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Video of SU-25 in Action over Georgia

warbuff — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:15:28 +0000

Somehow WordPress blocks my links to liveleak. So just go over to liveleak.com and search for "SU-25 in action".

Stupid WordPress!

Tagged: airforce, georgia, russia, video

News and Stuff (Sept 22th 2008)

warbuff — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:19:49 +0000

Exiled: War Nerd – Islamablog: Day 3.
AlJazeera: Taliban denies role in hotel attack.
AlJazeera: Blast kills Pakistani soldiers.
Telegraph: French troops ‘ran out of ammunition’ in Afghanistan – Did France lost 10 soldiers in Afghanistan a month ago because the troops were ill equipped?
AlJazeera: France to bolster Afghan mission.

Tagged: afghanistan, france, islamists, pakistan, taliban, warnerd

Another War Nerd Article About the Blast in Islamabad

warbuff — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:09:07 +0000

War Nerd Islamablog: Day 2.

This is a start of a small series of articles covering the blast.

"Here’s the deal: I’m going to blog this Islamabad blast every day for a while, try to talk honestly about how to sift through the crap to try to figure out what’s really going on."

Yesterday he started the series.

Tagged: islamists, pakistan, terror, warned

News and Stuff (Sept 21th 2008)

warbuff — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:38:39 +0000

Was it an attack on US Marines? – And there is the first conspiracy theory about the attack: Days before the attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad yesterday there were US Marines seen carrying metal boxes into the building.
Nigerian Rebells call ceasefire – yesterday they claimed that they hit a major oil pipeline, a week ago they called for a new war and now they call for a ceasefire. Sources claim that they are afraid of Nigerian Army action against their bases.

Tagged: nigeria, oil, pakistan, us

News and Stuff (September 21th 2008).

warbuff — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:00:32 +0000

Satellite images cast doubt on success of Iraq surge – do satellite images indicate the extent of the genocide in Iraq?
Russia, China, Germany reject US evidence of Iran’s covert nuke program.
Mauritanian soldiers found dead – the soldiers were abducted and killed. As usual "Al Qaida" is blamed. Over a month ago there was a military coup in Mauritania.
Pipe hit claim in Delta ‘oil war’ – "Nigeria’s main militant group says it has blown up a major oil pipeline owned by Shell in the oil-rich Niger Delta." They vowed a new war a few days ago.
Terror attack in Pakistan against the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad – The War Nerd has already written an article about it.

Tagged: iran, iraq, mauritania, nato, nigeria, oil, pakistan

War Nerd: The Islamabad Marriott: Rooms Available

warbuff — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:44:30 +0000

New War Nerd Article.

Tagged: islamists, pakistan, warnerd

Sorry, the Blog ist still alive.

warbuff — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:43:09 +0000

Sorry, I hadn’t had enough time recently to maintain my Blog. I hope this’ll change in the next days.

Tagged: warbuff

News and Stuff (Sept 14th 2008)

warbuff — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:31:08 +0000

News and Stuff (Sept 13th 2008)

warbuff — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:53:23 +0000

New War Nerd Article: Please Don’t Help the Georgians. I already added it to the list of his articles about the conflict.
CNN: U.S.: Letters detail infighting over al Qaeda’s Iraq mission
Al Jazeera: Deaths as bombs rock Indian capital.
Al Jazeera: Arrests over Afghan civilian deaths. Three men were arrested after they intentionally provided wrong information which let to coalition forces bombing civilians. Yet another example of bad intelligence which is really really bad. Each dead civilian turns the mood even further agaisnt the coalition.
BBC: Russians pull out of Georgia port.

Update: oh, still 13th on wordpress.

News and Stuff (Sept 11th 2008)

warbuff — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:41:21 +0000

RIAN: Russian Army’s weaknesses exposed during war in Georgia – longer article explaining problems the Russian Army faced during the war in Georgia.
Danger Room: Joint Chiefs: We’re Losing in Afghanistan
Al Jazeera: ‘Scores killed’ in Pakistan raids – this time it was a raid conducted by the Pakistani army. So they shot a few villagers and claimed this were Talibs, I guess. They would never hurt their pals. Remember the Taliban was founded by the Pakistani Military Secret Service ISI.
Al Jazeera: Japan to end Iraq deployment