The United States is seeking to counter China as a rising military and economic power in Asia-Pacific, as President Obama promised to “make our presence and missions in the Asia-Pacific a top priority.” After the announcement on Wednesday that up to 2,500 U.S. troops would be permanently stationed in Australia, in addition to an increase of [...]
Report: Gadhafi Govt Sought to Bomb British Officials in Libya | MI6 thwarted suicide car bomb plot, officials claim
US Drones Kill at Least 18 in South Waziristan | Reports: Pakistani Taliban commanders among the slain
NATO Airstrike Kills 27 ‘Insurgents’ in Eastern Afghanistan | Forces detained a number of ‘suspects’ in Nangarhar
The practice by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of concocting fake yet grandiose terrorist attacks in order to entrap otherwise harmless Muslims has become increasingly prevalent and used as a tactic to claim progress in the war on terror. But this is really just entrapment, as well as a waste of resources. Read the whole [...]
For monts the Pentagon has unleashed scare tactics in the media and on Capitol Hill to try and influence Congress away from cutting defense budgets. They claim any cuts would endanger national security and strangle their ability to do their jobs. But this is merely “a scare tactic by bureaucrats desperate to protect their turf.” [...]
The Chilcot inquiry, the British investigation into the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath, will be delayed for at least six months due to a dispute with the government over the release of secret documents. The findings, resulting partly from 18 months of public hearings including prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, [...]
American Censorship Day Held to Protest New Congressional Bill | SOPA would have government creating ‘Internet blacklist’
The U.S. Air Force has begun to receive deliveries of a new 30,000-pound bunker-buster bomb that’s capable of penetrating deeply buried enemy targets. In August, the Boeing Co. received a $32 million contract that included plans for eight of the massive munitions, named Massive Ordnance Penetrator, but exactly how many will be delivered is not clear. Air Force [...]
Yemeni troops killed seven alleged al Qaeda-linked militants – including an Iranian, a Pakistani and two Somali nationals – in fighting in a southern province, an anonymous security official said Wednesday. The official claimed the seven were killed when the Yemeni army shelled the headquarters of the local government in Zinjibar, provincial capital of Abyan. [...]
