U.S. to Iran: Give Our Drone Back
Defense News The U.S. government is asking Iran to return the Lockheed Martin-built RQ-170 Sentinel UAV that was recently downed over that country. “We’ve asked for it back. We’ll see how the Iranians respond,” President Obama said Dec. 12 during a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Obama’s statement is the first official [...]
Read More →Iraq: War Drags On As Forces Are Regrouped
By Sergei SHASHKOV On December 12, Washington trumpeted the imminent complete withdrawal of its forces from Iraq as the leaders of the two allied nations – US president B. Obama and Iraqi premier N. al-Maliki – inked a long-term partnership agreement. The key objectives of the US mission in Iraq are as of today accomplished: S. [...]
Read More →China to open its first military base abroad in Indian Ocean
Times of India In a move that may cause unease in India, China on Monday announced that it will set up its first military base abroad in the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles to “seek supplies and recuperate” facilities for its Navy. The naval fleet may seek supplies or recuperate at appropriate harbours in Seychelles or other countries as [...]
Read More →Solar Power Much Cheaper to Produce Than Most Analysts Realize, Study Finds
By Joe Romm The public is being kept in the dark about the viability of solar photovoltaic energy, according to a study conducted at Queen’s University. “Many analysts project a higher cost for solar photovoltaic energy because they don’t consider recent technological advancements and price reductions,” says [co-author] Joshua Pearce, Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical and [...]
Read More →LAWMAN RICHARD MACK TELLS SHERIFFS: YOU CAN FIGHT NWO AT COUNTY LEVEL
By Pat Shannan American Free Press Sheriffs from all over America are being invited to gather on Jan. 30, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, for what could be the most important meeting “since the Constitutional Convention of 1787,” according to Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) founder Richard Mack. AFP recently spoke with Mack [...]
Read More →MAN SAYS HE HAS PROOF HE’S BEEN ‘CHIPPED’
By Victor Thorn American Free Press Last year, retired Sacramento paramedic and firefighter Jesse Beltran says he visited a dentist for what he thought was a standard procedure. Upon waking nearly four hours later, unbeknownst to Beltran, he believes an RFID chip had been implanted in the rear area of his mouth where the lower [...]
Read More →The Great War Tour : America’s “Repositioning” of Military Forces
By Manlio Dinucci At the Pentagon, it is called “repositioning” of military forces. In fact, this is the great war tour, whose choice spots are in Asia and Africa. There are U.S. troops departing from Iraq. Immanuel Wallerstein qualifies this departure as a “defeat comparable to that suffered in Vietnam,” because “Iraqi political leaders forced [...]
Read More →‘RQ-170 loss forces change in US plans’
PressTV A senior Iranian diplomat says recent capture of a US RQ-170 spy drone by Iran will force the Americans to make strategic changes to their hostile planning. “The technology used in this radar-evading aircraft is also used in other American bombers and warplanes such as F-35 and B2. Therefore, they will be no longer [...]
Read More →America’s Covert War Against Iran. Do ‘All Options’ Mean Nukes?
By Tom Burghardt Legendary investigative journalist I.F. Stone famously observed: “All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.” Amongst Washington elites and the courtier press, it appears that more than a pipe or two has been passed around of late as the political and [...]
Read More →Israel approves houses in illegal settlement
Al Jazeera Israel has given final approval to the building of 40 new houses at a settlement in the occupied West Bank to replace temporary structures there, the settlement’s council head said. Israeli-Palestinian peace talks collapsed over a year ago in a dispute over Israeli settlement building. “Building tenders were issued this week after Defence Minister [...]
Read More →Europe: A Sum of Negatives Is Still Negative
GodfatherPolitics This last week the leaders of the member-states of the European Union gathered together to come to agreement concerning dealing with the debt crisis. Again. No news there, they have been doing it almost every week for the last two years. And the debt crisis gets worse after every such meeting. In fact, it only got [...]
Read More →Israel hosts Greek Air Force for joint excercise
Haaretz Israel hosted Greece’s Hellenic Air Force for a joint exercise approximately three weeks ago at the Uvda base in southern Israel. The Greeks sent five F-16 block 52 fighter jets for a five-day exercise, which included practice air fights as well as ground attacks. A group of Israeli F-15 and F-16 fighter jets also [...]
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