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Archive for November, 2011
Special Operations In Afghanistan
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 13/Nov/2011 11:06
From USA Today:
In Afghanistan, commanders say, Special Forces have become an indispensable component of a strategy that involves killing the enemy in places where no one else can, and acting as ambassadors, protectors and instructors to Afghans who have expressed a desire to free themselves of militants and overlords.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial – Virtual Wall
From: Vietnam Veterans Memorial – Virtual Wall
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC honors those who died in the Vietnam War. Their relatives and friends leave letters, poems, and photographs at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and on this web site. We bring the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to your home to help remember the sacrifices of the fallen and their families. The Memorial Pages:
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Afghan Soldier Attacks Australian Troops
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 12/Nov/2011 14:56
From The New York Times:
Australian troops on a training mission in southern Afghanistan were attacked Tuesday by one of the Afghan soldiers they were training, officials said Wednesday.
Mexico: Deportations From U.S. Fuels Violence
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 12/Nov/2011 14:17
From NPR:
Published: October 20, 2011
by The Associated Press
Mexican President Felipe Calderon accused the United States on Thursday of dumping criminals at the border because it is cheaper than prosecuting them, and said the practice has fueled violence in Mexico’s border areas.
U.S. officials earlier this week reported a record number of deportations in fiscal year 2011, and said the number of deportees with criminal convictions had nearly doubled since 2008.
“There are many factors in the violence that is being experienced in some Mexican border cities, but one of those is that the American authorities have gotten into the habit of simply deporting 60 (thousand) or 70,000 migrants per year to cities like Ciudad Juarez or Tijuana,” Calderon told an immigration conference.
Among these deportees “there are many who really are criminals, who have committed some crime and it is simply cheaper to leave them on the Mexican side of the border than to prosecute them, as they should do, to see whether they are guilty or not,” Calderon said. “And obviously, they quickly link up with criminal networks on the border.”
On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said his agency deported nearly 400,000 individuals during the fiscal year that ended in September, the largest number of removals in the agency’s history.
U.N. Report On Iran
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 12/Nov/2011 08:11
From The New York Times:
The report, buttressed by evidence not previously disclosed, concluded that Iran had been secretly engaged in behaviors that suggested that it was seeking to construct a nuclear weapon. The report also asserted that Iran might be researching ways to deliver a nuclear weapon by means of a missile warhead. It was the first time that the agency, an arm of the United Nations, had made such assertions.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran led the verbal assault on the report, saying it had been orchestrated by Iran’s enemies, principally the United States, which he said had dictated the report’s findings.
Pentagon’s New China Plan
From The Washington Times:
The plan calls for preparing the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to defeat China’s “anti-access, area denial weapons,†including anti-satellite weapons, cyberweapons, submarines, stealth aircraft and long-range missiles that can hit aircraft carriers at sea.
Taliban Killed In Small Battle
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 11/Nov/2011 15:17
From The Washington Post:
The fighting lasted less than two hours, ending by about 8:30Â p.m. No U.S. troops were killed. A spokesman for the Paktika governor said that 50 to 60 insurgents were killed.
The U.S. outpost has become a favorite target for Haqqani network insurgents based in Pakistan, who exploit the porous border to attack Americans. It was at least the third major attack on the base in a little more than a year.
Panetta Warns Of Defense Cuts
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 11/Nov/2011 14:54
From National Journal:
He went even further on Thursday, using arguably the strongest rhetorical weapon in his arsenal. Mandatory defense cuts, he warned, would weaken the armed forces to the point that enemies would be emboldened to attack the U.S.
“In effect, it invites aggression,” Panetta said during the new conference, just his second since taking office in July.
Michelle Obama: 100K vets will be hired by 2014
From: Marine Times
Michelle Obama said the new efforts are “part of a wave of support forming that stretches across this country.â€
She spoke at a conference on hiring veterans that was organized by the Chamber.
The group has had a prickly relationship with the Obama White House, differing over policies on job creation, taxes and regulation. The first lady got a polite but reserved reception from the audience in the partially filled auditorium.
A Kid’s First Shot
When is it the right time to take your son or daughter to the range? At the Typical Shooter, James Allen has some advice on that.
With the first squeeze of the trigger he was hooked, he finished the 18 round magazine (or clip if you prefer) laid the pistol down and turned to me with one of the biggest teethiest grins I have ever seen.
Army to deploy jumping reconnaissance robots in Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 11/Nov/2011 02:45
“The US Army will be testing a new type of reconnaissance robot designed to jump over walls and through windows, without putting soldiers in the line of fire.
Dubbed the Sand Flea, the four wheeled device is about the size of a shoebox and weighs roughly ten pounds, and is capable of jumping up to 24 feet. The robot uses a piston built into its base, powered by an unspecified fuel oxidizer, to get airborne and can be aimed by changing the tilt angle and direction of thrust.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/10/army_jumping_robots_afghanistan/
NRA Interviews Emily Miller
NRA interviews editor Emily Miller from the Washington Times about her quest to acquire a gun in D.C.