Unofficial Israeli Defense Force T-Shirts Show Civilian Targets
Haaretz.com reports that Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldiers are wearing T-shirts that do little to win the hearts and minds of Palestinians, and much to sour and twist them. To wit:
Dead babies, mothers weeping...
Blackwater Stole 500 AK-47s from Afghan Police/U.S. Taxpayers
The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee spent a good part of today hearing testimony about the misadventures of Afghan defense contractor Blackwater (a.k.a. Xe Services a.k.a. Paravant). The senators were not happy, calling the...
New York Times Disses Afghan Troops. Now What?
Today's New York Times questions the efficacy of Afghan troops. And how. Writer C J Chivers more or less concludes that there's no way on God's green earth (or Afghanistan's wind blasted dirt) that...
Taliban Snipers Replace IEDs as Number One Threat in Marjah
The New York Times reports that enemy snipers have replaced Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) as threat number one for U.S. troops attempting to "sanitize" Marjah Afghanistan. "Five Marines and two Afghan soldiers have been...