Tag: war
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israeli airstrikes in gaza leave hundreds dead
israel kills 208 in air assault on gaza stripfrom reuters: Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 205 people in the bloodiest one-day death toll in 60 years of conflict with the Palestinians. Militants in the Gaza Strip, who have launched dozens of rocket attacks against Israel since…
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money & mccain for ‘more wars’
dod wants $70b more for warsfrom ap: The White House will ask Congress next week for another $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an amount that would help cover operational costs only until early next year when the next administration takes over… Since 2001, Congress has approved some $700 billion for the…
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hollywood launches new offensive in the war of terror
from sky news: Saudi Arabian-based terrorist drama The Kingdom, starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner, arrives in London tonight. It brings with it a new wave of films that both examine and criticise America’s hunt for its enemies. Initially, the repercussions of the September 11 attacks largely were left to documentary makers, but now the…
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heard about stratcom?
from op-ed news: They used to call it the Strategic Air Command (SAC). They were in charge of the nuclear bombers and nuclear missiles. Then the Pentagon changed the name to the Strategic Command – StratCom. StratCom is headquartered at Offutt AFB in Omaha, Nebraska. Their mission now includes being in charge of “full-spectrum global…
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US ‘friendly fire’ kills 3 uk soldiers
from bbc: Three British troops have been killed in Afghanistan by so-called friendly fire, the Ministry of Defence has said. The MoD said the soldiers, from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, were killed at around 1830 local time (1500 BST) on Thursday. It is understood the soldiers died when US fighter planes, called to…
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air force manual outlines how to aid insurgencies
from raw story: The Air Force is ready to aid insurgencies. According to a lengthy new Air Force document, which outlines US strategies for “Irregular Warfare,” military resources will sometimes be needed to help insurgencies in foreign countries. The 103-page document (1.03mb PDF), published earlier this month, takes lessons from the last six years of…
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former cia officer: US to attack iran within 6 months
from raw story: Fox News asked former CIA field officer Bob Baer on Tuesday whether the US is “gearing up for a military strike on Iran.” Baer has written a column for Time indicating that Washington officials expect an attack within the next six months. “I’ve taken an informal poll inside the government,” Baer told…
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‘jfk, 9/11 & war’
from peter dale scott: In American history there are two types of event: ordinary events which the information systems of the country can understand and establish. There are also deep events, or meta-events, which the mainstream information systems of the country cannot digest. I mean by a “deep event” an event in which it is…
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news on the march
no evidence of enemy fire in tillman deathfrom ap: Army medical examiners were suspicious about the close proximity of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman’s forehead and tried without success to get authorities to investigate whether the former NFL player’s death amounted to a crime, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press… No…
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ron paul: pro-war gop can’t win
from raw story: On Tuesday, Ron Paul, a 10-term congressman from Texas and a Republican Presidential candidate, expressed serious doubts about the chances of a GOP victory in the 2008 Presidential race if the nominee is a ‘pro-war’ hawk. “I don’t see how any Republican candidate can possibly win next year as being proponents of…
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uk troops on ‘trigger happy’ drug
from scotsman: British troops are being prescribed with a controversial drug which has been blamed for making US pilots “trigger-happy” and causing friendly fire deaths. The Ministry of Defence has admitted that it prescribes the amphetamine dexedrine, which is capable of keeping users awake for as long as 60 hours. While the MoD has refused…
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coffin delays clinton fundraiser
from kcra: A fundraising event for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was delayed three hours while the Sacramento County bomb squad investigated a coffin brought to the area by anti-war protesters. Anti-war activists Virginia and Stephen Pearcy, who made headlines in February 2005 for hanging an effigy of a soldier on their Land Park area…
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spin: the art of selling war
from information clearinghouse/blacklisted news:Directed by Josh Rushing, a veteran Marine Corps media spokesman, “SPIN: The Art of Selling War” is an investigative documentary that looks at the standard justification for going to war by the American administrations of past and present.
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british forces held by iran
from sky news: The Government is demanding the “immediate and safe return” of 15 British sailors and Marines seized at gunpoint by Iranian forces. They were taking part in a routine operation boarding merchant ships in Iraqi territorial waters when they were taken captive by Iranian naval vessels. The sailors and Marines had completed a…
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US, china & russia ♥ cluster bombs
from washington post: Forty-six countries agreed Friday to push for a global treaty banning cluster bombs, a move activists hope will force the superpowers that oppose the effort – the U.S., China and Russia – to abandon the weapons… Of the 49 countries attending the Oslo conference, only three – Japan, Poland and Romania -…