Army

Fort Hood Massacre - Terrorist Attack or Act of War ?

Major Nidal Malik Hasan shot, killed and wounded fellow military personnel at Ft. Hood, Texas, Friday. Many are making excuses for Hasan because he is Muslim, many are being careful not to jump to conclusions about his motives, his religion and any (...)

10 nov. 2009 | 1 comment | Liberally Conservative

Fort Hood Tragedy: The Enemy from Within

A Muslim soldier kills fellow soldiers in a violent rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. Fort Hood, Texas, USA- US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan stands accused of brutally killing up to at least 13 fellow soldiers and wounding at least more than 30 others at FT (...)

9 Nov. 2009 | 6 comments | Manzer Munir

Algerian Army Arrested Leaders in the Polisario Front were Trying to Join Morocco

According to Algeria Times, five key leaders in the Polisario are detained by the Algerian authorities in army barracks in Tindouf (southwestern Algeria). This event followed the return to Morocco of Ahmaddou Ould Souilem, Polisario founder who served (...)

7 Aug. 2009 | | Morocco Times

Students buy US military secrets

University of British Columbia journalism students investigating electronic waste uncovered a massive US security breach in a country listed as one of the top 10 sources of cybercrime. When the Canadian students bought hard drives in an open-air market in (...)

25 jui. 2009 | | Jon Newton

Obama: US Constitutional Rights for Terrorists

"I’ll talk to you guys after I get to New York and see my lawyer," he said, according to former CIA Director George Tenet. "The Obama Justice Department has quietly ordered FBI agents to read Miranda rights to high value detainees (...)

12 Jun. 2009 | 1 comment | Liberally Conservative

12000 US Troops Withdrawn from Iraq ; 32 Killed in Police Academy Bombing

The Obama administration will not replace two US brigades (12,000 troops) that are departing Iraq. There are 140,000 US troops in that country, down from 160,000 in 2008 during the Bush troop escalation or "surge." The two brigades will likely (...)

9 mar. 2009 | | Juan Cole

Giant armoured bus considered harmful

But not to the right people. Via Jason Sigger’s blog, the US Marines have second thoughts about all those new armoured wheeled vehicles they bought. Demanding more vague armoured vehicles was an easy cross-party response to Iraq ; it got around (...)

9 mar. 2009 | | Alex Harrowell

US military secrets bought for $18

Britain’s Gary McKinnon has been to hell and back, waiting to see if he’ll be packed off to America as a hard-core criminal facing years in a US jail. But why worry when US government practically people give info away, or allow it to be (...)

28 jan. 2009 | | Jon Newton

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6 Jan. 2009 | | micmac08USA

The Trouble With Genocide Prevention

There’s nothing wrong with preventing genocide, of course. But the public conversation on preventing genocide in the United States has, over the years, come to be dominated by a kind of myopic focus on the idea of using unilateral American military (...)

16 déc. 2008 | | Matthew Yglesias

Military Sexual Trauma

Christy Hardin Smith over at Firedoglake reminds us of an issue that gets reported on occasionally : female soldiers that experience rape suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Apparently the problem is that MST=PTSD isn’t always believed among (...)

28 mai. 2008 | 1 comment | Matthew Yglesias

Republican Congressman Wants To Ban Sale Of Playboy At Military Stores

This is sure to result in a rather heated debate : Concerned that the military is selling pornography in exchange stores in spite of a ban, one lawmaker has introduced a bill to clean up the matter. ?Our troops should not see their honor sullied so that (...)

24 avr. 2008 | | Rob Port

4000

Of course the 4000th US combat death in Iraq is an artificial milestone. It’s not different than the 10th or the 3999th or what will for certain be the 4010th, a human being in the prime of life who is alive now but won’t be by the end of next (...)

26 mar. 2008 | | Effect Measure

How well do they feed the Marines ?

I do not know. Or how about the Army, Navy, or Air Force ? But my suspicion is this : if you are in the Armed Services, you have the chance to eat better than the average American. Not at gourmet levels, but better than the median. Better taste and better (...)

4 jan. 2008 | 1 comment | Marginal Revolution

U.S. war veterans suicide epidemic sadly comes into focus

The U.S. Military is experiencing a suicide epidemic with veterans killing themselves at a rate of 120 a week, according to an investigative report conducted by CBS News. Approximately 6,300 veterans committed suicide in 2005 alone. This breaks down to an (...)

19 Nov. 2007 | | James Anthony Mehrle, Jr.

"Shock troops" ignites a discrediting campaign

2 Nov. 2007 | | James Anthony Mehrle, Jr.

Should we use mercenaries at all ?

Over at Mark Thoma’s, Bernard Yomtov asks a very good question : Why should there be mercenaries at all, given the existence of a large and well-trained Army ? The mercenaries are former soldiers. Their functions are military and could be carried (...)

29 oct. 2007 | 1 comment | Marginal Revolution

Politicians Whine About Cost to Protect Troops

The costs of Iraq operations have risen to about $10 billion a month, and the evolution of the new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, vehicles some of the cost escalation. Appropriations committees, under pressure from the Marines, took the lead in (...)

20 jui. 2007 | 1 comment | Liberally Conservative

Dangerous military data found online

With the latest Die Hard movie centering on a ‘fire sale attack’ on the US in the background, sensitive US military “need-to-know” information is apparently easy to find online. In a story which reads more like a movie plot than an (...)

13 jui. 2007 | | Jon Newton

If You Want Peace, Prepare for Absurd Scenarios

I followed a link from The Weekly Standard’s blog to a post by David Axe discussing Air Force Monthly’s coverage of an F-22 getting shot down in some simulated combat by an F-16. Lieutenant Colonel Dirk Smith notes that "the beauty of Red (...)

12 jui. 2007 | 1 comment | Matthew Yglesias

Here’s To The Next 140 Years

Canada, in its current form, is now 140 years old. Like any birthday or anniversary, this gives rise to thoughts about the future, particularly at a time when things seem to be going terribly wrong in the second largest country in the world. The federal (...)

5 Jul. 2007 | | Werner Patels

Torn

From CNN : Dems in tough spot with war funding bill. Democrats in Congress face a tough decision on a bill funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that does not include a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops. Vote "yes," and they are (...)

25 mai. 2007 | | Cox & Forkum

Democratic Party Divided on Iraq Supplemental A...

Although everyone is syaing that September is now the potential turning point in congressional support for the Iraq War, I don’t see how things will change much then. Supporters of the "surge" will be able to find some evidence of (...)

25 mai. 2007 | | Juan Cole

John Edwards : We Should Have Mandatory Military Service

To, you know, save all those “poor kids” who get duped into fighting wars by evil dictators like Chimpy McHitlerburton. Or something like that. “One of the things we ought to be thinking about is some level of mandatory service to (...)

22 mai. 2007 | | Rob Port

Votes or Success in Iraq ? Political Priorities and Arm Chair Generals

Politicians from both sides of the aisle are using Iraq as a political football and doing a great disservice to commanders and troops on the ground in Iraq. General Petraeus was approved as new commander of forces in Iraq overwhelmingly and the armchair (...)

16 mai. 2007 | | Liberally Conservative

Department Of Defense Blocks Soldier Access To Myspace, YouTube And Other Sites

"THEY’RE TRYING TO HIDE HOW BAD THINGS ARE IN IRAQ,” is what the doofus leftards have to say about it (as if the media’s all-negative-all-the-time coverage of Iraq doesn’t bring us enough negative news as is), but in reality I (...)

15 mai. 2007 | | Rob Port

Gramma Pelosi Mothers The Troops

Does anyone else find this sappy screed from Nancy Pelosi (D - Pantsuits) over at Huffington Post a little...nauseating ? I mean, seriously. Can we stop referring to the troops as children ? They’re adults. Adults who chose military service. (...)

14 mai. 2007 | | Rob Port

Congress - Guilty of High Crimes and Misdemeanor’s

It’s time Congress, led by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, stop the beltway rhetoric and fund the troops in harms way. Holding back funds needed to purchase the latest equipment to protect soldiers is a priority like no other and the feckless Democrats (...)

10 mai. 2007 | | Liberally Conservative

Bush Vetoes Supplemental for Iraq

Bush Vetoes Supplemental for Iraq Rice will be Polite 11 Killed in Minibus attack Bush vetoed the supplemental appropriations bill for Iraq that Congress sent him on May 1. You know, Bush and Cheney and others got this meme going last fall that (...)

2 mai. 2007 | | Juan Cole

3,000 Sadrists Protest US Raid 32 Killed in Funer...

Some 3,000 Iraqis came out Monday in Baghdad to protest US military action against the Mahdi Army at Kadhimiya, the site of revered shrine to the 8th Imam or descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. Members of the Iraq parliament as a result want to restrict (...)

1er mai. 2007 | 1 comment | Juan Cole