Posted by Max on 2009/09/18 – 21:25
If West does not cripple Tehran with sanctions
17 September 2009 | Telegraph UK | Damien McElroy
Israel will attack Iran’s nuclear facilities before the end of the year if the West has not launched an attempt to destroy the regime with crippling sanctions, a former senior defence official has claimed.
Ephraim Sneh, Israel’s deputy defence minister until 2007, said a nuclear-armed Iran was an unacceptable threat to Israel. No Israeli government could put its faith in President Barack Obama’s efforts to bring Tehran to the negotiating table over its nuclear programme, he said.
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Posted by Max on 2009/07/31 – 18:27
Filed under MILITARISM, TECHNOLOGY
Tagged as 9/11, Afghanistan, Aggression, America, Drones, Illegal, Invasion, Iraq, Pakistan, Terrorism, US, War Crimes
How robot drones revolutionized the face of warfare
27 July 2009 | CNN | Nic Robertson
Barely an hour’s drive from the casinos of Las Vegas, a group of unassuming buildings have become as important as the trenches were to WWI. The big difference? Today’s warriors are fighting without getting in harm’s way, using drones to attack targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Major Morgan Andrews is one such combatant. He kisses his wife goodbye, drives to Creech, a tiny desert air force base in Nevada, and within minutes could be killing insurgents on the other side of the world.
COMMENT: Or killing innocent civilians at wedding parties as we have seen so often.
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