Archive for the 'War' Category
Report on New Zealand Military: Can’t Sail, Can’t Fly, Can’t Fight
September 3rd, 2008Via: New Zealand Herald: The Navy is finding it difficult to sail, the Air Force to fly and the Army would struggle to take part in combat, according to the Defence Force annual report. It paints a picture of all three branches of the defence forces hamstrung by a lack of staff and poor equipment. […]
Georgia Mobilizes Commando Units Near South Ossetia
September 3rd, 2008Hopefully the “Georgian Commandos” won’t lose their U.S. Passports this time… Via: rian.ru: Georgia is mobilizing commando units near its border with South Ossetia, a senior Russian military official said on Tuesday. Russia officially recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states on August 26, saying the move was needed to protect the regions after […]
$1 Billion in U.S. Aid for Georgia
September 3rd, 2008Via: Reuters: The Bush administration will announce on Wednesday a package of roughly $1 billion dollars in aid to help rebuild war-torn U.S. ally Georgia, which battled Russia over a separatist enclave last month, an administration official said. The announcement was readied as Vice President Dick Cheney headed for the former Soviet republics of Georgia, […]
China Has Head Start Over West for Iraq Oil
August 31st, 2008China financed the war, so… Via: Reuters: China crossed the line first in the race for big oil contracts in post-Saddam Iraq and has gained a head start over Western oil majors in the competition for future energy deals. China’s biggest oil company, state-run CNPC, agreed a $3 billion service contract with Iraq on Wednesday. […]
SOUTH OSSETIA WILL MERGE WITH RUSSIA
August 30th, 2008Via: Times: The Kremlin moved swiftly to tighten its grip on Georgia’s breakaway regions yesterday as South Ossetia announced that it would soon become part of Russia, which will open military bases in the province under an agreement to be signed on Tuesday. Tarzan Kokoity, the province’s Deputy Speaker of parliament, announced that South Ossetia […]
Dutch Intelligence: Attack on Iran Expected, Operative Pulled Out
August 29th, 2008Here’s the full story (in Dutch). For those who don’t understand the Dutch language (including me), here’s a DailyKos journal piece about it. Your mileage may vary. Grain of salt. Etc. Via: DailyKos: AMSTERDAM – The Dutch intelligence agency AIVD has conducted an ultrasecret operation in Iran with the purpose of infiltrating and sabotaging the […]
Were American Mercenaries Fighting Against the Russians in Georgia?
August 29th, 2008UPDATE: U.S. Military and Mercenaries Trained Georgian Commandos Via: Washington Post: Earlier in the day, a senior Russian military official said at a news briefing that Russian troops had recovered an American passport in the rubble of a village near the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali, where a Georgian special forces unit had been based […]
Russia May Cut Off Oil Flow to the West
August 29th, 2008It might be a swindle to gap the oil price up temporarily on the news for a long oil play. Assuming it happens, of course. Via: Telegraph: Fears are mounting that Russia may restrict oil deliveries to Western Europe over coming days, in response to the threat of EU sanctions and Nato naval actions in […]
“Drug Hitmen” Attack Mexican Army Unit
August 28th, 2008Via: Reuters: Suspected drug hitmen attacked a group of sleeping soldiers with grenades in central Mexico, sparking a battle that killed three gunmen, a state attorney general’s office said on Wednesday. Around 15 drug gangsters in vehicles surprised the soldiers while they were camped out in the central state of Guanajuato on Tuesday night, shooting […]
Russia to NATO: Military Help for Georgia Is a ‘Declaration of War’
August 28th, 2008Via: This Is London: Moscow has issued an extraordinary warning to the West that military assistance to Georgia for use against South Ossetia or Abkhazia would be viewed as a “declaration of war” by Russia. The extreme rhetoric from the Kremlin’s envoy to NATO came as President Dmitry Medvedev stressed he will make a military […]
