According to Azerbaijani media, Iran’s Oil Ministry is confirming that their oil exports are dropping due to Western oil sanctions.
Iranian oil officials say Japan has made the biggest cut in oil purchases, despite recently getting an exemption from the United States. Japan cut Iranian oil imports by 28% from January to April 2012.
However, Iran’s […] Continue Reading…
The Washington Post reporting that the United States did indeed spy on Iran using UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles, aka drones).
The report says the National Security Agency has at least three years worth of drone surveillance data on Iran. The program is being run by the Central Intelligence Agency’s Iran Operations Division (aka Persia House).
April […] Continue Reading…
April 8, 2012, Afghan Interior Affairs Ministry officials say in the past 24 hours Afghan military and police forces killed 16 Mujahideen, and captured 26.
The battles took place in Nangarhar, Faryab, Farah, Badakhshan, Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost and Paktika provinces. They also seized 2,090 kilograms (4,607.7 pounds) of drugs.
In Baghlan Province, Afghan officials claim to […] Continue Reading…
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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…