All posts by Hutchins AAron

Born in Deutschland 1965, hometown was Bütthart, parents were not U.S. government employees. However, when father was tricked into joining the U.S. Air Force Civil Service, in 1969, with the promise that we could remain in Germany, we were promptly shipped off to Iran. Due to one of my Iranian educators being disappeared, along with her husband, by the U.S. ally Shah of Iran's Israeli & U.S. created Savak (for the then official terrorist act of promoting the idea that women can vote), and due to my U.S. citizen mother being placed on Savak's Terrorist Arrest List (for supporting the idea that women should vote, at that time the U.S. ally Shah of Iran did not allow women to vote, now they can) we left Iran for the United States in 1973, literally in the middle of the night. At the U.S. Embassy airbase the CIA operated Gooney Bird (C-47) was so packed with other U.S. citizens fleeing our ally Iran (because the Shah gave the OK to arrest any U.S. citizen for such terrorist acts as promoting the concept of voting) that we were turned away by the Loadmaster and had to take a chance on a civilian flight out of Tehran's airport. My father told me he and my mother had three culture shocks; first when they arrived in Germany as civilians, then after being shipped off to Iran as U.S. government employees, then again returning to the United States as unemployed civilians (because so much had changed in the U.S. while they were gone, their only news source was the U.S. Armed Forces Radio & Television Service which heavily censored information about the home front). Since I graduated high school in 1982 I've worked for U.S. government contractors and state & local government agencies (in California), convenience store manager in California, retail/property management in Georgia, California and Idaho. Spent the 1990s in the TV news business producing number one rated local news programs in California, Arizona and Idaho. 14+ years with California and Idaho Army National Guard and the U.S. Air Force. Obtained a BA degree in International Studies from Idaho State University at the age of 42. Unemployed since 2015, so don't tell me the economy has recovered.
Business/Economics, International, Technology, U.S.

False Flag Bio-War? GMO crops intended to create starvation in the U.S. & Canada?

19 June 2013 (04:08 UTC-07 Tango)/10 Sha’ban 1434/29 Khordad 1391/12 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

“The US (and Canadian) yields are falling behind economically and technologically equivalent agroecosystems matched for latitude, season and crop type; pesticide (both herbicide and insecticide) use is higher in the United States than in comparator W. European countries….”

A study by the University of Canterbury, in New Zealand, has revealed that the people of the United States and Canada could soon face starvation because of continued use of GMO (genetically modified organism) crops.

“The choice of GM-biotechnology packages in the US agroecosystem has been the stark contrast with W. European patterns of biotechnology use. Notwithstanding claims to the contrary…..there is no evidence that GM biotechnology is superior…..”

“Producing food is an essential activity, and the ability to produce food is a global strategic asset.”

“…..GM crops are not a solution, in part because they are controlled by strict IP instruments. Despite the claims that GM might be needed to feed the world, we found no yield benefit when the United States was compared to W. Europe……GM crops have maintained or increased US pesticide use relative to equally advanced competitors. The pattern and quantities unique to the use of GM-glyphosate-tolerant crops has been responsible for the selection of glyphosate-tolerant weeds, with estimates of resistant weeds on between 6 and 40 million hectares [14.8 million to 98.8 million acres] in the United States…….The use of Bt crops is associated with the emergence of Bt resistance and by novel mechanisms in insect pests“

“The diversity of the germplasm is not increasing under the commercial sector in the United States and under prevailing government innovation incentives…..This is linked to globally declining rates in yield growth.”

Read more in the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability.

International

2013 worst year ever for Dengue Fever epidemic?

19 June 2013 (03:40 UTC-07 Tango)/10 Sha’ban 1434/29 Khordad 1391/12 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

Researchers in India are reporting that the Dengue virus is evolving.  They have identified at least four serotypes of the virus in the Indian state of Kerala, and have observed mutations since 2008.  They have also identified new strains of Dengue that have come in from outside Kerala.

Another problem is that it seems if you survive an initial infection, you will get sicker if you’re infected a second or third time (which is almost guaranteed in mosquito swamped areas).  They say this is why outbreaks of Dengue Fever are getting worse: “People who are infected a second time with a different type of the dengue virus may have a different immune response wherein the clinical symptoms of dengue might worsen and the person will have severe disease. This is called antibody-dependent enhancement.”-E. Sreekumar, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology

In the South East Asian country of Laos, 7920 people have been infected with Dengue Fever so far this year.  13 have died.

The UN World Health Organization gave Laos this dire warning: “If there are no effective actions undertaken, there will be serious economic and social consequences for Lao PDR including deaths, overloaded central, provincial and district health care facilities, and debilitated workers due to illness.”

The UNWHO says the number of mosquito spread Dengue Fever cases has exceeded 2010 numbers for the same time period, in Asia.

Singapore is reporting more than 10000 cases.  For the same time last year they had 4632 cases.  Citizens in that country are outraged because it was revealed that one infected person died in a hospital, because the patient was ignored by medical staff for at least five hours.

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health confirmed 43609 cases, with 50 deaths.  That’s three times higher than last year during the same time period.

The Philippines’ Department of Health reports 42207 cases.

Malaysia reports more than 10000 cases.

Sri Lanka has ordered it Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Health to conduct a dengue eradication operation.

U.S.

False Flag op? Retired TWA 800 crash investigators say it was no accident!

19 June 2013 (03:03 UTC-07 Tango)/10 Sha’ban 1434/29 Khordad 1391/12 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

“These investigators were not allowed to speak to the public or refute any comments made by their superiors and/or NTSB and FBI officials about their work at the time of the official investigation. They waited until after retirement to reveal how the official conclusion by the (NTSB) was falsified and lay out their case.”-producers of new documentary TWA Flight 800

The investigators revealing the truth are Hank Hughes, former senior accident investigator with the NTSB, Bob Young, an investigator with TWA and Jim Speer, investigator with the Airline Pilots Association.

TWA FLIGHT 800 is an EPIX Original Documentary.

Fukushima

Corporate Incompetence: High levels of strontium & tritium escaping Fukushima Daiichi!

19 June 2013 (02:44 UTC-07 Tango)/10 Sha’ban 1434/29 Khordad 1392/12 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

Tokyo Electric Power company (TEPCo) reporting that high levels of strontium and tritium have leaked (yet again) from the GE designed reactors at Fukushima Daiichi.

This time strontium is being found in groundwater, at levels 30 times higher than Japanese government maximum safe limits.  Tritium is being found at eight times government safe limits.

They suspect the deadly contamination is coming from Reactor 2.  TEPCo admits strontium and tritium have been leaking for a awhile, but until now the levels of contamination have been below government limits.  TEPCo is unwilling to confirm if the isotopes have been contaminating the Pacific Ocean.

On top of that, TEPCo is trying to find out why a newly installed water decontamination system is already leaking.  Inspection teams discovered that a giant stainless steel tank was leaking radioactive water from a weld seam.  The water was being caught by a giant drip pan under the tank.

Upon inspection of the welds pin holes were discovered in many of the seams.  TEPCo is now trying to determine if the holes are manufacturing defects, or caused by something else.

Meanwhile, the Pacific Ocean current off Japan brings that stuff right to the Pacific Coast of North America.

International

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan: Afghan government officially says F-you to United States! U.S. stabs Afghan government in the back?

19 June 2013 (02:18 UTC-07 Tango)/10 Sha’ban 1434/29 Khordad 1391/12 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

“In view of the contradiction between acts and the statements made by the United States of America in regard to the Peace Process, the Afghan government suspended the negotiations, currently underway in Kabul between Afghan and U.S. delegations on the Bilateral Security Agreement.”-National Security Council Office of Afghanistan

Unnamed Afghan government officials say post 2014 security talks (aka Bilateral Security Agreement) with the United States have been halted by the Afghan government, after U.S. officials confirmed they were now in negotiations with Mujahideen/Taliban in Doha, Qatar.  Those U.S.-Mujahideen/Taliban negotiations do not include the Afghan government.

Afghan government officials question what good is the Bilateral Security Agreement, if the U.S. and Mujahideen/Taliban are going to make secret deals behind the back of the Afghan government?

In the past President Hamid Karzai repeatedly accused the U.S. of working with Mujahideen, only to have U.S. officials rebuke such accusations.

Business/Economics, U.S.

World War 3, Economic Front: Sears revenues down because of shuttered stores! Kmart slave labor! Sears Canada begins closing stores! Sears sells out to Lowe’s?

19 June 2013 (21:59 UTC-07 Tango 18 June 2013)/10 Sha’ban 1434/29 Khordad 1391/12 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

Illinois about to lose the Mount Vernon Sears.  Sears Holdings officials gave the usual bullshit reason for the closing: “As a part of the ordinary course of business, we close stores for a variety of reasons. The store closures are part of a series of actions we’re taking to reduce ongoing expenses, adjust our asset base and accelerate the transformation of our business model. These actions will better enable us to focus our investments on serving our customers and members through integrated retail – at the store, online and in the home.”

A woman who bought Halloween decorations at a Kmart store that has since closed, discovered a letter inside one of the boxes containing the decorations.  It was a plea for help from a Chinese slave laborer.  The New York Times confirmed the letter by finding the actual slave laborer.  He has since been freed, but was held in a Chinese slave labor camp for his outlawed religious beliefs.  The company that supplied Kmart with the decorations denied they were made by slave laborers.

Sears Holdings reported a loss of $279 million USD during the quarter that ended 04 May 2013.  Ironically Sears is blaming part of the drop in sales on the fact that they’ve closed so many stores: “Domestic store closures accounted for approximately $375 million of the decrease from the prior year quarter.”-Sears Holdings First Quarter 2013 report

Sears Holdings is also blaming Sears Canada for ongoing losses: “Sears Canada’s comparable store sales declined 2.6% in the quarter”

They also blame the value of the U.S. dollar: “First quarter revenues also included a decrease of $19 million due to foreign currency exchange rates.”

On 14 June 2013, it was announced that Sears Canada will start closing stores in the Great White North.  Canadian news media report that two to three major Sears stores in the Toronto area will be closed.  Sears Canada officials blame the owners of the property, saying the landlords offered to pay Sears at least two hundred million in CAD (CAnadian Dollars) to vacate the premises.  (in January Sears Canada closed two distribution centers, ending 700 jobs)

On 17 June 2013, California based Orchard Supply Hardware went bankrupt.  OSH was bought by Sears in 1996.  Sears began selling stock in OSH in 2012.  Now reports say Lowe’s (a hardware competitor) is looking to become the new owner of OSH.

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings since the end of 2011:

Arizona: Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors.

Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost).

California:   El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”), two San Diego Sears (at least 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart.

Colorado:  Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost),  Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40).

Georgia: Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost).

Guam:  Sears Hometown Store.

Florida: Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost),  Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost),  Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost),  Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart.

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!!!),  Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost).

Vacant bedroom/bathroom section.

One corner of the half vacant Chubbuck, Idaho, Sears. No official closing announcement was made.

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost).  No official announcement, but it’s painfully obvious the Chubbuck Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers?

Indiana:  Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost).

Illinois:  Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), recently revealed Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost). 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale.  By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state.  The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

Iowa:  Cedar Rapids Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year).

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost).

Kentucky: Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart (back in May, Rankin Paynter bought out what was left of the inventory and gave it to charity), Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors.

Michigan: Novi Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials,  Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Flint Kmart (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost).

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart,  GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost).

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line.

Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials,  Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost).

North Carolina: High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost),  West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).

New Jersey:  Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost).

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost).

Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost).   Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants).

Oregon: Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost).

South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost),  both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two).

Tennessee: Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart.

Texas: Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors.

Virginia: Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost),  Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost).

Washington: Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost),  Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Wisconsin: West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost).

On top of that, Sears Holdings sold stores to General Growth Properties (GGP), of which it has been reported that most of those stores will be closed.

Here’s the list of 11 Sears stores now owned by GGP:

Iowa: Coral Ridge Mall (it’s official the Sears is closing, see above), and Mall of the Bluffs

Texas: The Woodlands Mall (this does not involve the two repair centers being closed by Sears)

Florida: West Oaks Mall

Utah: Fashion Place, and Provo Towne Centre (note the evil British empire way of spelling town & center. Due to a favorable lease agreement the GGP owned Provo Sears will continue to stay open under Sears Holdings management)

Oklahoma: Quail Springs Mall (it’s official, the Sears will be closed, see above)

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (will be closed, see above)

Washington: Bellis Fair Mall (Bellingham store, see above)

Minnesota: Apache Mall  (see update above, GGP will close Sears store by 2014)

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asia-Pacific Front: USMC admits Iraq, Afghanistan & War on Terror just preps for war with China!

18 June 2013 (16:31 UTC-07 Tango)/09 Sha’ban 1434/28 Khordad 1391/11 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

The U.S. Marine Corps has revealed a new COIN policy; kill the enemy, then kiss and make up afterwards: “Asking young Marines to kill at one time and not at the other, and being able to talk to someone immediately after coming out of a firefight…”-USMC Brigadier General Richard Simcock, Marine Corps Forces Pacific

According to several USMC sources the new policy, being run out of the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning in Quantico, Virginia, is a way of preparing Marines for future/expected military operations in the Asian-Pacific area (ie China).   The policy went into effect in October 2012.

Also, USMC non-coms will now have to ‘volunteer’ to become experts in the cultural values of certain regions of the Asia-Pacific, if they want to be considered for further promotions.

This seems to coincide with the island hopping exercises that have been taking place off the coast of California since 2010.  Those war games involve Japan, Australia, New Zealand, United States and even Canada.

I remember when soldiers and Marines considered being used as nation building Global cops abhorrent.  But in 2006, USA General David Patreaus and USMC General James Mattis revised U.S. COIN policy in FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency, saying “Soldiers and Marines are expected to be nation-builders….” 

Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, says the future military adventures of the United States will require soldiers and Marines to double as diplomats.  (as a former warrior with California & Idaho Army National Guards, during the Cold War and post Cold War, I say bullshit on that!)

USMC officials have admitted that they have been given orders from the Commander in Chief, Barack Obama, to focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

USMC Major Thomas Ross stated that the experiences of Afghanistan and Iraq were instrumental in leading up to the current U.S. policy in the Asia-Pacific region.  This can only mean that the United States government is about to launch a war of control (in the name of fighting terrorism?) in that region.

 

International

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan: Thousands of Mujahideen preparing for new offensives! U.S. cuts supplies for MASH units yet buys Russian ‘copters!

18 June 2013/09 Sha’ban 1434/28 Khordad 1391/11 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

In Parwan Province, Bagram air base was hit by artillery attack (early reports said it was a rocket), four U.S. personnel killed, several wounded.  The attack was confirmed by U.S. Department of Defense.  U.S. forces conducted a search operation to find the source of the rocket attack.

In Kandahar Province, Maruf District, a U.S. drone (UAV) crashed.  Afghan and U.S. government officials blame it on “technical problems”, but Mujahideen say they shot it down.   Provincial government officials also say eight Mujahideen killed by NATO/ISAF forces.

In Kabul Province, Kabul city, a suicide bomber blew himself up near the Independent Human Rights Commission office, killing at least three people, and wounding four security guards and one girl.  Officials say the target was a politician, but he survived.

In Logar Province, locals report three teenagers killed by NATO/ISAF airstrike.

In Farah Province, Bala Buluk District, Mujahideen claim they’ve shot down yet another U.S. helicopter in that district.  Mujahideen say U.S. attack helicopters were responding to their attack on U.S. armored vehicles.

Senior Obama administration officials said the U.S. will meet with Mujahideen in Doha, capital of Qatar, in the near future.  It’s been revealed by Norwegian government officials that Norway has been hosting secret talks between U.S. and Afghan government officials and Mujahideen, something U.S. officials have always denied.

The Afghan puppet government is now officially in charge of all occupation military operations.  NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said NATO will no longer plan, execute or lead combat operations in Afghanistan.

The U.S. state of New Hampshire revealed that 43 members of their state militia Army National Guard C Company, 3rd Battalion 238th Aviation Regiment, is undergoing training for deployment to Afghanistan.

United Kingdom Ministry of Defence officials say that after the end of 2013 their Red Coat troops will no longer take part in combat operations, they will focus on training Afghan personnel only.

U.S. ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson, admitted it was he who convinced Canadian officials to keep their Canuck troops in Afghanistan for as long as they have.  The admission comes as Canada sends their final troop deployment to Afghanistan.  At least 900 Canucks deployed for Operation Attention.

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In Jowzjan Province, war criminal and U.S. puppet ally, Abdul Rashid Dostum, ordered his minions to attack the provincial governor.  Dostum’s minions also attacked the Afghan government’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) compound.  Provincial officials say they do not know why such an ‘insider’ attack was ordered.

In Nuristan Province,  Mujahideen announced that they’ve assembled thousands of troops to launch a major offensive in that province.  Provincial officials confirmed that thousands of Mujahideen have gathered in Kamdish and Bar-g-Matal districts.  Government officials say Pakistan is supporting the Mujahideen offensive.

In Laghman Province, Mujahideen attacked a supply convoy with RPGs and machine guns.  Two trucks destroyed, three drivers killed, several people wounded.

In Maidan Wardak Province, provincial government officials reporting hundreds of Mujahideen from Pakistan observed gathering for offensive against U.S./Afghan government forces.

In Helmand Province, Lashkargah city, a suicide bomber tried to assassinate the local police chief.  Apparently only the bomber was killed, one cop wounded.

In the U.S. state of Virginia, a drive is on for volunteered supplies for U.S. MASH units: “Afghanistan MASH units are in GREAT NEED of sheets! These units treat and house our military service men and women who are wounded in battle and their linens are all but gone! They are using torn, worn and blood and other bodily fluid stained sheets over and over again.”-RoxAnne Christley’s Operation Bedsheet

In the U.S. state of Iowa, about 50 members of the state militia Army National Guard 211th Air Ambulance unit returned home from Afghanistan.

In the U.S. state of Minnesota, more than 100 members of the federal U.S. Army Reserve 203rd Transportation Company deployed to Afghanistan.

In the U.S. state of California, a Canadian private security contractor is being sued for the wrongful death of at least one U.S. citizen in Afghanistan.  Tundra Security is being accused of failing to following their own company policies when they re-hired an Afghan who was fired for making threats against U.S. co-workers.  That Afghan then killed or wounded several U.S. co-workers on Forward Operating Base Frontenac.

Russian news media reveals that U.S. taxpayers have paid for 30 Russian made Mil Mi-17 type helicopters.   The U.S. Department of Defense bought the helicopters for the Afghan government, at a cost to U.S. taxpayers of $500 million USD!

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In Helmand Province, a USMC Lance Corporal was killed.  However, the U.S. Marine Corps is investigating just how he was killed.  They would only say he was killed  “…while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province.”

In Badghis Province, six local cops in Panirak village, Bala Murghab District, joined the Mujahideen.

In Farah Province, the Afghan National Army (ANA) Special Operations Command claims to have killed five Mujahideen.

In Uruzgan Province, Chura District, six people killed, four wounded after they drove over a landmine.

In Logar Province, Mohammad Agha District, ANA officials claim they killed 15 Mujahideen, and captured five others.

U.S.

Medical Martial Law: Medical detention enforced in South Carolina TB outbreak!

18 June 2013 (21:55 UTC-07 Tango 17 June 2013)/09 Sha’ban 1434/28 Khordad 1391/11 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

“We need to be more educated because we’ve had contact with him. Does it affect us? Do we need to do any testing?”-neighbor of man detained

Government officials in the U.S. state of South Carolina are implementing Title 44-Health, Chapter 31, Article 2 THE EMERGENCY DETENTION AND COMMITMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS law.

One man has already been detained under the law.  Nearly 100 people have been infected with TB, considered the worst TB outbreak in South Carolina since 2003.  However, only the one man has been detained, and reports say he could be in medical detention for months.

He’s being called “Patient A” by health officials, and they say he was detained for refusing to co-operate with medical personnel.  A neighbor of the detained man questions his detention, saying he seemed healthy before he was detained by authorities.  She also said the Department of Health and Environmental Control are not providing any details about the TB outbreak, causing a lot of people to wonder.

State officials defend themselves saying they’re looking for someone who can represent the detained man, before they’ll give out any info.

Local news reports say the man is a janitor at a school where the TB outbreak began.   Many parents are upset with Department of Health and Environmental Control, because the DHEC is not giving out info concerning the TB outbreak at the school.  The outbreak at the school apparently began in March, and has since spread.

Local news reports also say neighbors of the detained man have seen many people going in and out of the man’s house.  A local reporter tried to question one of those people, but was rebuffed.

DHEC officials said the detained man could challenge his detention in court, but hellooo, how can the man get a lawyer when he’s already in medical detention?  Sounds like Medical Martial Law to me.

 

 

International

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan: U.S. General says no 2014 pullout! U.S. starving its own troops! NSA predicts future events based on Afghan potato prices!

15 June 2013/06 Sha’ban 1434/25 Khordad 1391/08 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

In Maidan Wardak Province, Syed Abad District, local reports that U.S./NATO/ISAF forces kidnapped three high school students from the same family.

In Paktika Province, Janikahil District, a police van was blown up with a remote detonated bomb.  Five cops killed, seven wounded.

In Baghlan Province, 200 German NATO troops pulled out of their Observation Post North.

In Badakhshan Province, locals say that after a battle between Afghan National Army (ANA) and Mujahideen, the ANA conducted home invasions, and seized the homes of villagers for their own use.

In Nangarhar Province, Hisarak District, 22 ANA soldiers joined the Mujahideen.

120 U.S. state of Missouri Army National Guard troops deployed to Afghanistan.

130 U.S. state of Illinois Army National Guard troops returned home from Afghanistan.

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In Nangarhar Province, U.S. forces claim they’ve “targeted” a al Qaeda operative.  This makes the ninth al Qaeda operative targeted this year.  U.S. officials are using these claims to show that al Qaeada is alive and well, and the U.S. should not pullout.

In Maidan Wardak Province, Saeed Abad District, three U.S. troops wounded during a firefight with Mujahideen.  Reports say five Mujahideen killed.  Mujahideen claim the U.S. personnel were killed.

In Badghis Province, Bala Morghab District, three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers killed when their vehicle drove over a landmine.

In Khost Province, eight people killed when they drove over a landmine.  They were on their way home from a funeral.

In Kandahar Province, government officials say an Afghan border cop was killed by a Pakistani artillery strike in Maruf District.

In Kunar Province, NATO has denied the results of a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) investigation, which accuses NATO of killing three children.  The incident took place on 06 June.

In Daykundi Province, Daykundi District, at least 17 ANA troops joined the Mujahideen.

USMC General Joseph Dunford says the U.S. can not pullout of Afghanistan in 2014:  “The gains that we have made to date are not going to be sustainable without continued international commitment. We are not where we need to be yet.”

12 U.S. state of Ohio Army National Guard troops returned home from Afghanistan.

From the U.S. state of California, a mom is sending food to her son in Afghanistan because the U.S. Department of Defense has cut meals for military personnel: “They are doing deconstruction of the forward operating bases. So they’re doing heavy work all day long. And they had no breakfast and they are going to the jobs hungry!”-Nina Eusebio

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In Helmand Province, Musa Qala District, two Afghan National Police (ANP) were killed along with four local cops.  Their vehicles and weapons were missing, Mujahideen are suspected.  Also, it’s been revealed that a USMC K-MAX unmanned helicopter crashed northeast of Camp Leatherneck.  It happened on 05 June, but USMC officials will only say they’re investigating the cause.

In Laghman Province, Alishang District, ten contracted security guards and one cop joined the Mujahideen.  Their names were publicized.

In Badakhshan Province, Mujahideen have launched an offensive to take control of villages under control of government forces.   Mujahideen claim to have liberated the villages of Kori, Katow, Khorak, Kahir and Asp.  Also, in Jaram District, 35 ANA soldiers joined the Mujahideen.

The U.S. Department of Defense stated that 2220 U.S. personnel have been killed in Afghanistan, so far.

UNICEF reports that the number of children being killed in Afghanistan has increased 27% compared to the same time last year.

The Afghan Ministry of the Interior claims 50 Mujahideen were killed, 15 wounded and 18 captured in operations in Kunar, Kunduz, Jawzjan, Kandahar, Logar, Ghazni, Paktika, Nangarhar and Helmand provinces.

The Afghan government has released 2156 prisoners from the formerly U.S. run Bagram prison.  The Karzai government says investigations revealed that the thousands of prisoners the U.S. detained, had no evidence of their involvement in militancy.

According to Wall Street Journal articles, based on conversations with Edward Snowden, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has a data sifting program called Real Time Regional Gateway (RTRG).  RTRG is used to make predictions on possible future terror attacks.  Here’s the kicker, the program includes data sources as remote as road traffic and potato prices in Afghanistan!  The WSJ says their sources claim RTRG has a 60-70% success rate!