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…
May 15, 2012, the Group of 20 industrialized countries (not for long maybe?) will be meeting in Mexico, in June. Already Mexico and Japan are calling for G-20 members (mainly those of the BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) to give the U.S. based International Monetary Fund another $430 billion USD!!!
“Pakistan and other regional countries should carefully study the strategic pact and make sure that United States will have a long term commitment to Afghanistan, and Washington will continue its cooperation with the Afghan government until 2024.”
May 15, 2012, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, made that statement in Nangarhar Province. It subtly threatens […] Continue Reading…
May 14, 2012, officials in Laghman Province say five Afghan soldiers were killed, and two wounded, after their vehicle ran over a mine.
Pakistani border officials say U.S. forces fired artillery rounds into Pakistan from Afghanistan, the night of May 13. They say U.S. troops fired at least eight mortar rounds from Afghanistan’s Khost Province […] Continue Reading…
14 May 2012, Japan’s Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute analyzed rat samples. Their conclusion is that the rats are contaminated with cesium.
3,100 becquerels of cesium per kilogram was detected in rats near Kawauchi village, 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from the GE designed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. About 790 becquerels per kilo was found […] Continue Reading…
May 12, 2012, Yemen media reporting that two U.S. drone strikes killed 16 people in Yemen.
The drone strikes are part of a Yemen military blitz underway now: “A force of about 20,000 men is taking part in this offensive, ordered by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to free the cities of Zinjibar and Jaar.”-unnamed Yemen […] Continue Reading…