May 19, 2012, Mexico’s Ministry of Defense reporting that in the past week three Mexican military Generals were arrested for working with drug lords. Two of those generals are retired, one other is active duty!
Prosecutors say the generals were paid bribes by the Beltran-Leyva Cartel.
But this is the tip of the ice berg. In […] Continue Reading…
May 19, 2012, in Afghanistan’s Khost province at least 13 people were killed by a suicide bomber. The target of the bomber was a police check point.
In Kandahar Province two would be suicide bombers were captured. Officials say they confessed and said they were trained in Pakistan.
Seek & destroy/capture operations were conducted in Kabul, […] Continue Reading…
Troubled Hoku Materials polysilicon factory in Pocatello, Idaho, could be finally done in by the latest U.S. tariffs against Chinese solar panel companies.
Hoku Materials is a division of Hoku Corporation, which in turn is a subsidiary of Tianwei New Energy Holdings, which is an affiliate of China South Industries Group Corporation (CSGC). Hoku Corp […] Continue Reading…
May 18, 2012, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said two U.S./NATO personnel were killed during a Mujahideen attack, in eastern Afghanistan. ISAF SOP means they don’t give anymore info.
At least 158 occupying personnel, including 110 U.S. troops, 20 British soldiers and 28 soldiers from other occupying member countries, have been killed since January 2012.
In […] Continue Reading…
May 16, 2012, Queen Sophia of Spain has refused an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II of England.
Initially Sophia accepted an invitation to Elizabeth’s celebration of 60 years on the British throne, but the Spanish government protested forcing Sophia to cancel.
The protest is over who controls the island of Gibraltar. Spain lost the islands to […] Continue Reading…
April 13, 2012, North Korea launched a satellite (not a ballistic missile as western media continued to report!), which ended in failure, yet didn’t fail to bring world wide condemnation, which included Japan’s mobilization of Patriot missile forces.
May 17, 2012, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced they will be launching an H-2A rocket, […] Continue Reading…
May 17, 2012, the governor’s office in Afghanistan’s Farah Province has been attacked by suicide bombers. As many as 11 people killed.
Reports say that after the explosions there was a two hour firefight between Mujahideen and Afghan forces. At least nine people were wounded. The dead include Mujahideen, police and civilians. The governor somehow […] Continue Reading…
May 17, 2012, Toshiba announced no more TV set production in Japan, no thanks to competition from South Korea, and crashing sales in the United States!
Toshiba reported a $620 million USD loss for the past Japanese fiscal year!
The company also revealed that TV sales in Japan have crashed ever since television broadcasters switched to […] Continue Reading…
May 17,2012, according to Japan’s NHK the Japanese bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, is suing the United States over a court order to freeze Iranian accounts.
Western media has been reporting that the Japanese bank has frozen the accounts, but that’s not what Japanese media says. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ filled the suit on May […] Continue Reading…
May 16, 2012, in Afghanistan’s Herat Province three village elders were assassinated. They were shot while attending morning prayers in a Mosque. A fourth elder was wounded.
In Uruzgan Province a tribal elder, and his son, were assassinated by gunman on a motorcycle.
To show you how important the U.S./NATO supply route through Pakistan is, Pakistani […] Continue Reading…