Tag: Military
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global tensions: bombers, beijing, suez & subs
russian bombers fly close to US borderfrom afp: Russian bombers accompanied by Nato fighter jets have completed a patrol off the north west coast of the United States, the Russian air force said on Wednesday, Interfax reported. “NATO fighter jets accompanied the planes of long range aviation in the area of Alaska during the air…
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pentagon mistakenly sends icbm parts to taiwan
from danger room: Well, it’s not as bad as mistakenly sending nuclear-armed cruise missiles for a ride across the United States, but it’s not good either. The Pentagon today announced that it had mistakenly sent fuses for intercontinental ballistic missiles to Taiwan. Oops. No nuclear components were involved, however. Apparently, Taiwan was supposed to get…
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navy fires admiral accused of lying
from abc: A top Navy admiral has been fired for misleading Pentagon investigators looking into allegations he had an inappropriate relationship in 1990 while assigned to the White House as the military aide to then-President George H. W. Bush. Vice Adm. John “Boomer” Stufflebeem was relieved of his position as director of the Navy staff…
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US death toll in iraq reaches 4,000
from ap: A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000. The grim milestone came on the same day that rockets and mortars pounded the U.S.-protected Green Zone, underscoring the fragile security situation and the resilience…
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flashback: ‘operation dark winter’
from killtown: On June 22-23, 2001, just under 3 months before 9/11, the U.S. military held a senior-level war game at Andrews Air Force Base called Dark Winter. The scenario of this bio-terrorism drill was designed to simulate a smallpox attack in three states in which one of these states would be Pennsylvania. As a…
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wargames, drills, exercises, simulations & desensitization
israel to hold its largest-ever wargamesfrom jerusalem post: In the face of a possible escalation with Syria and Iran’s efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon, parts of the country will shut down next month in what security officials say will be the largest emergency exercise in Israel’s history. The drill, which is being organized by…
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dod delays brain scans for fear of what they’ll find
pentagon admits postponing brain screeningsfrom guardian: The Pentagon has admitted that it delayed introducing a routine screening of troops returning from Iraq for mild brain injuries because it feared that the extent of the problem could mushroom to the scale of the Gulf War syndrome after the first Iraq war. The head of the Pentagon’s…
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cctv: complete control takeover video
target creates license plate reading technology from wcco: New technology is allowing law enforcement cars to go looking for trouble. Computers now installed in cruisers automatically run license plates and alert officers to wanted drivers. Police in Lakeville are testing that technology right now, but you might be surprised who came up with it: Target.…
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‘Practice Bomb’ Hits Oklahoma Apartment
An Air National Guard jet mistakenly dropped a 22-pound, nonexplosive practice bomb Thursday on an apartment complex, damaging the foundation. But no one was injured, police said Friday.
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beware the terror drill ides of march
guns blaze & spray flies as guard runs harbor drill from star bulletin: With the crack of automatic weapons fire, three 25-foot Coast Guard boats surrounded an inflatable raft in Honolulu Harbor yesterday to the astonishment of by-standers at Aloha Tower. Chicago resident Art Urdiales initially thought the action was part of a “drug raid…
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central command chief william fallon resigns
from danger room: Admiral William Fallon, commander of US Central Command, has turned in his resignation, and Defense Secretary Gates has accepted it. The press, previously hypnotized by the Spitzer scandal, is furiously spinning to find out more. But early speculation will almost certainly center around this interview with Esquire’s Tom Barnett, in which the…
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sleeper cells, prison swells & uk troops in kansas
islamist sleeper cell in scotland yard?from sydney morning herald: Scotland Yard refuses to comment on a report that an al-Qaeda sleeper cell has infiltrated London’s Metropolitan Police headquarters. The News Of The World published a story yesterday stating Britain’s domestic intelligence agency, MI5, had identified four London police officers who were passing on Scotland Yard…
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ap probe finds drugs in drinking water
from ap: A vast array of pharmaceuticals – including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones – have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows. To be sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in quantities of parts per billion or trillion,…
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nat’l dragnet, borderwars, russian bombers & aipac
national dragnet is a click awayfrom washington post: Several thousand law enforcement agencies are creating the foundation of a domestic intelligence system through computer networks that analyze vast amounts of police information to fight crime and root out terror plots… Those network efforts will begin expanding further this month, as some local and state agencies…
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topoff 5: nau, spp & the 2010 olympics
three amigos at 2010 winter olympics?from vancouver24: Could Canada’s Games be secured with help from Americans and Mexicans? Canada, U.S. and Mexico are planning a massive joint military exercise in April 2009 “to focus on terrorist events that could affect [the] 2010 Olympics,” according to Public Safety Canada documents released to 2010 Watch via access…