Archive for the 'War' Category
Robot Warriors Will Get a Guide to Ethics
May 19th, 2009Oh sure. You better clip a clothes peg on your nose for this one. Via: MSNBC: Smart missiles, rolling robots, and flying drones currently controlled by humans, are being used on the battlefield more every day. But what happens when humans are taken out of the loop, and robots are left to make decisions, like […]
The Case of the Missing H-Bomb: The Pentagon Has Lost the Mother of All Weapons
May 18th, 2009Via: Alternet: Things go missing. It’s to be expected. Even at the Pentagon. Last October, the Pentagon’s inspector general reported that the military’s accountants had misplaced a destroyer, several tanks and armored personnel carriers, hundreds of machine guns, rounds of ammo, grenade launchers and some surface-to-air missiles. In all, nearly $8 billion in weapons were […]
Onward, Christian Soldiers!
May 18th, 2009GQ has published alleged cover pages from briefing documents that Rumsfeld produced for Bush.
Sri Lanka’s 25-Year-Long War Finally Ends
May 18th, 2009Via: Reuters: The Tamil Tigers conceded defeat in Sri Lanka’s 25-year civil war on Sunday, with some staging suicide attacks to try to repel a final assault by troops determined to annihilate them. President Mahinda Rajapaksa had already declared victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) the day before, and the military said […]
Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker
May 18th, 2009Via: Fox News: Vice President Joe Biden, well-known for his verbal gaffes, may have finally outdone himself, divulging potentially classified information meant to save the life of a sitting vice president. According to a report, while recently attending the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, an annual event where powerful politicians and media elite get a […]
4 U.S. Citizens Murdered in Tijuana
May 15th, 2009Via: AP: The bodies of four U.S. citizens were found strangled, beaten and stabbed in a van in this border city, two days after they reportedly left their Southern California homes for a night at the Mexican clubs, U.S. officials said Thursday. The victims, ages 19 to 23 years old, were found tied up on […]
And Now… DARPA’s Battlefield Telepathy Antics
May 15th, 2009Via: Wired: Forget the battlefield radios, the combat PDAs or even infantry hand signals. When the soldiers of the future want to communicate, they’ll read each other’s minds. At least, that’s the hope of researchers at the Pentagon’s mad-science division Darpa. The agency’s budget for the next fiscal year includes $4 million to start up […]
Detainee Who Gave False Iraq Data Dies In Prison in Libya
May 15th, 2009Via: Washington Post: A former CIA high-value detainee, who provided bogus information that was cited by the Bush administration in the run-up to the Iraq war, has died in a Libyan prison, an apparent suicide, according to a Libyan newspaper. A researcher for Human Rights Watch, who met Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi at the Abu Salim […]
Shelling Kills Dozens at Sri Lankan Hospital
May 12th, 2009Via: Guardian: At least 47 people were killed today and more than 50 injured when a shell struck a makeshift hospital treating casualties of the fighting in north-eastern Sri Lanka. A doctor working in the hospital said the shell appeared to have been fired from government positions. The UN described the attack as a war […]
Iraq: GI in Custody Sfter Killing 5 at Camp Liberty ‘Stress Clinic’
May 11th, 2009Via: MSNBC: A U.S. soldier opened fire on fellow troops Monday, killing five before being taken into custody, the U.S. command said. NBC News reported that the shooting took place at a “stress clinic” on the main base in Baghdad. Contrary to earlier reports, the soldier did not kill himself but was overpowered and taken […]
