Archive for the 'War' Category
U.S. Special Forces Deploying to Iraq
June 19th, 2014Arm al-Qaeda. Train al-Qaeda. Fight al-Qaeda. Arm ISIS. Train ISIS. Fight ISIS. Bonus points for multiple countries (Syria and Iraq) descending into chaos and potentially touching off a regional conflict. Via: Bloomberg: President Barack Obama said he’s sending as many as 300 U.S. military advisers to assist the Iraqi army battle an insurgency and is […]
Global Peace Index 2014
June 19th, 2014Keep scrolling down to find the U.S. at position 101. Via: Guardian: The top five most peaceful nations were completely unchanged from the previous year’s study, with Denmark, Austria, New Zealand and Switzerland again runners up to Iceland. Europe remained the most peaceful region as a whole although the United Kingdom ranked 47th, France 48th […]
The Fall of Iraq – What You Aren’t Being Told
June 18th, 2014Via: Storm Clouds Gathering: Research Credit: Pookie
U.S. F-18s Over Iraq
June 18th, 2014I’ll update this with a better source when it becomes available. Via: Daily Mail: The United States began flying surveillance missions over Iraq in F-18 Super Hornet fighter jets on Wednesday, it emerged late in the afternoon. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has asked President Obama for air strikes against the Islamist offshoots of al-Qaeda […]
Obama Deploys Troops to Protect Embassy in Iraq
June 18th, 2014Via: Time: President Barack Obama ordered the deployment of up to 275 military personnel “equipped for combat” into Iraq to protect the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Monday, as American and Iranian diplomats met briefly to discuss whether the two countries can work together to defuse the crisis exploding in Iraq.
Office of Naval Research: U.S. Marine Ground Vehicles Will Carry Lasers to Shoot Down Drones
June 16th, 2014Via: Office of Naval Research: As the Navy prepares to deploy its first laser weapon on a ship later this summer, Office of Naval Research (ONR) officials announced June 11 that they have finished awarding contracts to develop a similar weapon to be used on ground vehicles. The Ground-Based Air Defense Directed Energy On-the-Move program, […]
Black Sites: Secret Prisons, Drone Bases, Surveillance Stations, Offices Where Extraordinary Rendition Is Planned
June 15th, 2014Via: Independent: Trevor Paglen takes pictures of the places that the American and British governments don’t want you to know even exist.
Iran Sends Troops Into Iraq to Aid Fight Against Isis Militants
June 15th, 2014Via: Guardian: Iran has sent 2,000 advance troops to Iraq in the past 48 hours to help tackle a jihadist insurgency, a senior Iraqi official has told the Guardian. The confirmation comes as the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, said Iran was ready to support Iraq from the mortal threat fast spreading through the country, while […]
Russia Sent Tanks to Separatists in Ukraine, U.S. Says
June 13th, 2014Via: New York Times: The State Department confirmed on Friday that Russia had sent tanks and other heavy weapons to separatists in Ukraine. A column of three T-64 tanks, several BM-21 “Grad” multiple rocket launchers, and other military vehicles crossed the border near the Ukrainian town of Snizhne, State Department officials said. Reports and images […]
1961: Two Nuclear Bombs Nearly Detonated in North Carolina
June 12th, 2014Via: CNN: On a January night in 1961, a U.S. Air Force bomber broke in half while flying over eastern North Carolina. From the belly of the B-52 fell two bombs — two nuclear bombs that hit the ground near the city of Goldsboro. A disaster worse than the devastation wrought in Hiroshima and Nagasaki […]
