Month: February 2006

In a move right out of 1984,  Blackwater USA, the security company that has been a major provider of  “private contractor” troops and security experts for missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and most recently New...

The President attempts to assuage security fears in its “fact sheet” about U.S. – UAE relationship posted on the Whitehouse.gov/news website.  The UAE comes across as a treaured friend.  I learned...

Due to the attack on the mosques, the Iraqi Army can no longer be regarded as securely under American control in my opinion. The Iraqi government which is really controlled by the interior ministry and not by the elected...

The Philippine PresidentGloria Macapagal-ArroyoThe Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a formal state of emergency on Friday 25th as a precaution against what was believed an upcoming coup d’etat....

In a wide driftnet-type sting operation, heavy-handed, hard-headed Georgia law enforcement officers and DEA agents swept up 49 convenience store clerks, and 16 companies, on charges of “selling items like antifreeze,...