In eastern Nangarhar Province, at least six people, described as “Taliban” were killed when a U.S./NATO/ISAF base was attacked.
The governor of the province said the base was attacked by armed militants. Taliban sources say ten troops of the U.S. led forces were killed.
In the southern province of Helmand, reports of a suicide car bomb […] Continue Reading…
“Falklands should be Argentinian.”-Roger Waters, Pink Floyd alumni
Argentina’s Industry Minister, Debora Giorgi, has asked Argentine businesses to voluntarily sanction U.K. businesses. At least 20 major companies in Argentina, have been asked to stop buying products from the United Kingdom.
Giorgi reportedly said Argentina no longer wants to do business with “colonial” powers.
The move is significant, […] Continue Reading…
While European and IMF officials continue to string Greece along, regarding bailout loans, Europe’s too big to fail banks get billions in easy money!
The European Central Bank (ECB) has just issued the equivalent of U.S. $712.4 billion in cheap loans! ECB officials said it is to help improve liquidity in the markets. But the […] Continue Reading…
On 29 February 2012, Japan’s Nuclear Industrial and Safety Agency said Hokkaido Electric Power Company (HEPCo) failed to comply with new nuclear plant stress test rules.
Japan’s government officials have even more reason to get tough on nuclear safety, as an investigation into the Fukushima disaster revealed gross government incompetence.
The new stress tests are designed to […] Continue Reading…
The controversial U.S. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is once again causing problems. This time Japan’s Defense Minister, Naoki Tanaka, said no deal if there were anymore cost overruns, or delays in the F-35 project.
Japan had tentatively agreed to purchase four of the multi-million dollar aircraft. Currently each F-35 cost $123 million!
But, recently the Obama […] Continue Reading…
The U.S. Air Force has canceled a contract with the winner of a competition for the USAF’s new trainer aircraft.
Brazil’s Embraer Defense and Security, along with U.S. company Sierra Nevada, won the contract for the counter insurgency (COIN) aircraft deal in December 2011, for the A-29 Super Tucano.
There are rumors that a company that did not […] Continue Reading…
February 29, 2012, several thousand Yemenis have taken to the streets in the southern city of Taizz, demanding the U.S. ambassador leave.
Since 2011 Yemenis have been protesting against their authoritarian government. Have you heard anything from the U.S. government about forcing regime change, as they did in Libya, and as they are in Syria? […] Continue Reading…
“These figures are horrifying. You can’t call yourself a developed country and allow this many people to die from living in cold homes….These deaths are totally preventable. This is perhaps the greatest test of whether this government has an ounce of true compassion and moral fiber.”-Ed Matthew, Transform UK
An investigation revealed that the U.K. […] Continue Reading…
“In order to educate the children properly, we must separate them from their families. Some people may say that this is hard, but if we want to civilize them we must do that.”-Hector Langevin, Public Works Minister of Canada, 1883
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada has determined that the government, and Christians, […] Continue Reading…
“It seems that NATO members, especially the United States, have developed a peculiar interpretation of security that is different from ours. The Americans have become obsessed with the idea of becoming absolutely invulnerable…..absolute invulnerability for one country would in theory require absolute vulnerability for all others. This is something that cannot be accepted.”-Vladimir Putin
On […] Continue Reading…