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Military« Previous EntriesMilitary 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 ... tagged Internet and MilitaryBlackwater’s Employment InvestigatedThursday, 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 ... tagged Military and USA-NewsIn Iraq, Was I a Torturer? Asks SoldierThursday, 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; ... tagged Iraq, Military and USA-NewsThe Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of IraqThursday, 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 ... tagged Iraq, Military, USA-News and WarfareRussia said to receive U.S. missile shield planWednesday, 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 ... tagged MilitaryBlackwater sells itself as a peacekeeperWednesday, 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 ... tagged Military and MoneyBush Still Spinning Nukes in IranWednesday, March 19th, 2008The unanimous conclusion of the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, that Iran ceased pursuing a program of nuclear weapons in 2003, has dealt a severe blow to the Bush-Cheney agenda of forcible regime change in Iran. For several months, the rhetoric emerging from the White House escalated to the point that many observers predicted Bush would attack Iran before he leaves office. But although the new National Intelligence Estimate ... tagged Bush, Iran, Military, Warfare and White-HouseScores of civilians and US military staff feared deadSunday, March 16th, 2008Scores of civilians and US military staff feared dead as huge Albanian arms dump explodes Scores of people, including US military staff, are feared to have died after a Soviet-era munitions dump exploded at an Albanian army base yesterday. The blast injured more than 240 people, including many children – and the country's Prime Minister, Sali Berisha, said he believed the death toll could be considerable. The initial blast at the depot ... tagged MilitaryGovernment ‘letting troops down’Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Conservative leader David Cameron has accused the Government of "breaking the military covenant" as he launched a Commission to draw up proposals to improve support for Britain's armed forces. Mr Cameron said ministers were letting troops down on equipment, healthcare, family support and accommodation and promised a defence review to ensure that a future Tory government would match the demands it made on the military with the resources it provided them. But ... tagged MilitaryUS recruiting under diploma soldiersTuesday, January 22nd, 2008Afghan military operations and the Iraqi war have forced the US army to recruit soldiers without high school diplomas to fill its ranks. National Priorities Project, a research group that analyzes federal data, found that the percent of Army recruits with a high school diploma dropped last year. According to the CBS News, in a report released Tuesday the research group said that nearly 71 percent ... tagged MilitaryIs Bush Losing Control Of The Military?Sunday, January 13th, 2008U.S. Navy report undermines Bush's drive to isolate Iran TEHRAN: The U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet has released a statement saying it cannot say with any certainty that threats to blow up its vessels actually came from Iranian Navy speedboats in Sunday's Straits of Hormuz incident. The revelation tacitly supports the Iranian version of events, in that it was a normal challenge by Iranian naval officials for the American vessels to ... tagged Bush and MilitaryVIDEO: US Soldiers getting tasered in trainingMonday, December 17th, 2007tagged MilitaryTroops investigated over smuggling stolen gunsSunday, December 16th, 2007By Jonathan Owen and Andrew Johnson British soldiers are under investigation over the theft of a weapons cache in Iraq. The Ministry of Defence launched an inquiry after troops attempted to smuggle the weapons back to Britain. The discovery of the weapons, stolen from an Iraqi police station and believed to be one of the largest hauls uncovered, has fuelled growing concerns that weapons confiscated by British troops in Iraq ... tagged Military and UK-NewsMilitary Recruiting Vans Draw FireThursday, November 29th, 2007Pat Elder A ninth grader in a suburban Washington DC classroom is delighted to be excused from Algebra class to spend a half hour shooting a life-like 9 MM pistol and lobbing explosive ordinance from an M1A2 Abrams tank simulator. At the same time 3,000 miles away in La Habra, California, a 15 year-old girl is released from English class to squeeze off rounds from a very real looking M-16 rifle. ... tagged MilitaryCongress approves military, domestic fundsFriday, November 9th, 2007By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led Congress, trying to make up for its tardiness in passing essential bills to fund the government, approved more than $1 trillion on Thursday for the military, veterans' health care and popular domestic social programs. By passing a $600 billion bill that exceeds President George W. Bush's request by about $10 billion, Democrats ignored a White House veto threat but fulfilled a ... tagged Military« Previous Entries |
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