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Archive for category News
Marines rescue downed pilot in Libya
Posted by Gary in News, Threat Watch, Warriors on 22/Mar/2011 15:36
From: Marine Corp Times
The pilot of a downed Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle fighter jet in Libya was reportedly rescued by Marines in an MV-22 Osprey, media reports said.
The jet crashed late Monday after two crew members safely ejected, U.S. Africa Command said in a statement. The aircraft, based out of RAF Lakenheath, England, was flying out of Aviano Air Base, Italy, in support of a no-fly zone approved by the U.N.
Meghan Brown killed attacker with her pink .38
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Law, News, Threat Watch, Warriors on 21/Mar/2011 20:21
TIERRA VERDE — “Meghan Brown had fired her pink .38-caliber handgun only inside a shooting range. Even there, she said, she wasn’t very good.
The 2009 Miss Tierra Verde, 25 and a slender brunet, had trouble pulling back the trigger. When she did manage, she said she almost never hit the target.
That Saturday was different.
A man barged into her home, attacking her and beating her fiance … She trained it on the man, following his movements as he tussled with her fiance.
She saw an opening. She pulled the trigger. Pop. Pop. Pop. Pop.
Albert F. Hill, 42, never got up.”
“I’m glad it was me,” Brown said. “Not everybody else is that prepared, you know what I mean. Not everybody else is walking around with a loaded .38.”
Quadriplegic Can Shoot and Hunt
This guy and the guy who built his rig have the hearts of true warriors. Hooyah!
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheJeffreylee
Surefire Responds to Force Science Institute
From:Â Derek McDonald -Â Vice President of Marketing, SureFire
Dear SureFire Customers and Supporters:
Recently an article appeared in an email newsletter distributed by the Force Science News of the Force Science Institute, quoting its own Dr. Lewinski. The article and Dr. Lewinski make several troubling assertions that must be rebutted in the (long-term) interest of officer safety. The gist of the article and Lewinski is that grip-activated pistol-light switches are unsafe. I paraphrase (to clarify), quote, and respond to some of the more disturbing assertions below. Read the rest of this entry »
Radiation Cancer Risks
Posted by Gary in Medic, News, Threat Watch on 17/Mar/2011 15:11
Radiation Cancer Risks
U.S. Army guidelines for safety in radioactive environments.
Bob Barker gives $2 million to Semper Fi Fund
From: Stars and Stripes
Television personality Bob Barker donates $2 million to the Semper Fi Fund at the U.S. Army Recruiting Station in Hollywood, CA on March 9, 2011. CRAIG T. MATTHEW/MATTHEW IMAGING
WASHINGTON –Retired TV host Bob Barker trained to be a Navy pilot during World War II, but Japan surrendered while he was awaiting orders to join a sea-going squadron. His time as a young Navy aviator gave him a deep appreciation for wounded veterans.
“To face life with that kind of handicap, I have nothing but sympathy for them,†Barker told Stars and Stripes. “Life’s a pretty tough proposition for all us anyway, and when you face something like that for the rest of your life, I think you deserve and should have all the help that any of us can give you.â€
That’s why Barker, who hosted “The Price is Right†from 1972 to 2007, recently gave $2 million to the Semper Fi Fund, a nonprofit group that helps injured and terminally ill servicemembers and their families. Barker said he was impressed with the Semper Fi Fund because only 5 percent of its revenue goes toward administration costs and advertising.
“When I learned that 95 percent of their income was going right straight to the wounded veterans, why then I set about finding out what it is they do,†he said.
Barker’s donation comes at a time when the Semper Fi fund is facing decreasing donations due to the economy and donor fatigue, group president and founder Karen Guenther said in a March 9 news release.
“Bob Barker’s tremendous gift gives us the ability to help more than a thousand wounded and critically ill Marines, sailors, soldiers and their families,†she said. “God bless him for believing in our noble mission to serve those who are prepared to give everything for their country.â€
Two of the seven kidnapped state police officers released in Monterrey.
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 15/Mar/2011 22:16
“Two of the seven state police officers kidnapped last week near Monterrey, the capital of Mexico’s Nuevo Leon state, have been released, a State Investigations Agency, or AEI, spokesman said.
The officers, who were tortured and beaten, were found early Sunday in Contry, a neighborhood in the southern section of Monterrey.
The two officers were thrown out of a moving vehicle, eyewitnesses said.”
ICE Agent’s attack: Gun supplier was U.S. Marine
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Law, News, Threat Watch on 15/Mar/2011 22:04
“One of three men arrested and linked with one of the guns used in the murder of a U.S. federal agent in Mexico was part of the U.S. military and received training on weapons.
Ranferi Osorio, 27, spent eight years in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Iraq and Afghanistan before retiring in 2009, said his ex-wife Valeria Rojas in a statement issued on Wednesday before the federal court case. He supported his family by buying and selling firearms, but had no license or authorization for such trade.
Ranferi Osorio, like his younger brother Otilio, 22, is accused of possessing firearms with altered serial numbers. They were under investigation which took an unexpected turn on Friday 25 February when ATF agents in Dallas were notified that one of the serial numbers of guns used in the murder of Zapata, was related to Otilio Osorio.
Although he had apparently erased the serial number of the gun, it could still be detected on the gun using modern laboratory techniques. The ATF decided to proceed and the three suspects were arrested on Feb. 28 in Lancaster, a suburb south of Dallas.
On 15 February, the ICE agent and his partner Victor Zapata Avila, were shot as they drove along a road in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi. Zapata died in the attack and Avila was injured.”
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/750863.html
They’re not Fast, but they are Furious
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Law, News, Threat Watch on 15/Mar/2011 22:02
NOW ARE THEY FURIOUS? The Attorney General of the Republic, still headed by Arturo Chavez Chavez, decided to conceal details of the investigation that began from the failed operation Fast and Furious, in which agents of the Office of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) deliberately allowed around two thousand high-caliber arms to enter Mexico in order, for the moment, to not generate more friction with the government of the United States.
Nevertheless, what the agency decided to avoid in its official press release is that the investigations taking place in the Justice sub-offices of Legal and International Affairs has, among its objectives, to establish not only which criminal organizations received the armament, but also if US citizens committed crimes that could be penalized and tried in Mexican courts.
They assure us that this is one of the objectives.
And, in face of the gravity of the issue, they say that there are instructions which, if a crime exists, will be carried out against whoever it may be so that the case doesn’t go unpunished and that, if it is proved that ATF agents actually permitted the illegal traffic, it will be sought to bring them before Mexican justice.”
Red Alert: Radiation Rising and Heading South in Japan
Posted by Brian in Medic, News, Threat Watch on 15/Mar/2011 14:28
This report is published by Stratfor.
The nuclear reactor situation in Japan has deteriorated significantly. Two more explosions occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 15.
The first occurred at 6:10 a.m. local time at reactor No. 2, which had seen nuclear fuel rods exposed for several hours after dropping water levels due to mishaps in the emergency cooling efforts. Within three hours the amount of radiation at the plant rose to 163 times the previously recorded level, according to Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Lozito single-handedly captured man who killied or wounded 8 people
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 14/Mar/2011 03:29
"I wasn't going to go down without a fight. I took his best shots and I am still standing."
“…As Gelman approaches, Lozito does the last thing the knife-wielding maniac expected – he attacks. Without warning, this 260-pound wrecking ball of awesome beardage leaps up from his seat, driving his chest into the spree-killer’s chest Goldberg Spear style.
Both men crash to the floor of the Subway, and a battle for life and death immediately ensues. Lozito is pinning the guy to the turf, desperately trying to grab control of the knife, and Gelman is slashing wildly at anything he can reach. His face and head are sliced and bleeding badly, but Lozito never even considers anything other than pummeling this guy mercilessly about the head and neck.
Lozito looks his enemy in the eyes and unflinchingly tells him, “You’ve messed with the wrong guy. You’d better hope I die, because I’m coming to kill you.”
Joseph Lozito, the Subway Hero of New York, had single-handedly captured a man responsible for killing or wounding eight people in a 28-hour period, and had probably saved the lives of everyone on that subway car through his incredible determination, ridiculous bravery, and a seemingly-unflinching dedication to wrecking the asses of horrible murdering bastards.”
Raymond Miller recalls famous WWII battle at Iwo Jima
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 13/Mar/2011 13:44
“When the ramp went down on that landing craft, that’s when the war began for me,” Miller said. “You’re not the same person after that.”
His next six weeks were spent in battle with “highly trained, well-disciplined and intensely motivated fighters who lived with indescribable personal fears, most inhumane conditions and grinding fatigue — and still got the job done with pride, alive or dead,” Miller wrote. “I wish I were articulate enough to do the job right of telling it how it was.”
The experience that’s foremost in Miller’s memory involved his friend, identified in the book as Gus. The two were ordered to go into the field and search for wounded Marines.
“We hunkered down, not quite kneeling,” Miller recalled. “We were shoulder-to-shoulder and we heard some gunfire.”
“I remember saying to him: `Gus, that was a close one.’ I looked over to him, and he slipped to the ground. I said I’d go over and get some help.”
But it was too late. “The bullet that killed him was 4 inches from my shoulder,” Miller said. “He died in my arms.”
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/13/6259372-survivor-recalls-famous-wwii-battle-at-iwo-jima
Six Mexican police officers kidnapped in Nuevo Leon
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 11/Mar/2011 23:29
“Six police officers were kidnapped Friday in this northern Mexican metropolis, Nuevo Leon state authorities said.
Witnesses said several SUV-loads of men armed with assault rifles intercepted two state police vehicles at an intersection in Monterrey and forced the officers to surrender, said sources with the Nuevo Leon Security Council.
Bullet holes were found in the abandoned police vehicles.
The mass abduction came a few hours after two gunmen were killed and two others arrested in a clash with state police in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon’s capital, and followed the army’s arrest here Thursday of six traffic cops on suspicion of ties to organized crime.”
India Working With Russia On 5th Generation Fighter
From DefenceWeb:
The T-50 is intended to replace the MiG-29 and Su-27 in Russian Air Force service and will also serve as the basis for the Sukhoi/Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) project being jointly developed with India.
Will Libya Again Become the Arsenal of Terrorism?
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 11/Mar/2011 16:23
Will Libya Again Become the Arsenal of Terrorism? is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
By Scott Stewart
During the 1970s and 1980s, Libya served as the arsenal of terrorism. While this role may have received the most publicity when large shipments of weapons were intercepted that Libya was trying to send to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, Libyan involvement in arming terrorist groups was far more widespread. Traces conducted on the weapons used in terrorist attacks by groups such as the Abu Nidal Organization frequently showed that the weapons had come from Libya. In fact, there were specific lot numbers of Soviet-manufactured F1 hand grenades that became widely known in the counterterrorism community as signature items tied to Libyan support of terrorist groups.
As we have discussed, the conflict in Libya could provide jihadists in Libya more room to operate than they have enjoyed for many years. This operational freedom for the jihadists might have an impact not only in Libya but also in the broader region, and one significant way this impact could manifest itself is in the supply of arms. The looting of the arms depots in Libya is reminiscent of the looting in Iraq following the U.S. invasion in 2003. There are also reports that foreign governments are discussing providing arms to the Libyan rebels in the eastern part of the country. While it is far from clear if any of those discussions are serious or whether any potential patron would ever follow through, past operations to arm rebels have had long-lasting repercussions in places like Afghanistan and Central America.
In light of these developments, a tactical discussion of the various classes of weapons contained in Libyan supply depots and how they could be utilized by insurgents and terrorists is in order. Read the rest of this entry »