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Spyglass App

Pretty bad ass iPhone and iPad app, just wish they had this for Andriod.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVVb9qodi6E

Obama to announce plan to pull 30,000 troops out of Afghanistan

Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama is expected to announce this week that 30,000 U.S. “surge” forces will be fully withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, an administration official told CNN.

Members of Congress are being informed that the 10,000 troops will be withdrawn by the end of this year, followed by [...]

The Secret History of Iraq’s Invisible War

In the early years of the Iraq war, the U.S. military developed a technology so secret that soldiers wouldrefuse to acknowledge its existence, and reporters mentioning the gear were promptly escorted out of the country. That equipment – a radio-frequency jammer – was upgraded several times, and eventually robbed the Iraq insurgency of its most [...]

Kucinich files suit over U.S. involvement in Libya

Antiwar Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) filed suit in federal court Wednesday seeking to halt the U.S. military action in Libya, saying it is unconstitutional.

Kucinich and Republican Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina, another longtime war critic, led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the latest challenge to the White House‘s authority to conduct the campaign without seeking congressional [...]

Invisible, Inc.

Got an Army you need to hide? With more than a million soldiers in a dozen countries wearing his camouflage patterns, Guy Cramer is now hoping to change how the Pentagon dresses. Inside the evolving science of concealment.

Great article by Bruce Barcott in the Atlantic.

Cramer’s company, HyperStealth Biotechnology Corporation, sounds like one [...]

SOTG Afghanistan

New 12 part Australian television mini-series exploring life in Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of Australian Special Forces. Based upon books by Ian McPhedran and produced the Australian Film Finances Corportation, this series provides a gritty snapshot into special operations in Afghanistan and the impact on those involved.

I better get my uTorrent [...]