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There is a video series just released. It was made by employees of the U.S. taxpayer funded Blackwater private security corporation operating in Iraq.
The videos show that Blackwater employees randomly targeted Iraqi civilians, by shooting into passing vehicles, sometimes at point blank range, and by running over people. They also swerved into Iraqi cars […] Continue Reading…
A 1st District Judge in Idaho, has refused to accept terms of a plea agreement.
The case involves a former executive assistant at Coldwater Creek. She pled guilty in exchange for paying $251,943 in restitution, a suspended three to 10 year prison sentence, and 90 days in county jail.
She is accused of racking up hundreds […] Continue Reading…
The U.S. Coast Guard took advantage of a Japanese tsunami ghost ship to get some target practice in.
Pictures show the fishing trawler pock marked with holes after being hit by cannon fire. The USCG declared it a shipping hazard.
This is just the beginning wave of flotsam from March 11, 2011’s major tsunami that hit […] Continue Reading…
Not even a week after Japan set tougher limits on radioactive cesium in food, but more mushroom farms are found to be contaminated.
In a town 300 kilometers (186.4 miles) from Fukishima Daiichi, a farm in Kanagawa Prefecture discovered their mushrooms contain 141 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram.
The new safe limits are 100 becquerels […] Continue Reading…
“A remarkable increase in the rate of M 3 and greater earthquakes is currently in progress in the U.S. midcontinent. The average number of M >= 3 earthquakes/year increased starting in 2001, culminating in a six-fold increase over 20th century levels in 2011.”-USGS study, Are Seismicity Rate Changes in the Midcontinent Natural or Manmade?
Around […] Continue Reading…
Three Afghan army soldiers were wounded in Helmand Province, while conducting seek and destroy operations.
Afghan army and police claim to have killed dozens of Mujahideen in battles, as well as captured anti-government militants and weapons, in the past 24 hours. The battles took place in the following provinces: Gahzni, Nangarhar, Badakhshan, Kandahar, Kunar, Helmand, […] Continue Reading…
On March 22, 2012, Hoku Solar (a subsidiary of Hoku Corporation, in turn majority owned by China’s Tianwei New Energy) was selected to build a 7.2 megawatt solar farm in Kaua’i, Hawaii.
In December 2011, Hoku Solar actually delivered a 1.18 megawatt solar energy facility, the largest solar power plant in O’ahu, Hawaii.
After the announcement of the […] Continue Reading…
April 6, 2012, in Kandahar Province four Afghan cops were killed in separate incidents.
One was shot, another was killed trying to defuse a bomb, and two others were killed when their vehicle hit a mine.
In Kapisa Province, Afghan government forces attacked a Mujahideen position. According to Abdul Hakim Akhundzadeh, governor of Tagab district, a […] Continue Reading…
An ISAF report says: “An International Security Assistance Force rotary wing [helicopter] unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in northern Afghanistan today.” ISAF does not believe it was shot down. No further details.
Some speculate that since the drone was a helicopter that it might be what witnesses are calling a NATO helicopter crash, in Baghlan Province. […] Continue Reading…