DEBKAfile’s military sources report that on Sunday, Nov. 30, Asia’s two nuclear powers, India and Pakistan, took their first steps towards a conventional war. India, claiming evidence of Pakistan’s involvement in the Islamist terrorist assault on Mumbai, placed its air and missile units on war preparedness, while Pakistan, disclaiming the charge, diverted its armed divisions [...]
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Indian air and missile forces on war footing, Pakistani armored units diverted from Afghan border
Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Conflict, India, Pakistan, Afghan Border, Asia, Conflict, Conventional War, First Steps, Frontier, India And Pakistan, Military Experts, Military Sources, Missile Forces, Nuclear Powers India, Tactical Nuclear Weapons, War Preparedness
China farms the world to feed a ravenous economy
Posted by Matt in May 3rd, 2008 | no comment
Published in China, Economy, China Beijing, Chinese Enterprises, Contract Farming, Crops, Dirt, Frontier, Generations, Logging Concessions, Mud, Neat Rows, Northern Laos, People, Profits, Rice Fields, Rubber Trees, Rugged Mountains, Sap, Tracts, World Economy
CHALEUNSOUK, Laos: The rice fields that blanketed this remote mountain village for generations are gone. In their place rise neat rows of young rubber trees — their sap destined for China.
All 60 families in this dirt-poor, mud-caked village of gaunt men and hunched women are now growing rubber, like thousands of others across the rugged [...]
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