US military has contingency plans for a Nigerian presence, and of-course, an Islamic movement is there. ... Read More

John Pilger answers Obama's claim that US military is "finest fighting force in history" Announcing the Iraq war was ended, Barack Obama told US troops on 14 December 2011, "The United States military is the finest fighting force in the history of the world." What he didn't say is that ... Read More

These are tragic and tense days indeed in Japan. The immense loss of life and absolute devastation caused by last week’s earthquake and tsunami is heartbreaking – and serve as the culprits in this unimaginable tragedy. The tension, felt by its citizens and far beyond the country’s borders, centers most immediately ... Read More

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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a grieving father's pain over mocking protests at his Marine son's funeral must yield to First Amendment protections for free speech. All but one justice sided with a fundamentalist church that has stirred outrage with raucous demonstrations contending God is punishing the ... Read More

I hope they find this person. **update...This issue has been solved. Thank you to everybody who helped find out what happened to Mr. Langosh. from Kawther.com Mr. Stephen J. Langosh's house in Vista, California 92081 I am worried about a reader of my Blog, Stephen J. Langosh, from Vista, California 92081. I have reason ... Read More

Fifty years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned United States citizens against the military industrial complex but it seems that warning was not taken to heart. Author Russ Baker says fifty years later, it is much worse than what Eisenhower warned against, it keeps us in a state of low ... Read More

India, a rising power, almost had one (but the Tajiks said no).  China, which last year became the world’s second largest economy as well as the planet’s leading energy consumer, and is expanding abroad like mad (largely via trade and the power of the purse), still has none.  The Russians have a few (in ... Read More

By Andrew Buncombe in Washington Sunday, 25 September 2005 US forces have fired so many bullets in Iraq and Afghanistan - an estimated 250,000 for every insurgent killed - that American ammunition-makers cannot keep up with demand. As a result the US is having to import supplies from Israel. A government report says ... Read More

Sexual assault within the ranks of the military is not a new problem. It is a systemic problem that has necessitated that the military conduct its own annual reporting on the crisis. A 2003 Air Force Academy sexual assault scandal prompted the department of defense to include a provision in the ... Read More

The vehicle will be able to travel 280 miles by land and air, using vertical take-off and landing to increase access to difficult terrain Photo: FERRARI PRESS AGENCY 01 Dec 2010 The vehicle would function just like a big four-wheel-drive Humvee when on the ground. But it would also be able ... Read More

JOE CORTINA IS AN EX GREEN BERET, a former airborne special operations officer and US Army Training Center commander. Joe Cortina’s subsequent experiences as an intelligence investigator and anti-terrorist adviser brought him to such hotbeds of turmoil as the State of Israel, adjacent Middle East nations, and Central America. Joe ... Read More

By: Devvy August 16, 2010 No where in Art. 1, Sec. 8 of the U.S. Constitution does it authorize our military to train Mexican police or their military nor does it authorize raping the American people for such a "necessary mission." BULL. No where in Art. 1, Sec. 8 of the U.S. Constitution ... Read More

US military rejects calls to take control of oil spill The United States military does not have the technology or the know-how to deal with the devastating oil spill, its highest ranking military officer admitted on Monday night. By Toby Harnden in Washington and Martin Evans 31 ... Read More

By KATHY CHEN WASHINGTON—The bulk of U.S. military forces will depart Haiti on Tuesday, leaving United Nations forces and civilian groups to help the country rebuild its devastated capital in the wake of January's deadly earthquake. The departure, which was agreed upon by the U.S. and Haitian governments and long anticipated, signals ... Read More

Japan's prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, said today that rising tensions in the Korean peninsula were behind his decision to keep a controversial US marine base on Okinawa, reneging on an election pledge to move it off the island. Hatoyama said he would honour a 2006 agreement with the US to move ... Read More