Jim White

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Bunker Busters Shipped to Diego Garcia: Imminent Attack or Strategic Move?

By: Jim White Wednesday March 17, 2010 7:15 am

The internet is buzzing about this report on heraldscotland.com, where we find that large, “bunker buster” bombs are being shipped from Concord, California to a base on the island of Diego Garcia. The report claims the bombs are intended for immediate use in an attack on Iran. An alternate explanation would be that the bombs are meant to increase pressure on Iran to prevent enrichment of uranium to weapons grade.

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McChrystal: Do As I Say, Not As I (Used To) Do

By: Jim White Monday March 15, 2010 8:12 pm

Stanley McChrystal, former loose cannon operating Special Operations forces outside the chain of command for Dick Cheney, now is claiming to be trying to prevent the sorts of problems he previously caused.

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Central Command: McChrystal Does Have Command Authority Over Detainee Operations Unit

By: Jim White Friday March 12, 2010 6:21 am

US Central Command has provided a clarification to my post from Saturday where I discussed command authority over detainee operations. General Stanley McChrystal does have authority over JTF-435, which operates US prisons in Afghanistan.

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Newest McChrystal Propaganda Photo

By: Jim White Thursday March 11, 2010 9:00 am

ISAFMedia has posted a new photograph of Stanley McChrystal aimed at casting him as a force for law, values and moral actions.

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JSOC and CENTCOM Hire Civilians For Detainee Interrogations and Interrogation Policy

By: Jim White Tuesday March 9, 2010 7:10 am

Remarkably, JSOC and CENTCOM publishe job listings for interrogation policy development and interrogation on public websites.

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Who’s Running the Secret Side of the Wars?

By: Jim White Monday March 8, 2010 10:38 am

Significant aspects of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been, and continue to be, carried out secretly by Joint Special Operations Forces. Who controls these secretive forces?

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More Shell Games: Command Structure for US Prisons and Special Operations in Afghanistan

By: Jim White Saturday March 6, 2010 10:08 am

The command structure for US prisons and special operations in Afghanistan appears to be another shell game being played to hide responsibility for secret prisons and night raids there.

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McChrystal Given a Monopoly on Power in Afghanistan

By: Jim White Friday March 5, 2010 6:23 am

Stanley McChrystal has been given even more power in Afghanistan at the same time that he is taking token action to soften the effect of his worst practice.

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US Attacks in Fallujah in 2004 and Basra in 1991 Both Result in Delayed Onset of Huge Increases in Birth Defects

By: Jim White Thursday March 4, 2010 7:51 am

In Basra, birth defects showed a large increase about seven years after the 1991 US attack, reaching about 10 times higher by ten years after the attack. Now, around six years after the 2004 US attack on Marjah, the birth defect rate there is rising, as well.

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