Archive for the 'War' Category
‘Rival to NATO’ Begins First Military Exercise
August 7th, 2007Via: Times Online: Russian and Chinese troops are joining forces this week in the first military exercises by an international organisation that is regarded in some quarters as a potential rival to Nato. Thousands of soldiers and 500 combat vehicles will take part in “Peace Mission 2007â€, organised by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in […]
Surge: Afghanistan Now Responsible for 95% of Global Opium Production
August 5th, 2007The people behind this represent the real Plunge Protection Team. Via: Yahoo / AP: Afghanistan will produce another record poppy harvest this year that cements its status as the world’s near-sole supplier of the heroin source, yet a furious debate over how to reverse the trend is stalling proposals to cut the crop, U.S. officials […]
The Coming Water Wars
August 4th, 2007Chart from Princeton.
U.S. Robots Deployed for Ground Combat in Iraq
August 3rd, 2007It’s not quite up to ED-209 standards (from Robocop), but it’s getting there. Also see, Deal of the Century. HAHA Via: Wired: Robots have been roaming the streets of Iraq, since shortly after the war began. Now, for the first time — the first time in any warzone — the machines are carrying guns. After […]
U.S. ‘Loses’ 190,000 Weapons in Iraq
August 3rd, 2007Wait a minute, remember Pentagon arms its enemy’s enemies in Iraq: The US military has embarked on a new and risky strategy in Iraq by arming Sunni insurgents in the hope that they will tackle al-Qaida operatives in Iraq. The US high command this month gave permission to its officers on the ground to negotiate […]
U.S. Trying to Prevent Turkey from Attacking Kurdish Guerrillas… In Iraq
July 30th, 2007This cluster is spiraling out of control. Via: Washington Post: The morass in Iraq and deepening difficulties in Afghanistan have not deterred the Bush administration from taking on a dangerous and questionable new secret operation. High-level U.S. officials are working with their Turkish counterparts on a joint military operation to suppress Kurdish guerrillas and capture […]
Zeitgeist
July 30th, 2007Zeitgeist is an extremely impressive film that delivers a vast amount of fascinating information in a coherent way. It’s definitely worth setting aside a couple of hours of interruption free time to watch this. If you know any people who don’t quite “get it” yet, this will rattle their cages. Who produced this??? They’ve made […]
Former U.S. Soldiers Receiving Bills for Equipment Damaged During War
July 26th, 2007In other news, announced by Rumsfeld on September 10, 2001, the Department of Defense is missing $2.3 trillion. I wonder if the people responsible for looting that inconceivable sum of money are getting collection notices in the mail. Fascist regimes always eat their own. People who serve these governments are almost always ignorant of this […]
Halliburton Used Bribery Network to Bloat War Costs
July 25th, 2007In other news, Halliburton’s second-quarter net income more than doubled. Via: New York Times: Federal investigators have uncovered what they describe as a sweeping network of kickbacks, bribes and fraud involving at least eight employees and subcontractors of KBR, the former Halliburton subsidiary, in a scheme to inflate charges for flying freight into Iraq in […]
U.S. Won’t Rule Out Force in Pakistan
July 23rd, 2007Via: Boston Globe: President Bush’s homeland security adviser said yesterday that the United States was prepared to take additional measures, including military force, to curb Al Qaeda’s operations in remote regions of Pakistan.
