Tag Archives : US military

It’s been 8 years of cat-and-mouse chase between the US government and Osama bin Laden, the seemingly slippery leader of the slithery terrorist group al-Qaeda. With the US doing all the chasing and bin Laden doing all the skirting, one wonders at the vaunted reputation of American spies. In the news not too far back, we learned that the US military [...]

Ever since the launch of YouTube, the online video sharing service has given an immense boost of power to the world of corporate and home made videos. Anyone and everyone, who owns a camcorder or a mobile phone can now make videos, upload them the website and share them with the world. Taking lessons from YouTube, the U.S military has now announced, [...]

One of the most highly anticipated weapons to be used in the war on terror, Massive Ordnance Penetrator or MOP is witnessing an urgent push by the Pentagon to be inducted into the U.S armed forces. The colossal super bunker buster, MOP is designed to penetrate and obliterate underground hardened enemy bunkers and installations and can punch through [...]

US soldiers who fought in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder that manifests in various illnesses such as headaches, anxiety, sleeplessness, and chronic pain. Just as they heavily depended on their high-powered ammunition, so are they heavily dependent on prescription pills such as antidepressants, anti-anxiety [...]

There is now such a thing as the Bush administration’s Torture 13. They belong to the nefarious circle by virtue of authorizing torture to be systematically employed in the name of information gathering post-9/11 for the sake of intelligence. They carried out the strategy, as well as legally justified it. All these point to the creation of a [...]

Associated Press may be quick but not entirely accurate. So, here are a few corrections to the AP news on the Abu Sayyaf: (1) The title reads ‘ Abu Sayyaf’s new generation threatens Philippines.’ No such thing as Abu Sayyaf’s new generation. It’s still the old gang, though some of the earlier leaders have been killed. It’s still the same [...]