Archive for the 'War' Category
U.S. Troops to Forgo Training in Rush to Iraq
February 27th, 2007Via: CNN: Rushed by President Bush’s decision to reinforce Baghdad with thousands more U.S. troops, two Army combat brigades are skipping their usual session at the Army’s special training range in California. They are now making preparations to leave their home bases. Some in Congress and others outside the Army are beginning to question whether […]
Afghan Base Bombed During Cheney Visit
February 27th, 2007Man, it’s not easy for Cheney these days. Aircraft trouble, now this… Hmm. Via: The Australian: A SUICIDE bomber killed as many as 20 people outside the main US base in Afghanistan today, coinciding with a visit to the base by US Vice President Dick Cheney. Mr Cheney was not hurt, according to his spokeswoman. […]
Lawrence Livermore Demonstrates 67KW Solid State Laser
February 27th, 2007Do you really think They plan on sending this thing to town with lithium ion batteries on board? Several weeks ago, I wrote the following about EEstor: “[The] clean green electric Hummers of the future are going to be spunoff from Pentagon death ray and super cannon projects…. The military needs the energy density that […]
U.S. Generals ‘Will Quit’ if Bush Orders Iran Attack
February 25th, 2007A couple of quick quotes from recent Cryptogon essays: Brzezinski’s testimony indicates to me that the expansion of the conflict into Iran might not be allowed to happen. Don’t ask me how it will be stopped, but he is the mouthpiece of the people who run this show, not in appearance, but in fact. He […]
A Fascist for Every Occasion
February 25th, 2007Honestly, I haven’t looked too closely at the Neoconservative literature. Why? I read The Prince when I was eighteen years old. The whole Neocon thing just seems like a Machiavelli fan club/psychopath cult to me; a rehash, in other words. So, why do the Neocons appear to be in control? Politics, for most of the […]
Russia Warns U.S. On Iran Moves
February 23rd, 2007Zbigniew Brzezinski Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should be kept in mind here. Via: UPI: Russia’s foreign minister Wednesday warned the United States not to take military action against Iran. “The Russian foreign minister said Wednesday U.S.-led multinational foreign forces in Iraq must not conduct military operations outside the country, including against Iran,” the […]
Balloons to Float Above Pentagon to Test Defenses
February 17th, 2007Ninety nine luftballons? No, just three. Hmm… Via: Reuters: Three large balloons will float above the Pentagon on Saturday as the U.S. Defense Department tests its chemical and biological weapons defenses, department officials said on Friday. The balloons, each 6 feet in diameter, will be tethered to the Pentagon and sent 100 feet above the […]
FLASHBACK: British Gave Bomb Technology to the IRA Which Is Now Being Used by Iraqi Insurgents
February 15th, 2007… while Iran is being blamed. Ask these SAS guys about it. What else were they doing besides dressing up as Arabs and shooting at Iraqi police? Via: Independent: Eight British soldiers killed during ambushes in Iraq were the victims of a highly sophisticated bomb first used by the IRA, The Independent on Sunday can […]
The New PSYOP Payload: Bird Flu and the Collapse of the Internet
February 14th, 2007I’m still paying attention to the fallout from the incident involving the root DNS nodes. In the course of following that story, I came across the Strong Angel III operation, which proposed a scenario involving a pandemic avian flu outbreak with follow-on strategic information warfare attacks. Today, Slashdot linked to a story from last June […]
Mission Accomplished: Iraq Closes Borders and Extends Curfews
February 13th, 2007Via: Guardian: The Iraqi government today said it would close its borders with Syria and Iran and extend a night curfew in Baghdad as part of its new security plan. Lieutenant General Abboud Qanbar, the commander leading the latest attempt to curb violence in Baghdad, announced the measures on Iraqi state television. Gen Qanbar said […]
