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May-30-2008 - Bill Sweetman (Aviation Week)
Oh, By The Way, We Need A New Engine [for the tilt-rotor Osprey]
Looks like another classic "bait & switch" by the Military Industrial Complex on the American taxpayer.
"The V-22 has made another bid for a Cleopatra award - presented by Ares to programs that are terminally snake-bitten - by the revelation... that the AE 1107C engines are not lasting long enough in service and that the Navy 'could go as far as re-engining the airframe'."
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April-18-2008 - Robert O'Harrow Jr.
Pentagon, FBI Probing Air Force Contracts
"Questions Raised Over Noncompetitive Deal"
Any surprise that just one the two tax-exempt charities targeted in the investigation had "In recent years" received "at least $226 million in congressional earmarks" -&, OBTW, is based in Johnstown, PA, John Murtha's congressional district & "was started two decades ago with help" from Ol' John... who can't get our frontline troops the best-available body armor, but sure can "slop the hogs" back in Johnstown.
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April-16-2008 - BBC (UK)
Tributes paid to veteran airman
"Tributes have been paid to the oldest British serviceman killed in the wars in either Iraq or Afghanistan."
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April-12-2008 - David Wood, Baltimore Sun
Marines immobile in Afghan red tape
NATO "strikes" again. An abysmally disfunctional command structure impedes Marine fighters.
"KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Disagreements and coordination problems high within the international military command are delaying combat operations for 2,500 Marines who arrived here last month to help root out Taliban forces, according to military officers here."
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April-09-2008 - Paul Wood, BBC News, Middle East Correspondent
'Ambush' that left SAS trooper dead [in Iraq]
"A British soldier killed in Iraq two weeks ago turned out to be an SAS man. What does it say about British special forces in Iraq, and the Anglo-American coalition's chances of defeating insurgency?"
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April-06-2008 - Sean Rayment, The Telegraph (UK)
British troops go back into Basra
"Up to 150 British troops are now 'embedded' with Iraqi army units in Basra, fighting insurgent groups which now hold power in large areas of the city."
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April-03-2008 - Dan Hedgpeth
Contracts for Body Armor Filled Without Initial Tests
"Inspections Skipped in 13 of Deals, Report Finds"
So, how does the Army know how well -- or how poorly -- IBA & ESAPI plates perform, when they don't do the required testing??
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March-22-2008 - Spiegel Online (German)
Spiegel Interview with Iraq WMD Sleuth David Kay
"German Intelligence Was 'Dishonest, Unprofessional and Irresponsible.'" [Curveball, the key Iraqi "defector" behind phoney charges is now exposed as being pro-US, not anti-US, as German intelligence claimed -- without having made even minimum efforts to verify any claims by Curveball.]
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