Archive for the 'War' Category
Photos of U.S. and Afghan Troops Patrolling Poppy Fields June 2012
October 17th, 2012Photos of U.S. and Afghan Troops Patrolling Poppy Fields June 2012, and more Photos of US/NATO Troops Patrolling Opium Poppy Fields in Afghanistan. And more again. Related: State Department Official: Negotiations to Extend U.S. Troop Presence in Afghanistan Starting Soon The House I Live In Research Credit: LoneWolf
Turkish Air Blockade Against Syria?
October 15th, 2012Via: CNN: For the second time in a week, Turkish officials are searching a civilian airplane headed to Syria, in what appears to be the enforcement of a new Turkish air blockade against the Syrian government. Armenian and Turkish diplomats confirmed to CNN that an Armenian cargo plane destined for the battle-scarred Syrian city of […]
Turkey Intercepts Syrian Passenger Plane
October 11th, 2012Via: USA Today: Turkish jets on Wednesday forced a Syrian passenger plane to land at Ankara airport on suspicion that it might be carrying weapons or other military equipment, amid heightened tensions between Turkey and Syria that have sparked fears of a wider regional conflict. The Syrian Air jetliner was traveling from Moscow when it […]
The Unintended Consequences Of China’s One-Child Policy
October 10th, 2012Via: io9: “Historically, societies in which men substantially outnumber women are not nice places to live,” writes Hvistendahl, “Often they are unstable. Sometimes they are violent.” She points to examples in history, such as fourth century B.C. Athens and China’s Taiping Rebellion in mid-19th century — both of which were the result of wide scale […]
Turkey and Syria Exchange Mortar Fire
October 6th, 2012Via: BBC: Turkey has fired into Syria for a fourth day after a Syrian mortar landed near a Turkish village, reports say. Turkish troops responded immediately after the mortar landed near the village of Guvecci in Hatay province, according to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency. Turkey has been firing into Syria since Syrian mortar fire killed five […]
‘So, who does gain from the drugs trade?’
October 3rd, 2012The private prison scam is a key component of this as well. Via: Al Jazeera: Clearly a small number of criminals make significant sums from the trade. But most people are working for little more than subsistence wages, from the peasants growing coca plants in the Andes or opium poppies in Afghanistan to the dealers […]
Autonomous Killer Robots More Ethical Than Human Soldiers
October 2nd, 2012Oh sure. Via: CBS News: Drones could soon operate without the help of humans. Agence France-Presse is reporting that the Pentagon wants its drones to be more autonomous, so that they can run with little to no assistance from people. “Before they were blind, deaf and dumb,” Mark Maybury, chief scientist for the U.S. Air […]
Backlog: 860,000 Disability Claims from American Veterans
October 2nd, 2012Via: CNN: The Department of Veterans Affairs said it is on track to process 1 million disability claims this year. With the war in Iraq over and the one in Afghanistan winding down, the VA is sorting through a backlog of more than 860,000 disability claims from American veterans. More than a quarter of those […]
White House Secret Meetings to Consider Unilateral Military Strikes in North Africa
October 2nd, 2012Via: Washington Post: The White House has held a series of secret meetings in recent months to examine the threat posed by al-Qaeda’s franchise in North Africa and consider for the first time whether to prepare for unilateral strikes, U.S. officials said.
U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan Hit 2,000
September 30th, 2012Via: AP: The killing of an American serviceman in an exchange of fire with allied Afghan soldiers pushed U.S. military deaths in the war to 2,000, a cold reminder of the perils that remain after an 11-year conflict that now garners little public interest at home. The toll has climbed steadily in recent months with […]
