Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
U.S. Special Forces Will Be Deployed in 120 Countries by End of 2011
August 4th, 2011Via: Counterpunch: Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done… for the day. Without the knowledge of the American public, a secret force within the U.S. military is undertaking operations in a majority of the world’s countries. This new Pentagon power elite is […]
Feds Allowed Sinaloa Cartel to Move Cocaine Into U.S.
August 4th, 2011Via: El Paso Times: U.S. federal agents allegedly allowed the Sinaloa drug cartel to traffic several tons of cocaine into the United States in exchange for information about rival cartels, according to court documents filed in a U.S. federal court. The allegations are part of the defense of Vicente Zambada-Niebla, who was extradited to the […]
A Little House Of Secrets On The Great Plains
August 3rd, 2011Via: Reuters: The secretive business havens of Cyprus and the Cayman Islands face a potent rival: Cheyenne, Wyoming. At a single address in this sleepy city of 60,000 people, more than 2,000 companies are registered. The building, 2710 Thomes Avenue, isn’t a shimmering skyscraper filled with A-list corporations. It’s a 1,700-square-foot brick house with a […]
Goldman Sachs Manipulating Aluminum Prices with Warehouse Scam
July 31st, 2011If the left hand isn’t sharing information with the right hand, with hundreds of millions of dollars in potential trading profits hanging in the balance, I’m Santa Claus. —Usual Suspects Now Heavily Involved with Commodity Warehousing Via: Reuters: In a rundown patch of Detroit, enclosed by a cyclone fence and barbed wire, stands an unremarkable […]
Guns from ‘Operation Fast and Furious’ Found at Mexican Crime Scenes
July 27th, 2011Via: Reuters: At least 122 firearms from a botched U.S. undercover operation have been found at crime scenes in Mexico or intercepted en route to drug cartels there, a Republican congressional report issued on Tuesday said. Mexican authorities found AK-47 assault rifles, powerful .50 caliber rifles and other weapons as early as November 2009 that […]
U.S. Taxpayer Money Funneled to the Taliban
July 25th, 2011Flashback: NATO Forces Supplied Food, Water and Arms to Taliban Forces in Southern Afghanistan Via: Washington Post: A year-long military-led investigation has concluded that U.S. taxpayer money has been indirectly funneled to the Taliban under a $2.16 billion transportation contract that the United States has funded in part to promote Afghan businesses. The unreleased investigation […]
‘The Knights Templar’: Mexico’s Newest Drug Cartel [???]
July 25th, 2011Don’t miss the one about La Santa Muerte. Via: Al Jazeera: Pictures of the latest objects seized by the police in the Mexican state of Michoacan, revealed that the mysterious ‘Knights Templar” drug cartel is more bizarre than most people imagine. There were four hooded tunics, with a red cross, a metal helmet, and a […]
Iran: Nuclear Scientist Shot Dead in Tehran
July 24th, 2011Via: BBC: An Iranian scientist believed to have links to the country’s nuclear programme has been shot dead outside his home in Tehran, Iranian media say. Isna news agency named him as Daryoush Rezaei, 35, adding that his wife was wounded and rushed to hospital. In 2010, nuclear scientist Massoud Ali Mohammadi was killed by […]
Gun-Smuggling Cartel Figures Possibly Were Paid FBI Informants
July 21st, 2011Via: Los Angeles Times: Congressional investigators probing the controversial “Fast and Furious” anti-gun-trafficking operation on the border with Mexico believe at least six Mexican drug cartel figures involved in gun smuggling also were paid FBI informants, officials said Saturday. The investigators have asked the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration for details about the alleged […]
Israeli Killed in Christchurch Earthquake Was Carrying Five Passports
July 20th, 2011American and British Intelligence Agencies Have Offices in Auckland? Via: Dominion Post: Thomas also said American and British intelligence agencies the CIA and MI6 had offices based in Auckland and held high-level meetings with New Zealand spy bosses in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake. The agencies wanted to know what had sparked a Secret […]
