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The Army has Upgraded the Stryker

OldWarrior — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:43:33 +0000

The new Stryker combat vehicle which many of my army ring soldiers use in Iraq and Afghanistan has recently been upgraded to an A1 model which will soon be fielded. As with all military equipment, changes and improvements are necessary to adapt to ever changing warfare. The problems with the old Stryker were mainly that its armor [...]

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The Air Force has A New Air Drop Technique

OldWarrior — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:40:22 +0000

Our Operation Enduring Freedom ring customers have thebenefit of the latest airdrop capability of the Air Force. The new technique is called the low cost low altitude air drop (LGL). When the Air Force uses this technique it delivers smaller amounts of supplies to smaller units which provides more flexible options to local commanders. Supplies are placed [...]

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The Afghan Government is Negotiating with A Warlord

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:36:39 +0000

There can be two opinions about this one but the Afghan government is negotiating peace with one of the largest Taliban war lords, Golbuddin Hekmatyar who fought as a mujahedeen during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and who now controls the smallest terror faction in the Taliban is proffering cease fire terms. He does not speak for the entire [...]

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The Iranian President Says he has Enriched Uranium

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:28:06 +0000

President Ahmandinejad of Iran has stated pubicly that his country has successfully enriched uranium to use for peaceful purposes. Of cource my custom military ring customers we don’t know exactly how much of this is truth. This statement came just two days after sanctions were put into place against them because of their nuclear program Whether this [...]

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NATO Forces are Massing for the Attack on Marjah

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:13:39 +0000

NATO forces are still massing around the town of Marjah in Afghanistan for the upcoming offensive against it. The town is effectively cut off by NATO forces which will keep the Taliban from receiving supplies during the seige. Skirmishes have begun between US forces and the Taliban which is normal during this stage of the operation. [...]

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A Case of Withheld Discipline

OldWarrior — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:11:43 +0000

This is a personal war story of an event which happened to me when I was a Fire Support Officer in the US Army. This is the kind of story that all of our military ring customers have to tell and goes into the fond memories file. Back in the day when our armored task force [...]

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Al-Qaeda is Calling for American Muslims to Conduct Attacks

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:09:28 +0000

Al-Qaeda is still attempting to get American Muslims to attack targets here. If we look at this we should see that al-Qaeda has not been able to mount another successful attack in the US for quite a long time and I attribute this to the vigilance of our own government. We take our safety for granted [...]

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The European Union will use new Tactics to stop Piracy

OldWarrior — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:08:06 +0000

The European Union will use different more aggressive tactics now to combat the actions of Somali Pirates who have been a major cause of disruption in international shipping. The Navies of the EU have been authorized to go after the “Mother Ships” which serve as logistics resupply points, and assembly points for the smaller pirate [...]

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The Ex MI5 Chief says the US was not Forthcoming with Details

OldWarrior — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:05:06 +0000

Eliza Manningham-Buller who is the retired head of MI5 (British Intelligence) says that the United States was not forthcoming with the truth about how it treated some of the terror detainees which we captured from time to time. The issue revolves mainly around al-Qaeda mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and the fact that he was waterboarded 160 times [...]

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An Ex Guantanimo Prisoner was Tortured

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:54:02 +0000

This post will raise some interesting questions for you because the information that I read when I did the research was very interesting indeed. It involves the case of Binyam Mohamed who is an ex Guantanimo Bay detainee. Mr Mohamed had alleged that he was tortured while he was in captivity, beaten, psychologically abused, and even had his [...]

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