Two Russian bombers carried out a series of practice cruise missile attacks on the United States last week during the NATO summit in Wales.
The bombers were identified as Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers. They flew over Iceland, Greenland and dipped over northeast Canada. The flights approached was is called a “launch box”, the optimum point for firing a nuclear weapon at the United States.
The test runs come as a Russian general is calling for the country to change their policies to make pre-emptive nuclear strikes on the United States and Europe the default position. Gen. Yuri Yakubov has been calling on Russia to classify the U.S. and NATO as “enemies” and that they need to “hash out conditions” where Russia could launch missiles.
The Russian aircraft stayed just outside of the North American Air Defense Identification Zone so the U.S. and Canadian Air Force did not send jets to intercept.
NATO officials held a summit last week to discuss Russia and their hostile actions toward Ukraine.
Former Cuban president Fidel Castro is blaming the United States and Israel for the creation of the Islamic terrorist group ISIS.
Castro says that Israel’s intelligence agency teamed up with U.S. Senator John McCain to create the terrorist entity. Castro made the claim in an article he penned for the Cuban state media and translated by Russia Today.
“Many people are astonished when they hear the statements made by some European spokesmen for NATO when they speak with the style and face of the Nazi SS,” Castro wrote. “Adolf Hitler’s greed-based empire went down in history with no more glory than the encouragement provided to NATO’s aggressive and bourgeois governments, which makes them the laughing stock of Europe and the world.”
The 88-year-old Castro has officially been out of power since his resignation but many western diplomats say that he is still consulted on any major decision for the country. His views on America and Israel likely will continue to be the stance of the nation until his death.
Afghanistan officials say that the death toll in the Friday landslides has topped 2,100 and could climb even higher.
Government officials say that the most tragic part of the entire event happened in the second landslide. A government spokesman said that 600 people who showed up to help those trapped in the first landslide died when they were buried in a second landslide.
Rescuers say that the area is still very unstable and that rescue workers and residents still in the area are at risk for another landslide. However, families have been saved from the landslide.
“Around 700 families were rescued,” Afghan National Disaster Management Authority spokesman Sayed Abdullah Homayun Dehqan said while adding that they are still short of the necessary supplies to expand rescues.
NATO’s Regional Command is organizing troops to help with the rescue efforts.
Taliban terrorists attacked the base of a logistics firm that supplies NATO troops, killing at least seven people in the homicide bombing raid.
Kabul’s police chief told the BBC that four terrorists drove a truck full of explosives into the compound. At least five base guards were killed in the bomb and gun attack. Continue reading →
Islamic terrorists attacked the military bases at Kabul’s international airport according to Afghan army and police. Continue reading →
Seven NATO forces have died in two attacks over the weekend according to a NATO spokesman.
The deaths come as the Taliban has announced their “spring offensive” against in an attempt to undermine the current Afghani government as NATO begins to remove troops. The Afghani military is expected to be given total control in 2014.
About 100,000 troops are still in the country. Continue reading →
The chairman of the African Union is calling for NATO to send troops to fight Islamic extremists who have taken control of northern Mali.
Thomas Boni Yaya is calling for intervention in the country similar to how NATO placed troops in Afghanistan in the removal of the Taliban. Yaya classified the situation as an “international question” similar to the Taliban’s control of Afghanistan. Continue reading →
A Taliban attack has killed at least 10 Afghani security staff.
The gun assault took place in the western city of Herat. Five policemen including the police chief and five soldiers are among the dead. Two Taliban leaders were killed.
Over two dozen terrorists were also arrested in the wake of the attack. Continue reading →
Six US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb while on a mission with other NATO forces. The incident comes after 14 civilians were killed in Taliban attacks on Sunday.
The civilians were also killed by roadside bombs that were aimed to cause maximum civilian causalities. The first bomb hit a car and then the second did not explode until a tracker arrived to rescue the wounded from the initial attack. Continue reading →
Three NATO soldiers and a local interpreter were among 21 killed when a homicide bomber attacked a joint NATO-Afghan military checkpoint. The bomber drove a motorcycle covered in explosives into a bazaar near the checkpoint.
At least 15 of the dead were civilians. Another 35 people were injured. Four of the dead were all members of one family. Continue reading →
