Archive for the 'War' Category
Mystery Mercenary Group Is Blackwater’s 34th Front Company
October 4th, 2010Update: Ackerman Screwed Up on the House The link below now states: If International Development Solutions, a mysterious firm partially owned by Blackwater, has its own independent office, it’s hard to find. A business records search co-locates one of the jackpot winners of a State Department contract worth up to $10 million with Kaseman LLC, […]
Army Embeds Active-Duty PSYOPS Soldiers at Local TV Stations
October 4th, 2010Via: The Upshot: The U.S. Army has used local television stations in the U.S. as training posts for some of its psychological-operations personnel, The Upshot has learned. Since at least 2001, both WRAL, a CBS affiliate in Raleigh, N.C., and WTOC, a CBS affiliate in Savannah, Ga., have regularly hosted active-duty soldiers from the Army’s […]
Iran Arrests ‘Nuclear Spies,’ Intelligence Chief Says
October 4th, 2010Via: CNN: Iran arrested a number of “nuclear spies,” its intelligence minister said, in the wake of widespread reports of a sophisticated new computer virus that may have been aimed at Iran. Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi made the announcement Saturday, without giving any details, Iran’s semiofficial Mehr news agency reported. Iran is widely thought to […]
Beijing’s Billions Buy Up Resources
October 3rd, 2010Via: Independent: While much of the developed world is baulking at its debts in the aftermath of the financial crisis, China has continued a global spending spree of unprecedented proportions, snapping up everything from oil and gas reserves to mining concessions to agricultural land, with vast reserves of US dollars. This year alone, Chinese companies […]
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 […]
