Elites Now Building Professional European Army
• The Daily BellSupport wanes for conscript system in Europe ... Austrians vote on army conscription this weekend, an issue on which voters in Switzerland might also be polled this year.
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re: Violence Academy Warns About Violence
• Lew Rockwell blogLew, the West Point professor who is teaching the cadets there that believers in the traditional American Jeffersonian/ Madisonian philosophy of federalism and limited constitutional government are potential terrorists is one Arie Perliger.
Militarizing Latin America
• counterpunch.orgThis past December marked the 190th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, the 1823 policy declaration by President James Monroe that essentially made Latin America the exclusive reserve of the United States.
The Pentagon Wants To Scatter Weapons Under The World's Oceans To Activate On Demand
• Business InsiderThe U.S. Navy is attempting to develop a stealth underwater system capable of providing worldwide "operational support and situational awareness," according to a Jan. 11 release from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
The Air Force Will Triple Its US Bomber Airspace To Perform More Low Level Runs
• Business InsiderAccording to the Associated Press, the U.S. Air Force has launched a six-year plan to more than triple the airspace used for its bombers to accommodate more training sorties of its Dakotas-based B-1 and B-52 planes.
DARPA Wants to Remake Manufacturing
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By David TalbotThe military research agency hopes to design and build an amphibious tank from scratch in three years.
Iraq Slaughter: 55 Killed, 288 Wounded
• antiwar.comIraq’s, so far, deadliest day of 2013 left at least 55 Iraqis killed and 288 more wounded.
5 children killed as African Union peacekeepers mistakenly open fire on school
• RT.comFive children and two adults were killed when African Union (AU) troops mistakenly shot into a religious school while pursuing militants, according to media reports.
Militants: 35 hostages die in Algerian raid
• Associated PressAlgerian forces raided a remote Sahara gas plant on Thursday in an attempt to free dozens of foreign hostages held by militants with ties to Mali's rebel Islamists, diplomats said.
Senator Asks CIA Nominee When Drones Can Kill Americans
• http://www.dailypaul.com, By Spencer AckermanThe man in charge of America’s drone wars will face Senate questioning about perhaps their most controversial aspect: when the president can target American citizens for death.
US “Mulling” Drone Strikes in Mali
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve WatsonFormer RAND head: Americans will not care
U.S. Shoots Down Secret Report That Syria Used a Hallucinogen Weapon
• Wired.comThe State Department is publicly discounting claims made by its own diplomats about a chemical weapons attack in Syria.
This Simple Ship Could Let the Chinese Navy Circle the Globe
• Wired.comThe Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy now has an aircraft carrier, new jet fighters to fly off the flattop and even new submarines and guided-missile destroyers able to protect the refurbished Soviet carrier.
The Pentagon's New 30,000-lb MOP Bomb Is Ready To Go
• Business InsiderSenior Pentagon officials told Congress the nation's largest conventional bomb, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), is ready for action.
On Obama's New National Security Team, Keep Your Eye on the Policy
• The Daily BellPresident Obama announced his choices for key national security posts this past week, and there has been both celebration and gnashing of teeth in Washington and around the country.
Einsatzgruppen
• wikipedia.orgEinsatzgruppen (German: "task forces";[1] "deployment groups"[2] singular Einsatzgruppe;
US Military suicides continue to climb, reaching record in 2012
• RT.comThe US Military’s suicide rate grew a startling 15 percent in 2012.
Drones are fool's gold: they prolong wars we can't win
• http://www.guardian.co, Simon JenkinsNew appointments in the White House hail an era of hands-free warfare. Yet these weapons induce not defeat, but retaliation
OBAMA: 'Starting This Spring, Our Troops Will Have A Different Mission' In Afghanistan
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Brett LoGiuratoPresident Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a press conference today that they are accelerating the process of the transition in Afghanistan. Obama said that beginning this spring, U.S. troops would "move to a support role."
Chinese Military On “High Alert” After It Scrambles Fighter Jets To “Counter” Japanese Jets
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Zero HedgeThe one thing that most seem to forget in the epic 30 year old story (which has a very sad ending) that is the Japanese floundering economy, is that while the new Abe government may and will likely try everything to crush the Yen
Billion-dollar US nuclear sub comes off worst in Strait of Hormuz collision with ‘fishing boat’
• RT.comThe USS Jacksonville, a large nuclear submarine, has broken its periscope after colliding with a vessel which escaped unscathed. This is the latest collision to involve a US vessel in the busy and tense oil chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz.
UN calls for ‘rapid deployment’ of international troops in Mali
• RT.comThe UN Security Council has called for “rapid deployment” of international forces in Mali to combat Islamist militants in the north of the country. It comes as insurgents have seized the key city of Konna as they move south.
Is Obama Entertaining a Complete Withdrawal From Afghanistan?
• antiwar.comRetired Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, now at the Center for a New American Security, writes at Foreign Policy on Hamid Karzai’s upcoming visit to Washington to discuss with the Obama administration a status of forces agreement for Afghanistan beyond 2014.
New Cold War: Russia, China To Coordinate Response Against U.S. Global Missile Shield
• Global ResearchRussia and China are planning to intensify their cooperation on missile defense in response to America’s growing missile defense potential around the globe, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Wednesday.
Rheinmetall demos laser that can shoot down drones
• http://www.bbc.co.ukA laser weapons system that can shoot down two drones at a distance of over a mile has been demonstrated by Rheinmetall Defence.
Bradley Manning will be credited 112 days for horrendous stay at Quantico
• RT.comThe military judge presiding over the government’s prosecution of Private first class Bradley Manning agreed to take 112 days off the accused WikiLeaks source’s eventual sentence on grounds that he was subjected to unlawful pretrial punishment.
John Brennan vs. a Sixteen-Year-Old Boy
• Common DreamsIn October 2011, 16-year-old Tariq Aziz attended a gathering in Islamabad where he was taught how to use a video camera so he could document the drones that were constantly circling over his Pakistani village, terrorizing and killing his family.
Even a Military Judge Recognizes What Many Progressives Deny: Bradley Manning Was Mistreated
• Common Dreams"With respect to Private Manning, I have actually asked the Pentagon whether or not the procedures that have been taken in terms of his confinement are appropriate and are meeting our basic standards. They assure me that they are." - Barack Obama
“I Have a Drone”. Obama’s “Military Dream” Is Backfiring
• Global ResearchMichael Boyle, who was on Obama’s counter-terrorism advisory group in the run-up to the 2008 election, writes in a study for the Chatham House journal International Affairs that Obama abandoned his pledge to restore respect for the rule of law.
Welcome To The Age Of Star Wars-Style Military Laser Beams
• Business InsiderRight at the end of 2012 we reported on a laser beam missile defense system Lockheed developed that would make Israel's Iron Dome look wimpy.
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