|
Latest Articles: War, War, War
U.S. Army Private LaVena Lynn Johnson, RIP
Post Date: 2008-08-05 13:51:40 by Horse
2 Comments
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Private LaVena Lynn Johnson killed herself on July 19, 2005, eight days before her twentieth birthday. Exactly how did she end her life? She punched herself in the face hard enough to blacken her eyes, break her nose, and knock her front teeth loose. She douched with an acid solution after mutilating her genital area. She poured a combustible liquid on herself and set it afire. She then shot herself in the head. Despite this massive self-inflicted trauma, she somehow managed to drag her then fully clothed body into the tent of a KBR contractor, leaving a trail of blood along the way and set the tent ablaze in a failed attempt to cover up her ...
The Anthrax Attack Was a Classic False Flag Operation Targeting Arabs
Post Date: 2008-08-05 13:18:00 by TwentyTwelve
18 Comments
The Anthrax Attack Was a Classic False Flag Operation Targeting Arabs George Washington’s Blog Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008 Whether or not Bruce Ivins had a role in the anthrax attacks, trying to now blame him alone for the attacks is ignoring the elephant in the room: the anthrax attack was a classic false flag attack blamed on Arabs. For example: * The FBI was actually told to blame Anthrax scare on Al Qaeda by White House officials * The anthrax letters attempt to link 9/11 and the anthrax attack and pretend to be from radical Muslims and be anti-America and anti-Israel * High-level government insiders pointed towards Iraq as the source of the anthrax, even though there was ...
Secret deal kept British Army out of battle for Basra
Post Date: 2008-08-05 10:00:11 by bush_is_a_moonie
1 Comments
A secret deal between Britain and the notorious al-Mahdi militia prevented British Forces from coming to the aid of their US and Iraqi allies for nearly a week during the battle for Basra this year, The Times has learnt. Four thousand British troops – including elements of the SAS and an entire mechanised brigade – watched from the sidelines for six days because of an “accommodation” with the Iranian-backed group, according to American and Iraqi officers who took part in the assault. US Marines and soldiers had to be rushed in to fill the void, fighting bitter street battles and facing mortar fire, rockets and roadside bombs with their Iraqi counterparts. Hundreds of ...
Initial agreement reached on withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
Post Date: 2008-08-05 06:50:19 by Ada
1 Comments
Cairo - Iraqi and US teams negotiating a controversial security pact have reached an initial agreement that states that US troops will withdraw from Iraq between 2010 and 2011, the pro- government Iraqi Al-Sabah newspaper reported Monday. The newspaper reported that 'the Iraqi and American technical teams have already reported the outcome of their negotiations to their political leaders during the past days.' The paper also reported that ongoing negotiations between both parties is nearing an end, allowing the signing of a 'memorandum of understanding' very soon. The paper quoted anonymous Iraqi sources as saying that 'there is a great development in the talks and we ...
Baghdad Bomb Kills Two U.S. Soldiers
Post Date: 2008-08-05 02:24:44 by TwentyTwelve
5 Comments
Baghdad Bomb Kills Two U.S. Soldiers Associated Press August 5, 2008 BAGHDAD -- A roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers in a predominantly Shiite area in Baghdad Monday, the first deadly attack against American troops in the capital in nearly a month. At least nine Iraqis also were killed in explosions elsewhere in the Baghdad area, Iraqi officials said, in a grim reminder of the dangers that continue to face security forces and civilians despite security gains over the past year. The U.S. military said another American soldier was wounded when the blast struck a U.S. patrol at about 9:30 a.m. in eastern Baghdad. The area was the site of fierce clashes and frequent roadside bombings ...
Pentagon closes controversial intelligence unit
Post Date: 2008-08-04 23:17:31 by freepatriot32
2 Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Monday said it was closing a controversial intelligence office that had raised concerns about domestic spying by the military after the September 11 attacks. The Defense Department said it had "disestablished" the Counterintelligence Field Activity office, or CIFA, created in February 2002 by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to manage defense and armed service efforts against intelligence threats from foreign powers and groups such as al Qaeda. Those responsibilities will now be carried out by a new organization called the Defense Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Center, overseen by the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence ...
The Patsy
Post Date: 2008-08-04 06:00:37 by Ada
2 Comments
Was Bruce Ivins the anthrax killer? The media narrative now being woven around the apparent suicide of U.S. government scientist Bruce E. Ivins – a prominent anthrax researcher who worked at Ft. Detrick's U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases bio-weapons research lab (USAMRIID) – is that he was a lone nut, a "homicidal maniac" who poisoned the five people killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks and was determined to go on another killing spree at his workplace as the Feds closed in on him. The Times of London headline says it all: "Mad Anthrax Scientist in Threat to Kill Co-Workers." However, as we sift through the reams of media ...
United States Defeated in Iraq?
Post Date: 2008-08-03 18:29:44 by Horse
3 Comments
What the surge really proves is that ethnic cleansing works. Baghdad was a city of roughly 65% Sunnis. Now it is nearly 75% Shiites. Most of the million or so Iraqis who have been killed in the conflict, and most of the 4 million who are either internally displaced or have become refugees, are probably Sunnis. This is an important point and one that Americans should understand. The surge was created to disguise what was really taking place on the ground; ethnic cleansing on a massive scale. No one disputes this. The Sunnis have been effectively purged from the capital. That's not a "political solution". It is a war crime. More important, the United States military has helped ...
Bio-defense lab proliferation worrisome
Post Date: 2008-08-03 12:32:56 by Jethro Tull
0 Comments
Bio-defense lab proliferation worrisome Published: Aug. 3, 2008 WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The proliferation of U.S. bio-terrorism defense labs may actually be increasing the likelihood of an attack rather than deterring one, some observers contend. Revelations that the chief suspect in the 2001 anthrax letter terrorism episode was a government scientist who committed suicide has raised alarms that the United States may have actually helped create more terrorism opportunities by spending almost $50 billion for new bio-defense laboratories, The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) reported Sunday. Congressional investigators have warned the vast expansion of bio-defense research labs presents real ...
BIN LADEN DRIVER COULD STAY INDEFINITELY AT GITMO
Post Date: 2008-08-02 19:49:32 by rowdee
0 Comments
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - The commander of the Guantanamo Bay detention center said Saturday he has been researching new potential accommodations for Osama bin Laden's driver, who could be held here indefinitely regardless of the verdict at his war crimes trial. A jury of American military officers is expected to begin deliberations Monday in the case of Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni who faces a maximum life sentence on charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism. Even if he is found innocent, he may not leave this U.S. Navy base. The military retains the right to hold those considered to pose a threat to the United States - even those who have been cleared of charges at ...
U.S. Military Has Fewest Iraq Deaths Since Invasion
Post Date: 2008-07-31 12:20:39 by Jethro Tull
12 Comments
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- The number of American military members who died in Iraq dropped to 12 in July, the lowest monthly total since the 2003 invasion, as the U.S. said Iraqi forces were increasingly effective in combating militants. The deadliest month for U.S. forces in Iraq was November 2004, when 147 members of the military died. The toll for June was 30. The monthly figures were calculated by Bloomberg News from the Defense Department's daily totals through 10 a.m. Washington time yesterday. ``The significant reason for the sustained progress is the success of the surge,'' President George W. Bush said today at the White House, referring to last year's deployment of ...
Quadmire Exchange
Post Date: 2008-07-31 05:58:24 by Ada
0 Comments
If Barack Obama's idea of ending the occupation in Iraq is to transfer most of the troops to Afghanistan, he won't have accomplished much. He's right that we should not be in Iraq, but we also shouldn't be in Afghanistan. Our sole interest in Afghanistan should be to get Osama bin Laden. After that, we should bring our guys home. It's none of our business what kind of government Afghanistan has or if it even has a government. In case you've forgotten, the northern warlords seized Kabul after the Russians left. Their looting and brutality caused many Afghans to look with favor on the young men of the Taliban. The Taliban whipped the warlords and began to rule the ...
Dead 2 times
Post Date: 2008-07-30 22:00:50 by rack42
2 Comments
This guy has been killed twice: once in 2006 and again in 2008. Not even the pictures of Abu Khabab al-Masri match, unless he was on a Jenny Craig diet plan. The 2006: Abu Khabab al-Masri: A Master of Terror By Evan Kohlmann The 2008: Officials: Al Qaeda's Mad Scientist Killed 2006 source 2008 source
Poster Comment:Pics are not coming through, ie, the pics won't post. Click on links to see pics.
The World's Foremost Terrorist - The US Government
Post Date: 2008-07-30 06:51:45 by Zoroaster
8 Comments
The World's Foremost Terrorist - The US Government By Karl Schwarz 7-30-8 This article will explain to you why the Totally Screwed-Up US Strategic Plan for the Caspian Basin has backfired and created a "megatrend" against America that may well be the doom of our nation. Any country willing to spend 30 years lying, conniving and scheming - and blow over $3 trillion (reported) on nothing - is pretty damned stupid or desperate. In the case of American policy, I submit, both apply...and we can, with no effort, add in DELUSIONAL. There is nothing that George W Bush, McCain or Obama can do to change the tide now...for it has turned into a tsunami against America. The Grand ...
A “People’s Court” for America?
Post Date: 2008-07-30 06:08:37 by Ada
0 Comments
Sunday’s Washington Post published an op-ed advocating a position that we have held here at The Future of Freedom Foundation ever since the 9/11 attacks: that terrorism cases rightfully belong in federal court. The article, entitled “The Right Place to Try Terrorism Cases,” was authored by John C. Coughenour, a federal judge in Washington State. Among the many insightful points that Coughenour makes is the following: “Detractors of the current system argue that the federal courts are ill-equipped for the unique challenges that terrorism trials pose. Such objections often begin with a false premise: that the threat of terrorism is too great to risk an ...
Army Recruiters Threaten High Schoolers
Post Date: 2008-07-29 11:55:16 by christine
8 Comments
HOUSTON -- With a war in Iraq and fighting on the rise in Afghanistan, the struggle to bring in new U.S. Army recruits is heating up again. Video KHOU-TV reports 07/28/2008 More KVUE video View larger E-mail Clip More Video Local/State Videos Illness is associated with noise produced by some wind turbines Surveillance video from Texas Governor's Mansion 2009 Lincoln MKS Sedan And Irving Gonzales, 18, got caught up in it all. As his family’s oldest male, he feels he has to do whatever it takes to help out his single mom. For him, that means working long hours at his after-school job. “My mom was left struggling. I would give her more than half my paycheck,” ...
Gorbachev Worries About Missile Plan
Post Date: 2008-07-29 07:48:22 by noone222
0 Comments
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Wednesday that he viewed a U.S. plan to deploy a missile defense shield in Central Europe as targeting Russia, not Iran. "(On Tuesday) Milos Zeman, the former Czech prime minister, said, ‘What kind of Iran threat do you see? This is a system that is being created against Russia,'" Gorbachev said. "I don't think Zeman is alone in seeing this. We see this as well as he sees it." LATEST NEWS Iran says nonproliferation system unfairly favors nuclear powers 15:29 29/07/2008 |Iran's president said on Tuesday that there is no effective system preventing the transfer of weapons technology ...
Obama's War?
Post Date: 2008-07-29 06:07:32 by Ada
4 Comments
"We have to be as careful getting out as we were careless getting in," says Barack Obama of the U.S. war in Iraq. Wise counsel. But is Barack taking his own advice? For he pledges to shift two U.S. combat brigades, 10,000 troops, out of Iraq and into Afghanistan, raising American forces in that country from 33,000 to 43,000. Why does Barack think a surge of 10,000 troops will succeed in winning a war in which we have failed to prevail after seven years of fighting? How many more troops is he prepared to commit? Is the Obama commitment open-ended? For, without any visible strategy for victory, Barack is recommending the same course LBJ took after the death of JFK. Johnson bombed ...
Rice Adviser: Iraq Invasion Was 'F*cking Stupid'
Post Date: 2008-07-28 23:19:07 by christine
11 Comments
Over at the Washington Independent, Spencer Ackerman continues his enlightening "Rise of the Counterinsurgents" series with "A Counterinsurgency Guide for Politicos." The Indy has obtained a copy of a forthcoming manual on counterinsurgency strategy written by David Kilcullen, a "former Australian Army officer who is now an adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice." The handbook seeks to provide a framework for considering whether Washington should intervene in foreign countries' counterinsurgency operations, raising difficult questions about whether such nations deserve U.S. support; under what conditions that support should occur, and whether ...
SUICIDE HOT LINE GOT CALLS FROM 22,000 VETERANS
Post Date: 2008-07-28 11:51:45 by rowdee
0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says. According to a recent RAND Corp. study, roughly one in five soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan displays symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, putting them at a higher risk for suicide. Researchers at Portland State University found that male veterans are twice as likely to commit suicide than men who are not veterans. This month, a former Army medic, Joseph Dwyer, who was shown in a Military Times photograph running through a battle zone carrying an Iraqi boy, died of an accidental overdose after ...
REPORT: EMPTY PRISON IN IRAQ A $40M 'FAILURE'
Post Date: 2008-07-28 11:42:26 by rowdee
1 Comments
BAGHDAD (AP) - In the flatlands north of Baghdad sits a prison with no prisoners. It holds something else: a chronicle of U.S. government waste, misguided planning and construction shortcuts costing $40 million and stretching back to the American overseers who replaced Saddam Hussein. "It's a bit of a monument in the desert right now because it's not going to be used as a prison," said Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, whose office plans to release a report Monday detailing the litany of problems at the vacant detention center in Khan Bani Saad. The pages also add another narrative to the wider probes into the billions lost so far on ...
Petraeus won't join bandwagon for Iraq withdrawal timetable
Post Date: 2008-07-28 10:20:14 by christine
14 Comments
BAGHDAD — The top U.S. military commander in Iraq isn't buying the increasingly popular idea of a publicly stated timetable for American troop withdrawal. Gen. David Petraeus, the Iraq commander, said in an interview with McClatchy that the situation in Iraq is too volatile to "project out, and to then try to plant a flag on, a particular date." With violence at its lowest levels of the war, politicians in both the United States and Iraq are getting behind the idea of a departure timetable. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was first, suggesting he would have combat troops home within 16 months of Inauguration Day. The idea got a big boost during his ...
The Bush Administration's Secret Biowarfare Agenda
Post Date: 2008-07-28 06:01:09 by Stephen Lendman
0 Comments
The Bush Administration's Secret Biowarfare Agenda - by Stephen Lendman When it comes to observing US and international laws, treaties and norms, the Bush administration is a serial offender. Since 2001, it's: -- spurned efforts for nuclear disarmament to advance its weapons program and retain current stockpiles; -- renounced the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and asserted the right to develop and test new weapons; -- abandoned the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) because it expressly forbids the development, testing and deployment of missile defenses like its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and other programs; -- refuses to adopt a proposed ...
Obama to PM: Iran action legitimate only if talks fail
Post Date: 2008-07-25 12:51:13 by scrapper2
3 Comments
Near the close of his visit to Israel on Wednesday, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. A major topic of their long conversation was Obama's declared willingness to engage in direct dialogue with Tehran. Obama reportedly told Olmert that he is interested in meeting the Iranians in order to issue clear ultimatums. "If after that, they still show no willingness to change their nuclear policy, then any action against them would be legitimate," an Israeli source quoted him as saying. Obama said it is clear that the Iranian nuclear issue would be a top priority for him as president, but said that as part of the diplomatic effort to ...
US Military Recruits Children: "America's Army" Video Game Violates International Law
Post Date: 2008-07-24 08:45:34 by Jethro Tull
2 Comments
In May of 2002, the United States Army invaded E3, the annual video game convention held in Los Angeles. At the city's Convention Center, young game enthusiasts mixed with camouflaged soldiers, Humvees and a small tank parked near the entrance. Thundering helicopter sound effects drew the curious to the Army's interactive display, where a giant video screen flashed the words "Empower yourself. Defend America ... You will be a soldier."(1) The Army was unveiling its latest recruitment tool, the "America's Army" video game, free to download online or pick up at a recruiting station, and now available for purchase on the Xbox, PlayStation, cell phones and ...
Latest [Newer] 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 [Older]
|