Archive for the 'War' Category
UVB-76 Activity Picking Up Over Last Several Days
August 26th, 2010Via: Wikipedia: UVB-76 is the callsign of a shortwave radio station that usually broadcasts on the frequency 4625 kHz (AM suppressed lower sideband). It is known among radio listeners by the nickname The Buzzer. It features a short, monotonous buzz tone, repeating at a rate of approximately 25 tones per minute, for 24 hours per […]
U.S. Scans Afghan Inmates for Biometric Database
August 25th, 2010Via: Wired: Every detainee who comes into Parwan leaves basic information with the Detainee Services Branch during in-processing: Name; father’s name; residence. A mark of any identifying scars, marks or tattoos. Residence of record. After a shower and a medical exam, the DSB scans their irises and collects prints from all of their fingers, rolling […]
U.S. Military’s Top Secret X-37B Shuttle ‘Disappears’ for Two Weeks, Changes Orbit
August 25th, 2010Realtime track of X-37B. Via: news.com.au: AMATEUR astronomers are enjoying a cat-and-mouse game with the US military in keeping track of its secret space plane, the X-37B. The X-37B was launched in April amid much publicity, but scant detail about its true use. Built by Boeing’s Phantom Works division, the X-37B program was originally headed […]
Commander’s Guide to Money as a Weapons System
August 23rd, 2010In short, get the target population hooked on money by associating the basics of human existence (which we have destroyed) with money. Sound familiar? Via: U.S. Army Combined Arms Center – Center for Army Lessons Learned / Hosted at Cryptome: Warfighters at brigade, battalion, and company level in a counterinsurgency (COIN) environment employ money as […]
Real Headline: First U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq Since Withdrawal of Combat Troops
August 23rd, 2010Combat Brigades in Iraq Under Different Name Satire: Obama Declares Victory, Sort Of, Depending On How You Look At It, In Iraq Via: Guardian: An American soldier was killed by a rocket strike near Basra today, in the first US fatality since the last combat troops left Iraq.
Frederick Forsyth Claims NSA Wrecked Wife’s Computer by Remote
August 22nd, 2010I’d like to know more about what happened to her computer. Via: BBC: Frederick Forsyth, bestselling author of thrillers like The Day of the Jackal and The Dogs of War, was in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau last year when the president was assassinated. His presence there, he now believes, led suspicious US intelligence […]
Combat Brigades in Iraq Under Different Name
August 22nd, 2010Via: Army Times: As the final convoy of the Army’s 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Lewis, Wash., entered Kuwait early Thursday, a different Stryker brigade remained in Iraq. Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division are deployed in Iraq as members of an Advise and Assist […]
Wikipedia Editing Courses Launched by Zionist Groups
August 20th, 2010Zionist PSYOP teams will be kept extra busy with the ‘I would gladly kill Arabs – even slaughter them’ former IDF girl on the loose. Via: Guardian: Since the earliest days of the worldwide web, the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has seen its rhetorical counterpart fought out on the talkboards and chatrooms of the […]
Satire: Obama Declares Victory, Sort Of, Depending On How You Look At It, In Iraq
August 19th, 2010The best response to the absurd Troops Leaving Iraq meme that I’ve come across is in The Onion. Here’s a bit more context: Secret Plan to Keep U.S. Forces in Iraq Indefinitely Clarifying News Stories Using the Iraqis-Regaining-Their-Sovereignty Meme If the U.S. is ultimately leaving Iraq, why is the military building ‘permanent’ bases? Via: The […]
U.S. Army to Help WikiLeaks Censor Files?
August 18th, 2010Update: DoD on the Matter Via: Twitter: We are not interested in negotiating —End Update— Your what hurts? Via: CBC News: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says the U.S. Army has expressed willingness to discuss the online whistleblower’s request for help in reviewing classified documents from the Afghan war and removing information that could harm civilians. […]
