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Invisible Tanks To Kick Butt In 2012

New technology that can make tanks invisible has been unveiled by the Ministry of Defence.

In secret trials last week, the Army said it had made a vehicle completely disappear and predicted that an invisible tank would be ready for service by 2012.

The new technology uses cameras and projectors to beam images of the surrounding landscape onto a tank.

The result is that anyone looking in the direction of the vehicle only sees what is beyond it and not the tank itself.

A soldier, who was at the trials, said: “This technology is incredible. If I hadn’t been present I wouldn’t have believed it. I looked across the fields and just saw grass and trees – but in reality I was staring down the barrel of a tank gun.”

How the technology works in a combat situation is very sensitive, but the MoD is believed to be testing a military jacket that works on the same principles.

It is the type of innovation normally associated with James Bond, and the brains behind the latest technology is the MoD’s very own “Q” – Professor Sir John Pendry, of Imperial College London.

He said the only drawback was the reliability of the cameras and projectors.

But he added: “The next stage is to make the tank invisible without them – which is intricate and complicated, but possible.” – Daily Mail

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Was Pat Tillman Gunned Down In Cold Blood?

New Details on Tillman’s Death

Army medical examiners were suspicious about the close proximity of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman’s forehead and tried without success to get authorities to investigate whether the former NFL player’s death amounted to a crime, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

“The medical evidence did not match up with the, with the scenario as described,” a doctor who examined Tillman’s body after he was killed on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2004 told investigators.

The doctors _ whose names were blacked out _ said that the bullet holes were so close together that it appeared the Army Ranger was cut down by an M-16 fired from a mere 10 yards or so away.

Ultimately, the Pentagon did conduct a criminal investigation, and asked Tillman’s comrades whether he was disliked by his men and whether they had any reason to believe he was deliberately killed. The Pentagon eventually ruled that Tillman’s death at the hands of his comrades was a friendly-fire accident.

The medical examiners’ suspicions were outlined in 2,300 pages of testimony released to the AP this week by the Defense Department in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

Among other information contained in the documents:

_ In his last words moments before he was killed, Tillman snapped at a panicky comrade under fire to shut up and stop “sniveling.”

_ Army attorneys sent each other congratulatory e-mails for keeping criminal investigators at bay as the Army conducted an internal friendly-fire investigation that resulted in administrative, or non-criminal, punishments.

_ The three-star general who kept the truth about Tillman’s death from his family and the public told investigators some 70 times that he had a bad memory and couldn’t recall details of his actions.

_ No evidence at all of enemy fire was found at the scene _ no one was hit by enemy fire, nor was any government equipment struck.

The Pentagon and the Bush administration have been criticized in recent months for lying about the circumstances of Tillman’s death. The military initially told the public and the Tillman family that he had been killed by enemy fire. Only weeks later did the Pentagon acknowledge he was gunned down by fellow Rangers.

Read more at WaPo – New Details on Tillman’s Death

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2007 07 28 Activism
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Michelle Manhart, Nude Air Force Drill Sergeant

A U.S. air force drill sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been removed from active duty, she and the air force said Wednesday.

Michelle Manhart, who appeared in a six-page spread in Playboy’s February issue, said she received word Friday that she was removed from “extended active duty” and was also told she was demoted from staff sergeant to senior airman.

She was photographed in uniform yelling and holding weapons under the headline “Tough Love.” The following pages showed her partially clothed wearing dog tags and fully nude. After the pictorial hit newsstands in January, Manhart was relieved of her duties pending an investigation.

Via Cbc.ca

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2007 03 07 Hot Chick
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Block The Escalation In Iraq

George Bush announced last night he will indeed order the deployment of at least 20,000 MORE troops to Iraq. He took blame for many things which consoled NO ONE. We must stop this escalation. He has gone against the people and made his plans anyway.

George W Bush wants to pour more fuel to the fires burning in Iraq. But the new US Congress has the mandate to douse the flames. If they hear from all of us, they might find the guts to do it! Add your voice NOW to block Bush’s military escalation and demand a real plan to end the war.

Bush’s proposals will cost lives, make the entire world less secure, and make it harder to produce a real, political solution. Americans are rising up in protest. We want to lend a hand by running this ad in one of the most influential US papers – one that reaches every Senator and Representative. Add your name to this ad campaign. Then spread the word today.

We urge the new US Congress to block the military escalation in Iraq, and demand a diplomatic solution and a real plan to end the Iraq war.

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Via DariDonovan.net

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2007 01 14 Politics Comments (0)

Olbermann on Bush’s Iraq Surge

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2007 01 12 Politics
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Army Coverup? Did 300 Soldiers Die at Forward Base Falcon?

Wednesday October 11, 2006 3:16 PM

By David Rising (Associated Press Writer)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Insurgents hit an ammunition dump on a U.S. base in Baghdad with a mortar round, setting off fiery explosions through the night that shook buildings miles away, while renewed attacks killed at least 14 people, primarily in the capital.

According to US military reports,

“Intelligence indicates that civilians aligned with a militia organization were responsible for last night’s mortar attack,” base spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Withington said.

There were no injuries reported, and Withington said the attack had no strategic effect.

“The attack does not affect ongoing Baghdad security operations in the focus areas, and the loss of ammunition will not degrade the operational capability of the” U.S. forces in Baghdad, he said. The base’s essential services were not disrupted.”

When the base was hit, personnel were put on full alert and soldiers and base employees were moved to bomb shelters, Withington said.

Brian Harring from Novesti Press Agency gave a different (and highly detailed) account however,

Over 300 American troops, including U.S. Army and Marines, CIA agents and U.S. translators were casualties and there also were 165 seriously injured requiring major medical attention and 39 suffering lesser injuries 122 members of the Iraqi armed forces were killed and 90 seriously injured members of same, were also evacuated to the U.S. military hospital at al-Habbaniyah located some 70km west of Baghdad.

Satellite pictures and aerial photographs from neutral sources showed that Camp Falcon suffered major structural damage and almost all the U.S. military’s supply of small arms ammunition, artillery and rocket rounds, tons of fuel, six Apache helicopters, an uncounted but large number of soft-skinned vehicles such as Humvees and supply trucks were damaged or totally destroyed.

Foreign press observers noted “an endless parade” of military vehicle recovery units dragging burnt-out heavy tanks and armored personnel carriers to another base outside Baghdad. Many of the walls and towers of the camp were damaged or leveled as were many of the barracks, maintenance depots, and there was considerable damage to the huge mess halls that could hold 3000 soldiers, the huge recreation center with its basketball courts and indoor swimming pools and all the administration buildings

Although official U.S. DoD statements indicated that there were no deaths; that only a hundred men were inside the base guarding billions of dollars of vital military equipment and that there were “only two minor injuries to personnel,” passes belief and certainly reality is more painful than propaganda. Not only has the U.S. military machine lost much of its armor and transport, and its entire reserves of ammunition and special fuel, but the casualty list for only the first day is over 300..

Source – Houston Indymedia (includes Official Casualty List from the US military hospital at al-Habbaniyah 70km west of Baghdad)

An Arab news video at 3.57 shows what appears to be a huge explosion. It would be impossible for there to be little to no fatalities as claimed by the official military statement.