Mini Drones Built To Kill
Assassin Drone Aerovironment’s new “Anubis” project sounds eerily similar to the Switchblade drone, seen here Aerovironment
The deadly drone could find and dispatch single-person targets, with “very low collateral damage”
Missile strikes by Predators, Reapers, or other aerial drones usually result in messy explosions on the ground.
The World Of President Obama’s Bodyguards
Barack Obama surrounded by bodyguards in 2008Photograph: Ronen Zvulun / Reuters/REUTERS
Protecting the US president has presented the secret service with the greatest challenge in its history.
Did Mossad Hijack Russian Ship To Stop Iran Arms Shipment?
Arctic SeaFrom The Jerusalem Post:
Was Israel’s secret service behind the unexplained hijacking of a Russian freighter, to foil a secret attempt to ship cruise missiles to Iran?
The mystery surrounding the hijacking of a Russian freighter in July has taken a new twist with reports claiming the pirates were acting in league with the Mossad in order to halt a shipment of modern weapon systems hidden on board and destined for the Islamic republic.
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Update: ‘We Found Nothing Conspicuous on Board’ — Der Spiegel
My Comment: Who wants to hijack $1 million dollars of timber and sawdust?
It Is Not Safe To Be The President Of The United States
U.S. President Barack Obama
US President Barack Obama is the target of more than 30 potential death threats a day and is being protected by an increasingly over-stretched and under-resourced Secret Service, according to a new book.
Since Mr Obama took office, the rate of threats against the president has increased 400 per cent from the 3,000 a year or so under President George W.
The portrait of Vladimir Putin as a woman which got artist arrested by secret service
A Russian artist was arrested by the secret service after depicting prime minister Vladimir Putin as a woman.
Painter Alexander Shednov, also known as Shurik, portrayed the former president in a tight, low-cut dress with long hair and large hoop earrings.
He said the image was a protest against Putin – who fosters a reputation as a strongman – trying to return to the Kremlin for a third presidential term.
In the top left hand corner of the picture Shednov shows his subject saying: ‘Oh I don’t know – a third Presidential term?
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