Tag: weapons
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iran’s mega missile test (and israel’s paranoia)
from danger room: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired off a slew of missiles today, in a military exercise. But of the weapons, there’s one that U.S. and Israeli observers are examining with particular care: a 56 foot-long Shahab-3 missile, with a reported range of 1,250 miles. That’s far enough to hit Israeli soil and American bases,…
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‘top secret’ weapons to be used at political conventions
from raw replay: CNN’s Ed Lavendera reports that Congress is giving $100 million to pay security expenses for this summer’s political conventions. Denver and St. Paul officials have said that the types of weapons being purchased are “top secret.” The ACLU is suing both cities to disclose how security money is being spent. This video…
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uranium shipped to canada from iraq in secret mission
from ap: The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program, a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium, reached Montreal on Saturday to complete a top-secret U.S. operation. The removal of 550 metric tonnes of “yellowcake,” the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment, included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a voyage across two oceans.…
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beijing missiles, israeli aid, reconquista & ‘plan mercator’
beijing deploys missiles around the olympic stadiumfrom epoch times: The Opening of the Beijing Olympics will occur in about 40 days. The Chinese Communist regime has deployed surface-to-air missiles in Beijing City to prevent an airborne terrorist attack on the Olympics. According to a June 22 report from Hong Kong’s Sing Tao Daily, Beijing’s surface-to-air…
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atf raids blackwater armory, seizes automatic weapons
from usa today: Federal agents raided a Blackwater armory Tuesday and seized 34 automatic rifles that the company purchased and stored on behalf of a local law enforcement agency, the Associated Press reports. Anne Tyrrell, a Blackwater spokeswoman, tells AP that ATF agents searched the Moyock, N.C., facility. The raid came after reports on a…
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black helicopters over denver for terror drills
psyop prep for denver dem convention…from raw replay: Military helicopters flew low over parts of Denver Monday night as part of a security drill organized by the U.S. Department of Justice. Denver police said they were aware of the operation, but could provide no details. This video is from CBS 4 Denver, broadcast June 16.…
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dc cops, madd hoax, wargames, drugwars & la radar
dc cops getting semiautomatic riflesfrom upi: Civil rights activists say the move to arm District of Columbia Police Department patrol officers with semiautomatic weapons is going overboard. Officers will be given AR-15 rifles this summer as a way to combat dangerous criminals on the streets, The Washington Post reported Saturday. It is reported 352 officers…
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pentagon’s ray gun tested on mock protesters
from raw replay: CBS News’ David Martin reports that the Pentagon’s Active Denial System is basically a ray gun that’s perfect for crowd control. This non-lethal weapon could help eliminate the deaths incurred while trying to control crowds, especially in Iraq. But it’s not in Iraq yet. This video is from CBS’s 60 Minutes, broadcast…
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does the white house have a secret laser defense?
from danger room: There are all kinds of stories about how the White House is defended. One urban legend says Stinger anti-aircraft missiles are supposedly perched on the roof. According to this 1998 report by Human Rights Watch, Pennsylvania Avenue may be protected by a laser weapon, meant to ward off 9/11-style suicide attacks… The…
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US ‘Sonic Blasters’ Sold To China
from danger room: There was a surprising piece of gear at last month’s China International Police Forum, held in Beijing. There, among the rows of law enforcement tech, was an American machine, the Long Range Acoustic Device. It’s not something you’d expect to see, because, depending on who you ask, the LRAD is either a…
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weapons not made in iran after all
from casmii: In a sharp reversal of its longstanding accusations against Iran arming militants in Iraq , the US military has made an unprecedented albeit quiet confession: the weapons they had recently found in Iraq were not made in Iran at all. According to a report by the LA Times correspondent Tina Susman in Baghdad:…
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NYPD May Get ‘Pistol Cams’
The makers of a small, digital camera that attaches to the barrel of a gun say the device would have ended any dispute about what happened in the Sean Bell shooting. Now, a former Bronx homicide prosecutor who helped develop the Pistol Cam wants the NYPD to consider putting the audio and video gadget on…
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chicago police to use m4 carbines
from fort mill times: Chicago police officers will be armed with combat rifles to better rival the firepower of street gangs, police Superintendent Jody Weis has announced. Weis unveiled the plan to equip and train the department’s 13,500 officers with M4 carbines on Friday. Details about when the change would happen and who would pay…
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US uses cluster bombs in sadr city
from press tv: An Iraqi member of parliament has revealed that the US forces have used forbidden weapons against Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Sadr City. DPA quoted Leqa Yasin, a Sadrist lawmaker in the Iraqi parliament, as saying that technical and medical examination on the bodies of the victims and wounded of the recent clashes…
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armed robots still in iraq
from danger room: A recent news report that armed robots had been pulled out of Iraq is mistaken, according to the company that makes the robot and the Army program manager. We linked last week to a Popular Mechanics article reporting that the armed SWORDS robots, made by Foster-Miller, has been pulled out of Iraq…