Afghanistan war logs: Shattering the illusion of a bloodless victory
• Richard Norton-Taylor via guardian.co.ukReal picture of a conflict longer than Vietnam, or either world war, refutes the idea of a 'revolution in military affairs'
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Dan Ellsberg on WikiLeaks & the Essential Democratic Question: Who Will Tell the People?
• John Nichols via The NationThe Obama White House was quick to condemn the publication Sunday evening of more than 91,000 secret documents detailing the monumentally misguided and frequently failed attempt by the United States to occupy Afghanistan.
FBI chief says agents assisting DOD on WikiLeaks
• AntiWar.comFBI director Mueller says the bureau is assisting the Pentagon in the WikiLeaks probe
Sen. Graham: Prosecute WikiLeaks for ‘Undermining the War Effort’
• Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com'We Need to Go After Anyone Who Was Involved in the Leak'
China conducts naval drill in disputed southern seas
• Ben Blanchard viaChinese naval forces have carried out a series of drills in the South China Sea, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday, strategic waters which are disputed by a number of Southeast Asia countries.
Afghanistan war logs: Story behind biggest leak in intelligence history
• Nick Davies via guardian.co.ukrom US military computers to a cafe in Brussels, how thousands of classified papers found their way to online activists
Afghanistan war logs: Massive leak of secret files exposes truth of occupation
• Nick Davies and David Leigh via guardian.co.uk• Hundreds of civilians killed by coalition troops • Covert unit hunts leaders for 'kill or capture' • Steep rise in Taliban bomb attacks on Nato
Fighter Jet crash in Canada caught on camera. 2010 07 23.
• youtubeThe pilot,Capt.Brian Bews,of this fighter was able to eject moments before the plane crashed in Lethbridge,Canada.He was brought to hospital and his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Pakistan Aids Insurgency in Afghanistan, Reports Assert
• Mazzetti, Perlez, Schmitt, and Lehren via NY TimesAmericans fighting the war in Afghanistan have long harbored strong suspicions that Pakistan’s military spy service has guided the Afghan insurgency with a hidden hand, even as Pakistan receives more than $1 billion a year from Washington for its hel
Air Force Wants Drones That Can Sense Other Airplanes' Intent
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comFuture airplane flocks would require a trained corps of pilots who intimately know their aircraft and their partners’ flying habits. Drone flocks would be a different task, however. Drones are not as smart as pilots, and cannot tell what other aircra
Taliban: 2 U.S. soldiers captured in Afghanistan
• msnbc.comNATO says search underway for 2 missing service men
Raytheon Creates Patriot Missile System iPhone App to Keep Launch Crews' Skills Sharp
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comThere’s an app for everything, Apple says, and apparently that rule does not exclude "the operation ofadvanced missile defenses." Raytheon has developed an app for the Patriot anti-missile system that helps troops stay sharp on the weapons platform e
Psycopathy Legitimized: Feminist Marine Gets His Kicks Killing Male Chauvinists
• Fred ReedThe general says, “You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn’t wear a veil,” adding “guys like that ain’t got no manhood left anyways. So it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them.”
US imposes new sanctions on N Korea
• ALJAZEERA.NETThe United States will impose new sanctions on North Korea in a bid to stem its nuclear weapons ambitions, Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, said.
Top Officials Reiterate Pledges to Continue Afghan War
• Jason Ditz via AntiWar.comNew 2014 Drawdown Date Is 'Non-Binding'
China shows military strength ahead of US drill
• Ben Blanchard and Emma Graham-Harrison via ReutersChina has shown off its growing military strength with naval exercises off its eastern coast, shortly before Washington and Seoul are expected to carry out their own drills which Beijing has criticised.
U.S. and South Korea unveil drills in "show of force"
• ReutersThe US and South Korea announced the start of large-scale military exercises next weekend in a show of force meant to convince North Korea to curb its "aggressive behavior". The drills are the first overt military response to the March attack on the
Az. Senator Jack Harper re-proposes his 2007 bill establishing an official state militia
Chip SaundersWith groups of concerned citizens already taking to the field to patrol the border and interupt border incursions, some say the state should bring them into the fold and provide some order and safety.
Army suicides hit record number in June
• Liz Goodwin via Prison Planet.comThirty-two soldiers took their own lives last month, the most Army suicides in a single month since the Vietnam era. Eleven of the soldiers were not on active duty. Of the 21 who were, seven were serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Department of Defe
US, NATO behind Iran bombings: MP
• Press TV via Prison Planet.comAn Iranian lawmaker slams the recent bombings in the country’s southeast as a plot by Western military forces in the Middle East to spread terror on Iran’s borders.
Cause for Concern in Afghanistan
• Sen. Dick Lugar via The Huffingtion PostThere is substantial concern about our course in Afghanistan, in part because of the recent disruption in our military leadership, but also because gains in governance, development, military training, and other areas have not occurred at a pace that
Killer drones: Where's the accountability?
• Nat Hentoff via azdailysun.comWhen the Obama administration officially declared that an American citizen -- Anwar al-Awlaki, a radically influential global preacher of murderous jihad -- is on a targeted list to be tracked and killed by CIA pilotless drones, New York Times report
Lockheed wins $9 billion deal to supply fighter jets to Canada
• Dana Hedgpeth via The Washington PostBethesda defense giant Lockheed Martin said Friday that it secured a roughly $9 billion deal to sell the Canadian government 65 of its new fighter jets, a move that industry analysts called a positive sign for one of the company's biggest and most cl
'Scary' growth of gangs in war zones
• Frank Main via SUN-TIMESChicago cop who served in Afghanistan and Iraq has warning: Gang members are coming home with military training
Al Qaeda weakens at Pak-Afghan border: Obama
• WorldTribunePakistan.comJul 17: US President Barack Obama has said Al Qaeda has weakened at Pakistan-Afghanistan border as a result of successful operation and now it is becoming hard for the militant organization to carry out big operations.
Militants kill 16 passengers in northwest Pakistan
• AntiWar.com16 people killed in convoy ambush by insurgents in restive northwestern Pakistan
At Least 48, Mostly Awakening Forces, Killed in Iraq Bombing
• Jason Ditz via AntiWar.comSuicide Bombers Hit Line of Militia Members Collecting Paychecks
Judge: Law penalizing fake heroes unconstitutional
• APA judge in Denver has ruled that a federal law making it illegal to lie about being a war hero is unconstitutional because it violates free speech.
Rangel again calls for military draft
• The Associated Press via the raw storyRep. Charles Rangel is again calling for a military draft to highlight the fact that relatively few families are bearing a disproportionate burden in fighting the nation's wars.
Smart Visual Algorithm Lets Unmanned Drones Perform Autonomous Search and Rescue Operations
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSciUnmanned drones could make searching for lost hikers much cheaper, faster and safer than using helicopters, according to researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah. They are turning drones, best known for their search-and-destroy capabilities, i
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