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« Previous EntriesWhite House denied knowledge of military analyst program
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
By Eric Brewer | In the two weeks since I asked Dana Perino whether the White House knew about or approved of the Pentagon's use of TV military analysts as propaganda tools, I've been back to the briefing room three times (May 6, 12, and 13) to try to ask a follow-up question. As is her wont, Dana has ...
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Soldiers need loans to eat, report reveals
Monday, May 12th, 2008
By Jonathan Owen and Brian Brady | A highly sensitive internal report into the state of the British Army has revealed that many soldiers are living in poverty. Some are so poor that they are unable to eat and are forced to rely on emergency food voucher schemes set up by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Some of Britain's most senior ...
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U.S. deploys more than 43,000 unfit for combat
Friday, May 9th, 2008
By Gregg Zoroya | More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records show.
This reliance on troops found medically "non-deployable" is another sign of stress placed on a military that has sent 1.6 million servicemembers to the war zones, ...
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US air force calls for mission to combat climate change
Monday, April 28th, 2008
By David Adam | The US air force will this week call for the world's top scientists to come together in a 21st-century Apollo-style programme to develop greener fuels and tackle global warming. It wants universities, governments, companies and environmental groups to collaborate on a multibillion-dollar effort to work out greenhouse gas emissions of existing and future fuels.
William Anderson, ...
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US prepping military options against Iran
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
By Mike Sheehan |
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the Pentagon is planning "potential" military actions against Iran, reports The Washington Post.
Mullen criticized Iran's "'increasingly lethal and malign influence' in Iraq," writes Ann Scott Tyson for the Post.
Addressing concerns about the US military's capability of dealing with yet another conflict at a time when ...
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Blackwater wants to use N.C. airport
Friday, April 25th, 2008
By Connie Sage |
The town is negotiating with Blackwater to allow the private security company to lease space at Northeastern Regional Airport to use for its driver training program. Blackwater would instruct defensive driving techniques on a paved, abandoned runway at the Edenton airport, said Town Manager Anne-Marie Knighton.
The company, headquartered in Moyock, would use the airport to supplement its ...
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Breaking the Silence - Israeli Soldiers Speak Out
Friday, April 25th, 2008
By Stephen Lendman - RINF |
They're called "Refuseniks" but not for refusing to serve. They've done it proudly and courageously, and here's how "Courage to Refuse" members state their position:
"We, reserve officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)....have always served in the front lines....were first to carry out any mission, light or heavy, (and we did it) to protect the ...
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British government lied about Persian Gulf incident
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
By Paul Mitchell |
Secret Ministry of Defence documents released to the Times newspaper reveal that the British government lied about the circumstances surrounding the capture of 15 sailors and marines from HMS Cornwall in the Persian Gulf by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRG) in March 2007.
The navy personnel were part of Britain’s contingent in a US-led naval force mustered by ...
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Brown backs army cadet corps plan for schools
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Mark Townsend and Anushka Asthana Sunday April 6, 2008 The Observer Controversial plans for pupils in comprehensive schools to sign up for military drills and weapons training are being backed by Gordon Brown in an attempt to improve the relationship between the public and the armed forces. A major review of the military's role in British society says that encouraging more state secondary school pupils ...
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Military Report: Secretly ‘Recruit or Hire Bloggers’
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008A study, written for U.S. Special Operations Command, suggested "clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers." Since the start of the Iraq war, there's been a raucous debate in military circles over how to handle blogs -- and the servicemembers who want to keep them. One faction sees blogs as security risks, and a collective waste of troops' time. The other (which includes top officers, like Gen. David Petraeus ...
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Blackwater’s Employment Investigated
Thursday, March 27th, 2008House oversight committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman expanded his effort yesterday to investigate private security contractor Blackwater Worldwide, calling for a wide-ranging federal inquiry into the company's employment practices. In letters to the Internal Revenue Service, the Small Business Administration and the Labor Department, Waxman (D-Calif.) questioned Blackwater's classification of its workers as "independent contractors" rather than employees. That designation, which the government has questioned in the past, has ...
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In Iraq, Was I a Torturer? Asks Soldier
Thursday, March 27th, 2008When 27-year-old Ben Allbright returned from Iraq, he was treated like a hero. But he is haunted by the "harsh interrogations" he oversaw. The prisons in Iraq stink. Ask any guard or interrogator and they'll tell you it's a smell they'll never forget: sweat, fear and rot. On the base where Ben Allbright served from May to September 2003, a small outfit named Tiger in western Iraq, water was especially scarce; ...
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The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of Iraq
Thursday, March 20th, 2008On March 19, 2008, the United States will have been in Iraq for five years - longer than the three years and eight months we were involved in World War II; the two years and two months in World War I; the three years and one month in Korea; and even the four years Americans fought each other in the Civil War. The Bush administration was wrong about the benefits ...
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Russia said to receive U.S. missile shield plan
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008MOSCOW - Russia received written U.S. proposals on Wednesday which Washington hopes will allay Moscow's concerns over plans to deploy elements of a missile shield in Europe, Russian news agencies reported. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates promised Russian counterparts at talks in Moscow on Tuesday to offer a set of confidence-building measures aimed at easing Russia's opposition to the project. Russian Foreign ...
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Blackwater sells itself as a peacekeeper
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Blackwater Worldwide, the private security company whose guards are accused of shooting dead 17 Iraqi civilians last year, is attempting to reposition itself as a peacekeeping force as work in Iraq begins to dry up. Adverts have appeared in security industry journals featuring mothers feeding babies and Blackwater guards smiling as children play in the street. The US-based company has also set up a subsidiary, Greystone, which is seeking to win peacekeeping ...
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