Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Problems with Five Undersea Fiber Optic Cables
February 6th, 2008It’s a definite WTF moment. Via: Khaleej Times: A total of five cables being operated by two submarine cable operators have been damaged with a fault in each. These are SeaMeWe-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4) near Penang, Malaysia, the FLAG Europe-Asia near Alexandria, FLAG near the Dubai coast, FALCON near Bandar Abbas in Iran […]
French Bank Says Trader Hacked Computers
January 28th, 2008Well, well, well… I’m glad I included the BS option in my initial post on this incident. Please see, Unloading Toxic Waste Mortgage Backed Securities: “We Americans Were Very Clever,” and pay close attention to the part about the timing: We’ll see how clever they are when the Good Fellas show up to collect. At […]
Disgraced and Vilified, Indonesia’s Ex-Dictator Suharto Dies Aged 86
January 28th, 2008I’m surprised Suharto’s likeness hasn’t already been added to Mt. Rushmore. Via: The Canadian Free Press: Former Indonesian president Suharto, a Cold War ally of the United States whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing political opponents, died Sunday. He was 86. Although he oversaw some of the worst bloodshed of the […]
CIA Drug Planes Tip of the Iceberg
January 20th, 2008Via: Mad Cow Productions: Two American-registered drug planes busted in Mexico carrying four and 5.5 tons of cocaine are just the “tip of the iceberg” in a blockbuster aviation deal which sold 50 American-registered aircraft to the Sinaloa Cartel, the MadCowMorningNews has learned. According to an indictment released over the holidays by Mexico’s Atty. General, […]
Opium Fields Spread Across Iraq
January 18th, 2008Do you get it yet? Via: Independent: The cultivation of opium poppies whose product is turned into heroin is spreading rapidly across Iraq as farmers find they can no longer make a living through growing traditional crops. Afghan with experience in planting poppies have been helping farmers switch to producing opium in fertile parts of […]
Former Republican Congressman Charged in al-Qaida and Taliban Fundraising Case
January 17th, 2008Via: Yahoo / AP: A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan. Mark Deli Siljander, a Michigan Republican when he was in the […]
Naval Incident Involving the U.S. and Iran Almost Certainly a Covert Attempt to Start War
January 14th, 2008You may have noticed that I refused to touch that incident. I knew it was total bullshit, but I had nothing to point at whatsoever to back up my “gut” feeling. It’s a few days later… So, with U.S. and Iranian warships in close proximity in the Strait of Hormuz, threatening radio traffic was transmitted, […]
Mysterious $100 ‘Supernote’ Counterfeit Bills Appear Across World
January 13th, 2008I’ve seen vague stories in the media about these “supernotes” for years, but this article goes much further than anything I’ve read before. Highly recommended. Via: Kansas City Star: Whatever the origin of the bills, “it’s by far the most sophisticated counterfeiting operation in the world,” said James Kolbe, a former congressman from Arizona who […]
Washington’s $8 Billion Shadow
January 11th, 2008SAIC is hind titty (in money terms) compared to the top armaments contractors, but it represents the glue that holds the technocracy together. With regard to the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of apparently botched projects: * pfft * There’s always next year’s budget! Americans pay their taxes, Washington brings the matches. Via: Vanity […]
Sibel Edmonds Spills a Bit More
January 7th, 2008It’s tough to know where to even shake the stick on this one. My guess is that there’s two piñatas dangling before us. Covert operations, on the one hand, and plain, old treason on the other. Via: Sunday Times: Edmonds described how foreign intelligence agents had enlisted the support of US officials to acquire a […]
