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All Hail the Military

Al Jazeera · · 1034 words · By Ali Rae
Gender Roles in Conflict International Law and Governance Military-industrial complex War Trauma and Epigenetics
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14 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Last year marked a grim turning point with nearly 60 active conflicts worldwide, war-related deaths at a 30-year high and more than 120 million people displaced.”
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The UCDP evidence confirms 61 active conflicts in 2024 (nearly 60) and the IISS evidence confirms a significant increase in fatalities (23% year-on-year). While the 120 million displacement figure is not explicitly in the snippets, the conflict and death counts are corroborated by multiple specialized monitoring bodies (UCDP, IISS).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Pixel is a brand of portable consumer electronic devices that is developed by Google that runs the Pixel version of the Android operating system or the ChromeOS operating system. The primary li…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Pixel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The SBF 120 (Société des Bourses Françaises 120 Index) is a French stock market index. The index is based on the 120 most actively traded stocks listed in Paris. It includes all 60 stocks in the CAC 4…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBF_120
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A speed limit is the limit of speed allowed by law for road vehicles, usually the maximum speed allowed. Occasionally, there is a minimum speed limit. Advisory speed limits also exist, which are recom…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_by_country
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“In 2025, global military spending reached a record $2.88 trillion, led by the United States at $954bn - 33 percent of the total and more than the next six countries combined.”
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Multiple sources confirm global military spending reached $2.88 trillion in 2025 and that the US spent $954 billion.
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web search NEUTRAL — % of global spending. 01. United States United States. 954.0.The following lists are of countries by military spending as a share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the 15 countries with the highest …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest…
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web search NEUTRAL — Globally, military expenditures increased to $2.88 trillion in 2025 the eleventh year in a row with the United States, China, and Russia accounting for over 51% of total spending, highlighting the con…
https://www.sphericalinsights.com/blogs/united-states-defens…
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web search NEUTRAL — At $954 billion, military spending by the United States was 7.5% lower in 2025 than in 2024.The 29 European NATO members spent a combined total of $559 billion in 2025, and 22 of them had military spe…
https://thainewsroom.com/2026/04/29/as-global-military-spend…
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“In April, US President Donald Trump's administration proposed $1.5 trillion in US defence spending during the fiscal year that begins on October 1”
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Three independent news organizations (AP, NPR, New York Times) all report that the Trump administration proposed $1.5 trillion for defense spending in the budget for the 2027 fiscal year.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investm…
https://apnews.com/article/trump-2027-annual-budget-congress…
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web search NEUTRAL — In his annual budget, President Trump is asking Congress to boost defense spending to $1.5 trillion, the largest such request in decades.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5772701/trump-budget-de…
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web search NEUTRAL — With the United States at war with Iran and embroiled in conflicts around the world, the White House asked Congress on Friday to approve about $1.5 trillion for defense in the 2027 fiscal year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/politics/white-house-d…
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“The International Court of Justice... is currently handling four genocide cases”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'international' and truck advertisements; no information regarding ICJ genocide cases was retrieved.
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web search NEUTRAL — International Look up International or international in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover the full range of trucks from International®. Driver-centric, durable and endlessly versatile. Explore medium-duty, heavy-duty, and severe-duty trucks and let’s get to work.
https://www.international.com/products/trucks
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of INTERNATIONAL is of, relating to, or affecting two or more nations. How to use international in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/international
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“But enforcement depends on the United Nations Security Council. It has 15 members and five permanent ones (the US, United Kingdom, France, China and Russia) with veto power”
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Wikipedia and the Council on Foreign Relations both confirm the UN Security Council has 15 members, including 5 permanent members with veto power (US, UK, France, China, Russia).
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web search NEUTRAL — The Security Council consists of 15 members: five permanent members – Russia, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France – and ten non-permanent members elected by the General Assembly f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Counci…
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web search NEUTRAL — The fifteen-member UN Security Council seeks to address threats to international security. Its five permanent members, chosen in the wake of World War II, each have veto power.
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/un-security-council
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web search NEUTRAL — The Security Council consists of fifteen members: five permanent and ten non-permanent.Any of the five permanent members can veto a resolution to prevent its adoption by the council regardless of the …
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-five-permanent-membe…
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“In many professional militaries today, including NATO countries, women make up only about 15 percent of personnel.”
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The evidence provided discusses the number of NATO member states and their expansion, but does not provide statistics on the percentage of women in their militaries.
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web search NEUTRAL — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance consisting of 32 member states from Europe and North America. It was established at the signing of the North Atlanti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO
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web search NEUTRAL — The video shows the spread of NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) since its been founded in 1949.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug2468hDl6E
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web search NEUTRAL — The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries list 2026 consists of 32 countries, of which 12 founder Countries joined the list in 1949, and 19 other countries then joined the list one by on…
https://www.studyiq.com/articles/nato-countries/
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“20 to 30 percent: Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka”
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The evidence confirms the existence and nature of the Tamil Tigers but does not provide the specific percentage of women in their ranks.
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web search NEUTRAL — See also: Origins of the Sri Lankan civil war. Emergence of Tamil militancy has its roots in the political developments and ethnic tensions in post-independent Sri Lanka.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eel…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tamil women were marginalized in Sri Lankan society prior to the war.Sri Lanka.16 It is not clear whether gender parity was the goal of women’s recruitment or whether, more cynically, recruitment of w…
https://groundviews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tamil-Tig…
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web search NEUTRAL — A profile of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist terrorist group that seeks an independent state in areas in Sri Lanka inhabited by ethnic Tamils.The remainder of Sri Lanka’s pop…
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/liberation-tigers-tamil-ee…
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“30 percent: Mexico’s Zapatista Army of National Liberation”
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The evidence provided consists of general information about women and famous women in history; it contains no information about the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Women typically have less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscular than men. Women are at greater risk of certain diseases like brea…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 2, 2026 · Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie, Gloria Steinem, and Taylor Swift are just some of the women who have become famous for shaping the world as we know it.
https://www.biography.com/history-culture/g43336252/famous-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — Learn about women's history including women's suffrage and famous women including Catherine the Great, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony and Queen Elizabeth II.
https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history
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“30 to 40 percent: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia”
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“30 to 40 percent: Nepalese Maoist fighters”
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“30 to 40 percent (estimated): Turkiye's Kurdistan Workers' Party”
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“25 to 30 percent: Sandinistas (Sandinista National Liberation Front membership) in Nicaragua”
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“up to 40 to 50 percent: Shining Path in Peru”
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“100 percent: Women's Protection Units, an all-female Kurdish militia in Syria”
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