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The “surge” in IRS hiring is being compared to a military buildup by Republicans in Congress. The Inflation Reduction Act (sic) provides for an increase in IRS agents of 87,000 over a ten-year period, and a Republican study found that the additional agents will mean 710,000 more audits for taxpayers making $75,000 or less. Perhaps it’s appropriate to describe the “new IRS” in military terms. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy says Biden’s new “army” will be larger than the president’s hometown.

Israel's state-owned Aerospace Industries has briefed Western and other militaries on its TopGun system, designed to convert 155mm artillery shells into precision-guided weapons. "Using our extensive experience in developing missile systems, we took this technological challenge upon ourselves," Uri Sinai, general manager of IAI's MLM division, said. Executives said TopGun was comprised of a fuze that corrected the trajectory of artillery shells. The kit contained global positioning and inertial navigation systems as well as four fins fitted to the fuze. "The accuracy of projectiles equipped with TopGun, which is mounted on the artillery round, is 20 meter CEP [Circular Error...

Israeli soldiers used Quran as toilet paper 1 May 2002 Israeli soldiers who have taken part in the invasion of 1967 Palestine used torn pages from the Quran to wipe themselves. At the opening meeting of the Knesset's summer session yesterday Arab Member of the Knesset Ahmed Tibi accused soldiers of "wiping their butts" with pages of the Holy Quran during the so-called Operation Defensive Shield. "They take a Koran and use it to wipe themselves in the bathroom, your soldiers, your boys," Tibi said. "You should be ashamed of yourselves. What a disgrace." Tibi also accused the IDF of...