Archive for the 'War' Category
Two U.S. Warships, 1200 Marines Sent to Libyan Coast
March 2nd, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Also Tuesday, the U.S. ordered two warships and 1200 Marines to the waters off of Libya, but a top Obama administration official stopped short of saying the forces would intervene in the clashes that have consumed the country following anti-Gadhafi protests here in recent weeks. At a Pentagon briefing, Defense Secretary […]
SAUDI ARABIA SENDS TANKS INTO BAHRAIN [?]
March 1st, 2011Update: Bahrain Denies Via: Dow Jones: Bahrain’s government Tuesday denied rumors that Saudi Arabian tanks had crossed into the island kingdom. “There are no Saudi Arabian tanks in Bahrain,” Bahrain’s information ministry said in a statement, adding that tanks identified in news reports as crossing the border Monday evening were Bahraini tanks returning from Kuwait, […]
U.S. REPOSITIONING FORCES AROUND LIBYA
February 28th, 2011Via: Reuters: The U.S. military is repositioning naval and air forces around Libya, a Pentagon official said on Monday, as international demands intensify for an end to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s four-decade rule. “We have planners working and various contingency plans and I think it’s safe to say as part of that we’re repositioning forces […]
Seymour Hersh and The Knights of Malta: A Look at the Aftermath
February 28th, 2011Definitely interesting. Via: WhoWhatWhy: It seems unusual for a staid, respected publication (one that has received three National Magazine Awards in just this past decade) to start treating a celebrated journalist (who himself has won two National Magazine Awards in just this past decade) as if he were nothing more than a paranoid crank. It […]
Libya: Thanks to U.S. Pressure, Libyan Mercenaries Won’t Be Prosecuted for War Crimes
February 28th, 2011The U.S. couldn’t possibly be held accountable for the atrocities that its mercenaries have carried out (and continue to carry out). Oh, no, no, no. Via: Telegraph: African mercenaries hired by the Gaddafi regime to kill Libyan protesters would be immune from prosecution for war crimes due to a clause in this weekend’s UN resolution […]
Libya: U.S. Openly Backing Rebels
February 28th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. said it will assist Libyan rebels trying to force Muammar Qaddafi from power, as pro- democracy protests that have swept the Middle East spread to Oman and reignited in Tunisia. “We’ve been reaching out to many different Libyans who are attempting to organize in the east and, as the revolution moves […]
U.S. and Allies Weigh a Libya No-Fly Zone
February 28th, 2011Via: New York Times: Obama administration officials held talks on Sunday with European and other allied governments as they readied plans for the possible imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent further killings of civilians by forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
NATO Intervention in Libya?
February 25th, 2011I couldn’t make it up if I tried. Ah, yes. The humanitarian crisis in Libya. What about the long running nightmare in Sudan, just to the southeast of Libya? Is NATO going to sort that one out too? What we have with Libya is a humanitarian crisis, mixed together with an oil production problem. This […]
Army of Fake Social Media Friends to Promote Propaganda
February 25th, 2011Via: PC World: It’s recently been revealed that the U.S. government contracted HBGary Federal for the development of software which could create multiple fake social media profiles to manipulate and sway public opinion on controversial issues by promoting propaganda. It could also be used as surveillance to find public opinions with points of view the […]
Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators
February 25th, 2011Via: Rolling Stone: The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in “psychological operations” to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war, Rolling Stone has learned – and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators. The orders came from the […]
