May 5, 2012, U.S. drone strike kills at least eight people in Pakistan.
May 2, 2012, U.S. drone strikes kill at least 15 people in Yemen.
From April 30 to May 6, the U.S./NATO increased airstrikes in Afghanistan. They include the use of drones. The result is an increasing number of civilians deaths.
May 3, 2012: U.S. […] Continue Reading…
May 8, 2012, U.S. led ISAF admitted they killed a family of civilians: “At this point in the investigation we are able to confirm the incident and will be formally apologizing in the next couple of days…”-Lieutenant Colonel Stewart Upton, USMC, ISAF
The attack was reported by local Afghan officials on May 7, but the U.S./NATO […] Continue Reading…
May 6, 2012, Tornadoes hit the Kanto region of Japan.
At least one person was killed, 52 injured and 900 homes destroyed.
Japan’s National Defense Academy says the tornadoes were the result of highly unstable conditions, caused when sunny, warm air clashed with a cold air mass.
Officials are warning that such unstable conditions are expected to […] Continue Reading…
May 7, 2012, the right wing Zionists in the Israeli Knesset (parliament) are about to push through a motion to dissolve the current government.
New elections will be held on September 4. Polls are showing that political parties that are not warmongers would lose if elections were held soon.
On May 6, Prime Minister Binyamin (Benjamin) […] Continue Reading…
May 7, 2012, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said at least three U.S./NATO personnel were killed in eastern Afghanistan, by an explosion.
Around 147 NATO service members have been killed in Afghanistan since the beginning of 2012.
In Helmand Province local officials say a U.S./NATO airstrike killed a woman and her five children. In Badghis Province […] Continue Reading…
It seems the usual ISAF/Afghan 24 hour report for May 5 was a little lacking in detail, much more is being reported by other Afghan officials, and other countries.
Sebghatullah Sanjar, Afghanistan’s Chief of the Policy Department at the Afghan presidential palace, was killed in a car accident. The Kabul police chief said Sanjar’s car […] Continue Reading…
05 May 2012, on the northern big island of Hokkaido, Japan’s last operating nuclear reactor is being shut down.
By Saturday night (Japan time), and after 42 years, the country will be free of electricity produced by nuclear reactors.
The Hokkaido Electric Power Company is shutting down Reactor 3 of the Tomari Nuclear Power Plant. The […] Continue Reading…
May 5, 2012, United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed that two British soldiers were killed in Helmand Province.
They were killed on May 4, when Mujahideen attacked FOB (Forward Operating Base) Ouellette with indirect fire. Afghan media say it was mortars, but the U.K.’s MoD did not specify.
And now for another 24 hour seek, […] Continue Reading…
May 4, 2012, major retailers operating in the United States, including Costco, Macy’s and Target, reported dismal sales for April.
In fact sales were below what analysts and experts were predicting. It was hoped that the retail industry would see at least a 1.5% increase in sales, instead they got a stagnant 0.8%! It’s the […] Continue Reading…
May 4, 2012, International Security Assistance Force reports a U.S./NATO troop killed by non-combat incident in eastern Afghanistan.
At least 140 NATO service members including 94 U.S. troops, 16 British troops and 30 soldiers from coalition allied countries, have died since the beginning of 2012.
There are unconfirmed reports that two U.S./NATO personnel were killed when […] Continue Reading…