Archive for the 'War' Category
The Secret History of Silicon Valley
April 6th, 2010Via: Google Tech Talks / YouTube:
Classified U.S. Military Video Depicts Murder of Iraqi Civilians and Two Reuters Journalists
April 5th, 2010Via: collateralmurder.com: WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The […]
U.S. Special Forces Soldiers Dug Bullets Out of Their Victims’ Bodies After a Botched Night Raid, Washed the Wounds with Alcohol, Then Lied to Superiors About What Happened
April 5th, 2010Via: Times Online: US special forces soldiers dug bullets out of their victims’ bodies in the bloody aftermath of a botched night raid, then washed the wounds with alcohol before lying to their superiors about what happened, Afghan investigators have told The Times. Two pregnant women, a teenage girl, a police officer and his brother […]
Meet the Sims… and Shoot Them: The Rise of Militainment
April 4th, 2010Via: Foreign Policy: The country of Ghanzia is embroiled in a civil war. As a soldier in America’s Army, your job is to do everything from protect U.S. military convoys against AK-47-wielding attackers to sneak up on a mountain observatory where arms dealers are hiding out. It is a tough and dangerous tour of duty […]
The Little Nukes That Got Away
April 2nd, 2010No, the Davy Crockett is not an April Fool’s joke. Via: Foreign Policy: The Davy Crockett was one of the smallest nuclear weapons ever made by the United States. Built in the late 1950s, and designed for the battlefields of Europe to stop a possible Warsaw Pact invasion, the warhead looked like a watermelon, being […]
More Bombings in Russia
March 31st, 2010Via: CNN: Twelve people — nine of them police officers — were killed Wednesday when two bombs exploded in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan, officials told CNN. Another 23 people, including 11 police officers, were hospitalized with wounds from the bombings, at least one of which was carried out by a suicide bomber, according to […]
Mike McConnell and the American Corporate State
March 30th, 2010I’ve included just a few choice excerpts from this great article. If you only click through on one story today, make this the one. Via: Salon: In a political culture drowning in hidden conflicts of interests, exploitation of political office for profit, and a rapidly eroding wall separating the public and private spheres, Michael McConnell […]
KBR Bills $5 Million For Mechanics Who Work 43 Minutes a Month
March 29th, 2010Via: Mother Jones: It was just a single contract for a single job on a single base in Iraq. The Department of Defense agreed to pay the megacontractor KBR $5 million a year to repair tactical vehicles, from Humvees to big rigs, at Joint Base Balad, a large airfield and supply center north of Baghdad. […]
Dozens Dead in Moscow Metro Bombings
March 29th, 2010Russia Protests: Thousands Rally in ‘Day of Wrath’ Against Putin: This weekend’s Russia protests, in which thousands gathered in 20 Russian cities for ‘Day of Wrath’ demonstrations against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and other government officials, brought together diverse political forces. And then… Via: BBC: At least 35 people have been killed after two female […]
Neuroscientists Don’t Believe in Souls—But That Doesn’t Mean They Can’t Sell Theirs (to the Pentagon)
March 28th, 2010Via: Scientific American: It is because I have such high hopes for neuroscience that I’m so upset by two trends in financing of the field. One involves neuroscience’s growing dependence on the Pentagon, which is seeking new ways to help our soldiers and harm our enemies. For a still-timely overview of neuroweapons research, check out […]
