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Military« Previous EntriesVIDEO: 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 Military20% of US Troops Suffer Brain InjuryMonday, October 29th, 2007MoD begins study amid fears that up to 20,000 soldiers may be affected Matthew Taylor and Esther Addley The Guardian The Ministry of Defence is conducting a major study into brain injury in troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan amid fears that thousands of soldiers may have suffered damage after being exposed to high-velocity explosions.The US army says as many as 20% of its soldiers and marines ... tagged MilitaryUS Navy To Redesign ‘Swastika’ BaseSunday, September 30th, 2007The U.S. Navy will redesign a base that resembles a swastika from the air. The Anti-Defamation League, which had complained about the suggestive shape formed by the four L-shaped buildings that make up the San Diego naval installation, said this week that military authorities agreed to order $600,000 worth of landscaping and architectural changes. "The Navy came to realize that this is a symbol that thousands of people died to defeat and ... tagged MilitaryPentagon seeks billions more for Iraq warWednesday, September 26th, 2007By Susan Cornwell U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday asked Congress to approve nearly $190 billion (94.3 billion pounds) more in spending for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In prepared testimony to a Senate committee, Gates said the Bush administration sought the money for more training and equipment for the U.S. military, including new armoured vehicles that give extra protection to troops against bomb blasts. The funds ... tagged MilitaryUS ‘delayed UK pull-out from Basra’Tuesday, September 11th, 2007By Thomas Harding in Basra The split between the UK and the US over Iraq was further inflamed last night after a senior British officer claimed troops could have withdrawn from Basra Palace five months ago if America had not issued a plea for them to stay. ... tagged MilitaryVital Lockerbie evidence ‘was tampered with’Monday, September 3rd, 2007The Observer Fragments of bomb timer that helped to convict a Libyan ex-agent were 'practically carbonised' before the trial, says bankrupt Swiss businessman The key piece of material evidence used by prosecutors to implicate Libya in the Lockerbie bombing has emerged as a probable fake. Nearly two decades after Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Scotland on 21 December, 1988, allegations of international political intrigue and shoddy investigative work are being levelled ... tagged Bush, CIA, Cover-Up, False-Flag, FBI, History, MI5, MI6, Military, Terrorism, UK-News, USA-News and WarfarePentagon ‘three-day blitz’ plan for IranSunday, September 2nd, 2007The Times The Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians’ military capability in three days, according to a national security expert. Alexis Debat, director of terrorism and national security at the Nixon Center, said last week that US military planners were not preparing for “pinprick strikes” against Iran’s nuclear facilities. “They’re about taking out the entire Iranian military,” he said. Debat ... tagged Bush, Iran, Military, Terrorism, USA-News, Warfare and White-HouseLockerbie case: new accusations of manipulation of key forensic evidenceFriday, August 31st, 2007I.P.O. Information Service flamesong On 4 August 2007 Dr. Hans Koechler received from Mr. Edwin Bollier, head of the Swiss-based company MEBO AG, a copy of the German original of an Affidavit, dated 18 July 2007 and signed by Mr. Ulrich Lumpert, former employee (electronics engineer) of MEBO AG, Zurich, related to the Lockerbie case. In a statement released today, Dr. Hans Koechler, who has followed the Lockerbie proceedings since the ... tagged CIA, Cover-Up, False-Flag, FBI, History, Military, Terrorism, UK-News, USA-News and WarfareUS will never let ‘friendly-fire’ witnesses go to a British courtWednesday, August 29th, 2007By Frances Gibb The families of soldiers killed by American “friendly fire” will never get to see those who may have been responsible for the deaths questioned at inquests, The Times has learnt. In an official document seen by this newspaper, the Ministry of Defence makes clear that all requests for US service personnel to give evidence at British inquests will be turned down. The new rules will ... tagged MilitaryMiami Five’s defense exposes errors and jury intimidation during trialFriday, August 24th, 2007Granma International flamesong 21st August 2007 On August 20, the 11th Circuit Appeals Court in Atlanta heard convincing allegations by the legal team defending the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters imprisoned in the United States. The defense lawyers submitted that the prosecution committed serious procedural errors and used intimidation to pressure the jury of the initial trial, which took place in Miami in a climate of apparent hostility toward the five heroes. For the ... tagged Bush, CIA, Cover-Up, False-Flag, FBI, History, Military, Terrorism, USA-News, Warfare and White-HouseCastro: Cuba not cashing U.S. Guantanamo rent checksFriday, August 24th, 2007Yahoo [via Granma International] flamesong 20th August 2007 The United States pays Cuba $4,085 a month in rent for the controversial Guantanamo naval base, but Cuba has only once cashed a check in almost half a century and then only by mistake, Fidel Castro wrote in an essay published on Friday. The ailing Cuban leader, who has not appeared in public for more than a year, said he had refused to ... tagged Bush, CIA, Guantanamo, Military, Terrorism, Torture, USA-News, Warfare and White-HouseBlackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary ArmySunday, August 19th, 2007By Jeremy Scahill Blackwater is a private company that does the dirty work for America in various wars, both covert and those we know about all too well. It began only 10 years ago as a sort of cheerful paintball and shooting range in the Great Dismal Swamp of North Carolina, but these days it has some 20,000 mercenaries on its books (the “whores of war”), not to mention ... tagged Military« Previous Entries |
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