Archive for the 'War' Category
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, […]
Pentagon Report Calls for Office of ‘Strategic Deception’
January 28th, 2010Via: Wired: The Defense Department needs to get better at lying and fooling people about its intentions. That’s the conclusion from an influential Pentagon panel, the Defense Science Board (DSB), which recommends that the military and intelligence communities join in a new agency devoted to “strategic surprise/deception.” Tricking battlefield opponents has been a part of […]
Why Does the Spending Freeze Exempt the Military?
January 26th, 2010Mmm hmm. Via: The Atlantic: President Obama’s announced freeze on non-military discretionary spending will be chewed over by analysts and spit on by both liberals and skeptical conservatives. But one aspect of the policy that won’t receive much chewing over is its qualifier: “non-military.” Even during periods of great deficit hawkery, it’s become rote in […]
PayPal Freezes Wikileaks Account
January 24th, 2010Via: Wikileaks: Paypal has as of 23rd of January 2010 frozen WikiLeaks assets. This is the second time that this happens. The last time we struggled for more than half a year to resolve this issue. By working with the respected and recognized German foundation Wau Holland Stiftung we tried to avoid this from happening […]
David Kelly Post Mortem to be Kept Secret for 70 Years
January 24th, 2010Apologies for the Daily Mail link, but it seems to be an exclusive at the moment. Via: Daily Mail: Vital evidence which could solve the mystery of the death of Government weapons inspector Dr David Kelly will be kept under wraps for up to 70 years. In a draconian – and highly unusual – order, […]
Iraq Spent $85 Million Useless Bomb Detectors
January 22nd, 2010Via: BBC: A BBC Newsnight investigation has found that a so-called “bomb detector”, thousands of which have been sold to Iraq, cannot possibly work. Leading explosives expert Sidney Alford told Newsnight the sale of the ADE-651 was “absolutely immoral”. “This type of equipment does not work,” he said. “I wouldn’t mind betting that lives have […]
Chavez: U.S. Weapon Test Caused Haiti Earthquake
January 22nd, 2010If you know of better sources for this information, please send them over. UPDATE: Hugo Chavez Did Not Accuse the U.S. of Causing the Haitian Earthquake It turned out that the dodgy sources for the Chavez thing lived up to their reputations. Via: The Anti Press: On January 19, Spanish newspaper ABC, a newspaper of […]
Military Outsources Rescue Operations
January 21st, 2010How much of the military can the CIA spin off into its cutouts? Via: Wired: In the American military, few missions are considered more important than rescuing missing or kidnapped troops. So it’s more than a little odd that U.S. forces in Iraq have decided to outsource that operation to a private company. The military’s […]
