Military News

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – International gunmaker FN Manufacturing (FNM) was recognized Friday, Apr. 24, for its “service to country,” along with Lt. Col. W. Thomas Smith Jr. (Joint Services Detachment, S.C. Military Dept.) and Medal of Honor recipients Col. Charles P. Murray Jr. (U.S.

GOOD intelligence can sometimes be gained by tormenting captives beyond endurance. It is an old, old technique, refined during the 20th century by science — and pseudo-science.

The Corps' three-year-old Special Operations Command graduated its first class of operators April 22 from a recently developed seven-month training course that prepares the Marines for the high-speed, hush-hush world of commandos.

1. CIA Confirms: Waterboarding 9/11 Mastermind Led to Info that Aborted 9/11-Style Attack on Los Angeles
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 CNS News By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=46949

A treasured pet is killed "for fun", and a former Navy Seal is devastated. This is a true story from earlier this month. It appears that four punks can drive by your house and shoot your pets; and if they kill them, they can get a maximum of only 2 years in prison.

PENSACOLA, Fla., April 21 (UPI) -- A retired U.S. Navy admiral says he was not the author of an e-mail criticizing President Obama for the four-day standoff with pirates off Somalia.

1. Canadian charged in attempt to ship banned nuclear technology to Iran
Attempted to conceal nature of devices and final shipping destination, police allege
Stewart Bell, National Post April 17, 2009
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1506739

This Brooklyn sea captain says the latest piracy incident was a call to arms.

SEAL team deployment stalled 36 hours, hampered by limited rules of engagement

The Obama administration published a series of memoranda on torture issued under the Bush administration.