Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
Relief Payments Get Slashed if Fishermen Refuse to Work for BP
July 8th, 2010That’s life in a company town. Via: Raw Story: Any relief payment plan established in the wake of the worst environmental accident ever was bound to have its flaws, but this goes to a whole new level of wrong. According to Gulf resident Kindra Arnesen, who turned whistleblower and full-time activist when she saw how […]
“Kill TV” in the “Death Star”
June 26th, 2010Via: New Zealand Herald: They called it the “Death Star” because according to one source who worked inside it, “you could just reach out with a finger and eliminate” somebody. On the walls were television screens, known by the special forces boys as “Kill TV”, where footage from image-intensifier cameras of the enemy being blown […]
The Runaway General
June 26th, 2010This is a decent article, but I’m not sure what to take away from it. I was reading the article mainly to see what all the fuss was about; the dramatic summoning of McChrystal to the White House, the resignation, the media obsessed with talk of insubordination, etc. The comments that were critical of the […]
American Man On Mission to Hunt Down Osama Bin Laden Arrested in Northern Pakistan
June 16th, 2010I couldn’t help thinking about Jake and Elwood as I read through this one. Via: BBC: An American man who claimed to be on a mission to hunt down Osama Bin Laden has been arrested in northern Pakistan, police say. They said that Gary Brooks Faulkner, 52, was detained in the mountains of Chitral district […]
Body in Ottawa River Is Likely Missing Nuclear Scientist
June 16th, 2010Via: CBC: The body pulled from the Ottawa River last week is almost certain to be that of the Chalk River scientist who went missing in January, according to a friend of the scientist. Lachlan Cranswick, 41, vanished five months ago in a case that confounded police and the community and yielded few clues to […]
Israel’s Leader Capital Markets CEO “Commits Suicide”
June 14th, 2010Via: Reuters: The chief executive of Leader Capital Markets, one of Israel’s top investment banks, has committed suicide, a company spokeswoman said on Sunday. Danny Barak, 48, jumped from his office on the 17th floor of one of Tel Aviv’s most prominent office towers on Friday, the spokeswoman said. Barak, who is survived by his […]
Daniel Ellsberg: WikiLeaks Founder’s Life Is In Danger
June 12th, 2010All states use their embassies and consulates to run intelligence operations. The U.S. Government is likely concerned that some of these activities, that are happening under official cover, could be compromised. Public exposure would represent a gigantic pain in the ass for the U.S. because of the Kabuki theater act that’s mandated to follow such […]
U.S. Special Operations Forces Deployed in 75 Countries
June 4th, 2010Via: Washington Post: Beneath its commitment to soft-spoken diplomacy and beyond the combat zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Obama administration has significantly expanded a largely secret U.S. war against al-Qaeda and other radical groups, according to senior military and administration officials. Special Operations forces have grown both in number and budget, and are deployed […]
The Coca-Cola Case
May 25th, 2010Via: National Film Board of Canada:
Increase in Covert Operations Across Middle East
May 25th, 2010Via: Reuters: A senior U.S. military commander issued a secret order last year that laid the ground for an escalation of covert operations across the Middle East and the Horn of Africa, officials said on Monday. Issued last September by General David Petraeus, the order authorized an escalation that included boosting military and intelligence assistance […]
