In Dubai attack, signs of Mossad shadow war – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in February 18th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Deaths, Dubai, Europe And The Middle East, German Police, Golda Meir, Hostage, Israel, Israelis, Meir Israel, Military Airfield, Mossad, Munich Massacre, Olympic Team, Operatives, Palestinians, Prime Minister, Rescue Attempt, Revenge, Shadow War, Signs

In 1972, a group of armed Palestinians raided the rooms of Israel’s Olympic team in Munich, killed two athletes and took another nine hostage. A botched rescue attempt by German police ended in the deaths of all of the Israelis in a wild shootout at a nearby military airfield.
Golda Meir, Israel’s prime minister at the [...]

C.I.A. Deaths Prompt Surge in U.S. Drone Strikes – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in January 22nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Pakistan, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, Deaths, Drone Aircraft, DroneWar, Intensive Series, Khost Afghanistan, Militants, Missile Strikes, Nytimes, Pakistan, Suicide Bombing

Since the suicide bombing that took the lives of seven Americans in Afghanistan on Dec. 30, the Central Intelligence Agency has struck back against militants in Pakistan with the most intensive series of missile strikes from drone aircraft since the covert program began. Beginning the day after the attack [...]

Afghan Drone War Spikes Under McChrystal | Danger Room | Wired.com

Posted by Matt in January 14th, 2010 | no comment

Published in War, Ackerman, Afghan War, Afghanistan, Air War, Civilian Casualties, Cutting, Danger Room, Deaths, Drone, General Stanley Mcchrystal, Munitions, Old School, Propaganda, Sky, Spencer, Spikes, Strikes, Taliban, United Nations, War Room

Since taking over as top commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal has dramatically scaled back the traditional air war, cutting in half the number of munitions dropped from the sky. The unmanned air war, however, has escalated under McChrystal’s watch, reports Spencer Ackerman. Since July 2009, there have been 89 drone strikes in Afghanistan, compared [...]

Hamas Officials’ Deaths Stoke Tensions – WSJ.com

Posted by Matt in December 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Beirut, Bomb Blast, Deaths, Hamas, Hamas Militants, hezbollah, Israel Israel, Israeli Raid, Jewish Settlers, Lebanon, Militant Group, Relative Calm, Southern Beirut, Spate, Syria, Tensions, Violent Attacks, West Bank, West Bank City, Wsj

The Palestinian militant group Hamas said Sunday that two of its members were killed and at least two others were wounded in a bomb blast in southern Beirut.
It is the latest in a series of attacks against Hezbollah and Hamas militants in Lebanon and Syria that many in the region blame on Israel. Israel denies [...]

Never Again? | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in December 2nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, 000 People, Birkenau, Deaths, Extermination Camps, Foreign Policy, Gas Chambers, genocide, Holocaust, jews, Mass Murder, nazis, Roma, Slave Labor, Trains, Wartime Europe

What the Holocaust can’t teach us about modern-day genocide.
From March 1942 to late 1944, Birkenau was the largest factory of mass murder in wartime Europe. Every day, trains arrived carrying thousands of people — mostly Jews, but also Poles, Roma, and others — and apart from a limited number deemed fit for slave labor, they [...]

Ten apocalyptic theories on ‘The End of the World’ on December 21, 2012 | Momento 24

Posted by Matt in November 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Disasters, 1918, AIDS, Asia, China, Deaths, December 21 2012, First-World-War, Flu, Flu Epidemics, Global Pandemic, Health Protection Agency, Influenza, Nbsp, Outbreak, Pandemics, Plague, Sars, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Surgical Masks

Virologist Maria Zambón Health Protection Agency’s Influenza Laboratory, UK – Global pandemic – “Over the last century we have had 4 major flu epidemics, along with AIDS and SARS, the severe acute respiratory syndrome, which has extended the use of surgical masks in China and Asia. Massive pandemics plague the world each century and [...]

Turkey gets tough on Israel

Posted by Matt in October 12th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Anger, Associated Press, Deaths, Economic Ties, Europe, Gaza Conflict, Israel, Last Winter, Mideast, Military Exercise, Muslim Countries, Muslim Nation, NATO, Nato Member, Palestinian Civilians, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Reflection, Turkey

Turkey’s decision to scrap a military exercise involving Israel has sparked concerns in Israel about threats to its close military and economic ties with a key Muslim nation and a NATO member not always willing to follow the Western line.
The weekend move by Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government comes at a time that the [...]

H1N1 Virus: Swine Flu Still Spreading Rapidly – TIME

Posted by Matt in July 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Disease, 1918, Argentina, Blogged, Deaths, Flock Browser, Flu, Flu Season, Key To The World, Northern Hemisphere, Pandemic, Southern Hemisphere Nations, Swine Flu, Vengeance, Virus

The real test will come in the fall, however, when the Northern Hemisphere’s flu season returns with a vengeance. (Southern Hemisphere nations are currently in the early weeks of their flu season, and H1N1/09 has caused real trouble in Argentina, which has more than 130 confirmed deaths — second only to the U.S.) There is [...]

Flu Mortality Formula Is Potentially Misleading, Say Scientists

Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Disease, Authors, British Medical Journal, Deaths, Estimation, Flock Browser, Flu, Mortality, Planners, Scientists, Swine Flu Pandemic

A standard calculation used in forecasting potential numbers of deaths during the swine flu pandemic risks misleading healthcare planners by being open to both over- and under-estimation of the true figures, say the authors of new research published in the British Medical Journal.
Flu Mortality Formula Is Potentially Misleading, Say Scientists
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