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IS SINGH KING?

2009-11-26T11:18:45Z

GREG MATTHEWS-007
Prime Minister Singh of India came to Washington, was feted as
expected and has left after the usual bland joint communiqué was
issued. Indian spin masters and the paid hacks in the US think tanks
and media is now busy turning a non-event into an event but there are
limits to which you can go with a damp squib. The US media has been

America Between Morality and Imperialism in Afghanistan

2009-11-26T10:44:09Z

by Muqtedar Khan
On November 5th, I had the privilege of testifying to the House Armed
Services Sub-Committee on Oversight and Investigations. These hearings
are part of the lengthy ongoing deliberations in Washington D.C.
searching for a new direction in Afghanistan. The Hearing was chaired
by Chairman Dr. Vic Snyder (D-Ark) and Ranking Member Rob Whitman (R-

Army capable of fighting terror war, says COAS

2009-11-26T10:31:25Z

The News International
PESHAWAR: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
has said the nation is fighting the war against terrorism like a solid
rock and every citizen has matchless spirit of making his contribution
in efforts to curb the menace faced by the country.
He expressed these views while addressing the convocation of the

Pak Moving her Forces from Western to Eastern Border?

2009-11-26T10:14:31Z

Zaheerul Hassan
Reliable sources stated that Pakistani authorities have decided to
move her forces from Western to Eastern border. The move of forces
would start soon. The decision has been taken after receiving the
threat from Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor to strike Pakistan
on November 22, 2009. Indian Chief warned that a limited war under a

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2009-11-26T08:48:21Z

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Issue Regulations: Distinguished Flying Cross

2009-11-26T07:02:23Z

Issue Regulations: Distinguished Flying Cross
[link]
The Distinguished Flying Cross is authorized to military members who, while serving in any capacity with the Armed Forces, distinguish themselves by heroism or outstanding achievement while participating in aerial flight. To be awarded for

I Served... RD1 Jerald D Earney, U.S. Navy

2009-11-26T07:02:23Z

I Served... RD1 Jerald D Earney, U.S. Navy
Jerald''s Authorizations and Acknowledgements:
Cold War Medal
Enlisted Promotion
Expeditionary Medal
Good Conduct Medal
Honorable Service Lapel Pin
Korea Defense Service (Post War) Medal
Honorable Discharge
National Defense Medal
Ocean Crossing Acknowledgement

Implications - Indian PM Visit to US

2009-11-26T06:32:06Z

zamee...@gmail.com
Indian intelligence agencies launched a comprehensive media and
psychological warfare against Pakistan prior to their Prime Minister
Visit to USA. In this connection, New Delhi has raised numbers of
issues to malign China, Pakistan, and its intelligence Agencies in her
domestic communal conflicts. Indian started pretending them as a great

Forever war of the wind

2009-11-26T06:18:26Z

MAX CLELAND
Every day I was in Vietnam, I thought about home. And, every day I
have been home, I have thought about Vietnam. So said one of the
millions of soldiers who fought there as I did. Change the name of the
battlefield and it could have been said by one of the American
servicemen coming home from Iraq or Afghanistan today.

Manmohan Singh’s sojourn to USA

2009-11-26T05:36:21Z

By Asif Haroon Raja
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be on a visit to USA from 23
November onwards to hold wide ranging talks of mutual interest. The
visit assumes significance since it is the first visit of any head of
state to USA on the request of Obama Administration. The latter's
endeavor would be to give a message to the world in general and China

26/11: Questions That Need to be Posed & Answered

2009-11-26T05:22:24Z

By B. Raman
The 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai left many important questions
unanswered, if not unposed.
What kind of intelligence was available----from the Indian as well as
foreign agencies?
How and by whom were the reports analysed, assessed and disseminated?
Were the gaps in the available intelligence identified and was action

Know what you are fighting - Understand the Independent, Objective Definition of Evil - {HRI 20090810-V1.1.2}

2009-11-26T00:56:24Z

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Sub League Honors Sailor

2009-11-26T00:08:23Z

Sub League Honors Sailor
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{EXCERPT} The Resident Logistics Specialist First Class Brett Adams, assigned to Naval Submarine Support Center (NSSC) New London, received the Charles A. Lockwood Award for...
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SUBMARINES: The Last Kilo Limps Home

2009-11-26T00:08:23Z

SUBMARINES: The Last Kilo Limps Home
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{EXCERPT} Strategy Page November 25, 2009: The Russian Black Sea Fleet suffered a major blow when its only operational submarine, a 19 year old Kilo class boat, broke down at sea...
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2009-11-25T21:11:21Z

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kicked out of the Army before he had served 8 months. (states side) He
now does part time canvassing for homosexual activist groups in Des

Revenge of the Drones An Analysis of Drone Strikes in Pakistan

2009-11-25T14:33:24Z

[link]
Revenge of the Drones
An Analysis of Drone Strikes in Pakistan
By Peter Bergen, Katherine Tiedemann, New America Foundation
October 19, 2009
As a result of the unprecedented 41 drone strikes into Pakistan
authorized by the Obama administration, aimed at Taliban and al Qaeda

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2009-11-25T12:56:35Z

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Christmas in Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, and Hanoi...

2009-11-25T12:36:29Z

[note: Despite the whining of alt.war.vietnam's Crybaby Vets who
continue believing old U.S. propaganda lies, Vietnam has been open
since mid 1980s, gets millions of foreign tourists every year who
can freely go most anywhere and freely talk to Vietnam's people]
;-)
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Probe reveals lead-up to Iraq war

2009-11-25T11:09:18Z

by Alice Ritchie Alice Ritchie
LONDON (AFP) - The first full-scale inquiry into Britain's role in the
Iraq war opened Tuesday with testimony suggesting Washington was
gearing up for possible conflict two years before Tony Blair led
London to war.
A protestor wearing a Tony Blair mask covers his hands with fake blood

Pregnant woman thrashed, paraded naked in Uttar Pradesh

2009-11-25T10:37:35Z

IANS
LUCKNOW: A group of locals thrashed a pregnant woman and paraded her
naked through a village in Uttar Pradesh after she objected to
encroachment on her land, police said on Monday.
The incident took place Sunday evening at Karnawala village in Bijnor
district, about 400 km from Lucknow.
Of the four people who were primarily behind the incident, two have

Indian brinkmanship

2009-11-25T10:17:11Z

The Nation
INDIA'S military leadership has once again raised the issue of Limited
War being a viable option within the overarching nuclear environment.
This is part of a renewed belligerency on the part of the Indians,
being orchestrated both at the diplomatic-political level and as well
as the military. In fact the new pronouncements by the Indian Army

2/3rds of Us Are US War Machine Beneficiaries (Raimondo thinkin up a new AntiWar rally)

2009-11-25T09:39:31Z

Vajpayee, Advani pseudo-moderates, Liberhan says in Babri report

2009-11-25T06:50:02Z

The Times of India
NEW DELHI: The top BJP leadership including Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K
Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi have been severely indicted and called
"pseudo-moderates" by a Commission that probed the demolition of Babri
Masjid 17 years ago.
The Justice M S Liberhan Commission of Inquiry also attacked former

Germany attacks Israel settlement plan before visit

2009-11-25T06:32:44Z

BERLIN, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Germany on Monday criticised Israeli plans
to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, in unusually explicit
terms a week before the two countries' leaders meet in Berlin.
The comments, made by Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman, coincide
with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle's first trip to Israel

America Between Morality and Imperialism

2009-11-25T06:21:12Z

Muqtedar Khan
On November 5th, I had the privilege of testifying to the House Armed
Services Sub-Committee on Oversight and Investigations. These hearings
are part of the lengthy ongoing deliberations in Washington D.C.
searching for a new direction in Afghanistan. The Hearing was chaired
by Chairman Dr. Vic Snyder (D-Ark) and Ranking Member Rob Whitman (R-

Saudi Arabia goes to war

2009-11-25T06:06:45Z

By attacking the Houthi rebels of Yemen, Riyadh is ill-advisedly
turning up the heat on the region's cold war
Mai Yamani
A crucially important conflict, woefully under-reported in the west,
has now come to a head in the Middle East. In response to an ongoing
fight that could spill out beyond the Arabian peninsula, Saudi Arabia

When data squared is negative, the data is.................

2009-11-25T05:31:11Z

In one of the e-mails from the hacked list from the University of East
Anglia on the subject of Climate Change and global warming, a
programmer complains that the data is so bad that for some reason the
sum of the data squared keeps coming out negative. This means the
data must be................ (try to remember your middle school math

Navy SEALs face charges

2009-11-24T22:00:28Z

Navy SEALs face charges for capturing terrorist.
[link]

OT: Apologies

2009-11-24T19:13:05Z

If I haven't responded to, or 'maintained' as the usage used to be,
postingsit's because my net connections are seriously foutues, as we
say in France. Your magic broadband box is now activé, they announce.
But since they haven't sent me the fucking magic box, what they have
actually done is grabbed by landline telephone; thus re,omoving both

The Wrong Word

2009-11-24T19:05:42Z

The Wrong Word
Joe Klein
Over at the Commentary blog, Max Boot notes
([link])
that even the gung-ho U.S. special forces seem "a bit worn down and
pessimistic" in recent conversations he's had with them about the
situation in Afghanistan. I've had similar conversations with rank-and-

IVAW - Benjamin Bass

2009-11-24T15:03:38Z

Iraq Veterans Against the War
[link]
Benjamin Bass
Branch: Army National Guard of the United States (ARNG)
Rank: SGT
Home: Indiana
Served in Squad Leader position for Infantry squad in Iraq
throughout 2003 and 2004 in An Nasiriyah and Baghdad. ETS: 27,
July 2007
[link]

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2009-11-24T13:22:02Z

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Obama plans to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan

2009-11-24T12:46:05Z

Ordinarily this would be just another leak but McClatchy seems to have
pretty good ties into White House thinking lately.
Posted on Mon, Nov. 23, 2009
Obama plans to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan
Jonathan S. Landay, John Walcott and Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy
Newspapers
last updated: November 23, 2009 11:32:55 PM

Sanjay Gupta's Book, Death, and Immortality

2009-11-24T11:40:40Z

Sunken Canadian stern-wheeler is an underwater time capsule

2009-11-24T11:17:50Z

Pic and a map at the citation. Mystery death of stern wheeler
disassembled and carted across the mountains to the Yukon finally
found. On Lake LaBerge, of Dan Magee fame.
[link]
latimes.com
Sunken Canadian stern-wheeler is an underwater time capsule
The A.J. Goddard carried miners in the Klondike Gold Rush, then sank

Indian Rumblings

2009-11-24T10:40:06Z

AHSAN WAHEED
There were three bomb blasts in India's troubled Maoist dominated
North East as an operation by India security forces got underway. It
is inevitable that the scale of violence will go up because a forty
year old simmering insurgency is not likely to go away-not when the
people support the insurgents and local police and politicians are

Singh in Washington - and Pakistan’s options

2009-11-24T09:42:16Z

By Sadiq Saleem
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official visit to the United
States should have been the major story in Pakistan's media. But our
right-wing anchors and columnists and "get-Zardari" editors are far
more focused on the domestic power struggles to realize that the
nightmare of Pakistan's strategic encirclement may already be on the

Krause: A voice of hope from America

2009-11-24T09:35:59Z

Raja G Mujtaba
I find it heartening, indeed, when so many voices in America are
clamouring for a troop "surge" to bring about that "big win" in
Afghanistan, a win so many us know will only end is destabilization
and disaster, that there are still voices of reason. This voice is
from Iowa, an area of America's heartland known for agriculture and

Obama to Chain Asian Watchdog - India

2009-11-24T06:24:28Z

Zain Syed
India today is trying to blindly follow the policies of her military
Guru Chankiya, where she is frantically driving for fulfillment of her
eventual trance of Greater India and emergence of a sole regional
power of South East Asia. India has long-standing policies and
strategies to make and keep Pakistan as a lame duck and now taking

I Served... PS3 Arender, Loyde P, U.S. Coast Guard\USMC

2009-11-24T06:13:03Z

I Served... PS3 Arender, Loyde P, U.S. Coast Guard\USMC
Loyde''s Authorizations and Acknowledgements:
Achievement Medal Medal
Bronze Star Medal
Cold War Medal
Combat Action Ribbon
Good Conduct Medal
Honorable Service Lapel Pin
Marksman, Rifle Badge
Honorable Discharge
National Defense Medal
Professional, Navy

Issue Regulations: Navy Unit Commendation Medal

2009-11-24T06:13:03Z

Issue Regulations: Navy Unit Commendation Medal
[link]
Established by the Secretary of the Navy on December 18, 1944 and awarded by the Secretary with the approval of the President, this Unit commendation is conferred on any ship, aircraft, detachment, or other unit of the U.S. Navy or Marine

WAR ON TERROR BROUGHT ISLAM IN FOCUS

2009-11-24T06:05:23Z

Ghazala Awan
The events of 9/11 created dramatic changes in the lives of peoples
all across the globe. A new term widely used TERRORISTS for Muslims,
was spread like a virus. Instead of developing hate and fear, this
event and vocabulary got more people to study and read about Islam. It
became a blessing in disguise, since more people have started to take

Critics of Afghanistan need to look in mirror

2009-11-24T05:41:10Z

By ERIC MARGOLIS
PARIS -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton swept into Kabul last
Thursday to rain on Afghan President Hamid Karzai's second-term
inauguration parade.
Clinton commanded Karzai reduce rampant corruption in Afghanistan so
Washington could justify sending more troops. She is the former first

India fueling terror in FATA, Balochistan: Qureshi

2009-11-24T05:33:37Z

Associated Press of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22 (APP): Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on
Sunday reiterated that India was fueling terrorism in Federally
Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan. In an interview with
a private TV channel, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said concrete evidence was
being collected with regard to Indian involvement in FATA and

Why is CDC's Paul Mead involved with the "No Conflict" IDSA gang?

2009-11-23T22:44:41Z

NavSea: JFK available to become a museum

2009-11-23T22:34:20Z

NavSea: JFK available to become a museum
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{EXCERPT} Staff report Posted : Monday Nov 23, 2009 13:39:28 EST
The decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy became available Monday for donation to become a museum ship, the Navy announced, with the JFK becoming the latest and newest retired super-carrier looking for a home.

Navy To Send 16 Prowlers To Marine Corps As EA-18G Begins Service

2009-11-23T22:23:26Z

Navy To Send 16 Prowlers To Marine Corps As EA-18G Begins Service
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{EXCERPT} InsideDefense (subscription) The Navy will transfer 16 of the latest versions of the EA-6B Prowler electronic attack aircraft to the Marine Corps beginning next year as the service...

SUBMARINES: Collisions And The Curse Of The 1930s

2009-11-23T22:23:26Z

SUBMARINES: Collisions And The Curse Of The 1930s
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{EXCERPT} Strategy Page November 23, 2009: More details, of how the American submarine USS Hartford managed to collide with an American amphibious ship earlier this year,...
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Japan to build fleet's biggest helicopter destroyer to fend off China

2009-11-23T21:58:13Z

Japan to build fleet's biggest helicopter destroyer to fend off China
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{EXCERPT} Telegraph.co.uk, Danielle Demetriou Japan is set to commission the largest destroyer to join its fleet in response to a Chinese military buildup. By Danielle Demetriou in Tokyo The nation's...

Issue Regulations: Operation Rush (Vietnam)

2009-11-23T21:58:13Z

Issue Regulations: Operation Rush (Vietnam)
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Operation Period: 5 to 9 August 1967.
After receiving numerous reports from local residents of wounded enemy personnel being secretly transported through outskirt sections of Phu Bai, an Allied reconnaissance team was sent out to obtain more information. The Team discovered a