Category Archives: War and not War

To war or not to war – that is the question

France announces Pakistan agreement

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Fred Stiening

The same day Pakistan is telling the United States to remove its troops within Pakistan, France is announcing a broad sweeping agreement to expand trade and other ties with Pakistan AP Pakistan

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Egypt / Iran announce stronger ties

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4063914,00.html At a press conference held in Qatar, Egypt and Iranian foreign ministers announced they will resume warm relations.    They also announced support for the Hamas Fatah unity agreement to cooperate against the “Zionist enemy”. In unrelated news, the Muslim Brotherhood in … Continue reading →

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The million dollar mansion

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Oh really? The house was built by the ISI as a safe house – you aren’t going to find Bin Laden’s name on the deed.   From the pictures I’ve seen, the furniture looks like it came from 1970s retreads from Goodwill. … Continue reading →

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Assorted Osama / Pakistan / ISI blog posts…

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://streamingradioguide.com/radiochat/2010/05/26/senator-bill-nelson-if-bp-doesnt-so/comment-page-1/#comment-2304 “Let’s make a wager – which happens first – BP stops the leak or we kill Osama bin Ladin…?”  May 26, 2010 http://streamingradioguide.com/radiochat/2010/05/06/ok-so-who-are-we-profiling-muslims-be/comment-page-1/#comment-2149 “Keep in mind during the campaign, Barack Obama promised to act on information to kill Osama … Continue reading →

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The bin Laden Helicopter story

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Compiling bits and pieces from different sources… Special Ops are not constrained by the spending issues for regular military outfits – if there is some exotic technology that allows for a successful outcome, they don’t need to buy 1000 copies. … Continue reading →

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State Department issues Worldwide Travel Warning

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Fred Stiening

The US State Department has issued a worldwide travel alert for Americans, to be alert to anti-American violence related to the death of Osama bin Laden.   American’s should avoid going to public gatherings which could be targets of relation.

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Bloomberg’s war on sugary drinks

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Mayor Bloomberg is trying to create a ban on how people use their food stamps (about 43 million people are currently receiving food stamps). He wants to ban the purchase of beverages sweetened by sugar using food stamps – a … Continue reading →

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War on Raw Milk

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Fred Stiening

One of the polls a long time ago asked “You’re at a friend’s house and they offer you a glass of raw milk – what do you do?” Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized to kill bacteria.   … Continue reading →

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Ivory Coast Update

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Now that the President backed by France and UN is in charge, he is beginning the important job of killing all future potential rivals, including his former supporters http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703643104576290982101824442.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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Cyprus Affirms support for 1 China Policy

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://www.defpro.com/news/details/24015/?SID=a9100f049f3657d8b3b79b9f0b32d046 The 1 China policy is that Taiwan is not its own country, but merely a territory within the control of China…. Other current news about Cyprus includes that Cyprus is enjoying a boom in tourists from Russia, Turkey is … Continue reading →

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