12 contractors have been freed, after being kidnapped in Afghanistan.
Iran officials will only say their diplomatic efforts worked to free the men. “After the news about the abduction of these individuals, we pursued the case through Kabul’s embassy in Tehran as well as Iran’s embassy in Kabul. We have made several contacts […] Continue Reading…
“The Iranian military’s Ground Forces will deploy its peacekeeping troops in any region of armed conflict upon foreign ministry’s recommendation.”-Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, Iranian Army’s Ground Forces Brigadier-General
The Iranian general told foreign military attachés that Iran’s Army is ready for “peacekeeping” duties, anywhere in the world. This is supposedly in accordance with […] Continue Reading…
In an earlier posting I warned that the Libyan situation could lead to World War 3. It’s all about not letting China have Libya’s oil.
Former U.S. Treasury official, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, admitted to Iranian media, that the so called rebellion in Libya was about oil, and not letting China have it: “In my […] Continue Reading…
In small labs in South Carolina, and North Dakota, biologists are trying to grow meat in petri dishes.
Researchers working in South Carolina, had been working on a NASA grant, because of the potential for use in long space voyages. Remember the Star Trek food synthesizers? They’ve just gotten a new grant from PETA (yes, […] Continue Reading…
“Maybe I was right, maybe I was not right. I had a problem with the Saddam regime. I wanted to get rid of him and now I had this chance.”- Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, codenamed “Curveball”
The man that was the source for Bush Jr’s claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, […] Continue Reading…
According to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey at least 4,330 foreign students have left Japan. The survey covers only those students actually enrolled in a Japanese school, not those that were planning on attending but hadn’t enrolled.
Most of the students were concerned with the nuclear disaster, and more aftershocks. The schools are worried their budgets […] Continue Reading…
In another blow to world food supply issues, the nuclear disaster in Japan is making things worse.
Officials say that many livestock left behind in the 20km (12.4 miles) evacuation zone, have starved to death! There were about 30,000 pigs, about 600,000 chickens and about 3,000 cattle the evacuation zone, but the Fukushima Prefectural government […] Continue Reading…
Radioactive iodine has been found in the breast milk of four women living in Japan.
One woman, living in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, contained 36.3 becquerels of radioactive iodine per kilogram. Milk from two women in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, contained 8.7 and 6.4 becquerels.
A citizens group paid for the analysts of the breast milk. Currently there […] Continue Reading…
British Petroleum is suing Transocean for at least $40 billion in damages. BP claims the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history was caused by the failure of every safety system on the Deepwater Horizon rig.
BP is also suing Cameron International, claiming they provided a faulty blowout preventer.
Transocean, and Cameron International are suing BP, […] Continue Reading…
On Tuesday Toyota announced more cuts for North American factories, now more cuts in Europe and China.
For Europe Toyota announced that they will cut production, after the already scheduled production halt for the end of this month. The reason is lack of electronic parts. Toyota’s Chinese factories will also see production cuts, in some […] Continue Reading…