Archive for the 'War' Category
Iran 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 […]
Israel Accused of War Crimes by Expert Panel
September 24th, 2010“International law is that law which the wicked do not obey and the righteous do not enforce.” —Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat and politician All of Israel’s atrocities are funded by the United States. So, sit back and watch as absolutely nothing results from this. Via: Sydney Morning Herald: A United Nations panel of human rights […]
And Now… China Detains Four Japanese Citizens
September 24th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Japan said four of its citizens are being held in China for allegedly videotaping military targets as tensions heightened over a territorial dispute that has damaged ties between Asia’s two biggest economies. The four are employees of Fujita Corp., Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku said today in Tokyo. They were visiting Hebei, China […]
The CIA’s War in Pakistan
September 23rd, 2010Via: Independent: The US Central Intelligence Agency is running and paying for a secret 3,000-strong army of Afghan paramilitaries whose main aim is assassinating Taliban and al-Qa’ida operatives not just in Afghanistan but across the border in neighbouring Pakistan’s tribal areas, according to Bob Woodward’s explosive book. Although the CIA has long been known to […]
CHINA HALTS SHIPMENTS OF ALL RARE EARTH METALS TO JAPAN
September 23rd, 2010Update: No Ban on Rare Earth Shipments? Via: China Daily: A Chinese trade official on Thursday denied a New York Times report that China had banned exports of rare earths to Japan following the detention of a Chinese trawler captain near the Diaoyu Islands. The report, which was sourced to unnamed industry experts, said an […]
Stuxnet Worm
September 22nd, 2010Update: Worm Hits Computers of Staff at Iran Nuclear Plant Via: AP: A complex computer worm capable of seizing control of industrial plants has affected the personal computers of staff working at Iran’s first nuclear power station weeks before the facility is to go online, the official news agency reported Sunday. The project manager at […]
Inside Norway’s Underground Military HQ
September 22nd, 2010Everything old is new again. Click through for video. Via: BBC: In November, Norway will officially move its military command base to its former Cold War complex in Bodo inside the Arctic Circle. As Russia is strengthening its armed presence on the other side of their shared border, there is no better illustration of the […]
