Archive for the 'War' Category
Does the Air Force Already Have a Secret Stealth Bomber?
February 21st, 2011Via: Wired: The Air Force “consistently refers to its new bomber as based on ‘proven technology,’ but there is no known basis of proof for its most important single feature: a degree of stealth high enough to assure survival in a heavily defended area, combined with affordability in manufacture and support.” But that doesn’t mean […]
Libya Revolt Spreads to Tripoli
February 21st, 2011Via: Al Jazeera: Gunshots heard in capital amid reports of army units defecting in Benghazi and tribal leaders criticising government. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will fight a popular revolt to “the last man standing,” one of his sons said on Monday as people in the capital joined protests for the first time after days of […]
Afghan Officials Allege that 65 Civilians Were Killed in U.S. Military Operation
February 21st, 2011Via: Washington Post: Afghan government officials alleged Sunday that a U.S. military operation in the remote mountains of northeastern Afghanistan killed 65 innocent people, including 22 women and more than 30 children, the most serious allegation of civilian casualties in months. The governor of Konar province, Fazlullah Wahidi, said that NATO forces launched the operation […]
Air Force Wants Troll Persona Management Software
February 18th, 2011Via: Federal Business Opportunities: Online Persona Management Service. 50 User Licenses, 10 Personas per user. Software will allow 10 personas per user, replete with background , history, supporting details, and cyber presences that are technically, culturally and geographacilly consistent. Individual applications will enable an operator to exercise a number of different online persons from the […]
Canada Hit by Cyberattack
February 17th, 2011Via: Reuters: The Canadian government was hit by an unprecedented cyber attack from Chinese-based computers last month that penetrated two key economic ministries, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp reported on Wednesday. The CBC cited sources as saying the hackers broke into computer systems at the Finance Department and Treasury Board. Once the attack was detected, Internet […]
Curveball’s Nonsense Led U.S. to War in Iraq?
February 16th, 2011We’re to believe that al-Janabi made it all happen. It’s fascinating how Project for the New American Century, with its vigorous agitating for regime change in Iraq, wasn’t mentioned in this piece at all. The U.S. was going to whack Iraq, al-Janabi or no al-Janabi. Via: Guardian: In a small flat in the German town […]
The Afghan Bank Heist
February 14th, 2011Via: The New Yorker: A secret investigation may implicate dozens of high-ranking government officials. … The Threat Finance Cell also has almost single-handedly demonstrated the degree to which the American-led war in Afghanistan is compromised by connections among the Taliban, drug traffickers, and Afghan officials. The group was set up, in 2008, to sever the […]
And Now… Algeria
February 13th, 2011Via: Telegraph: Internet providers were shut down and Facebook accounts deleted across Algeria on Saturday as thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators were arrested in violent street demonstrations. Plastic bullets and tear gas were used to try and disperse large crowds in major cities and towns, with 30,000 riot police taking to the streets in Algiers alone. […]
America’s Legacy of Mutagenic War
February 11th, 2011Via: Berkeley Daily Planet: A series of disturbing reports from Iraq and Vietnam (backed up by a horrific collection of videos) have exposed a hidden legacy of war — weapons that continue to create victims years after the conflict has ended. Thanks to the US military’s embrace of Mutagenic Weapons — technologies that can poison […]
Mercenary Deaths Surpass U.S. Military Losses in Both Iraq and Afghanistan
February 10th, 2011Via: Foreign Policy: …more than 2,000 contractors have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Contractor deaths now represent over 25 percent of all U.S. fatalities” in those conflicts, write Steven Schooner and Collin Swan of the George Washington University Law School. Research Credit: Matt
