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Vol. 15 · No. 124 · Saturday, 17 October 2026

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Iran condemns US plan to livestream execution as barbaric

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Military times releases 'hit piece' against Duffel Blog, calls stories 'fake'

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WASHINGTON — Senior editors and contributors to the popular military news website Duffel Blog were outraged today after learning of a recent "hit piece" released by Military Times.

The story, which is portrayed as an exposé of the Duffel Blog website, was released this week to all Military Times publications, including Marine, Army, Navy, and Air Force Times.

The author of the story was Gina Harkins, Staff Writer for the Marine Times.

"I absolutely cannot believe the levels that Military Times will go to try to marginalize our news organization," said Duffel Blog founder Paul Szoldra. "We are the #1 military news organization in the world. I have always said that we would take on and beat Mil-Times and Stars & Stripes."

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