Colombia, U.S. sign military cooperation deal

Oct. 30, 2009 BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia and the United States signed a pact on Friday increasing U.S. access to military bases in the South American country, deepening its standing as Washington's main ally in the region. Left-leaning leaders in neighboring countries object to the deal, which gives U.. » read more

Great Power Confrontation in the Indian Ocean: The Geo-Politics of the Sri Lankan Civil War

Oct. 23, 2009 The support and positions of various foreign governments in regards to the diabolic fighting between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan military, which cost the lives of thousands of innocent civilians, says a great deal about the geo-strategic interests of these foreign governments. The position of the governments of India and a group of states that can collectively be called the Periphery, such as the U.S. and Australia, were in support of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) or Tamil Tigers, either overtly or covertly.. » read more

Gates Threatens 'Serious Consequences' if Japan's Govt Continues to Buck Okinawa Base Deals

----- Original Message ----- From: CHESTER LEE MCWHORTER SR To:  Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:21 PM Subject: Gates Threatens 'Serious Consequences' if Japan's Govt Continues to Buck Okinawa Base Deals     BRING THEM ALL HOME WITH PERSONAL AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT.  LEAVE ONLY WHAT IS REQUIRED FOE UMBASSIE AND CONSULATE DUTY.  FROM RVERYWHERE… * * * * From: ] On Behalf Of Robert Busser Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:47 PM To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Subject: [frameup] Gates Threatens 'Serious Consequences' if Japan's Govt Continues to Buck Okinawa Base Deals     Gates Threatens 'Serious Consequences' if Japan's Govt Continues to Buck Okinawa Base Deals U.S. pressures Japan on military package Washington concerned as new leaders in Tokyo look to redefine alliance By John Pomfret and Blaine Harden Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, October 22, 2009 Worried about a new direction in Japan's foreign policy, the Obama administration warned the Tokyo government Wednesday of serious consequences if it reneges on a military realignment plan formulated to deal with a rising China.. » read more

The Beginning Of The End: Obama signs Kerry-Lugar bill into law

Obama signed the bill hours after militants unleashed coordinated attacks on Pakistani police in which 40 people died on Thursday, storming offices in Lahore and bombing a northwest station to escalate 11 days of carnage. Oct. 15, 2009 WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama signed a 7.5 billion dollar aid package for Pakistan into law Thursday, after Congress offered assurances the plan did not violate Pakistani sovereignty. Obama’s move followed days of drama over the package, which saw Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi rush to Washington after opposition erupted in Islamabad to conditions of the bill.. » read more

U.S. ‘Personality Assassination’ of a Palestinian Ally

Oct. 10, 2009 The report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, which the head of the mission, Judge Richard Goldstone, presented to the Human Rights Council (HRC) on September 29, prematurely plunged the Palestinian Authority (PA) in a short–lived euphoria over what it first envisaged as a political prize that would hit two major birds of its political adversaries simultaneously, namely the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu and its Palestinian rival Hamas.   But the report has backfired to put the very survival of PA’s presidency of Mahmud Abbas in the balance and make both adversaries come out winners with Abbas himself as the only looser, thanks to the blundering of the U.S. Administration of President Barak Obama, who seemed to shoot his own diplomacy in the legs by undermining the leadership of the only rubber – stamping ally of his country among the Palestinian polity, and “threatening” as well his own “global public diplomacy options” and “scrupulously graduated approach to whatever passes for a Middle East Peace process (according to Ian Williams in Foreign Policy in Focus on September 23, 2009).. » read more

Laser from Airborne C130 Fries Hood on Truck

st1:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#ieooui) }  ----- Original Message ----- From: TS To: 'Bellringer' Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 2:40 PM Subject: (Popular Science) Laser from Airborne C130 Fries Hood on Truck   (Popular Science)  Precision military-grade laser installed in an airborne C130 kills truck, from miles away: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid3924348001?bctid=43003194001   2007:  ABL laser, mounted on the nose of a modified Boeing 747: http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/abl/   Midsummer 2009:  Latest progress with the ABL 747 laser: http://www.. » read more

U.S. Foreign Aid Summary

Oct. 5, 2009 (SCROLL DOWN) * * * * * * * * * * . United States Foreign Aid Summary Chart All figures in millions of US dollars (rounded off)   Top U.S. Foreign Aid Recipient Countries     2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001      Notes     Israel              These 2 countries receive one-third of the total  aid, the majority of which pays for armaments.. » read more

US-Mideast: A Week of Dimming Peace Prospects

Sept. 25, 2009  Washington - Eight months after Barack Obama launched his presidency by promising a speedy push for Palestinian-Israeli peace, that effort has stalled badly. And there are now growing fears that the top levels of Obama's peace team are torn by internal disagreements that may undermine the whole peace effort.     Some of these problems were on view during two high-level appearances Obama made in New York this week.     On Tuesday, speaking to the media after the three-way meeting he held with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Obama notably avoided saying anything about the failure of the high-profile campaign he and his chief peace envoy, George Mitchell, have pursued to "persuade" the Israeli government to stop building settlement housing in the occupied West Bank.. » read more

Japan Abandons America

Sept. 22, 2009 The USS America is sinking—and Japan is getting off while it can. For over 50 years, one party ruled Japan virtually uninterrupted. During that time, Japan remained a loyal ally and supporter of U.S.. » read more

French Police Bulldoze Afghan Immigrants' Camp

Sept. 24, 2009 CALAIS (France), Sept 23: French police razed a squalid camp used by illegal immigrants in scrubland near the English Channel port of Calais, using backhoes and buzz saws to clear away the precarious dwellings of a fragile population, mostly Afghan minors, who were led away stunned and sometimes sobbing. The destruction of the site — known as “the Jungle” — ends the migrants’ dreams of a new life across the Channel in Britain but signifies what France hopes will be a new era in European immigration control. People who lived there tried night after night to sneak across the Channel. “The law of the jungle cannot last eternally,” said Immigration Minister Eric Besson, who ordered the destruction on Tuesday of what he called “a lawless zone where smugglers rein.. » read more

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