Category Archives: Militarization

US military spied on Planned Parenthood, civilian phone calls

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: February 27, 2010
John Byrne/RawStory United States military intelligence spied on Planned Parenthood and other domestic groups as part of US security preparations for the 2002 winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, according to a recently declassified military document obtained by a civil liberties group Thursday.
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The US Military’s German Fetish

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: February 21, 2010
Loving the German war machine to death. William Astore/MoJo 19 Feb 2010 This story [1] first appeared on the TomDispatch [2] website. “Why do people have a fixation with the German military when they haven’t won a war since 1871?” —Tom Clancy I’ve always been interested in the German military, especially the Wehrmacht of World War II. As a young [...]
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U.N. Rejects ‘Militarization’ of Afghan Aid

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: February 17, 2010
Rod Nordland/NYT KABUL, Afghanistan — Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan on Wednesday criticized NATO forces for what one referred to as “the militarization of humanitarian aid,” and said United Nations agencies would not participate in the military’s reconstruction strategy in Marja as part of its current offensive there.
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The Zetas: gangster kings of their own brutal narco-state

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: November 15, 2009
Guardian | Ed Vulliamy In his final dispatch from the drug-fuelled war along the US-Mexican border, our correspondent profiles the deadly army which rules its territory through murder and ruthless intimidation of public officials – with the multibillion-dollar narcotics trade as its prize Gabriela was riding the Number 20 bus into Reynosa in north-eastern Mexico [...]
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Sonic crowd control device for Vancouver police

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: November 11, 2009
Police say long range acoustic device only for communication CBC Vancouver police have a new crowd control device capable of emitting painfully loud blasts of sound, just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics, CBC News has learned. The long range acoustic device (LRAD) can use sound as a weapon, emitting levels that cross the human threshold [...]
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LAPD’s ‘Orwellian’ anti-terror ads creeping out viewers

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: October 27, 2009
Daniel Tencer | Rawstory An ad released by the Los Angeles Police Department urging the public to participate in an anti-terror snooping program is being described by numerous observers and news sources by a single word: Creepy.
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The Obama administration is curbing the powers of an Arizona sheriff

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: October 7, 2009
Arpaio has long been in need of having his leash yanked. If the US is a country of laws (I can see you snickering over there but let a girl dream, will you?) then letting some dangerous guy decide how, when and to what degree he’s going to follow those laws is a mistake. Dehumanizing [...]
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Montana city’s jail deal delayed amid controversy

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: October 7, 2009
This story just gets all the more interesting the longer it continues. Given the tone in the US at the moment, I’d be very concerned about a private mercenary force setting up shot anywhere in the country but definitely in someplace isolated like that where they are less likely to face oversight: SignOnSanDiego By MATTHEW BROWN, The [...]
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APF Changes Name, Logo & Website To “Diffuse Tension”

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: October 6, 2009
Serbian crest altered, claim that APF runs U.S. Training Center deleted Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, October 5, 2009 In response to growing criticism and suspicion, American Police Force has changed its name, changed its logo and altered several areas of its website in an attempt to “diffuse tension” surrounding the private paramilitary organization that wants to take [...]
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Julie Farby: American Police Force: For All Your Sketchy, Private Security Needs!

By xxxevilgrinxxx | Published: October 4, 2009
Julie Farby What do you get when you cross a terrifying, quasi-legal private security company with a fancy, unused public jail in some bumblef**k town in Montana? Give up? Why, it’s Hardin, Montana’s American Police Force of course! For all your taking over empty jails in the middle of nowhere for mysterious reasons needs!
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