Archive for the 'War' Category
U.S. Marines Train with Los Angeles Police Department
July 12th, 2010Via: NBC: A tough-talking, muscular Los Angeles police sergeant steadily rattled off tips to a young Marine riding shotgun as they raced in a patrol car to a drug bust: Be aware of your surroundings. Watch people’s body language. Build rapport. Marine Lt. Andrew Abbott, 23, took it all in as he peered out at […]
China Cuts Rare Earth Export Quota 72%
July 10th, 2010In other news: Afghan Mineral Deposits Actually Worth $3 Trillion, Not $1 Trillion. Via: Bloomberg: China, the world’s largest rare- earths producer, cut export quotas for the minerals needed to make hybrid cars and televisions by 72 percent for the second half, raising the possibility of a trade dispute with the U.S. Shipments will be […]
National Security Bullshit Generator
July 8th, 2010I was looking through the Special Access Program (SAP) Policy document hosted over at Cryptome and thought I’d post a section from it because this is just about the most absurd collection of words I’ve ever come across in the English language. It reminded me of the maniac bureaucracies John Saul describes in Voltaire’s Bastards: […]
Bradley Manning Charge Sheet
July 8th, 2010Bradley Manning charge sheet – PDF Bradley Manning charge sheet – HTML Via: bradleymanning.org: CHARGE I: VIOLATION OF THE UCMJ, ARTICLE 92 SPECIFICATION 1: In that Private First Class Bradley E. Manning, U.S. Army, did, between on or about 19 November 2009 and on or about 27 May 2010, at or near Contingency Operating Station […]
Since 2007, at Least $3 Billion Has Left Afghanistan by Plane in Boxes and Suitcases
July 6th, 2010Via: Der Spiegel: Billions of dollars are being secreted out of Kabul to help well-connected Afghans buy luxury villas in Dubai. Amid concerns that the money could be the result of corruption, American politicians have temporarily cut off aid to the Afghan government. Brigadier General Mohammed Asif Jabarkhel sits with folded arms in his office, […]
“When your teeth are broken you will leave, just as the British left before you”
July 6th, 2010Via: New Statesman: As Washington and London struggle to prop up a puppet government over which Hamid Karzai has no control, they risk repeating the blood-soaked 19th-century history of Britain’s imperial defeat. … nearly ten years on from Nato’s invasion of Afghanistan, there are increasing signs that Britain’s fourth war in the country could end […]
BP Remains Key Pentagon Fuel Supplier
July 5th, 2010So it goes… Via: AFP: Despite its role in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, energy giant BP remains a key supplier of fuel to the Pentagon, The Washington Post reported. Citing data from the Defense Logistics Agency, the newspaper said BP had contracts with the US Defense Department worth at least 980 million dollars […]
Exploding H-Bombs In Space
July 3rd, 2010Via: NPR: Back in the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in outer space, some 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. It was a weapons test, but one that created a man-made light show that has never been equaled — and hopefully never will.
21 Dead in Mexican Gang Gun Battle Near U.S. Border
July 2nd, 2010Via: AP: A massive gun battle between rival drug and migrant-trafficking gangs near the U.S. border left 21 people dead on Thursday, prosecutors said. The clash occurred in a sparsely populated area about 12 miles (20 kilometers) from the Arizona border — a prime corridor for immigrant and drug smuggling. Sonora’s Attorney General’s Office said […]
Blair to Receive U.S. Peace Medal
July 1st, 2010Tell me another one. Via: BBC: Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive a prestigious US medal and $100,000 (£67,000) prize for his work in conflict resolution. The National Constitution Centre is awarding him its Liberty Medal for “steadfast” efforts to broker peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. Previous winners include […]
