Archive for the 'War' Category
Congressman: State Department Official Threatened Investigators
September 29th, 2007Via: McClatchy: Aides to State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard threatened two investigators with retaliation this week if they cooperate with a congressional probe into Krongard’s office, the chairman of a House of Representatives panel and other U.S. officials said Friday. The allegations are the latest in a growing uproar surrounding Krongard. Current and former […]
U.S. War on Drugs Outsourcing Contract Worth $15 Billion
September 28th, 2007Security for the CIA’s private opium plantation? Via: CNN: The U.S. Defense Department has invited five contractors to bid on elements of a new, multibillion dollar effort to combat the global flow of illegal drugs allegedly used to finance terrorism. Awarded by the Pentagon’s Counter-Narcoterrorism Technology Program Office in Dahlgren, Va., the contract vehicle has […]
Bush, the Little Voice in Hillary’s Head
September 25th, 2007I’d be more curious about what Senior is whispering in her ear. The Clintons are decades long servants of the Bush Dynasty. What is thy bidding, my Master? Former President Bill Clinton bows to former President George H. W. Bush after he receives a honorary degree during the Tulane University Commencement in New Orleans on […]
Feds Investigating Blackwater USA for Selling Weapons to Iraqi Insurgency
September 23rd, 2007Imagine my shock. But keep in mind, Blackwater is a CIA cutout that got so big that it just happened to become a household name. They’re just doing what Uncle tells them to do. Remember these? Pentagon Arms its Enemy’s Enemies in Iraq What Did $19 Billion Buy? U.S. “Loses” 190,000 Weapons in Iraq If […]
Making a Killing: How Private Armies Became a $120 Billion Global Industry
September 21st, 2007Note: Someone emailed and said that there are no privately owned Apache helicopters. As far as I know, that’s true. Furthermore, Apache helicopters don’t carry troops at all. The Apache is an attack helicopter—a flying weapons platform—with no personnel transport capacity. Via: Independent: In Nigeria, corporate commandos exchange fire with local rebels attacking an oil […]
Blackwater’s License to Operate in Iraq Has Been Cancelled Following Atrocity
September 17th, 2007Via: AFP: Iraq has ordered the cancellation of the operating licence of US security firm Blackwater after it was involved in a shootout in Baghdad that killed eight people, a senior official told AFP on Monday. Blackwater offers personal security to US officials working in Iraq. “The interior minister (Jawad al-Bolani) has issued an order […]
More Than One Million Iraqis Killed Since U.S. Invasion
September 17th, 2007I see that O.J. is top news again. Via: ORB: In the week in which General Patraeus reports back to US Congress on the impact the recent ‘surge’ is having in Iraq, a new poll reveals that more than 1,000,000 Iraqi citizens have been murdered since the invasion took place in 2003. Previous estimates, most […]
Was that Nuclear-Armed B-52 Flight Destined for Iran?
September 10th, 2007Via: This Can’t Be Happening: There’s something definitely screwy about the August 30 incident in which a B-52 bomber flew from Minot AFB in North Dakota to Barksdale AFB in Louisiana carrying five fully armed Advanced Cruise Missiles, each equipped with nuclear bombs capable of exploding at anything from 5 kilotons to 150 kilotons. The […]
Thousands of GIs Cope with Brain Damage
September 9th, 2007Via: Yahoo / AP: The war in Iraq is not over, but one legacy is already here in this city and others across America: an epidemic of brain-damaged soldiers. Thousands of troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, or TBI. These blast-caused head injuries are so different from the ones doctors are used to […]
Syria Fires on Israeli War Planes
September 6th, 2007Via: AFP: Syria said its air defences opened fire on Israeli warplanes which had violated Syrian airspace at dawn on Thursday, ratcheting up the tensions between the neighbouring foes. A Syrian cabinet minister warned that the nation’s leadership was considering its response to the Israeli “aggression” while in Jerusalem the military declined any comment. “Enemy […]
