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Who Is Daniel Pipes? Bush Plans For Iran If Obama Wins

Posted by bosskitty

Pipes: Bush Will Attack Iran If A Democrat Wins The White House»
… said he believes that President Bush will attack Iran if a Democrat wins the White House in November. During an interview posted at the National Review Online, Pipes said that the U.S. and its allies should tell Tehran to “watch out” for “an [...]

Iraqi Security Forces Mutiny, Give Weapons Away

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BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government announced Sunday that it had dismissed 1,300 soldiers and policemen for refusing to fight or performing badly during last month’s offensive against Shiite militias in the southern city of Basra.
Maj. Gen. Abdul-Kareem Khalaf, an Interior Ministry spokesman, said that 500 soldiers and 421 policemen were fired in Basra, including 37 [...]

What More Can We Do To Ruin Our Military?

Posted by bosskitty

Military Doctors Withholding Treatment from Soldiers with Mental Health Problems
The military is denying crucial care to soldiers, making them vulnerable on the battlefield.
Since 9/11, one Army division has spent more time in Iraq than any other group of soldiers: the 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, New York.
Over the past 6 [...]

Russia: Spy Satellite Shootdown A Cover Up

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Russia: US Satellite Shot a Weapons Test
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia said Saturday that U.S. military plans to shoot down a damaged spy satellite may be a veiled test of America’s missile defense system.
Russian defence ministry statement: “The decision to destroy the American satellite does not look harmless as they try to claim.” [...]

Cyber-Warfare = Will China Elect US President?

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In May 2001, Chinese launched their Hack the USA campaign.
Now its 2008, Web sites in China are being used heavily to target computer networks in the Defense Department and other U.S. agencies, successfully breaching hundreds of unclassified networks, according to several U.S. officials.   Intel Brief by Rachel F Kesselman for ISN Security Watch  tracks the [...]

Extortion, Washington DC Style

Posted by bosskitty

200,000 federal employees who work for the Army may get layoff notices before Christmas if Congress and the White House do not reach an accord on funding for the Iraq war, the Pentagon said yesterday. The warning, posted near the top of the Defense Department’s Web site, was the latest in a series from Pentagon [...]

Rules for Private Armies in Iraq … Sure

Posted by bosskitty

The U.S. Departments of State and Defense have agreed to a new system of rules designed to increase control over private security contractors working in Iraq.

The two U.S. agencies with key roles in Iraq sought a “common understanding of how and when force, and particularly deadly force, should be used by [...]

Pentagon Threat – No Strings On Funding Or Else

Posted by bosskitty

Pentagon Warns of Civilian Layoffs If Congress Delays War Funding
Democrats Are Firm on Link to Troop Withdrawals From Iraq
By Jonathan Weisman and Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post
The Defense Department warned yesterday that as many as 200,000 contractors and civilian employees will begin receiving layoff warnings by Christmas unless Congress acts on President [...]

Blackwater Gets New 92 Million Dollar Contract

Posted by nytexan

Can anyone please explain why the Department of Defense has just given Blackwater another contract, 92 million dollars to be exact? This time the gang of thieves and murderers will be flying Department of Defense passenger and cargo around Central Asia.
This government is entirely screwed up on how we do business with the private sector. [...]

U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,799

Posted by nytexan

As of Tuesday , Sept. 25, 2007, at least 3,799 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,098 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.
The AP [...]

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