Archive for the 'War' Category
FIGHTING RAGES IN GEORGIAN SEPARATIST CAPITAL
August 8th, 2008Via: Reuters: Fighting raged in and around the capital of Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region on Friday as Georgian troops, backed by tanks and warplanes, pounded separatist forces in a bid to re-take the territory. A Reuters correspondent said the roar of warplanes and the explosions of heavy shells were deafening more than three km […]
Arms Market in Pakistan
August 6th, 2008This video is over a year old, but I just came across it today. These people are fabricating semi automatic and automatic weapons by hand! I’ve never seen anything like this. Take a look:
Fierce Fighting Along India-Pakistan Border
July 29th, 2008Why is this border skirmish worth noting? Both belligerents are nuclear powers. Via: AP: India said Monday that Pakistani troops crossed into its part of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir and opened fire. Indian troops returned fire, and at least four soldiers were killed. Indian army spokesman Brig. Gopala Krishnan Murali called the attack […]
America’s Army: Free Video Game, Social Engineering Tool, Surveillance Platform
July 27th, 2008This video game is nothing less than an automaton that shapes and then harvests teenage minds so that the U.S. Army can repurpose their bodies years later. I’ve looked at a lot of evil in my days, but this is palpable, murmuring, inky black evil; complete with automated meme delivery and driving, metrics, surveillance. Out […]
Multiple Bombings in India
July 26th, 2008Via: BBC: At least two people have been killed and 55 others injured after a series of explosions struck the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, officials have said. Nine blasts are thought to have hit residential areas and crowded markets in Gujarat state’s capital city. Local TV broadcast footage of a wrecked bus and other […]
China’s Expansion Into Africa
July 20th, 2008I wasn’t aware of the extent of China’s interest in Africa. I thought it was much more piecemeal. Their grand strategy makes perfect sense, given the dire problems China is facing. There are some howlers in this article, though, such as, “Despite Britain’s commendable colonial legacy of a network of roads, railways and schools, the […]
Afghanistan: Nine U.S. Soldiers Killed in Taliban Assault on Base
July 14th, 2008Via: Seattle Times: Nine U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday when Taliban insurgents carried out a bold assault on a remote base near the border with Pakistan, senior U.S. and NATO officials said. The attack, the worst against U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years, illustrated the growing threat of Taliban extremists and their associates, who […]
XM1063: The U.S. Army’s Mystery Projectile
July 12th, 2008Via: Guardian: Is the XM1063 a stink bomb, a banana skin, or a bad trip? It’s hard to know. XM1063 is the code name for the US army’s new secret weapon which will “suppress” people without harming them, as well as stopping vehicles in an area 100m square. But is it a violation of chemical […]
Ron Paul: “Fast-Approaching Events… Will Affect All of Us”
July 3rd, 2008Via: Campaign for Liberty: I have, for the past 35 years, expressed my grave concern for the future of America. The course we have taken over the past century has threatened our liberties, security and prosperity. In spite of these long-held concerns, I have days—growing more frequent all the time—when I’m convinced the time is […]
State-Sponsored Terror: British and American Black Ops in Iraq
July 1st, 2008This is an excellent review of P2OG over the years. Many of the story references will be familiar to Cryptogon readers. Via: Global Research: In 2002, the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board (DSB) conducted a “Summer Study on Special Operations and Joint Forces in Support of Countering Terrorism,” portions of which were leaked to the Federation […]
