Archive for the 'War' Category
North Korea Deploys SA-2 Surface-to-Air Missiles Near Yellow Sea Border
November 28th, 2010Well, this thing appears to be cocked and locked now. The article doesn’t mention the joint American and South Korean war games happening in the area. Via: Yonhap: North Korea has deployed SA-2 surface-to-air missiles to its west coast near the Yellow Sea border with South Korea as U.S.-led naval drills got underway in a […]
North Korea Recalls Expats
November 27th, 2010Via: Independent: A mass exodus of North Korean workers from the Far East of Russia is under way, according to reports coming out of the region. As the two Koreas edged towards the brink of war this week, it appears that the workers in Russia have been called back to aid potential military operations. Vladnews […]
Britain: D-Notice Issued for Upcoming WikiLeaks Diplomatic Documents Dump
November 27th, 2010Torrent: WikiLeaks Insurance File Via: Guardian: David Cameron and other world leaders were being briefed by the US state department about what American diplomats fear will be contained in the expected leak of thousands of sensitive diplomatic cables sent to Washington by US ambassadors around the world. The leak is expected to be co-ordinated by […]
Upcoming WikiLeaks Release Could Damage International Relations Between U.S. and Allies
November 25th, 2010Via: CBC: The U.S. government has notified Ottawa that the WikiLeaks website is preparing to release sensitive U.S. diplomatic files that could damage U.S. relations with allies around the world. U.S. officials say the documents may contain accounts of compromising conversations with political dissidents and friendly politicians and could result in the expulsion of U.S. […]
South Korea: New Rules of Engagement Allow Much Stronger Retaliation Against North Korea
November 25th, 2010Via: BBC: The government also said it was changing its rules of engagement to allow it to respond more forcefully to similar incidents. The old rules have been criticised as too passive. The BBC’s Chris Hogg in Seoul says the cabinet had decided that under the old rules of engagement there was too much emphasis […]
India to Deploy 36,000 Extra Troops on Chinese Border
November 25th, 2010Via: BBC: India has formed two new army divisions – comprising more than 36,000 men – to defend the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. The remote north-eastern state adjoins China which claims large parts of it. The 56th Division will be based in the nearby state of Nagaland to guard the eastern flank of Arunachal […]
Evidence of Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program May Be Fraudulent
November 25th, 2010Via: TruthOut: Since 2007, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – with the support of the United States, Israel and European allies UK, France and Germany – has been demanding that Iran explain a set of purported internal documents portraying a covert Iranian military program of research and development of nuclear weapons. The “laptop documents,” […]
U.S. Launches Giant Eavesdropping Satellite
November 23rd, 2010Via: AFP: The United States has placed in orbit a vast reconnaissance satellite reputed to be the largest eavesdropping device ever launched into space. The largest unmanned American launch vehicle, the Delta-4 Heavy rocket, roared into the the night sky in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sunday carrying the mysterious satellite on a mission dubbed NROL-32. […]
Dollar Up Sharply on Koreas; European Financial Mess
November 23rd, 2010WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Intraday, the dollar has broken up and out of its most recent daily interval range, the top of which was 79.461. The first meaningful resistance on this dollar rally is 80.085 (the pivot low from 6 August 2010). If it clears […]
North and South Korea Exchange Artillery Fire
November 23rd, 2010Via: MSNBC: Fires were burning out of control Tuesday after a South Korean island was hit by dozens of artillery shells fired by North Korea. YTN said at least 200 North Korean shells hit Yeonpyeong island. Most of the shells landed on a South Korean military base there. South Korea returned fire and scrambled F-16 […]
