Top Secret Transfer: Nuclear Weapons
The U.S. officials declined to elaborate on the threat, citing classified intelligence.
Outrage in Russia: The Merchant of Death is Trapped
Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, lends its help to shady weapons merchants in Moscow in return for a slice of the proceeds . Viktor Bout, the alleged arms dealer who was extradited to the US on Tuesday, could shed an embarrassing light on those connections if he testifies in court.
Sexism in Senior Leadership at the Pentagon : NO STAR WOMEN
The Army Needs 4 Star Women
Winds Of Change: Israel and Palestine share vital interests
In late August, when Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to the Obama administration’s plan to renew face-to-face negotiations without preconditions, most opinion makers reacted with deep skepticism. So anxious were the editors of the New York Times to declare the talks all but dead-on-arrival that they led with a dismissive article labeled “News Analysis”—the first…
Al-Qaeda prepares for New War with Israel
Saeed al Shehri. (AP photo)
Soldiers whooped and cheered crossing out of Iraq
It’s something I’m going to be proud of for the rest of my life – As their convoy reached the barbed wire at the border crossing out of Iraq on Wednesday, the soldiers whooped and cheered. Then they scrambled out of their stifling hot armored vehicles, unfurled an American flag and posed for group photos….
Mexican standoff between Pentagon and Wikileaks
The Pentagon has contacted a lawyer purporting to represent WikiLeaks but said it would not negotiate a “sanitised” release of a huge cache of classified documents held by the whistleblower’s website, a letter released on Wednesday shows. The Pentagon released the letter from its general counsel after WikiLeaks said the US military was willing to…
Blackwater Worldwide Mercenaries for Sale
Erik Prince, whose company, Blackwater Worldwide, is for sale and whose former top managers are facing criminal charges, has left the United States and moved to Abu Dhabi, according to court documents. Mr. Prince, a former member of the Navy Seals and an heir to a Michigan auto parts fortune, left the country after a…