The just released memoir – Warrior Princess – is the story of the transgender journey of high school football player and seven combat deployments veteran Chris Beck, to retired Navy SEAL Kristin Beck. Among other things, it’s a good time to remember that the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, did not include transgender servicemembers. [...]
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Nawaz Sharif is Back in Pakistan
“The US will watch what Sharif does about extremists who threatened the election” – PJ Crowley A WHO will blink first situation over India and Kashmir caused Nawaz Sharif to be ousted from power through a military coup by Pervez Musharraf. Sharif is back, having won the Pakistan election, but what it will mean is [...]
A Brit’s View: Tory’s Party Membership Revoked over “Asian” Jibe
When it comes to offending people with ill-judged public comments you don’t have to be Paris Brown’s age to fall foul of a public (media) backlash. Enter 73-year-old Conservative councillor for the village of Stedham, John Cherry, who over the weekend managed to insult the whole of Pakistan on route to losing his membership of [...]
FBI on Boston Terrorist Attack: “Someone Knows Who Did This” [Video]
Investigators believe the bombs were hidden in black nylon backpacks and housed inside sealable metal pots called pressure cookers. Pressure cooker bombs can help boost the power of relatively small devices by briefly constraining the blast. And when the cookers do explode, they can add large chunks of metal to the shrapnel spray. The IEDs [...]
John Brennan’s Got Nothing to Worry About on Obama’s Drone Policy
THIS IS about transparency, not the drone policy itself. There is real concern and objections on the secrecy of President Obama’s drone and targeted assassination policies, which are also diametrically opposed to what he pledged before he became part of the Presidents Club. Armed drones were created because of Osama bin Laden, long before 9/11 [...]
Drones: In the U.S. Counterterrorism ‘Playbook’ and Under UN Investigation
The use of drones, domestically and internationally, continues to rise. Two recent developments caught my attention, both focused on the international arena. First, from the Washington Post: The Obama administration is nearing completion of a detailed counterterrorism manual that is designed to establish clear rules for targeted-killing operations but leaves open a major exemption for [...]
‘Living Under Drones: Death, Injury and Trauma to Civilians from US Drone Practices in Pakistan’
The foremost challenge the research team faced was the pervasive lack of US government transparency about its targeted killing and drone policies and practices in Pakistan. Living Under Drones is a report from the joint research efforts of the International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic of Stanford Law School, and the Global Justice Clinic [...]
News Desk: Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Passes
THE REPORT from the AP: Schwarzkopf was named commander in chief of U.S. Central Command at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base in 1988, overseeing the headquarters for U.S. military and security concerns in nearly two dozen countries stretching across the Middle East to Afghanistan and the rest of central Asia, plus Pakistan. When Saddam invaded [...]
Top Story — In Stunning Reversal Romney Flips on Afghanistan: “Bring Our Troops Out by the End of 2014″ [Video]
“You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military’s changed. We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines. And [...]
News Desk: Malala in UK After Assassination Attempt, for Traumatic Brain Injury and “Intensive Neuro-Rehabilitation”
“We do have very extensive experience of this sort of traumatic, bullet-related injury.” [BBC] THE UAE, United Arab Emirates, provided an air ambulance to transport Malala Yousafzai, the 14 year-old activist struck by a bullet, in an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban. She was targeted due to her strong advocacy for education for [...]
Saving Malala
THE PAKISTANIS have erupted in fury over the senseless attempted assassination of a young girl. Passionately fighting for freedom against the horrors of the Taliban, the sheer power of her beautifully young soul has now sent a shock wave across the world. A Taliban gunman singled out and shot the girl, Malala Yousafzai, on Tuesday, [...]
From the Weaponized ‘Reaper’ to Nanobot Swarms, the Drones Are in Our Skies (VIDEOS)
Drones. They come in all sizes. Some big ones used by the military in, for example, Pakistan. Down to little ones, tiny ones, which can fly in swarms, in perfect formation. Just consider the possibilities. The photo above, via its manufacturer, General Atomics, is the “weaponized” version of this particular drone, known by the military [...]
Top Story: The Bush Administration and 9/11
THE VIDEO above is old, condensed, too, with the pictures, tale and music I wove together now burned into our history and our memories, so the quick flip from scene to quote and back again seen in a rush simply reminds us of how quickly we lost what we once cherished, when fear replaced all [...]
Top Story: SEAL Team Six Member Credits “Wicked Smart” Female CIA Agent on “60 Minutes”
The raid commander “Jay” called his boss, Adm. William McRaven, on satellite radio, saying, “For God and country. I pass Geronimo. . . . Geronimo EKIA.” IT’S THE ONLY book to have the power to dethrone Fifty Shades of Grey. The interview last night about the SEAL Team Six raid on “60 Minutes,” with one [...]
News Desk: Pakistani Christian Girl Released, Now in Hiding
CHARGED WITH BLASPHEMY, a young Pakistani girl who also is a Christian was released from jail in Pakistan, seen with a cloth over her head to block her identity, which in the video above is reveal as nothing less than an escape. Mentally challenged, according to reports, she was whisked away from jail in armored [...]
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