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Military« Previous EntriesUS prepping military options against IranSaturday, 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 ...
tagged Iran, Military and USA-NewsBlackwater wants to use N.C. airportFriday, 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 ...
tagged Military and USA-NewsBreaking the Silence - Israeli Soldiers Speak OutFriday, 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 ...
tagged Israel and MilitaryBritish government lied about Persian Gulf incidentTuesday, 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 ...
tagged Military and UK-NewsBrown backs army cadet corps plan for schoolsSunday, 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 ... tagged Military and UK-NewsMilitary 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 Military« Previous Entries |
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