Tag: nato
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econocrash: hoarding, seizing, drinking & cashless
this is all starting to sound like a bad country song…economist says hoard gold & scotch outrage brewing in oregon over proposed 1900% beer taxfrom kgw: Five Oregon state lawmakers want to impose a hefty tax on beer and have introduced a bill that brewers say would cripple them. Four Portland legislators joined a Springfield…
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daily dose of terror: drills, darpa, sims & dew
darpa sims, directed energy weapons darpa wants sim to ‘resurrect’ battlefield traumafrom danger room: Far-off commanders can already watch battles unfold, thanks to spy drones, streaming video overhead. They can read after-action reports, to learn how troops on the ground experienced the fight. But those officers don’t have detailed, digitally-animated simulations, merging all that info…
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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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international gangsters puff their chests at the un
iran leader says ‘american empire’ near collapse from ap: Iran’s president accused “a few bullying powers” of trying to thwart his country’s peaceful nuclear program and declared in a speech Tuesday before the U.N. General Assembly that “the American empire” is nearing collapse. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sharply attacked the United States and NATO, accusing…
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geopolitiks: georgia, israel, thailand, india, pakistan, mexico & more
darth cheney visits georgia in show of solidarityfrom guardian: The US vice-president arrived in Tbilisi today, in a show of political backing for the nation and its pro-Western Georgian president. Dick Cheney’s visit comes a day after the White House announced a $1bn (£500m) economic aid package for the country, which was ravaged by last…
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russian & US warships engaged in black sea standoff
from irish times: Russian and US warships were engaged in a Black Sea stand-off last night, amid western warnings that the conflict in Georgia could destabilise other parts of Moscow’s old empire. A US coast guard cutter carrying aid docked at the Georgian port of Batumi after bypassing the Russian-controlled port of Poti. Two other…
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geopolitiks: dog meat, poison & weather wargames
china may modify weather for olympicsfrom xinhua: If bad weather threatens the August 8 opening of Beijing’s Olympic Games, then meteorologists may change the weather, according to a Chinese meteorology official. Chen Zhenlin, a vice director with the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), made the statement Tuesday afternoon at a press conference held at the Beijing…
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aldo moro & the ‘red scare’
from the first post: Thirty years ago this Sunday, the Italian statesman Aldo Moro was seized by the Red Brigades and eight weeks later his body was dumped in downtown Rome. It was the most spectacular assassination by the Red Brigades and the most significant killing of a leader in Europe during the entire Cold…
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warships, watchlists, kosovo kolony & shooter drills
US sends warships to eastern mediterraneanfrom ap: The U.S. Navy is sending three ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea in a show of strength during a period of tensions with Syria and political uncertainty in Lebanon. Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters the deployment should not be viewed as…
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the pentagon wants an afghanisurge
3,000 more marines to afghanistanfrom ap: The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan in April to bolster efforts to hold off another expected Taliban offensive in the spring, military officials said Jan. 9. The move represents a shift in Pentagon thinking that has been slowly developing after months of repeated…