Tag: centcom
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3/3 Defcon: Fascism, Fake Friends, FOIA
Obama joins critics of nonprofit group that oversees internet; Or, Obama & China agree: Fascist dictators should control the net
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obama rebrands iraq war as ‘operation new dawn’
prince of peace prize acts like changing name is ending war… from afp: President Barack Obama’s administration plans to rebrand its military operation in Iraq “Operation New Dawn,” beginning September 1, a Pentagon memorandum shows. The memo, signed by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, shows the Pentagon approving a request to switch the name of…
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nbc continues to highlight dyncorp gen. barry mccaffrey
from allgov: Since NBC doesn’t bother to point out the conflicts of interest held by oft-used military analyst Barry McCaffrey, Huffington Post and others have. McCaffrey has appeared on the network’s cable subsidiary, MSNBC, no less than 10 times in the past month to talk about the importance of staying in Afghanistan and training local…
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ghosts of admins past & present: tillman, torture, war & more
flashbacks: deliberate & calculated lies about tillman & lynch &officers blamed for tillman case errors tillman’s parents want general’s record reviewedfrom ap: The parents of slain Army Ranger and NFL star Pat Tillman voiced concerns Tuesday that the general who played a role in mischaracterizing his death could be put in charge of military operations…
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police state int’l: cyberwars, databasing, gps & you
nsa aims to expand power & take over cybersecurity new zealand plugs into secret pentagon intranetfrom cryptogon: The U.S., Australia, Canada, Britain and New Zealand… Is it a coincidence that these also happen to be the ECHELON states? Via: Stuff: A leaked American study into military actions in Afghanistan [3.4mb PDF] reveals New Zealand is…
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a hatful of halloween horrorstories
rand lobbies pentagon: start war to save US economyfrom paul joseph watson & yihan dai: According to reports out of top Chinese mainstream news outlets, the RAND Corporation recently presented a shocking proposal to the Pentagon in which it lobbied for a war to be started with a major foreign power in an attempt to…
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another iranian ‘incident’: pilot says US officials on intruding nato jet
iran: intruding jet belonged to nato not USfrom belfast telegraph: A jet that violated Iranian airspace and was forced to land at an airport in Iran belonged to NATO, Iranian TV has reported. Iran’s media claims the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Falcon jet, carrying military personnel from various nations including Hungary, was heading to…
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police state usa: terror drills, curfews, gps & ip snooping
terror drill finds culprit with dirty bombfrom ny daily news: It was only a drill, but the scenario was still terrifying. A boat loaded with radioactive materials sailed through New York Harbor Friday. A multiagency task force – led by state-of-the-art NYPD boats – was assigned to stop the interloper. “We’re trying to further…protect the…
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petraeus chosen as new centcom commander
from thinkprogress: The AP reports that President Bush has tapped Gen. David Petraeus, currently the Commanding General of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, to become the new commander of the U.S. Central Command. He will replace Adm. William Fallon, whose “premature departure” at least stemmed from policy disagreements with Petraeus, “a favorite of the White…