Archive for the 'War' Category
Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan
November 26th, 2009Via: The Nation: At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, “snatch and […]
Obama Regime Keeps Landmine Policy in Place
November 26th, 2009Via: Washington Post: A review of U.S. landmines policy is ongoing and will take awhile to complete, a State Department spokesman said on Wednesday, clarifying an earlier comment that the Obama administration had concluded it needed the weapons. “The administration is committed to a comprehensive review of its landmines policy. That review is still ongoing,” […]
Air Force Zaps Drones in Laser Test
November 23rd, 2009Via: Wired: In a recent series of tests at the Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, Calif., a trailer-mounted laser was able to knock five unmanned aircraft out of the sky. The demo, sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory, was a test of the Mobile Active Targeting Resource for Integrated eXperiments (MATRIX), an experimental […]
Marines Use Brain Scans to Spot PTSD Triggers Before and During War
November 23rd, 2009In other words, the military is using the war as a giant MK screening lab. Via: Wired: Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images. Smiling kids embracing a soldier. […]
U.S. Special Forces Tracking and Countertracking Manual TC 31-34-4
November 17th, 2009I thought I’d just take a quick look, out of curiosity, because it’s a restricted manual… Don’t click through unless you have at least an hour to blow. Can you tell the difference between male and female footprints? Want to know what footprints left by someone walking backward over vegetation look like? Wonder how weather […]
Active Duty Military Personnel “Volunteer” as Counterinsurgency Advisors with Salinas Police Department
November 17th, 2009This is an astonishing story. Via: Washington Post: Famed to readers as the birthplace of John Steinbeck and in supermarket produce circles as the “Salad Bowl of the World,” the city of Salinas carries darker renown in the netherworld of California’s prisons. Instant respect is accorded any inmate tattooed with the words “Salad Bowl” or […]
Short Video About UAV Combat Operations
November 17th, 2009I wonder if Captain Dan is allowed to have a Bobblehead Jesus on the “flight” deck?
The Folly of a ‘Drone War’
November 16th, 2009Via: CBS News: What we’re talking about here is the gaze of the gods, updated in corporate labs for the modern American war-fighter — a gaze that can be focused on whatever runs, walks, crawls, or creeps just about anywhere on the planet 24/7, with an instant ability to blow it away.
Democracy: U.S. Unveils New $60 Million Prison Wing in Afghanistan
November 15th, 2009Via: Al Jazeera: Journalists have been allowed to inspect refurbished facilities at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, the largest US military hub in the region and home to a controversial prison. Al Jazeera’s correspondent James Bays, who was among those who inspected the facilities on Sunday, said Bagram, unlike its Guantanamo counterpart, was clearly not going […]
Cost of Keeping One U.S. Soldier in Afghanistan Per Year: One Million Dollars
November 15th, 2009The U.S. doesn’t have to “win” the war for a handful of diabolical corporations to make a killing. The trick is to keep the war going for as long as possible. And, day after day, the shakedown continues. Bogus contracts, drugs and energy. That’s all, folks. Plus a little change we can believe in. Via: […]
