The Bush administration let it be known last week that it is prepared to start reducing the number of troops in Iraq, indicating that three brigades out of 15 might be withdrawn before Inauguration Day in 2009. There are many dimensions to the announcements, some political and some strategic. But perhaps the single most important [...]
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Now for the Hard Part: From Iraq to Afghanistan
Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2008 | 2 comments
Published in Military, U.S., Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Brigades, Bush Administration, Careful Consideration, Casualties, Democratic Party, Haste, Inauguration Day, iraq, John Mccain, Left Wing, Many Dimensions, Number Of Troops In Iraq, Obsessions, Political Dimension, Position Papers, Posture, Rapid Withdrawal, Sen John Mccain, Single Most Important Aspect, Troops In Iraq
Could China Have Anticipated the Earthquake–And Prepared for it?
Posted by Matt in June 8th, 2008 | no comment
Published in China, beijing, Casualties, Centuries, China, Earthquake, Earthquake History, Excuse, Official Statistics
Given China’s incredibly dark earthquake history, there is absolutely no excuse for the government to allow any of this. In fact, in 1976, China suffered an earthquake that resulted in the highest number of quake-related casualties in the last four centuries. This earthquake occurred in the Tangshen area of China and damage reached as far [...]
Pakistan-India: Ten years of the Bomb
Posted by Matt in May 16th, 2008 | no comment
Published in India, Nuclear, Pakistan, Agricultural Production, Atmosphere, Bomb, Casualties, Climate Models, Decade, Famine, Imagination, India And Pakistan, India Pakistan, Land Surface, Military Planners, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons Material, Pakistan India, plutonium, Policymakers, Political Leaders, Rainfall, Uranium
Their political leaders and military planners seem impervious to the fact that a war between Pakistan and India in which each used only five of their nuclear weapons on the other’s cities could kill several million people and injure many more. The effects of a nuclear war could be much worse if India and Pakistan [...]
10 North Korean Engineers Died in Israeli Attack Last September
Posted by Matt in April 28th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Israel, Koreas, Syria, Casualties, Intelligence Agent, Israeli Attack, Korean Engineers, Last September, Munitions Industry, Nhk, Nirth Korea, North-Korea, Nuclear Facility, Syria, Workers Party
NHK reported on the 28th that 10 North Korean engineers who took part in the construction of the Syria nuclear facility died in the Israeli bombing of the facility in September, 2007.
NHK quoted a South Korean intelligence agent as confirming that “most of the 10 casualties were agents of the 99th Department under the Ministry [...]
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