Archive for the 'War' Category
As U.S. Regime Fights Three Wars, Obama Pushes F-18 Fighter Jets on Brazil
March 20th, 2011Hope. Flashback: Obama Awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Via: Reuters: President Barack Obama made a strong pitch for the Boeing F-18 jet fighter in a meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, but she did not indicate if her government had decided to buy the U.S.-made plane, the White House said on Sunday. “The F-18 issue […]
Attempts to Replace Confetti Currency Federal Reserve Notes with Precious Metals Are, ‘A Unique Form of Domestic Terrorism’
March 20th, 2011The source for all the quotes in this post is a U.S. Department of Justice Press Release that appears on the web site of the Charlotte field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. http://charlotte.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel11/ce031811.htm I didn’t link directly to this because my guess is that you wouldn’t be doing yourself any favors by clicking […]
War Du Jour: Libya
March 20th, 2011Via: CNN: Hours after French, British and American military forces unleashed cruise missiles and fighter jets, a defiant Moammar Gadhafi said Libya will fight back against undeserved “naked aggression.” A coalition that includes Canada and Italy made good Saturday on international warnings to Gadhafi, hammering Libyan military positions in the first phase of an operation […]
Gaddafi Defies West and Pushes Forces Into Benghazi
March 19th, 2011Via: Reuters: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces pushed into the rebel-held city of Benghazi on Saturday, defying world demands for an immediate ceasefire and forcing rebels to retreat. The advance into Libya’s second city of 670,000 people appeared to be an attempt to pre-empt Western military intervention which diplomats say will come only after an […]
Yemeni Forces Open Fire at Protest, 30 Dead
March 18th, 2011Via: Reuters: Yemeni security forces and unidentified snipers opened fire at a protest in Sanaa after Muslim prayers Friday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 200 others, medical sources and witnesses told Reuters.
UN APPROVES NO-FLY ZONE OVER LIBYA
March 17th, 2011Update: UN Approves No-Fly Zone Over Libya Via: Los Angeles Times: The U.N. Security Council has voted to authorize a no-fly zone and other military action against the regime of Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi. The vote was 10 to 0, with five abstentions. The five were China, Russia, Brazil, India and Germany. Military officials in […]
Army Recruits Prisoners to Make Body Armor
March 14th, 2011Via: Wired: Building parts for Patriot missile systems was just a warm-up, apparently, for a government-owned company that relies on federal inmates making as little as 23 cents an hour. On Wednesday, the U.S. Army announced that it handed Federal Prison Industries a no-bid, nearly $20 million contract to build body armor. It’s the latest […]
Saudi Troops Arrive in Bahrain as Protests Escalate
March 14th, 2011Via: Christian Science Monitor: Amid concerns of a Shiite uprising in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia sent troops to support the Sunni monarchy. Bahrain’s opposition denounced the move as an ‘occupation.’ Saudi forces have reportedly arrived in Bahrain to reinforce its police, who clashed with protesters yesterday in an escalation of the month-long Shiite-led protests calling for […]
Prison Labor Used to Build Parts for Patriot Missiles
March 9th, 2011Via: Wired: This spring, the United Arab Emirates is expected to close a deal for $7 billion dollars’ worth of American arms. Nearly half of the cash will be spent on Patriot missiles, which cost as much as $5.9 million apiece. But what makes those eye-popping sums even more shocking is that some of the […]
Black 9/11: A Walk on the Dark Side
March 9th, 2011Via: Foreign Policy Journal: In his important 2006 book, Nemesis, the Last Days of the American Republic, the third and concluding part of a trilogy, the late Chalmers Johnson, who was an expert on Japan and US foreign policy, writes that as much as 40% of the Pentagon budget is “black,” meaning hidden from public […]
