Archive for the 'War' Category
Libyan Rebel Commander Killed by Allied Militia
July 31st, 2011Via: Reuters: Libyan rebels say the gunmen who shot dead their military chief were militiamen allied in their struggle to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, raising questions about divisions and lawlessness within rebel ranks. The assassination of Abdel Fattah Younes, apparently by his own side, has hurt the opposition just as it was winning broader international recognition […]
Naser Jason Abdo
July 29th, 2011Via: ABC News: A U.S. serviceman is in custody after he allegedly admitted he was planning an attack on his fellow servicemen at the U.S. Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, the same base where 13 people were killed in a 2009 terror attack. U.S. officials told ABC News an AWOL soldier, identified by the […]
Turkey’s Military Chiefs Quit
July 29th, 2011Via: Reuters: Turkey said on Friday its top four military chiefs were all seeking retirement, in what appeared to reflect a deep rift between the secularist military and a government with roots in political Islam. State-run Anatolian news agency said head of the armed forces General Isik Kosaner and the heads of the ground, naval […]
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 Children’s Illustrated Clausewitz
July 20th, 2011Via: The Children’s Illustrated Clausewitz: Guten Morgen, Class! For our first lesson, we will talk about what war is, why we go to war, what we get from war, what some of its primary characteristics are, and a little of what it takes to be successful in war.
Two Never-Finished Navy Ships Cost U.S. Taxpayers $300 Million; Head to Scrap Heap
July 19th, 2011This amount represents a little over 5 days worth of air conditioning for U.S. military tents in Afghanistan… No biggy. *sigh* Via: Pilot Online: They are the two ships no one wanted, almost constantly embroiled in one dispute or another for the past 25 years. The two Navy behemoths have never gone on a mission, […]
Police Across the Nation Will Roll Out Face-Recognizing iPhone Tech This Year
July 17th, 2011Via: Popular Science: A controversial piece of facial recognition technology … is rolling out in police stations across the country this fall, and naturally not everyone is happy about it. The Mobile Offender Recognition and Identification System (MORIS) uses an augmented iPhone to snap pictures of faces, scan fingerprints, and even to image irises, and […]
Pentagon Wants a Social Media Propaganda Machine
July 16th, 2011Via: Wired: You don’t need to have 5,000 friends of Facebook to know that social media can have a notorious mix of rumor, gossip and just plain disinformation. The Pentagon is looking to build a tool to sniff out social media propaganda campaigns and spit some counter-spin right back at it. On Thursday, Defense Department […]
And Now… Bodyguard Who Killed Karzai’s Brother Was Trusted CIA Contact
July 16th, 2011Via: Independent: The bodyguard who assassinated President Hamid Karzai’s brother had been working closely with US Special Forces and the CIA before he was recruited by the Taliban, raising fears over the Islamist movement’s increasingly sophisticated intelligence apparatus which has managed to threaten the inner circles of power in Afghanistan. Sardar Mohammad, who shot Ahmed […]
SpaceX Heavy-Lift Rocket Will Launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base
July 15th, 2011Via: space.com: The company Space Exploration Technologies, better known as SpaceX, broke ground Wednesday (July 13) on a new launch site for its massive heavy-lift rocket. SpaceX is upgrading a site called Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Santa Barbara, Calif. The refurbished launch complex will host SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, […]
