Archive for the 'War' Category
Montana Legislation Would Allow Payments in Precious Metals
March 25th, 2009This should be interesting to watch. We know what happens when individuals decide to use gold for financial transactions. What will happen when a state allows it!? Via: World Net Daily: A bill being considered in the Montana Legislature blasts the Federal Reserve’s role in America’s money policy and permits the state to conduct business […]
Death Squad Leader ‘Was Top CIA Agent’; Facing War Crimes Charges at the International Criminal Court at The Hague
March 23rd, 2009Via: Sunday Herald: THE LATE President Milosevic’s secret police chief and organiser of Serb death squads during the genocidal ethnic cleansing of disintegrating Yugoslavia was the United States’ top CIA agent in Belgrade, according to the independent Belgrade Radio B92. The claim that from 1992 until the end of the decade, Jovica Stanisic, head of […]
“Smart” Power Grid Is Found Susceptible to Cyberattack
March 23rd, 2009Thanks, Captain Obvious. Via: PC World: An emerging network of intelligent power switches, called the Smart Grid, could be taken down by a cyberattack, according to researchers with IOActive, a Seattle security consultancy. IOActive researchers have spent the past year testing Smart Grid devices for security vulnerabilities and have discovered a number of flaws that […]
Department of Homeland Security Investigating Large Ammunition Purchases
March 23rd, 2009Via: Post Star: Everyone interviewed by The Post-Star for this story agreed ammunition of all calibers has gotten tougher to find, as gun owners stock up. Prices skyrocketed in recent years as metal prices went up, which caused many gun owners to stock up in anticipation of rising ammunition prices. There are also concerns that […]
Three Oakland Police Officers Killed, One Critically Wounded After Traffic Stop
March 22nd, 2009Via: San Jose Mercury News: In the most horrific day in Oakland Police Department history, a parolee shot to death three police sergeants within two hours of one another Saturday afternoon. When officers tracked down the suspect, a fourth officer was shot and was in critical condition Saturday night. The three veteran officers killed were […]
France Officially Asks to Rejoin NATO Command
March 21st, 2009Via: AP: President Nicolas Sarkozy has submitted a formal request to rejoin the NATO command structure following a 43-year absence, French and NATO officials said Friday. A letter with the request was presented Thursday to NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer during an EU summit in Brussels, the officials said on condition of anonymity […]
Blackwater Still Operating in Iraq
March 19th, 2009Via: Washington Times: Days after the Baghdad government decided it no longer wanted the company then known as Blackwater in Iraq, the State Department signed a $22.2 million deal in February to keep the embattled contractor working there through most of the summer, contract records show. The decision keeps Blackwater – since renamed Xe – […]
Army Investigating How and Why Troops Were Sent Into Alabama Town After Murder Spree
March 18th, 2009I was beginning to wonder why the U.S. Army didn’t write back. *snort* I guess they’ve been busy trying to figure out how to eat such a giant shit sandwich.
Obama May Widen Drone War Over Pakistan
March 18th, 2009Via: Wired: Six times in the last two months, the new administration has used unmanned aircraft to strike at Taliban camps in the largely-ungoverned tribal wildlands on Pakistan. That could be just the start, however. New York Times reports that President Obama’s national security team is considering an expansion the target set, to include the […]
Department of Defense Ends Sale of Expended Military Brass to Remanufacturers
March 16th, 2009Kick your heels up on the crates of stuff that you were smart enough to buy beforehand because here comes trouble. Via: Shootist: It is an end-run around Congress. They don’t need to try to ban guns–they don’t need to fight a massive battle to attempt gun registration, or limit “assault” weapon sales. Nope. All […]
