Archive for the 'War' Category
U.S. Troops Stage Second Secret Raid at Iraq Airport
January 12th, 2007And nearly wind up in a gunbattle with allied Kurdish peshmerga troops?! Via: ABC News: In the first raid, the U.S. troops stormed a building that houses the Iranian liaison office in the northern city of Irbil at 3 a.m. local time, where they detained at least five Iranians and also confiscated computers and documents. […]
PENTAGON ABANDONS ACTIVE-DUTY TIME LIMIT
January 12th, 2007It’s coming fast and thick now… If you’re not familiar with the term total war, that might make for some interesting reading. Via: Guardian: The Pentagon has abandoned its limit on the time a citizen-soldier can be required to serve on active duty, officials said Thursday, a major change that reflects an Army stretched thin […]
Russian Admiral Predicts Impending U.S. Strike Against Iran
January 12th, 2007Via: Kuwait News Agency: MOSCOW, Jan 9 (KUNA) — Former Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander Admiral Edward Baltin said Tuesday that the presence of so many nuclear submarines in the Arab Gulf waters pointed to likely plans for a US attack against Iran. Baltine, who was quoted by Interfax news agency, said the presence of […]
Gates: U.S. Military to Grow by 92,000 Troops
January 11th, 2007Do you get it yet? Via: MSNBC: At a briefing to add details about President Bush’s new Iraq strategy, Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said he would recommend increasing the Army and Marine Corps by 92,000 troops over the next five years. On Iraq, Gates said that “failure in Iraq is not an option.” […]
Iran Summons Swiss, Iraqi Diplomats
January 11th, 2007I think it would be a good idea to review your contingency plans and increase your state of readiness for an emergency. I’m not saying that this is going to happen, but if any news comes out about military action involving the Strait of Hormuz or Ras Tanura, all bets are off. At that point, […]
U.S. RAIDS IRANIAN CONSULATE IN IRAQ
January 11th, 2007In other words, the U.S. just attacked Iran. Via: BBC: US forces have stormed an Iranian consulate in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil and seized five members of staff. The troops raided the building at about 0300, taking away computers and papers, according to Kurdish media and senior local officials. The US military had […]
U.S. Will Engage Syria and Iran
January 11th, 2007Can anyone see how this will not result in World War III? Via: BBC: Succeeding in Iraq also requires defending its territorial integrity – and stabilizing the region in the face of the extremist challenge. This begins with addressing Iran and Syria. These two regimes are allowing terrorists and insurgents to use their territory to […]
Bush’s Rush to Armageddon
January 9th, 2007Via: Consortium News: George W. Bush has purged senior military and intelligence officials who were obstacles to a wider war in the Middle East, broadening his options for both escalating the conflict inside Iraq and expanding the fighting to Iran and Syria with Israel’s help. On Jan. 4, Bush ousted the top two commanders in […]
Iran Threatens to Block Strait of Hormuz
January 9th, 2007If you haven’t read The Strait of Hormuz: It’s Not That Bad, It’s Worse, it might be worth checking out now. Additionally, when oil was trading near record highs, I wrote that oil could, “Easily go to $45 before it goes to $200.” Oil is now trading around $55. Could the world go from relatively […]
Democrats May Deny Funds for Iraq Surge
January 9th, 2007Knowing that the entire thing is theater, one can only assume that we’re going to see a false flag op soon; something that will shut down talk about ending the war. Woops, the Dems aren’t even considering scaling down the war. It wouldn’t take much to get even the crackpot left onboard this thing. Maybe […]
