which carried out the attack on Israel.

No one in Israel was injured when the rocket exploded in a Netivot apartment complex courtyard.

Baumgartner Hoping to Jump Today

Felix Baumgartner is currently in the middle of his third attempt to become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound.

His first two attempts, last week, were both cancelled due to unfavorable weather conditions, mainly high winds.

Today would actually be an extremely fitting day, as it is the sixty-fifth anniversary of Chuck Yeager becoming the first man to break the speed of sound, in an aircraft.

Takeoff occurred at 9:30am MDT, and ascent will take about three hours.

It will take him about ten minutes to land, after jumping from 120,000 feet, over the desert near Roswell, New Mexico.

Baumgartner, who has set many records over the years, plans on retiring after this jump.

Redbull is sponsoring the jump, and you can watch live:

President of Mauritania Shot, Leaves For France

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania was flown to Paris early Sunday.

The President underwent surgery, after being shot by a military patrol, Saturday night.

No word was given on what medical treatment he will be receiving in France.

Officially, the shooting is being ruled an accident, but initially it was reported that he had survived an assassination attempt and two military officers have been detained over the incident.

Some believe that the shooting was a successful coup, and that he left the country as part of an agreement to leave power.

Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf is running the country in the President's absence.

Sketch Released of Wyoming Suspect

The FBI has released this composite sketch of a man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a twelve year old girl, Monday, near Cody, Wyoming.

The man asked the girl for help, finding his lost dog, getting her to enter his vehicle, he took her to a secluded area. Hunters found her a few hours later, walking down a rural road. She was given medical treatment and then reunited with her family.

He is described as a white male, forty-five to sixty years old, weighing between 185 and 200 pounds. At the time of the attack he had short strawberry blond or white hair, with neatly trimmed facial hair, and was wearing brown glasses with blue accent stripes, a brown shirt, blue jeans, and a tan baseball cap. He was driving a white SUV, possibly a 2004-2005 Toyota SR-5 4-Runner.

Authorities are considering him armed and dangerous, though no word of a weapon was mentioned in the assault case. Anyone with information should call the Cody Police Department at 307-527-8700 or the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324).

Police were very clear that they do not believe the man is connected to the Jessica Ridgeway case, in Colorado.