Topic: War and Peace News - on June 2, 2009 at 10:45:00 AM CEST
Spy Chips Guiding CIA Drone Strikes, Locals Say
It sounds like a tinfoil hat nightmare, come to life: tiny electronic homing beacons, guiding CIA killer drones to their targets. But local residents and Taliban militants in Pakistan’s tribal wildlands say that’s exactly what’s happening. Tribesman in Waziristan are being paid to “plant the electronic devices” near militant safehouses, they tell the Guardian. “Hours or days later, a drone, guided by the signal from the chip, destroys the building with a salvo of missiles.”
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Topic: War and Peace News - on May 9, 2009 at 1:21:00 PM CEST
Cluster bomb technology used for seed planting
Anti War activists hate cluster bombs – mostly because they can be used to deploy anti personnel mines which don’t get picked up long after the last bullet has been fired. And when they go off, even children are victims.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on August 26, 2008 at 1:22:00 PM CEST
Mother Jones interactive military presence map
These numbers are often fuzzy: Some deployments are classified, others are temporary, and just because the Defense Department claims 30 US troops in Indonesia last year doesn't mean 1,500 didn't pass through on training missions. Even so, the map, and the associated research, should give you a good feel for what the Pentagon is up to around the world.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 27, 2008 at 1:36:00 PM CET
Net activists in the firing line -Monks disrupt Tibet media visit
Governments need to do more than just protect themselves against cyber attacks, says Bill Thompson.
In common with other administrations the UK government is concerned about the security of the realm and its ability to cope with natural disasters, foreign aggression and terrorism.
Over the years the importance of computer systems, networks and of course the internet have become apparent even at the highest level of the administration.
Governments need to do more than just protect themselves against cyber attacks, says Bill Thompson.
In common with other administrations the UK government is concerned about the security of the realm and its ability to cope with natural disasters, foreign aggression and terrorism.
Over the years the importance of computer systems, networks and of course the internet have become apparent even at the highest level of the administration.
Net activists in the firing line Monks disrupt Tibet media visit
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Topic: War and Peace News - on September 25, 2007 at 12:19:00 PM CEST
Burmese monks defy army warning
Tens of thousands of monks and civilians in Burma's main city Rangoon have defied military warnings and staged new anti-government protests.
Some chanted "we want dialogue", others simply shouted "democracy, democracy".
bbc.co.uk Despatches from the BBC's foreign correspondents. This week Andrew Harding is in Burma, where Buddhist monks have been staging pro-democracy protest marches in the streets of Rangoon. [mp3]
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Topic: War and Peace News - on September 25, 2007 at 12:08:00 PM CEST
Some amazing photos of the ongoing anti-government protests by Buddhist monks in Burma
Nearly 20,000 Buddhist monks led as many as 100,000 protesters through the streets of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, on Sunday, as tens of thousands of bystanders joined in, cheering them on with claps and prayers. The barefoot monks led the march for more than five hours and covered at least 12 miles of ground against the military junta in Myanmar.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on May 26, 2004 at 2:54:00 PM CEST
Human rights climate 'worst in 50 years'
Amnesty International today claimed that governments and armed groups such as al-Qaida were putting human rights and international humanitarian law under the greatest pressure for more than 50 years.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on April 25, 2004 at 6:09:00 PM CEST
War/Peace News
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Topic: War and Peace News - on April 1, 2003 at 6:22:00 AM CEST
PEACEBLOGS HEADLINES
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 30, 2003 at 1:55:00 AM CET
BOMBING FOR PEACE - IS LIKE FUCKING FOR VIRGINTY
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 29, 2003 at 7:34:00 PM CET
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