Rebels had “insider” during siege of Tripoli – UK paper
Voice of Russia Libyan rebels collaborated with a man loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in order to take Tripoli, The Sunday Telegraph reports. The newspaper cited a secret deal that the rebel Transitional National Council (TNC) allegedly clinched with Mohammed Eshkal, the head of the battalion in charge of protecting the approaches to Tripoli early last [...]
Read More →UK spy files reveal details of 1950s Guyana coup
AP via StratRisks It was a very British coup. The warship slipped into the harbor, the soldiers landed in darkness — and the diplomatic wives made sandwiches for the hungry troops. Secret documents declassified Friday by Britain’s MI5 security service reveal in dramatic and everyday detail how the U.K. under Prime Minister Winston Churchill overthrew [...]
Read More →NATO admits UK and France may have troops in Libya
RIA Novosti NATO has revealed its member countries may have troops on the ground in Libya. In an interview with the EUobserver website, an unnamed NATO official admitted Britain and France may have deployed troops in Libya, but said that it would be “unfair to call them NATO forces.” In comments carried by state news channel Rossiya [...]
Read More →China deploys advanced n-missile on Indian border: US
Indian Express China has deployed more advanced and survivable solid-fuel nuclear capable CSS-5 MRBM missiles against India as a ‘deterrent posture’, Pentagon has said warning that a high degree of mistrust continues to strain their bilateral ties. The PLA has replaced liquid-fuelled, nuclear-capable CSS-2 IRBMs with more advanced and survivable solid-fuelled CSS-5 MRBM systems to [...]
Read More →Israeli army alerted
Voice of Russia The army of Israel has been brought to the state of operational readiness by order of Defence Minister Ehud Barak. He declared that information has been received about an attack being prepared against the country’s southern border. He said that “the group of militants who carried out a terrorist act near the [...]
Read More →Hungary: Fidesz government presents draft of new labour law
World Socialist Web Site The right-wing government of Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban recently submitted the draft for a new labour law, effectively annulling the right to strike. Trade union power will be drastically diminished, and workers’ wages and benefits significantly reduced. The new labour law is a further measure designed to bolster the country’s [...]
Read More →US Munitions Training: Iraqi Children Suffering from Radiation Sickness
by Falah Alwan Workers Liberty via Global Research The US military is making Iraqi children sick We have a catastrophic situation in Haweeja, near Kirkuk. There is an American munitions training centre in the province and the local people are suffering from living near the weapons testing. 412 children are suffering from radiation sickness. The [...]
Read More →The UNHCR breaks the silence on murders of blacks in Tripoli
Human Rights Investigations The UNHCR has finally blown the veil off the racist atrocities being committed by Libyan rebels: GENEVA, August 26 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has issued a strong call for sub-Saharan Africans to be protected in Libya as reports emerge from Tripoli of people being targeted because of [...]
Read More →Canada contributed a disproportionate amount to Libya air strikes: sources
By Tom Blackwell Global Research Global Research Editor’s Note Reports from Tripoli confirm an axeceedingly large number of civilian casualties. There have been bombing raids on Libya since the onset of the NATO led war. In the last week, however, the raids on Tripoli, targetting primarly civilians, creating an atmosphere of generalised panic, were used to [...]
Read More →Czech Republic Earthquake swarm
Institute of Geophysics The activity started in the evening of 23 August and is almost continuous till now (27 August morning). Almost 10 000 events were recorded in total up to now. Already eight M>3.0 events and hundreds of M>2.0 events occurred. The location of hypocenters directly below the NKC station, so it appears a new patch of [...]
Read More →Weird, Birdlike Mystery Drone Crashes in Pakistan
Wired Danger Room It looks a bit like silver bird. It probably was used to spy on insurgents. And now it’s in the hands of the Pakistanis. WIRED editor-in-chief Chris Anderson flags pictures of an unusual, unfamiliar drone that reportedly crashed over southwestern Pakistan late last week. It’s a surveillance drone, with a camera attached — recovered from the [...]
Read More →Canada Seeks Stealthy Snowmobile, For No Good Reason
Wired Danger Room The Canadian government wants a stealth snowmobile. Just, apparently, because. It’s not as if Canada has any alpine enemies to sneak up on with shadowy, frigid cavalry. But that’s not going to stop the Canadian Department of National Defence from spending a half million dollars on a prototype. The secret to the [...]
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