Archive for the 'War' Category
RUSSIAN ARMOR SENT INTO GEORGIA
August 8th, 2008It’s war. What will NATO do now??? Via: Telegraph: Russia sent troops and dozens of tanks into the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia today, throwing the two former Soviet neighbours into a sudden yet undeclared state of war. In the most serious regional crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, at […]
Two Additional United States Aircraft Carriers Are Heading to the Gulf
August 8th, 2008Right off the bat: Take it or leave it. I wasn’t going to post this because it’s almost like a “Fool me once / fool me twice” kind of thing every few months. I believe that there are always two carrier groups operating in and around the Persian Gulf. So, if this means that four […]
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 […]
