Archive for the 'War' Category
China Threatens U.S. Sanctions Over Arms Sale
February 3rd, 2010Via: Sydney Morning Herald: China will erect trade sanctions against Boeing and other large US companies unless the US Congress blocks the Obama administration’s planned $US6.4 billion ($7.2 billion) weapons sales program to Taiwan, a senior defence strategist said. Rear Admiral Yang Yi told the Herald yesterday China was prepared to hurt itself in order […]
Pentagon Black Budget Sees Year Over Year Record Funding; Tops $56 Billion
February 2nd, 2010More Change. Via: Wired: The Defense Department just released its king-sized, $708 billion budget for the next fiscal year. Much of the proposed spending is fairly detailed — noting exactly how many helicopters the Pentagon plans to buy and how many troops it plans on playing. But about $56 billion goes simply to “classified programs,” […]
Obama Budget Seeks More Money for Nuclear Weapons
February 2nd, 2010Even I never thought Change we can believe in would include the biggest increase in nuclear weapons related activities since the, “Early years of Ronald Reagan.” Via: Canadian Press: President Barack Obama is seeking increased funding for nuclear weapons research and security next year, even as his administration has pledged to reduce the world’s stockpile […]
Airstrip Built at Zimbabwe Diamond Field
February 1st, 2010Via: Telegraph: A secret airstrip is being built in a diamond field illegally seized by the Zimbabwean army 14 months ago which would enable clandestine weapons shipments. Diplomats and analysts believe that the mile-long runway is intended for arms shipments, probably from China, for which troops loyal to President Robert Mugabe would pay on the […]
Quadrennial Defense Review: Melee Mode, Cyberwar, More Killer Robots, Environmental Catastrophes
February 1st, 2010Via: CNN: The Pentagon will no longer shape the U.S. military to fight two major conventional wars at once, but rather prepare for numerous conflicts and not all in the same style, according to a draft of a new strategic outlook the Pentagon is announcing on Monday. The new mantra for military planners will replace […]
U.S. Surrounds Iran with “Missile Shield”
February 1st, 2010Via: Guardian: Tension between the US and Iran heightened dramatically today with the disclosure that Barack Obama is deploying a missile shield to protect American allies in the Gulf from attack by Tehran. The US is dispatching Patriot defensive missiles to four countries – Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait – and keeping two […]
Mexico: 13 Teens, Adults Killed at Party in Juarez
January 31st, 2010Via: Houston Chronicle: Armed men stormed a party in this violent Mexican border city, killing 13 high school and college students in what witnesses said was an attack prompted by false information. About two dozen teens and young adults were hospitalized after the late Saturday assault in Ciudad Juarez, a drug cartel-plagued city which is […]
China Threatens Sanctions Over U.S. Arms Sale to Taiwan
January 31st, 2010Via: Los Angeles Times: Angered by a $6 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, Beijing puts security exchanges with U.S. on hold and threatens sanctions against U.S. firms selling to Taipei. The Chinese government Saturday announced a series of harsh retaliatory measures in protest of the Pentagon’s $6-billion arms sale to Taiwan, including a suspension […]
U.S. Citizens Targeted for Assassination by the Joint Special Operations Command
January 29th, 2010Via: Washington Post: U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people, among them six of 15 top leaders of a regional al-Qaeda affiliate, according to senior administration officials. The operations, approved by President Obama and begun […]
Howard Zinn Dies at 87
January 29th, 2010Via: Reuters: Historian and activist Howard Zinn, whose 1980 book “A People’s History of the United States” was a rallying cry for the American left in a conservative era, has died aged 87. Family members said Zinn, who for decades was a fixture in the U.S. civil rights and anti-war movements and lived in Auburndale, […]
