Topic: W A R - on September 30, 2007 at 11:40:00 AM CEST
Burma's Secret War
burmacampaign.org.ukHigh-Resolution Satellite Imagery and the Conflict in Eastern Burma [pdf]
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Topic: W A R - on September 28, 2007 at 11:05:00 AM CEST
Japanese Journalist Killed in Burma Protest Crackdown [video]
The killing of Kenji Nagai was photographed by a colleague yesterday in Rangoon, Burma. The photojournalist was one of nine killed and 11 injured when the military junta ordered troops to fire into a crowd of pro-democracy demonstrators.
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Topic: W A R - on September 13, 2007 at 10:10:00 AM CEST
13 American soldiers
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Topic: W A R - on August 30, 2007 at 5:48:00 PM CEST
Energy beam weapon could be used in Iraq
An unidentified airman looks over the military's Active Denial System, a non-lethal ray gun that was demonstrated at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The system shoots a beam of energy that makes people feel they are about to catch fire.
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Topic: W A R - on August 25, 2007 at 11:42:00 AM CEST
Colombia warlord loses benefits
A leading Colombian paramilitary leader has been stripped of his preferential prison treatment after he allegedly broke the terms of a peace agreement.
The authorities said they had evidence that Carlos Jimenez, also known as Macaco, was continuing to smuggle drugs and run a criminal empire from prison.
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Topic: W A R - on August 18, 2007 at 12:15:00 PM CEST
Russia restarts Cold War patrols
Russia is resuming a Soviet-era practice of sending its bomber aircraft on long-range flights, President Vladimir Putin has said.
Mr Putin said the move to resume the flights permanently after a 15-year suspension was in response to security threats posed by other military powers.
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Topic: W A R - on July 24, 2007 at 11:40:00 AM CEST
Fake documents can buy dirty bomb material
With all the security measures in place against terrorist attacks, you might think it would be difficult to obtain enough radioactive material from within the US to build a dirty bomb. It turns out that all you need is a little ingenuity and one fake fax.
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Topic: W A R - on July 22, 2007 at 12:17:00 AM CEST
Pentagon plots digital "crystal ball"
Darpa, the Pentagon's way-out research arm, is looking to design a software suite that predicts the future for battlefield commanders. At the heart of the package: A digital "Crystal Ball" that forecasts how a mission is going to turn out, before it's done. No, I am not kidding.
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Topic: W A R - on July 18, 2007 at 10:32:00 AM CEST
Military Prepping for a Ray Gun War
No one has quite figured out how to put together a battlefield ray gun -- yet. But that isn't stopping the U.S. military from getting ready.
The Air Force Research Lab is "conducting research... to accurately predict the effects of lasers on various threat targets. Laser vulnerability assessments on space, tactical/ground, and missile, systems, subsystems, and components shall be completed to accurately predict the consequences of lasers interaction with these targets. "
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Topic: W A R - on June 15, 2007 at 3:51:00 PM CEST
US-Militär experimentierte mit „Schwulenbombe“
Im Pentagon hat es Pläne gegeben, die sexuelle Orientierung feindlicher Soldaten mithilfe von Chemikalien zu verändern. Eine „Hormonbombe“ sollte gegnerische Truppen zu Homosexuellen umwandeln, mehr Sex unter den Soldaten die Kampfmoral schwächen.
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Topic: W A R - on May 22, 2007 at 1:42:00 PM CEST
Royal Marine helmet-cam auteur hit during Afghan gunfight
A Royal Marine recently returned from combat in Afghanistan has uploaded some astonishing Doom-style helmet-cam footage, taken during a massive gun battle with the Taliban.
Viewers be warned: unlike the Iraq headquarters PR channel videos, it contains extensive profanity.
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Topic: W A R - on April 15, 2007 at 5:01:00 PM CEST
Is Ayman Zawahiri Behind The Anthrax Mailings?
Is Ayman Zawahiri Behind The Anthrax Mailings? Analysis of the means, motive, modus operandi and opportunity of the anthrax mailings in Fall 2001 suggests that US-based supporters of Ayman Zawahiri were responsible for the anthrax mailings in the Fall of 2001. The Federal Bureau of Investigation appears to have pursued all possible leads and left no stone unturned. Attorney General Gonzales told the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 18, 2007 that FBI Director Mueller was very committed to seeing it to “some kind of conclusion in the relatively near future.”
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