Show Summary 05/17/09
Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger Conflict comes to an end
ABC.NET.AU
Tamil conflict behind Sydney acid attack
Police say the defeat of the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka triggered a violent home invasion in Sydney last night, which left two men in hospital with acid burns.
Kosovo and Serbia
Times of London Online
Fears of mass suicide as Tamil Tigers face final defeat
“Don’t say surrender,” insisted the leader, speaking calmly, despite the obvious desperation of the few survivors of the once ferocious Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), now cornered in an area roughly the size of Hyde Park with tens of thousands of civilians.
M16 being replaced by SCAR
WikiPedia
FN SCAR
The SOF Combat Assault Rifle,[1] or SCAR, is a modular rifle made by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal (FNH) for the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to satisfy the requirements of the SCAR competition.
Show Summary 5/10/2009
How the Taliban gained control of the Swat Valley.
From al Jazeera:
Swat: Pakistan’s lost paradise
Their actions have made a mockery of the government’s commitment a day earlier that the schools would reopen with its patronage and protection.
Only last week did the national parliament pass a resolution, rejecting the ban on female education and condemning the blowing up of schools.
Washington Post
Taliban-Style Justice Stirs Growing Anger
The refugees are the “victims of ignorant cavemen masquerading as fighters of Islam,” columnist Shafqat Mahmood charged in the News International newspaper Friday. He said that the “barbarian horde” that invaded Swat never intended to implement a sharia-based judicial system and that they just used it as cover. “This is a fight for power, not Islam,” he wrote.
Debka.com
Pakistan hangs back from major Swat offensive, talks secretly to Taliban
While by no means a phony war, DEBKAfile’s military sources report that accounts of a major Pakistan military offensive launched to flush Taliban out of their strongholds in the northern Swat Valley are generally inflated. This is not to say that hundreds of thousands of civilians are not fleeing the valley. Some half a million are on the move and will join the same number displaced since August, generating a large-scale humanitarian catastrophe.
According to our sources, the Pakistani army has so far not fought a single pitched battle with the Taliban. Neither have the insurgents been rooted out of any of the cities and villages under their control.
Show Summary 05/03/2009
The President’s opinion about enhanced interrogation.
WWII history and why Winston Churchill’s statements have nothing to do with what the President said.
R.V. Jones: Wikipedia link: Reginald_Victor_Jones and the Battle of the Beams.
More C-RAM from last week. Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM)
Show Summary 04/26/09
Swine Flu Emergency
Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Public Health Directors
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Taliban and the Pakistan’s new government.
The problems in the Swat river valley.
Google map of Swat River Valley.
Pakistan’s Army vs the Taliban
Pakistan and their nukes.
Dark Secret Place Reading list:
PROLIFERATION: THREAT AND RESPONSE Jan 2001 PDF
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Show Summary 4/19/09
What to do with Pirates.
Canada and Pirates.
al Jazeera interviews the Pirates in Eyl, Somalia. From MemriTV.org
Google Maps of Eyl, Somalia.
Israel’s Plans for Iran’s Nuke plants.
Times Online: Israel stands ready to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites
Georgia (the country) used Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles during the Georgia / Russia conflict.
Russia Buying Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles:Russia confirms spy drone deal with Israel and a couple more articles on the same subject: Russia to buy spy drones from Israel, Red-Faced Military Buys Israeli Drones
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Show Summary 4/12/09
Captain Dale Dye in for Brian, gives a very detailed timeline of the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips.
North Korea’s satellite launch missile test.
The President’s response to North Korea’s missile.
Inner workings of the North Korean army.
Abu Mansour al-Amriki
Youtube playlist for wa1slaa
Pakistan comes to agreement with Taliban and others in Swat valley and Sharia Law.
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Show Summary 03/29/09
North Korea launches a communications satellite, kind of.
Clinton’s statement about the North Korea missile launch from: Clinton warns North Korea over missile test * February 18, 2009
“The possible missile launch that North Korea is talking about would be very unhelpful in moving our relationship forward,” Mrs Clinton said after a meeting with the Japanese Foreign Minister, Hirofumi Nakasone.
S. Korea-U.S.-Japan step up their joint response against N. Korea’s imminent “satellite” launch
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force‘s (JMSDF) ballistic missile defense ships Chokai (R) and Kongou leave from a port of JMSDF Sasebo Base in Sasebo, southwestern Japan, March 28, 2009. Japan ordered its military on Friday to prepare to intercept any dangerous debris that might fall on its territory if a missile launch planned by North Korea goes wrong. (REUTERS/Kyodo)
Show Summary 03/22/09
Media blitz about the shocking Israeli sniper t-shirts.
Bryan’s unique qualifications.
Brian De Palma’s Redacted (2007) Movie
Haaretz articles: Dead Palestinian babies and bombed mosques – IDF fashion 2009
IDF in Gaza: Killing civilians, vandalism, and lax rules of engagement
Cuts in the Military Budget.
Robert Gates direction for the military
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Show Summary 03/15/09
Britain has captured suspects of the terrorists attacks from last week.
Violence on the Mexican / US border
North Korea launches a satellite
Navy’s Aegis Cruiser
Minneapolis reports dozens of Somali young men possibly being trained by al Qaeda groups.
Fox News: Jihad Recruiting Effort May Explain Missing Somalis in Minneapolis Area
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