Archive for the 'War' Category
Dozens of NATO Oil Tankers Attacked in Pakistan
October 1st, 2010Via: MSNBC: Suspected militants in southern Pakistan set ablaze more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel for foreign troops in Afghanistan on Friday, highlighting the vulnerability of the U.S.-led mission a day after Pakistan closed a major border crossing. The Pakistani government shut the Torkham border in the northwest in apparent protest at a NATO […]
Ecuador: Army and Police Exchange Gunfire
October 1st, 2010Via: BBC: Soldiers in Ecuador have rescued President Rafael Correa from a police hospital after a day of protests by security forces angry at benefit cuts. Mr Correa was rescued after soldiers opened fired on dissident police. Moments after being freed he appeared on the balcony of Quito’s presidential palace and spoke to thousands of […]
Despite Clinton Pledge, State Department to Pay Out Billions More to Mercenaries
September 30th, 2010Via: Wired: Get ready to meet America’s new mercenaries. They could be the same as the old ones. A new multibillion-dollar private security contract to protect U.S. diplomats is “about to drop” as early as this week, say two State Department sources, who requested anonymity because the contract is not yet finalized and they are […]
The U.S. Military Depends on China for the Metals Required to Build Smart Bombs
September 30th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: A senior manager at a company that churns out metals routinely used in U.S. smart bombs pauses in mid-sentence when his phone rings: a Wall Street stockbroker looking for information. He makes a note to have an assistant call back — someone who is fluent in English, not just Chinese. “It’s a seller’s […]
Fort Hood: Army’s Largest Base Had Four Apparent Suicides in One Weekend
September 30th, 2010Via: CNN: Four soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas died over the week. In all four cases, it appears the soldiers, all decorated veterans from the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan, took their own lives, according to Christopher Haug, a Fort Hood spokesman. If confirmed as suicides, it would be on top of 14 other suicides […]
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September 28th, 2010Iran Crosses Into Iraq to Attack Parade Bombing Suspects
September 27th, 2010Via: AP: Iranian forces crossed into neighboring Iraq and killed 30 fighters from a group it says was involved in last week’s bombing of a military parade, state TV reported Sunday. Gen. Abdolrasoul Mahmoudabadi of the elite Revolutionary Guards said the “terrorists” were killed on Saturday in a clash “beyond the border” and that his […]
Army Reveals Afghan Biometric ID Plan; Millions Scanned, Carded by May
September 24th, 2010Via: Wired: Scanning prisoners’ irises is just Step 1. In Afghanistan, local and NATO forces are amassing biometric dossiers on hundreds of thousands of cops, crooks, soldiers, insurgents and ordinary citizens. And now, with NATO’s backing, the Kabul government is putting together a plan to issue biometrically backed identification cards to 1.65 million Afghans by […]
Blackwater in Iraq: Lots of Steroids, Black Market Weapons and Ammo and “Large Amounts of Cocaine and Blocks of Hashish”
September 24th, 2010Cocaine? But of course, see Blackwater Worldwide Changes Its Name to Xe; Same Mercenaries, but Now with More “Aviation Support”: West Africa is an unlikely center for the international cocaine trade. It is not a producer of the drug nor is it a consumer, as the vast majority of its people are very poor. Yet […]
CIA Used Defective Software to Task Drones on Assassination Missions
September 24th, 2010Via: Register: The CIA is implicated in a court case in which it’s claimed it used an illegal, inaccurate software “hack” to direct secret assassination drones in central Asia. The target of the court action is Netezza, the data warehousing firm that IBM bid $1.7bn for on Monday. The case raises serious questions about the […]
