Daily Archives: February 26th, 2005 «

 

NYC Kids Send Anti-War Letters to Soldier

Posted by: ST on February 26, 2005 at 8:57 am » 6 Comments

As part of a “class assignment” of course: The New York City Department of Education, red-faced over Brooklyn sixth-graders who slammed a GI with demoralizing anti-Iraq-war letters as part of a school assignment, will send the 20-year-old private a letter of apology Tuesday. Deputy Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina, who has a nephew serving in Iraq, [...]

 

Please be aware of this scam!

Posted by: ST on February 26, 2005 at 8:53 am » Comments Off

This is disgraceful. Military families, please be aware, alert, and suspicious of any email you receive that asks for any money as it relates to Iraq: Homeland security officials are outraged over a recent e-mail scheme targeting families of slain U.S. soldiers who were serving in Iraq, saying it’s one of the most “despicable” scams [...]

 

Russia considering weapons sale to PA

Posted by: ST on February 26, 2005 at 8:46 am » 2 Comments

Yes, that’s not a misprint. It’s true: Moscow is considering resuming sales of military equipment to the Palestinian Authority, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. “There have been requests about extra sales of hardware, including armored personnel carriers, to the Palestinians,” Lavrov was quoted as saying by the ITAR-Tass news agency. “These requests are being [...]

 

Canada opts out of U.S. defense shield

Posted by: ST on February 26, 2005 at 8:41 am » 2 Comments

Why? Because the sentiment there is that it will lead to an arms race. Ok. So guess what this means now? It means Washington, DC gets to decide what to do if a missile is headed towards Canada: Prime Minister Paul Martin said Thursday that Canada would not join the contentious U.S. missile defense program, [...]