Archive for the 'War' Category
British Military Press Officer Quits, Got Tired of Lying About Iraq
August 6th, 2009Via: Independent: Having to peddle “government lies” about the safety of soldiers in Iraq led to a Ministry of Defence press officer suffering post-traumatic stress disorder, an employment tribunal will hear. John Salisbury-Baker will claim that he suffered “intolerable stress” through having to “defend the morally indefensible” when responding to media inquiries about the ability […]
Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
August 5th, 2009Via: The Nation: A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia. The two men claim that the company’s owner, Erik Prince, may have murdered or facilitated […]
Russian Subs Patrolling Off East Coast of U.S.
August 5th, 2009HA. How many nuclear powered U.S. subs are parked around Russia? Via: New York Times: A pair of nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines has been patrolling off the eastern seaboard of the United States in recent days, a rare mission that has raised concerns inside the Pentagon and intelligence agencies about a more assertive stance by […]
Calls to Double Security Forces in Afghanistan
August 5th, 2009Charge it. Via: Bloomberg: President Barack Obama and top U.S. military commanders are being pressed by senators and civilian advisers to more than double the size of Afghan security forces, a move that would cost billions of dollars. In letters and face-to-face meetings, the lawmakers and defense officials urged Obama, National Security Advisor Jim Jones […]
Russia Raises Readiness of Troops in South Ossetia
August 5th, 2009Via: Reuters: A year after fighting a war with Georgia, Russia strengthened the combat readiness of its troops in the rebel region of South Ossetia on Tuesday and warned the United States against rearming Georgia. “Provocations from the Georgian side … are not stopping,” Andrei Nesterenko, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, said in a statement. […]
Afghanistan: U.S. Surgeons Drafted in as British Medics Exhausted by Casualty Surge
July 31st, 2009Well, nobody said that a turf war over opium was going to be a walk in the park. Via: Times Online: The surge in British casualties in Afghanistan has left military surgeons so exhausted that a US surgical team has been drafted in to help. The British doctors have also been overwhelmed with casualties from […]
Commando Subs Sending Drones, Robo-Torpedos Into Combat
July 28th, 2009Via: Wired: The U.S. Navy’s four Special Forces-optimized submarines are using a wide range of robots in combat in coastal areas, the Navy’s top officer for irregular warfare said in a surprisingly candid interview. The Ohio-class guided-missile subs, modified from surplus ballistic-missile boats, have been outfitted with robotic mini-subs and at least two types of […]
LEAKED PHONE CONVERSATION: DICK WEIR, CEO OF EESTOR, WORKED FOR CIA ON A “CHIP THAT WENT INTO DEEP SPACE”; “THEY CAME AND RECRUITED ME”; CIA TOLD HIM TO GO TO LOCKHEED MARTIN WITH ULTRA CAPACITOR TECHNOLOGY; DARPA HAS BEEN INVOLVED
July 27th, 2009EEstor is a “connected” front for the release of military technology into the private sector. —EEstor: More Clues Emerge I first theorized that EEstor was connected to the Black World in 2006. Now, thanks to an astonishing leak of a private telephone conversation, you can hear Dick Weir, the CEO of EEstor, talking about how […]
Bush Considered Use of Military for Arrests Inside U.S.
July 25th, 2009Via: New York Times: Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials. Some of the advisers to President George W. Bush, including Vice President Dick Cheney, argued […]
Microwave Weapon Will Rain Pain from the Sky
July 24th, 2009Even More Change We Can Believe In: The directed energy pain weapons will now be mounted on helicopters and generate multiple beams. Via: New Scientist: THE Pentagon’s enthusiasm for non-lethal crowd-control weapons appears to have stepped up a gear with its decision to develop a microwave pain-infliction system that can be fired from an aircraft. […]
