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2009-07-04 … sophisticated and well-informed southerners,” meaning communist sympathizers, a possibility recently acknowledged by General Walter Sharp, commander of US forces in Korea.
2009-06-30 … Zelaya partisans were injured. The Honduran military, the MSM reports, acted after the nation’s Supreme Court overturned Zelaya’s decision to fire the commander of the armed forces, General Romeo Vasquez, who in turn had refused to guarantee security for a referendum that Zelaya intended to use to impose …
2009-06-26 … military delegations will commemorate the 188th anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo and Venezuela’s Army Day. General Clíver Alcalá Cordones, commander of the 41st Armored Brigade of the Venezuelan National Armed Forces, explained that 175 foreign military officers will march in Campo de Carabobo, …
2009-06-24 … I believe we will face IEDs [improvised explosive devices] and insurgent forces, in addition to large conventional attacks […] General Walter Sharp, commander of US forces in Republic of Korea, June 23, 2009 Pictured above: South Korean soldiers bow their heads at the National Cemetery in Seoul on June 25, …
2009-06-09 … Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro insisted that “The revocation of the suspension of Cuba represents an assertion to Cuba, to its people, to Commander Fidel Castro and to the historical direction of the Revolution. We call for lifting the embargo against Cuba. It is a step more in favor of the …
2007-09-03 … While in jail, Turkey Al Lehabey, the General Secretary of the Communication and Transport Workers Union, an IFTU affiliate, said a local American commander named Kelly had told the men, “Iraq has no sovereignty and no political parties or trade unions. We do not want you to organize in either the north …
2008-08-24 … Firstly, I saw Elite Quad,the winner of the Golden Bear at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival. It's about this guy called Captain Nasciemento, who is the commander of Rio police's elite squad and he tries to fight corruption - both in the drug militia as well as in his own police squad. The second film I saw …
2009-07-03 Kurt Nimmo Infowars July 3, 2009 According to Air Force Gen. Victor E. Renuart, Northcom commander, the United States is ready to knock down the last stage of a Taepodong-2 missile that North Korea is expected soon to launch in the direction of …
2009-07-03 … joined the Kosovo Liberation Army were airlifted out of Macedonia by U.S. paratroopers. As German sources reported, “Samedin Xhezairi, also known as Commander Hoxha, joined the Kosovo Liberation Army when armed conflict in Kosovo began, fighting in three operation zones. He was a fighter in Chechnya, …
2009-06-20 … Acts 24 22 But when Felix heard these things, having more accurate knowledge of the Way, he adjourned the proceedings and said, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will make a decision on your case.” 23 So he commanded the centurion to keep Paul and to let him have liberty, and told him not to …
2006-04-25 … I can attend, so I will just have to recognize the day in my own personal way. For this post, I'm going to let the words of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of the Turkish troops at Gallipoli, who went on to become the founder of modern Turkey, do the talking for me. I find these words very moving and …
2009-07-02 … by threatening European Jews with extinction. When I first made this case in June 2007, a reader suggested I read the book "OPJB,"(1996) Lieut Commander John Ainsworth-Davis' account of how he and Ian Fleming led a 150-man team that rescued Martin Bormann from war-torn Berlin on May 1, 1945 using …
2008-12-14 … cannot get them unless some leave Iraq. After a 10 1/2 hour fight, Mr. Bush was met at the airport by U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and the top U.S. commander Gen. Raymond Odierno. The president then climbed aboard a helicopter for a five-minute flight to the presidential palace. The trip was conducted …
2009-06-13 … […] Are there any serious strategic consequences, not for Iraq, but for the US in abandoning the Iraqis to their own destiny? NEW US AFGHAN COMMANDER ASSEMBLES TEAM OF ASSASSINS […] Confirmed Wednesday as Obama's new commander for the widening war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, General McChrystal …
2009-06-11 … solution is bound to happen," he said, adding that solving the Palestinian question was key to resolving other conflicts in the region. US AFGHAN COMMANDER GIVEN MORE LEEWAY […] The new American commander in Afghanistan has been given carte blanche to handpick a dream team of subordinates, including …
2008-10-01 … taliban leader was ill and was expected to die within days. Mehsud, who belongs to the Mehsud tribe in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region, is the commander of the Taliban in Pakistan and has been blamed by the Pakistani authorities for the assassination, last December, of former Prime Minister Benazir …
2007-06-27 … prevent Hamas from perpetrating similar crimes in the West Bank." In another development, Abbas decided on Wednesday to fire Gen. Musbah al-Buhaisi, commander of the PA Presidential Guard in the southern Gaza Strip, for surrendering to Hamas. Abbas's office said the decision was taken following …
2007-04-24 … Two weeks later, a local Taliban commander named Mullah Nazir entered the fray after accusations that the Uzbeks had killed a mid-level al Qaeda commander in his care named Saiful Asad. Why the Uzbeks killed Asad is unknown, but observers suggest there may have been a criminal dimension at play since …
2009-06-20 … the prime minister for eight years (Mir-Hoseyn Musavi) during my tenure as the president. He was my prime minister for eight years. Another one was the commander of the Guards Corps (Mohsen Reza'i) for many years, and was one of the main commanders during the Holy Defense (Iran-Iraq war, 1981-1988). Another …
2009-07-07 … over the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a threat against a reformist wave led by Mir-Hossein Mousavi. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of the elite military branch, said the Guard's takeover of the country had led to "a revival of the revolution and clarification of the value …
2005-11-20 … spring of 1995. His is the story of the constantly undermined efforts to end the war in Bosnia. He is a man worth listening to. Rupert Smith was the commander of the UN forces in Bosnia during 1995 and later went on to become, among others things, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe in NATO, i e the …
2009-07-08 … of its Marxist foundation in the 1990s and is presently a mere shadow of its former strength, according to a 2005 US Defense Department assessment the commander of the Nicaraguan National Army is a “hardline Sandinista.” In addition to pertinent military news from Venezuela and Nicaragua, it is worth …
2009-07-03 … The Germans have lost 35 troops since 2002. In an interesting aside, Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News (6/15/09), wrote that the new U.S. Afghanistan Commander did not get complete support for his appointment to the post. To quote: Gen. Stanley McChrystal was confirmed by the Senate last week to be the new …
2009-01-17 … He uses General George Casey as an authority on how the president didn't understand the situation in Iraq. It should be noted that General Casey was commander of US forces over a span of over 2.5 years in which the situation deteriorated out of control. It should be kept in mind that General Casey, looking …
2009-07-06 … to honor the memory of my friend and colleague Ze'ev Schiff. I knew Ze'ev for years. Our personal acquaintance began in 1992. At that time I was the commander of the Judea and Samaria division of the IDF and Ze'ev came to visit the area. Since I was familiar with his articles, I was interested in getting …
2008-11-24 … publicized his economic team Monday — a welter of leaks has lined up U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of state and former NATO commander Gen. James Jones as his national security adviser. Some Jewish observers are uneasy over who might prevail in a rivalry between Clinton, who is seen …
2008-11-24 … struggle against Serbia […] PRISTINA, Kosovo (JTA) — Hashim Thaci may be the tough-talking prime minister of Kosovo and ex-commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, but he gushes over Israel like a kid recalling a trip to Disney World. “I love Israel. What a great country. Kosovo …
2009-07-03 … have also stated a desperate yearning for another attack on America (and see this). But there is another story here as well. Remember: * The CIA commander in charge of the capture of Bin Laden during the invasion of Afghanistan said that the U.S. let Bin Laden escape from Afghanistan * A retired …
2009-06-30 … a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Department, said in a telephone interview. Both were 62 and lived in southeast Washington. Wherley was commander of the 113th Fighter Wing at Andrews Air Force base in Maryland during the September 2001 terrorist attacks and sent up aircraft with orders to …
2009-04-12 … (March 13, 1908 – October 1, 2002) Walter Annenberg's Fraternity Zeta Beta Tau (Jewish, yet note the Roman faces and the Masonic handshake) Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great awarded to Walter Annenberg June, 1998 by Pope John Paul II …
2009-07-04 … involved in the offensive […] June 3, 2009 Marines in ‘hell of a fight’ in Afghanistan: commander AFP iactiv – Interactive graphic on Afghanistan where 4,000 US Marines poured into the Taliban heartlands in Helmand […] by Ben Sheppard Ben …
2009-07-04 … eight Basijis have been killed in two weeks of unrest, and that hundreds of people have been arrested. Iran’s official IRNA news agency quoted Basij commander Hossein Taeb — whose militiamen have played a key role in the government’s effort to quash protests — as saying that authorities arrested several …
2009-07-08 … if the Iranian people have their own differences, when you enemies get involved, the people […] will become a firm fist against you." Then top IRGC commander, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, laid down the (new) iron fist law underneath the mullahtariat in unmistakable terms. The IRGC has literally …
2009-06-23 … third candidate, Mohsen Rezaie, to raise their complaints at a special session. But only Rezaie, a conservative who is a former Revolutionary Guard commander, attended. Witnesses said they had seen Basij Islamic militia deploying across Tehran and one resident saw at least three buses full of Basij …
2008-08-04 … month’s Olympics and has claimed responsibility for a deadly Shanghai bus bombing in May. A group monitoring terrorism threats on the internet said Commander Seyfullah of the Turkestan Islamic Party claimed responsibility for several attacks in China less than a fortnight out from the Olympics. “Through …
2009-07-08 … The destiny under God to accomplish this work. On reading an article posted earlier on Truthout about the cultural impacts of the Iraqi occupation, Commander Edward C. Robison, of the U.S Navy told us in an email, “I read your article and agree with it strongly. It was my experience that the Army was …
2009-06-10 … that one in four Iraqis lives in poverty), are, at least verbally, preparing to resume full operations. The Los Angeles Times recently reported that a commander in the Iraqi Resistance, who is also a member of the currently besieged Sahwa, said, "If we hear from the Americans they are not capable of …
2009-06-07 … some covered with lime, and others partially incinerated on pyres. The ghastly nature of their discovery led General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, to visit the camp on April 12, with Generals George S. Patton and Omar Bradley. After his visit, Eisenhower cabled …
2009-05-30 … reads, "You will deploy in support of OEF [Operation Enduring Freedom] on or about [XXXXX] with 57th ESB. This is a direct order from your Company Commander CPT Michael J. Pederson." Agosto posted copies of the Counseling Statements issued by the Army on his Facebook page. Counseling Statements outline …
2009-05-28 … Teams, whether they want to acknowledge it or not, in a generalized and subtle way, do at some point contribute to the collective knowledge of a commander, which allows him to target and kill the enemy in the Civil War in Iraq." The two highest ethical principles of anthropology are protection of the …
2009-06-06 Bill Millin, commonly known as Piper Bill, was personal piper to Brigadier Lord Lovat, commander of 1 Special Service Brigade at D-Day. Pipers had traditionally led Scottish troops into battle, but the death toll in World War I was so high that …
2009-06-06 … the crew members of USS Pueblo: USS Pueblo was a Navy intelligence ship which was captured by North Korea in January 1968. For the next 11 months, Commander Bucher and his crew were held as POWs by the North Koreans, and were starved and tortured during their captivity. The treatment became even harsher …
2009-06-01 … bitch she is. When she met the Taliban to 'hear their side of the story', the valiant freedom fighters, who would have thought so, kidnapped and the commander frequently raped her but not nearly enough because she wrote a book about it later and regurgitated it in chat shows (see picture) too. She still …
2009-07-08 So it was Robert McNamara who OK'd the closure of the Watertown Arsenal […] A Hub Blog great uncle used to be a commander at the Watertown Arsenal, so this seemingly trivial piece of local history wrapped in a larger piece of U.S. history obviously caught my attention.
2007-02-26 … of affairs in Washington is just how removed it is from what is actually happening in Iraq. There, the battle of Baghdad is now under way. A new commander, Gen. David Petraeus, has taken command, having been confirmed by the Senate, 81-0, just a few weeks ago. And a new strategy is being put into …
2009-06-05 … to the escaping Taliban which are considered strategic asset by Pakistan Army. Innocent people are being butchered in Swat, not a single top Taliban commander has been caught or killed yet. Disillusioned Swati youth which had joined Taliban mostly for sake of adventure have been killed by Army while the …
2009-06-28 … The sense is that the Border Policemen were acting under direct, premeditated orders. The two Brigade Commanders—the senior officer in this zone, commander of the Etzion Brigade, and the commander of the Kfir Brigade— stood there overseeing the assault. Perhaps they had their orders from above. Internal …
2007-09-15 … when he wrote his will on April 29, Göring was removed from all his positions in the government.[62][63][64] By the end of the day on 27 April, the commander of the Berlin Defense Area, found the city to be completely cut off from the rest of Germany. On 28 April, Hitler discovered that SS leader Heinrich …
2007-09-15 … In November 1832, Argentina sent another governor who was killed in a mutiny. In January 1833, British forces returned and informed the Argentine commander that they intended to assert British sovereignty. The existing settlers were allowed to remain, with an Irish member of Vernet's settlement, William …
2009-07-08 … BBC conducted an interview which shone out like a diamond on a dunghill in those dark and bigoted days. It was with Colonel Richard Kemp, formerly both commander of British forces in Afghanistan and the intelligence co-ordinator for the British government.In that interview, Col Kemp disconcerted the BBC’s …
2008-02-10 … and Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi in Kabul (ARR No. 282, 06-Feb-08) Even for General Abdul Rashid Dostum, it was an unusual sight. The burly former militia commander, atop his Kabul home, openly defied the police cordons surrounding him. Protected by his private militia and backed by thousands in the north, …
2008-02-10 … says criminal charges are pending against Abdul Rashid Dostum — a senior military adviser to the president and a powerful ethnic Uzbek militia commander who allegedly abducted his former election campaign manager last weekend. But Attorney General Abdul Jabar Sabit claims that actually bringing …
2009-07-05 … Butterly could not swim; the life jackets were rapidly deployed to all. The hull was taking water but bilge pumps were working. The first words from a commander of one of the gun boats came over the radio. First there was the accusation that the ship’s company was involved with terrorists and that it was …
2007-07-13 … together with his twin brother mumbled and sniffed their way through several press conferences saying little about the volcanic diatribe made by the Commander of the Mohair Berets. Both Kaczyńskis have been quoted as saying that they will not comment until they are given concrete evidence that the …
2007-10-02 … is it known whether the Italians were seriously injured by Taliban or allied bullets, like a year ago in Baghdad, when the Americans killed a SIMSI Commander Nicola Calipari, who was in charge of the operation for the rescue of abducted Il Manifesto reporter Giuliana Sgrena. Italian soldiers were abducted …
2007-10-01 … open struggle against the government in Kabul since he was thrown out of high office in Herat’s municipal government a year ago. A former Mojahedin commander and right-hand-man to local warlord Ismail Khan, he now heads up the rebellion of those who are disenchanted with President Karzai and with the …
2009-06-29 … Status of Forces Agreement en route to a total withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by the end of 2011. "I do believe they're ready," Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, said Sunday on CNNs "State of the Union." Many Iraqis and some Americans, however, are apprehensive." Shaky rocket: "“The …
2009-06-20 … Another SU-24 plane crashed on Wednesday while coming in to land in the northern Murmansk Region, Russian media reported. Both pilots survived. The commander of Russia's air force said last August that the nation's air defences were in disarray and needed huge investment to keep up with the West." My …
2009-07-02 … presidents to a single term in office, Colonel Bayardo said. When the army refused an order to help organize the referendum, the president fired the commander of the armed forces, Gen. Romeo Vásquez. He was reinstated by the Supreme Court, which found his removal illegal. The detention order, signed June …
2009-01-22 … of his anger for other inmates; he probably feared that overt violence against Abbard would rouse too much anger. Abbard was escorted into the commander’s office, and the guards withdrew. Weston did not turn to look; the commander’s gaze was fixed out the window. Abbard waited for a few moments, then …
2008-08-17 … so how can they sin while doing their duty? If what we do is frightful, then may frightfulness be Russia’s salvation […] General Grigol Uratadze, commander of the Russian strategic bombing forces during the Great War, quoted in A. K. Scheradze, “Red, Green and White: The Great War Through the Eyes of …
2008-08-07 … rationale for why night battlefields are so well-illuminated during German war movies... In the lead-up to Zero Day, Brigadier Perles was named as commander of the 101st Armoured Division, a creation unique in the annals of German military history. The 101st had nine thousand armoured fighting vehicles …
2008-07-24 … commander in the Royal Navy had the same idea. From admiral in charge of a battleship to the captain of the smallest torpedo boat, every British commander wanted to sink a German vessel or die trying. Most of them would accomplish both […] 1] A non-vitalist would probably describe the two forces …
2008-06-24 … He wanted to get off the beaches and inland. That had been the lesson of the war; armour was most effective when it was kept moving. The Flagellant commander must have had the same idea; through the periscopes, Lutze could see the other panzer pushing his way across a field. Then something streaked …
2008-03-22 … afraid […] Attributed to Clement Churchill […] RFS Utrecht 8 February 1932 Buenos Aires, Argentina Admiral Erwin Gercke was not a happy man. As the commander of the South Atlantic Squadron of the Krijgmarine, his ships had been far out at sea when the war broke out. He had not been back to German soil …
2008-03-15 … will sort itself out.” “Maybe,” William said. “They aren’t the only ones making worrying claims, too. Vitalism is growing in Retief. That old Boer commander, Petrus Rietz, has an ever-growing number of followers. Half of his speeches sound like he’s reading from the Jackals phrasebooks! He and his …
2008-03-09 … Angoche, German Mozambique (Bouclier-occupied) Evening had just come, and with it some relief from the humidity. Brigadier General Stenio Duvalier, commander of Liberian forces in occupied Mozambique, was used to heat, but he preferred the dryness of his adopted Liberia. In his long-distant youth in …
2009-06-26 … border. We stopped at the ex-RAF Upper Heyford, near Oxford, to show the critters without where they would never have begun otherwise. The RAF Commander's building is still open to the public, and they have a pretty good history video they show on demand. We could also get to the Officers' Club, …
2009-05-12 … I was tasked to lead a four-ship of F-111s to do a missing man flyover for a POW-MIA ceremony at RAF Fairford. I did extensive coordination with the commander's office at Fairford, including a rehearsal the day prior. The day of the flyover, five of us took off an hour and a half early: we had an airspare, …
2008-01-22 … instrument” since there is “simply no realistic prospect of a nuclear-free world”. The manifesto has been written following discussions with active commanders and policymakers, many of whom are unable or unwilling to publicly air their views. It has been presented to the Pentagon in Washington and to …
2009-06-12 … a Washington, DC think-tank. The main and overflow meeting rooms were packed to hear the morning keynote address by General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command. In addition to the Washington Post’s summary of General Petraeus’s remarks, I will add the following points: 1) Petraeus …
2009-05-11 … that he still knows how to swing his ax. This afternoon he announced the end of General David McKiernan’s career. Replacing McKiernan as ISAF commander in Afghanistan will be Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a special operations expert who inexplicably survived the media inquisition surrounding the …
2008-03-05 … official. “Two hundred of our air-superiority aircraft are on the ground, and we are acting like it is business as usual.” Gen. John D.W. Corley, commander of U.S. Air Combat Command at the time of the grounding, said, “This isn’t just about one pilot in one aircraft with one bad part. … I have a fleet …
2009-06-17 … a statement Wednesday, the army said they had killed 20 suspected militants in the last 24 hours in Lower Dir, while two more — including a militant commander — were killed in Swat district. ‘Elders of the area have decided and volunteered to organise defence committees for guarding against resurgence of …
2009-06-15 … in Safi town of Mohmand tribal district.’ Similar action on Sunday hit the agency of Bajaur just north of Mohmand. ‘Eight militants including their commander were killed while a madressah used by militants and one hideout were destroyed,’ said a security official based in Bajaur’s main town of Khar. …
2008-12-08 … singing and many other entertainments. During the trial we found out that the person who took these photographs was a British officer called Wing Commander RAF David Anthony Bush, who had permission to do it. He also said he had copied it for many other people, put it on the ISAF computer website for …
2008-10-28 … with the British to mount this prosecution. Ultimately, what was behind this trial was that the US Top Brass did not want to serve under a British Commander, and finding a spy in the camp was a convenient way to raise concern about the Iranians in Afghanistan, and to get General Richards replaced. Once …
2009-07-04 So Sarah Palin has declared, "We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction'", to quote General O.P. Smith, commander of the First Marine Division, in the Korean War. There is no shame in retreat, Sarah, especially when the troops are bruised and bloodied, with nary …
2009-06-30 … weeks, during sessions with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Colombia's Alvaro Uribev. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi got hit with the commander's malocchio last week in the Oval office. And at least one White House reporter has been on the receiving end of the daggers during a press …
2008-12-02 … ICBM will constitute the core of Russia’s SMF in the future. On 22 October 2008 Col. Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov, Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) commander, said the new-generation RS-24 multiple-warhead missile system will enter service with the SMF in 2009n said on Wednesday. “We have carried out a …
2009-07-06 … SmileySam The real story is being buried. People should look to Gen. Craddock for the reason Gen. McKiernan was fired. In Jan of this yr Craddock as commander of the UN Forces issued a illegal order that would of lead to the deaths of thousands of innocent Afghanis. Gen. McKiernan refused to follow that …
2009-07-06 … designed to kill people. The counter-terrorism unit has moved officers to beef up its monitoring of the extreme right's potential to stage attacks. Commander Shaun Sawyer told a meeting of British Muslims concerned about the danger posed to their communities that police were responding to the growing …
2009-07-06 … their intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities," said Lt. Col. Scott Miller, the 62nd ERS [Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron] commander, who is deployed from the 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Creech AFB... The Group at Kandahar was under the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram …
2009-07-03 … on the platform before the honour guard and was saluted. This is something that is generally reserved for the Governor General, because she is the Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces – not the Prime Minister. But this has been happening at Remembrance Day celebrations for a few years now. Whereas …
2009-07-03 … Hercules aircraft. Credit: Aaron Payton. The Nissen Hut Theatre of the Air Force Museum of Alberta. Credit: Aaron Payton. BGen Michael Jorgensen, Commander of Land Force Western Area, escorts HRH Sophie, Countess of Wessex, during her visit to The Military Museums in Calgary, Alta., which she officially …
2007-02-19 … rites and received commands directly from the Prince of Darkness himself. The Palladists were allegedly headed by Albert Pike, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, and a High Priestess named Diana Vaughan. Miss Vaughan, a direct descendant of the 17th …
2007-03-29 … (Flanders), Passchendale was taken. The spring of 1918 saw another German assault, brought to a halt at the second Battle of Marne, the British commander, Haig, breaching the Hindenburg Line in September. Germany began talking of peace, hostilities ceasing on 11 November 1918. At the resulting Treaty …
2008-08-29 … for military rhetoric and pastors who dress in army camouflage (several Joel’s Army pastors are addressed by their congregants as “commandant” or “commander”) to hardliners who believe the church is called to have an active military role in end-times that have already begun. The Elijah List currently has …
2006-10-26 … and woman have used myth and stories since the dawn of time to understand our existence and all the challenges that that brings. John Sheridan is the Commander of a Space Station with many inhabitants living on it. His task includes protecting these inhabitants. An ancient enemy has recently come to light …
2009-06-30 … drug trade ties.” Now a bit more on Ceku as the darling of the US government and its extension, NATO: “Gen. Wesley Clark, the former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, worked with Ceku when Clark led the bombing of Kosovo. “[Ceku] could have been in anybody’s army and done well,” saidClark in 2007.” And …
2009-06-28 … but was not scheduled to make a decision on this purchase until the end of 2006. This news came almost one month after former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Joseph Ralston was named by the State Department as the "special envoy" to "coordinate" the PKK for Turkey. Since the PKK was preparing to …
2009-06-20 … finance its own covert actions (London Daily Telegraph, 9/27/01). Bin Laden worked especially closely with Hekmatyar--the CIA’s favored Mujahiddin commander (The Economist, 9/15/01). In 1989, the U.S. shipped high-powered sniper rifles to a Mujahiddin faction that included bin Laden, according to a …
2009-05-20 … own post, especially now that President Obama is considering Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal as a replacement for Gen. McKiernan, the top US and NATO Commander in Afghanistan. McChrystal happens to be the man who commanded Cheney’s JSOC. As I said, this is an important topic on its own, but here is what I …
2009-06-17 … Against the War, served in Iraq for 13 months, beginning in 2004, as part of the 42nd Infantry Division. He recalls Gen. George Casey, who served as the commander in Iraq from 2004 to 2007, addressing a briefing he attended in the summer of 2005 at Forward Operating Base, outside Tikrit. "As he walked past, he …
2009-06-03 … as an answer to the Kurdish situation and we have seen the beginning of that in the recent arrests of DTP members. Meanwhile, HPG Headquarters Commander Nurettin Sofi countered Başbuğ's statement: HPG commander Nurettin Sofi announced that "if the attitude of the government and the army does not …
2009-05-20 … commander Bozan Tekin, who was from Urfa, Bozova. He went to the mountains after staying in jails for 20 years, from 1980 to 2000. The other assistant commander was Sozdar Avesta, whose real name was Nuriye Kesbir. While living in The Netherlands, her extradition to Turkey came up and she ran away and came …
2009-02-12 … of Bulgaria, Nicaragua, and Russia each held a speech. UPDATE (28-2-2009): see also the transcript of the speech of Ramiro Valdéz Menéndez, who is the Commander of the Revolution and Minister of Informatics and Communictions in Cuba. While each VIP presented country-specific particularities and emphases, …
2009-04-22 … center: the Minsk riot militia is known in the world for brutal dispersals of peaceful opposition actions and cruel beating of demonstrators. One of the commanders of the Minsk riot police Yury Padabed was banned entry to the EU countries for brutal beating of pro-democratic people by riot militiamen under his …
2009-04-09 … purposes only The United Regional Air Defense System of Belarus and Russia is being created for defensive purposes only, Air Force and Air Defence Commander of the Armed Forces Major-General Igor Azarenok told press conference in Minsk on April 8. “The word-combination “air defense” where the word …
2009-07-04 … least 20 people were reported to have been killed. The opposition says the figure is much higher. Mehdi (not his real name) is a 39-year-old Basij commander and a former classmate of one of our Observers from Tehran (who prefers not to be mentioned). Mehdi led a mission in the city centre, close to the …
2009-06-30 … approximately 8,500 personnel, up to 200 battle tanks, 450 armoured vehicles and 250 artillery systems of various types. General Vladimir Boldyrev, commander of Russia's land forces, has announced that the Russian troops deployed in South Ossetia and Abkhazia will also take part in the exercises. …
2009-06-08 … in creating nationalist parties such as the Decentralization Party in Cairo and the Reform Committee in Beirut. Between 1915-1916, Jamal Pasha, the Commander of the Uthmani Army in Syria seized documents from the French consulate in Damascus, proving that some Arab youth were perpetrating treason against …
2009-06-11 … month. The Lebanese have announced several arrests of various figures, including some senior former officers. Now, in a strange episode, the Spanish commander of the UNIFIL forces in Lebanon seems to have inadvertently revealed that Spanish units participated in the hunt in southern Lebanon (Ha'aretz, …
2008-05-28 … hope the peace deal will be inked without a clause that puts restrictions on mujahideen to cross the border (into Afghanistan),” Abu Zakwan, Taliban commander in the Kotkai area of South Waziristan, told Daily Times on Saturday. Using the alias of Abu Zakwan, the commander said that government negotiators …
2008-04-22 … only a matter of time before Tehran spoke up in retort. “We will cut off the hand of invaders with the slightest attack on the country,” Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi told a graduation ceremony of military cadets here on Monday. snip “Now, we are in a situation that the enemy has …
2009-07-07 … comes after last month's startling gains by the BNP in the local and European elections which many fear may 'embolden' violent Far-Right extremists. Commander Shaun Sawyer, from the Met's specialist operations wing told a meeting of British Muslims last night: 'I fear that they will have a spectacular […] …
2009-07-08 … 1386, 1413, 1444, 1510, 1563, 1623, 1707, 1776 and 1833 (on 23 September 2008). A detailed Military Technical Agreement agreed between the ISAF Commander and the Afghan Transitional Authority in January 2002 provides additional guidance for ISAF operations. NATO took command of ISAF in August 2003 …
2009-06-08 … August. Canadian forces were simply spread too thinly across Kandahar to have much impact on Taliban operations. Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie, commander of the army, has said many times that the Canadian army has been strained by the constant demands of the Afghan mission. While one battle group is …
2009-05-06 … of all I go back to the supposed threat of escalating attacks by the Taliban. It's kind of interesting we have a report from a supposed Taliban commander who clearly is not going to be identified. And whatever he spouts, people put it on the front page of the newspaper--- act as his vehicle to deliver …
2009-01-19 … August 13-14, 2008) and Tehran (November 24-25, 2008). President Suleiman and Syrian President Al Assad In turn, General Jean Qahwaji (Kahwaji) the commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces was also in Damascus (November 29, 2008) for consultations with his Syrian counterpart General Al-Habib. While in …
2008-11-17 … in the Pentagon have not been aired in public, it's becoming obvious that, in Washington, too, some see the war as unwinnable. Enter former Iraq commander General David Petraeus, center stage as the new CentCom commander. Ever since the "success" of "the surge" he oversaw in Iraq (a process designed to …
2008-11-03 … of Defense Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have tried to issue careful diplomatic comments. Other Americans were not as restrained. The commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, said that Iraqi reluctance was due to Iranian bribes. Al-Maliki immediately said that Odierno had …
2008-10-20 … firefight. At first he told me his wounds were from an American bullet, but I later learned he had been injured in a clash with a rival Taliban commander. After our meeting, Ibrahim promised to contact the Taliban minister of defense and request approval for my trip. As I waited for word, I went to a …
2008-05-08 … Head of Higher Arab Monitoring Committee […] Upon closure, clashes broke out between police forces and demonstrators. Northern Region District Commander Shimon Koren and Brigadier Zohar Dvir were injured. Three more officers were injured in the clashes, as well as a few Arab demonstrators, including …
2009-06-25 … at a border checkpoint as he was trying to enter Bulgaria from Macedonia. This is the fourth time in the past 6 years Kosovo Albanian killer, former commander of the terrorist KLA and its later incarnation “Kosovo Protection Corps” was arrested on a red Interpol arrest warrant issued by Serbia. According …
2009-06-15 … Srebrenica massacre in advance. The only deliberate massacre that actually took place there was of at least 3,800 Serb civilians, about which the Muslim commander Nasir Oric boasted. By comparison, the case that NATO leaders committed such crimes as starting aggressive wars, targeting civilian centres and …
2009-05-21 … want it to happen here in the USA . Never forget what one madman can do when given absolute power…. It ’s a matter of history that when Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps, he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the …
2009-07-07 … end of a great experiment, one intended to mix Islam and representative government. But the Sunday July 5 speech of Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of the IRGC summarized the situation rather well. He clearly stated that the Guards are in charge of the country now. And accordingly, this had led …
2008-12-02 … of Oman adjacent to the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting said on its Web Site, citing Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari. The exercises, covering 50,000 square kilometers (20,000 square miles) and involving 60 destroyers, submarines, …
2008-03-07 … us as to how to combat him. Based on their efforts to turn around years of a failing military and political strategy, Gen. Petraeus, Centcom Commander William Fallon and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have developed a more sophisticated and nuanced view of the various enemies we are fighting in …
2008-03-07 … us as to how to combat him. Based on their efforts to turn around years of a failing military and political strategy, Gen. Petraeus, Centcom Commander William Fallon and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have developed a more sophisticated and nuanced view of the various enemies we are fighting in …
2009-06-23 Travis names new commander By Ian Thompson | DAILY REPUBLIC | June 19, 2009 TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE - Travis commander Brig. Gen. (select) Mark C. Dillon will pack his luggage soon for a new assignment in Germany, some time in mid-July. He is being replaced by Col. …
2009-07-08 … candidate Ray McBerry has also raised about $18,000. U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal had yet to report. On the Democratic side, former Georgia National Guard commander David Poythress said he raised about $150,000 during the six-month span. And, House Minority Leader DuBose Porter says he's taken in about $231,000. …
2009-07-08 … in regions bordering Afghanistan. Soldiers killed four terrorists in the Swat Valley during in the past 24 hours, the military said yesterday. A commander, Muhammad Rasol, was among those killed, it said. Troops arrested 34 militants in the Swat and Bannu areas, the military said in its statement. …
2009-07-07 … and 130 with the Russian Navy. The Su-24 is a two-seat, twin-engine fighter-bomber similar to NATO's Tornado and Mirage 2000 planes. "The Air Force commander issued an order on Monday to resume Su-24 flights, which had been halted after two consecutive crashes of these aircraft," the official said. A …
2009-07-07 … in the People's Liberation Army Navy, the MSDF said Tuesday. MSDF Chief of Staff Adm. Keiji Akahoshi will talk with Adm. Wu Shengli, the navy commander, and other senior navy officials over the security environment in East Asia, antipiracy operations off Somalia in which both countries are involved …
2009-04-03 … forced an 11-year-old boy to walk in front of them for several hours as they moved through the town, even after they had been shot at. An Israeli commander in the 22-day Gaza invasion said on Monday Israel's efforts to protect troops from Palestinian fire may have contributed to unwarranted killing of …
2009-02-11 … for Human Rights. The first defendant is the man with perhaps the most horrifying past: Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch (pronounced DOIK), the commander of the Tuol Sleng torture house in Phnom Penh, where at least 14,000 people were sent to their deaths. His trial is to open with a procedural …
2009-01-31 … war crimes investigation into a Israeli ex-defence minister and six other top security officials for their role in a 2002 attack that killed a Hamas commander and 14 civilians in Gaza. Spanish law allows the prosecution of foreigners for such crimes as genocide, crimes against humanity and torture …
2008-12-02 … first charges against a sitting head of state. 'No one is above the law,' Moreno-Ocampo said yesterday. The sealed warrants against the three commanders, who lead offshoots of the main rebel movement, were part of a strategy to get rebel support, Moreno-Ocampo said. Their names will remain …
2008-10-15 … east from the rebels in July 2007 […] SUDAN/DARFUR/INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS "'World Has Prolonged Darfur Conflict'" Iol.co.za, 15 October 2008 "The commander of the UN-led peacekeeping force in Darfur says mistakes by the international community have prolonged the conflict and that there is no immediate …
2009-06-19 … the people's confidence and trust in the Islamic regime. They suffered an earthquake and the Islamic regime won a celebration. Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsein Rezai was the only one of the three losing presidential candidates to be present at the mass-attended Friday sermon at the main mosque in …
2007-11-03 November 3, 2007 Musharraf Warned Not to Impose Emergency Rule By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 2 — A senior American commander, Adm. William J. Fallon, warned Pakistan’s president on Friday not to impose emergency rule, saying that doing so would jeopardize American …
2009-07-07 … in any event. This isn't just my conclusion -- it's the conclusion of many Russian officials and commentators. Russian Gen. Nikolay Solovtsov, commander of the Strategic Missile Troops, was recently quoted by Moscow Interfax-AVN Online as saying that "not a single Russian launcher" with "remaining …
2009-07-05 … May to among the lowest levels of the war, almost doubled in June, to 447, according to a count by the Associated Press. Gen. Ray Odierno, the top commander in Iraq, played down the impact of the recent attacks. "I still believe that al-Qaeda has been significantly degraded here in Iraq," he told …
2008-09-22 … a cartoon depicting Israel’s PM Olmert as a Nazi concentration camp commander. The scene was taken from the movie Schindler’s List, in which the commander shoots down a Jew from his balcony. Mr. Graff declared only half a year earlier that he would not draw a cartoon of Muhammad out of fear and …
2009-03-29 … John McHugh; Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Lieutenant General David Barno, former commander in Afghanistan. Although a well known neocon watch blog called Lobelog compares the FPI to the now -defunct PNAC (Project for the New American …
2009-07-04 … On July 1, the mission's overall commander, Brig. General Dan Shomron (later to become the IDF ChiefofStaff), presented his plan to the IDF Commander and Israel's Defense Minister. The next day they all witnessed a fullscale dress rehearsal. The incredible was deemed possible. Shomron's plan was …
2009-06-14 … Alliance will send up to 10,000 extra troops for enhanced security during Afghan presidential elections this August. Ministers met with the new US commander in Afghanistan, General McChrystal, and approved plans to increase the training of Afghanistan security forces to allow them to work with the …
2009-06-12 Admiral James Stavridis has been confirmed by the US Senate as commander of U.S. forces in Europe and the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), the top NATO military job. At his confirmation hearing on June 2 before …
2009-07-06 IRGC Commander Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari announced that the Revolutionary Guards have taken over the country’s security. “Because the Revolutionary Guards was …
2009-07-06 Iranian Air Force Commander Brig. Gen. Hassan Shahsafi said in Tehran today that the Air Force massive air drill on 22 June, dubbed "Milad-e-Noure-Velayat” wargames, proved …
2009-07-08 … and a variety of drugs, and possibly interrupted a shooting as it was about to happen. “This operation was a real surge,’’ Colonel Mark Delaney, commander of the State Police, said in a telephone interview yesterday. “We wanted to get in there early and set a tone that criminal activity is not going to …
2009-06-29 … Abdul Jaleel, died while gagged and shackled to a cell door with his hands over his head.” Yet another prisoner, Maj. Gen. Abid Mowhosh, former commander of Iraq’s air defenses, “died of asphyxiation due to smothering and chest compression” in Qaim, Iraq. "There is no question that U.S. interrogations …
2009-02-09 … instead, PJAK claims to be fighting for minority rights and more autonomy from the Iranian state. However, the group does so violently, PKK commander Murat Karayilan telling the New York Times in fall 2007 that PJAK killed as many as 108 Iranian troops. However, whereas the United States condemns …
2009-05-18 … must be accused of crimes against humanity and abuses of human rights. Senior General Than Shwe is the head of state of Myanmar (Burma), serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw and chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) since 23 April 1992. SPDC is the name of the former State …
2009-05-17 … volunteers. Hate preachers are openly calling for the use of nuclear weapons against their sworn enemy USA. Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan’s top Taliban commander claims to control increasing parts of the country and that he could take over Karachi any time. This may be exaggerated. But it shows a worrisome …
2009-07-08 … mandate by arming one of the combatants. Authorities in Kampala were quick to denounce the revelations as “a lie”. Lt. Gen. Katumba Wamala, the commander of the UPDF Land Forces, who has been overseeing the deployment of Ugandan troops to help stabilise Mogadishu, told Daily Monitor that “it is …
2009-07-06 … African Union contingent in Somalia by announcing changes in the leadership of the team. The changes will see Brig. Nathan Mugisha become the Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Maj. Gen. Francis Okello has been recalled to the Army headquarters in Bombo. Mugisha has been …
2009-05-11 … memorial, East Prussia, which the Germans built in 1927 to commemorate their victory over Russia (2 Sep 1914). Hindenberg was not the key commander of the Battle of Tennenberg, but the newspapers made him a national hero anyway. Germany’s victory almost knocked Russia completely out of the war. …
2009-06-08 … around the ship has been cordoned off by police, with an anti-NATO picket nearby. Ukrainian customs officers who went on board the ship and met with the commander said the U.S. servicemen are refusing to leave the vessel on foot, but that buses could be provided so they can be given a tour of the city. …
2009-05-11 … Minutes' Russia's Black Sea Fleet is capable of destroying NATO's naval strike group currently deployed in the sea within 20 minutes, a former fleet commander said on Friday. Russia's General Staff said on Tuesday there were 10 NATO ships in the Black Sea - three U.S. warships, the Polish frigate General …
2009-06-05 … Sunday appointed a new envoy to head indirect negotiations on a prisoner swap with the Islamist Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip.Hagai Hadas, a former commander in the Mossad spy agency, will oversee talks on the release of soldier Gilad Shalit, held in Gaza since his capture by Palestinian militants in June …
2009-05-30 … the recent crackdown began in April, Lebanon has arrested 35 people on suspicion of spying for Israel, the country's archenemy, Lebanese police commander Brig. Gen. Ashraf Rifi told The Associated Press.Lebanon considers itself at war with Israel and bans its citizens from having any contact with the …
2009-05-23 … noting that neither the boycott nor Israel's recent war in Gaza have toppled the militants.Those advocating change include a former Israeli military commander of Gaza, an ex-chief of Israel's Mossad spy agency and a group led by Obama's now chief economic adviser, Paul Volcker.Volcker's group told Obama …
2009-07-08 … held children's hands to pass disguised as women to flee from a compound in the Helmand River Valley, said Brig. Gen. Mahaiddin Ghori, the Afghan commander in Helmand […] bth: the Taliban simply displaced to adjacent areas because we do not have enough troops or allies. This mission - this mini-surge …
2009-07-08 … didn't have female Marines with them to search the robed figures and make sure no men were among them in disguise. And the new U.S. and NATO commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has said he would rather see militants escape than for civilians to be harmed in battle; a declassified version of his new …
2009-07-04 … from elements within Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence agency and military. Mullah Sangeen is a senior lieutenant to Sirajuddin Haqqani and is the commander of the Haqqani forces in Paktika province. Sangeen took credit for the kidnapping of a US soldier who apparently stepped away from his post at a …
2009-07-07 … 6 years. ‘Now that UK troop numbers have reduced we can release one of the three helicopters’ explained Squadron leader Mark Biggadike, the Officer Commander the Merlin flight. The helicopter will be going back to the UK for an overhaul then on to join the existing force in Afghanistan.
2009-06-26 … played a big role in training up the Iraqi security forces in all kinds of skills, ready for the UK's departure in July this year. Lt Col Jon Cole, commander of joint forces for communications and information systems in Iraq, said, "We have assisted with training the Iraqi forces so we are not leaving …
2009-06-11 A local senior Royal Marines officer, who is Commander British Forces in Iraq, is leading the huge operation to bring home six-years-worth of operational equipment from Iraq in good order. Brigadier Paul …
2009-06-08 … the team leading the massive operation to bring home six-years-worth of equipment from Iraq in good order. Brigadier Paul Stearns Royal Marines is the Commander of the Joint Force Logistic Component, the specialist headquarters currently deployed to Kuwait and Iraq. There are around 80 matelots currently …
2009-06-04 … British and allied aircraft on combat patrols following the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US in 2001 and the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Wing Commander Steve Lushington, the squadron’s commanding officer, said: “The past 18 years have shown the incredible capability and versatility of the VC10 …
2009-06-01 … by the June 30 deadline stipulated by the U.S.-Iraq security agreement, U.S. officials in Baghdad said yesterday. Army Brig. Gen. Keith Walker, commander of the Iraq Assistance Group, said in a news conference that security throughout the country has continued to improve. The security agreement calls …
2009-04-23 … According to the Russian media, Rzayev opposed the purchase of Russian-produced MIG military jets, and he convinced Aliyev to do the same. The commander was killed by one shot from a weapon of unknown brand. It has been proven that the assassination was carried out by a professional sniper. According …
2008-05-07 … in a time of war to make one single bad decision. The room for error in the meantime has become tiny. I'd sure sleep better, if McCain was our Commander_In_Chief […] The Advancing Iranian Nuclear Program By Charles Krauthammer >>>>>>It is time to admit the truth: The Bush …
2009-07-09 … in — only to discover that the militants had slipped out, dressed in women’s burqa robes. The fighters, who may owe their lives to the new U.S. commander’s emphasis on limiting civilian casualties, were among hundreds of militants who have fled the offensive the Marines launched last week in southern …
2009-07-09 … mandate by arming one of the combatants. Authorities in Kampala were quick to denounce the revelations as "a lie". Lt. Gen. Katumba Wamala, the commander of the UPDF Land Forces, who has been overseeing the deployment of Ugandan troops to help stabilise Mogadishu, told Daily Monitor that "it is …
2009-07-07 … It is indeed hoped that others would emulate his shining example. Showering Lt.-Col. Ershad with deserving words of commendation, UNMIL Deputy Force Commander, Maj.-Gen. Carl Modey, who is the Chief Military Observer, said: “I hereby salute you on behalf of the entire UNMIL Force and indeed the whole …
2009-06-04 … and directed the largest amphibious assault in military history. Norfolk House, the former Headquarters of General Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander during the Second World War
2009-06-30 … of orders or future prospects that you forget to take care of what is right in front of you. You can forget that for now are are a Tactical level Commander - CAPT, DC, and Major Staff stuff will follow, but first thing first. Our point man on the topic, Andrew Tilghman from NavyTimes has all you need to …
2008-11-01 … necessity has forced America to become a Mediterranean power to whom the future policy of Italy, Greece and the Middle East is a vital matter. The Commander of the US Mediterranean Fleet, Admiral Bieri, recently pointed out that the US Fleet intends to stay in the Mediterranean and "American forces will …
2009-07-09 … the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Wednesday, 8 July 2009: International Law and Military Operations in Practice by Col. Richard Kemp Former commander of British forces in Afghanistan Col. Richard Kemp told a conference in Jerusalem on June 18, 2009: The battlefield - in any kind of war - is a …
2007-05-08 … I should note that Clarke was at the time no fringe figure or ill-educated "redneck". He was in his youth a Rhodes scholar and was later Supreme Commander of NATO. He had for some time been much fawned-over by Democrats. And the comments by Democrat supporters published along with his words above were …
2008-08-30 … southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, despite being identified as a little girl, and wearing a school uniform. Iman was machine-gunned by the unit's commander. She had 17 bullets in her body, and three in her head, a Palestinian doctor told the Guardian. Iman is one of 654 Palestinian children to have been …
2009-06-28 … accomplishments made so far. Isn’t delegitimizing this government enough?! Is being united like this a small thing? Today, a Revolutionary Guard’s commander in Tehran was arrested because of his refusal to implement a crackdown order. Is this is a small triumph? We repeat, Help us maintain our spirits! …
2009-04-23 … pilus prior (first centurion of each cohort and often its commander), primi ordines (the 5 centurions of the first cohort), centurio (centurion – the commander of a “century” of 100 men) and optio (the second-in-command of a century but able to read and write, usually). Julius Caesar, Roman general, senator …
2009-06-02 … arrest was violent and quick and its organizers managed to keep it a secret, even to police at the 50th Precinct. Capt. John D’Adamo, the Precinct commander, told The Press that he was the only one at the Kingsbridge stationhouse who was informed of the operation. It had been developing for many months, …
2007-12-06 … Donald Rumsfeld ordered the Iraqi army dissolved, with Bush only discovering it afterwards. My guess is that Admiral William J. Fallon, the CENTCOM commander now, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, may well have cooperated with figures in the intelligence world to get …
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