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Afghan mission to cost Canada $18.1B
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
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OTTAWA - A lack of federal government “fiscal transparency” has masked the true cost of Canada’s Afghanistan mission, but it could cost taxpayers at least $18.1 billion by 2011, the Parliamentary Budget Officer revealed Thursday.
Based on the available data, each Canadian household will have contributed the equivalent of $1,500 to support what will be a decade of military and political intervention, according to the report by the office headed by Kevin Page.
But that is far from the whole story, said officials in the newly created oversight office.
The Other Food Crisis: Food as a weapon
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
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The Other Food Crisis - Worldnews.com
Since the beginning of time, food has been used as a weapon to either control or starve people into submission. The Americas’ was no different. The early European colonizers burned and destroyed Indigenous crops and other food sources, such as wild animals that were hunted and poached to near extinction levels. During the American Revolution and U.S. Civil War, it was common practice for armies to forage off of farms and the surrounding countryside. The Atlanta Campaign, in which entire warehouses of food, produce, cotton, and other items that sustained civilian populations were burned to the ground, is only one of many examples.
Related article about prices and shortages: Yes, we will have no bananas
Global Military Spending Soars 45 Percent in 10 Years
Monday, June 9th, 2008
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Global Military Spending Soars 45 Percent in 10 Years - CommonDreams.org
STOCKHOLM - World military spending grew 45 percent in the past decade, with the United States accounting for nearly half of all expenditures, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said Monday.0609 05Military spending grew six percent last year alone, according to SIPRI’s annual report.
In 2007, 1,339 billion dollars (851 billion euros) was spent on arms and other military expenditures, corresponding to 2.5 percent of global gross domestic product, or GDP, and 202 dollars for each of the world’s 6.6 billion people.
The United States spends by far the most towards military aims, dishing out 547 billion dollars last year, or 45 percent of global expenditure.
NATO codes help Pacific states order military supplies
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
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One area of technolgy the the United Stesis still number one!
NATO codes help Pacific states order military supplies
THE Tonga Defence Services are learning new NATO codes that can allow for quicker purchase and order of military supplies.A coding system used by 26 NATO countries to classify names of items of supply or purchases by armed forces, is being shared with some Pacific countries. The Annual Pacific Area Cataloguing Seminar (PACS) was officially opened by the Acting Commander of the Tonga Defence Services at the Fa’onelua Convention Center, Nuku’alofa, this morning. The three-days seminar May 13-15 provides training and information on the NATO Codification System (NCS) for the Pacific region and it is hosted by the Tonga Defence Services for the first time.
Bill to let Japan deploy own spy satellites
Friday, May 9th, 2008
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asahi.com : Bill to let SDF deploy own spy satellites - ENGLISH
The ruling and opposition parties on Friday submitted to the Diet a bill to lift a ban on the use of space for defense purposes and allow Japan to deploy its own spy satellites.
NZ soldiers on Afghanistan drugs charges - 28 Mar 2008 - NZ Herald: New Zealand National news
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
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NZ soldiers on Afghanistan drugs charges - 28 Mar 2008 - NZ Herald: New Zealand National news
Six soldiers have been shipped out of Afghanistan back to New Zealand to face drug charges at a court martial.The New Zealand Defence Force said the six members from the Provincial Reconstruction Team contingent in Afghanistan had returned to New Zealand on remand for trial by court martial for alleged drug use.
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