Archive for the 'War' Category
And Now: ‘U.S. Planning Troop Buildup in Gulf After Exit From Iraq’
October 31st, 2011Via: New York Times: The Obama administration plans to bolster the American military presence in the Persian Gulf after it withdraws the remaining troops from Iraq this year, according to officials and diplomats. That repositioning could include new combat forces in Kuwait able to respond to a collapse of security in Iraq or a military […]
CIA Assassinates 16 Year Old American from Denver
October 30th, 2011Via: Time: A wave of CIA drone strikes targeting al-Qaeda figures in Yemen is stoking widespread anger there that U.S. policy is cruel and misguided, prioritizing counterterrorism over a genuine solution to the country’s raging political crisis. Politics has never been a concern to Sam al-Homiganyi and his fellow teenagers. This month, though, they were […]
Iraq War Will Cost More than World War II
October 28th, 2011See this post for what winding down the war means: There will also be 4,000 to 5,000 private State Department security contractors, as well as a significant C.I.A. presence. In Afghanistan, about 95,000 American troops remain. Via: Christian Science Monitor: Iraq war, now winding down with US troop exit by December, has cost more than […]
Obama to Leno: Libya ‘A Recipe for Success’
October 26th, 2011A recipe for success? The grinning, shill, international terrorist President of the United States talks up the regime’s atrocities on a late night comedy show, with the host, audience and millions of people out in TV land going along with it… Holy shit. To me, Obama’s “recipe for success” looks and sounds like a child […]
Bodies of Gaddafi Supporters Found Executed in Sirte
October 25th, 2011Via: BBC: The bodies of 53 Gaddafi loyalists have been found at a hotel in the Libyan city of Sirte after apparently being executed, a human rights group says. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the victims – some of whom had their hands bound – died about a week ago. It is the latest accusation […]
Repost: Gaddafi Gold-for-Oil, Dollar-Doom Plans Behind Libya ‘Mission’?
October 24th, 2011Via: Russia Today:
Gaddafi Salted Away About $200 Billion
October 23rd, 2011Via: The Age: Muammar Gaddafi secretly salted away more than $US200 billion ($A196 billion) in bank accounts, real estate and corporate investments around the world before he was killed, according to senior Libyan officials. That’s about $US30,000 for every Libyan citizen and double the amount that Western governments previously had suspected. The new estimates of […]
And Coming Up Next: Pakistan?
October 22nd, 2011Via: New York Times: An unusually powerful American delegation arrived here on Thursday to deliver the starkest warning yet to Pakistan, according to a senior American official: that the United States would act unilaterally if necessary to attack extremist groups that use the country as a haven to kill Americans. … “This is a time […]
U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq by Year’s End, Obama Says [wink]
October 22nd, 2011I was surprised that this New York Times piece actually contained the punchline, for those who kept reading long enough: There will also be 4,000 to 5,000 private State Department security contractors, as well as a significant C.I.A. presence. In Afghanistan, about 95,000 American troops remain. *chortle* Remember the Superbase? View Larger Map Anyway, this […]
Qaddafi Was Captured Alive—Who Killed Him?
October 21st, 2011Via: The Atlantic: What did happen to Qaddafi after the video above cut away? No one can seem to say for sure. Libyan interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril admitted late on Thursday that Qaddafi had been found alive but insisted he had been killed accidentally. “There was cross-fire and he was shot while they were […]
