From Soviet scraps to backpack drones: the weapons of Libya’s rebelsIn the early months, rebel forces fought Colonel Gaddafi’s men using weapons and weapons systems cobbled together using scraps from the Soviet era. As time got on — and thanks to the NATO intervention — rebel weapons became a lot more hi-tech, writes NAJ Taylor.
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Could deadly weapons save the environment?
Governments are far more willing to pump money into solar, hydro and other green technologies when they’re being used to power big deadly weapons of pain and destruction. So should greenies start supporting the military industrial complex?
Inside the gun markets of Pakistan
Vice journalist Suroosh Alvi visits “the most dangerous place in the world” — a massive open-air gun market in Pakistan’s tribal area, where members of the Taliban and jihadists go to buy their firearms.
“Jesus guns”: how did the US military not know?
The US military denies it had any knowledge that its rifles were being inscribed with Bible verses. According to TPM, they must have been the only gun owners in the country that didn’t know.
US military weapons are being inscribed with secret biblical codes
A company producing weapons for the US military has been inscribing every one with coded references to Bible passages about Jesus, ABC News has uncovered. Because Jesus was all about war and killing.
Why is Iran secretly shipping 500 tons of arms to Hezbollah?
Israel has intercepted an Iranian ship headed to Syria with a 500-ton haul of weapons for Hezbollah. It’s not good luck for a country already in deep water over its covert nuclear plans.
The bigger issues behind North Korea’s missile launch
North Korea’s Fourth of July fireworks show was fairly predictable — the bigger issue is the dictatorship selling their missiles to countries like Iran, Syria and Burma.
Crikey interview: NZ police target “terrorists” and avocados in raids
Around 300 NZ police were involved in simultaneous raids across the country yesterday targeting Maori, environmental and peace activists, who the police allege had been taking part in “terrorist training camps.” A New Zealand anarchist and friend of many of the accused spoke to Crikey this morning.
