Ireland does the right thing…By mary
The new policy is likely to be adopted in the lead-up to a major international diplomatic conference on cluster munitions scheduled for Croke Park on May 19th-30th. The Government has taken a strong stance in favour of a total ban on ...Stop Cluster Bombs - http://www.stopclusterbombs.org.nz/
28/03/2008
25/03/2008
Saudi Academy
Lockheed Martin wins Saudi training contract Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA...
Saudi Air Force to produce and establish an undergraduate weapon system officer training program at the King Faisal Air Academy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ...
Would you be happy with links with St Athans??
small world ...Roger Duke joined QinetiQ North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ Ltd. of McLean, Va., as senior vice president of contracts. Duke most recently was vice president of contracts at Raytheon Technical services Co. Who's on first?Washington Technology - Washington,DC,
Saudi Air Force to produce and establish an undergraduate weapon system officer training program at the King Faisal Air Academy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ...
Would you be happy with links with St Athans??
small world ...Roger Duke joined QinetiQ North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ Ltd. of McLean, Va., as senior vice president of contracts. Duke most recently was vice president of contracts at Raytheon Technical services Co. Who's on first?Washington Technology - Washington,DC,
20/03/2008
Raytheon sponser Security Policy!
This week the Government launched its long awaited National Security Strategy. Last year, ippr established the independent Commission on National Security in the 21st Century, Co-Chaired by Lord Paddy Ashdown and Lord George Robertson. The commission secretariat recently published The New Front Line, which analyses the key changes taking place in the national and international security landscape.
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IPPR boast in their latest newsletter ..party_Commission_preparing_an_independent_national_security_strategy_for_the_UK._It_is
co-chaired by Lord_Robertson and Lord_Ashdown
Another member is Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty_and former home office lawyer!
Sponsored by .....Ippr would like to thank EDS and Raytheon
The IPPR think-tank published on the 13 Feb, 'The New Front Line: Security in a changing world' from the ippr Commission on National Security, Working Paper No. 1 written by Ian Kearns and Ken Gude. This paper is on British Security Policy and claims to analyse the key changes taking place in the national and international security landscape and assesses their implications for policy, examining the context within which a national security strategy must now be forged. As a result, they claim that it becomes clear that the contemporary security landscape is about much more than terrorism alone. Umm... Yes it is a rather turgid and jargon riddled document. As Henry Porter pointed out this policy work has been sponsored by Raytheon who proudly boast of their support for IPPR.
This is Raytheon Arms Dealers of cluster munitions fame who have been excluded on ethical grounds from the vast Norwegian pension fund. This is the Raytheon who won a 10-year contract to ‘improve’ UK border controls and who the government gave a contract addendum worth £92 million on 12 Feb. Raytheon one of the Metrix consortium who the government wants to run military training not only for British service personnel, but those from any regime or private military company that can fork out the ready cash at St Athan in Wales where there have been allegations of pork-barreling. Raytheon has received over £750,000 in the last four years from Invest Northern Ireland. Just how much have they received in Wales we don't know.
Ippr’s Commission on National Security in the 21st Century last May sponsored by Raytheon ‘Governments in any case no longer own and control all of the relevant and necessary expertise and assets required in the making of an effective security policy…. private businesses …add value to the policy making process’, ‘
Who wrote this? Ian Kearns is Deputy Chair of the commission on National Security - Director of IPPR and is currently leading the institutes international and security programme. He has a wide range of experience in the private sector as a former Director of the Global Government Industry practice at Electronic Data Systems (EDS)! EDS another member of the Metrix Consortium.
Remember the collapse of the Child Support Agency, and the years of misery its incompetence brought to mothers and children, was due in large part to the fact that its half-billion-pound computer system, designed by EDS, never worked properly. In addition to the EDS debacle at the child support agency and the Inland Revenue's Tax Credits systems there is the disastrous unworkable MOD new computerised payroll system. EDs is overhauling ALL the UK’s defence IT. It is astounding that the MoD is prepared to reward failure by handing over billions more pounds of taxpayers' money to a consortium that has failed to deliver what it said it would time and time again.
So a former director at EDS is just the person to advise us on the role of the private sector and Security in a changing world.
OK for the IPPR, & UK not to be ethical!!
Note that ....Ireland's pension fund to exclude munitions-report Reuters UK - "I saw at first hand on my visit to Lebanon last year the havoc that cluster bombs can cause," Ahern told the paper. "These small bomblets can look like ...DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's National Pensions Reserve Fund plans to withdraw 27 million euros (21 million pounds) of investment from six firms involved in the production of cluster munitions, Irish media reported on Wednesday.The NPRF, charged with securing funds for pension and welfare costs of an ageing population after 2025, followed the example of Norway's pension fund, known as the "oil fund", which aims to be a world leader in ethical investment.The NPRF plans to stop investing in five U.S. companies: Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Alliant Techsystems and L-3 Communications, and France's Thales, the Irish Times quoted a spokesman as saying.The fund's proposal follows a list of firms excluded by Norway's $387 billion (193 billion pound) fund, after pressure from Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern, who is campaigning for a ban on cluster munitions, the Irish Times said."I saw at first hand on my visit to Lebanon last year the havoc that cluster bombs can cause," Ahern told the paper. "These small bomblets can look like decorations or toys and, as a result, children are very vulnerable to them."
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IPPR boast in their latest newsletter ..party_Commission_preparing_an_independent_national_security_strategy_for_the_UK._It_is
co-chaired by Lord_Robertson and Lord_Ashdown
Another member is Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty_and former home office lawyer!
Sponsored by .....Ippr would like to thank EDS and Raytheon
The IPPR think-tank published on the 13 Feb, 'The New Front Line: Security in a changing world' from the ippr Commission on National Security, Working Paper No. 1 written by Ian Kearns and Ken Gude. This paper is on British Security Policy and claims to analyse the key changes taking place in the national and international security landscape and assesses their implications for policy, examining the context within which a national security strategy must now be forged. As a result, they claim that it becomes clear that the contemporary security landscape is about much more than terrorism alone. Umm... Yes it is a rather turgid and jargon riddled document. As Henry Porter pointed out this policy work has been sponsored by Raytheon who proudly boast of their support for IPPR.
This is Raytheon Arms Dealers of cluster munitions fame who have been excluded on ethical grounds from the vast Norwegian pension fund. This is the Raytheon who won a 10-year contract to ‘improve’ UK border controls and who the government gave a contract addendum worth £92 million on 12 Feb. Raytheon one of the Metrix consortium who the government wants to run military training not only for British service personnel, but those from any regime or private military company that can fork out the ready cash at St Athan in Wales where there have been allegations of pork-barreling. Raytheon has received over £750,000 in the last four years from Invest Northern Ireland. Just how much have they received in Wales we don't know.
Ippr’s Commission on National Security in the 21st Century last May sponsored by Raytheon ‘Governments in any case no longer own and control all of the relevant and necessary expertise and assets required in the making of an effective security policy…. private businesses …add value to the policy making process’, ‘
Who wrote this? Ian Kearns is Deputy Chair of the commission on National Security - Director of IPPR and is currently leading the institutes international and security programme. He has a wide range of experience in the private sector as a former Director of the Global Government Industry practice at Electronic Data Systems (EDS)! EDS another member of the Metrix Consortium.
Remember the collapse of the Child Support Agency, and the years of misery its incompetence brought to mothers and children, was due in large part to the fact that its half-billion-pound computer system, designed by EDS, never worked properly. In addition to the EDS debacle at the child support agency and the Inland Revenue's Tax Credits systems there is the disastrous unworkable MOD new computerised payroll system. EDs is overhauling ALL the UK’s defence IT. It is astounding that the MoD is prepared to reward failure by handing over billions more pounds of taxpayers' money to a consortium that has failed to deliver what it said it would time and time again.
So a former director at EDS is just the person to advise us on the role of the private sector and Security in a changing world.
OK for the IPPR, & UK not to be ethical!!
Note that ....Ireland's pension fund to exclude munitions-report Reuters UK - "I saw at first hand on my visit to Lebanon last year the havoc that cluster bombs can cause," Ahern told the paper. "These small bomblets can look like ...DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's National Pensions Reserve Fund plans to withdraw 27 million euros (21 million pounds) of investment from six firms involved in the production of cluster munitions, Irish media reported on Wednesday.The NPRF, charged with securing funds for pension and welfare costs of an ageing population after 2025, followed the example of Norway's pension fund, known as the "oil fund", which aims to be a world leader in ethical investment.The NPRF plans to stop investing in five U.S. companies: Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Alliant Techsystems and L-3 Communications, and France's Thales, the Irish Times quoted a spokesman as saying.The fund's proposal follows a list of firms excluded by Norway's $387 billion (193 billion pound) fund, after pressure from Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern, who is campaigning for a ban on cluster munitions, the Irish Times said."I saw at first hand on my visit to Lebanon last year the havoc that cluster bombs can cause," Ahern told the paper. "These small bomblets can look like decorations or toys and, as a result, children are very vulnerable to them."
Ireland dumps Raytheon on cluster munitions!
Ireland's pension fund to exclude munitions-report Reuters UK - "I saw at first hand on my visit to Lebanon last year the havoc that cluster bombs can cause," Ahern told the paper. "These small bomblets can look like ...
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's National Pensions Reserve Fund plans to withdraw 27 million euros (21 million pounds) of investment from six firms involved in the production of cluster munitions, Irish media reported on Wednesday.
The NPRF, charged with securing funds for pension and welfare costs of an ageing population after 2025, followed the example of Norway's pension fund, known as the "oil fund", which aims to be a world leader in ethical investment.
The NPRF plans to stop investing in five U.S. companies: Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Alliant Techsystems and L-3 Communications, and France's Thales, the Irish Times quoted a spokesman as saying.
The fund's proposal follows a list of firms excluded by Norway's $387 billion (193 billion pound) fund, after pressure from Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern, who is campaigning for a ban on cluster munitions, the Irish Times said.
"I saw at first hand on my visit to Lebanon last year the havoc that cluster bombs can cause," Ahern told the paper.
"These small bomblets can look like decorations or toys and, as a result, children are very vulnerable to them."
And so to remind you of the death toll in Iraq...
What is the real death toll in Iraq? The Americans learned one lesson from Vietnam: don't count the civilian dead. As a result, no one knows how many Iraqis have been killed in the five years since the invasion. Estimates put the toll at between 100,000 and one million. 19 Mar 2008 The British polling firm Opinion Research Business (ORB) asked 1,720 Iraqi adults last summer if they had lost family members by violence since 2003; 16% had lost one, and 5% two. Using the 2005 census total of 4,050,597 households in Iraq, this suggests 1,220,580 deaths since the invasion.
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's National Pensions Reserve Fund plans to withdraw 27 million euros (21 million pounds) of investment from six firms involved in the production of cluster munitions, Irish media reported on Wednesday.
The NPRF, charged with securing funds for pension and welfare costs of an ageing population after 2025, followed the example of Norway's pension fund, known as the "oil fund", which aims to be a world leader in ethical investment.
The NPRF plans to stop investing in five U.S. companies: Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Alliant Techsystems and L-3 Communications, and France's Thales, the Irish Times quoted a spokesman as saying.
The fund's proposal follows a list of firms excluded by Norway's $387 billion (193 billion pound) fund, after pressure from Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern, who is campaigning for a ban on cluster munitions, the Irish Times said.
"I saw at first hand on my visit to Lebanon last year the havoc that cluster bombs can cause," Ahern told the paper.
"These small bomblets can look like decorations or toys and, as a result, children are very vulnerable to them."
And so to remind you of the death toll in Iraq...
What is the real death toll in Iraq? The Americans learned one lesson from Vietnam: don't count the civilian dead. As a result, no one knows how many Iraqis have been killed in the five years since the invasion. Estimates put the toll at between 100,000 and one million. 19 Mar 2008 The British polling firm Opinion Research Business (ORB) asked 1,720 Iraqi adults last summer if they had lost family members by violence since 2003; 16% had lost one, and 5% two. Using the 2005 census total of 4,050,597 households in Iraq, this suggests 1,220,580 deaths since the invasion.
16/03/2008
MOD Brainwashing
Despair MOD Brainwashing
Who is to tell our children the TRUTH?
Future Soldier - From Fiction to the Frontline - supports National ...WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
Other defence sector events this week include QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce and Thales UK interacting with a number of schools in various parts of the UK, ...See all stories on this topic
Specialists from the MOD also work with the Engineering Development Trust (EDT) and their ‘Go 4 SET’ Scheme which aims to stimulate the interest of young people in Science Engineering and Technology. The MOD provides support to teachers to deliver science and other key curriculum lessons via the free, online Defence Dynamics teaching resource. Covering themes as diverse as mapping, flooding, genetic engineering and survival skills, lessons not only apply theory in the real world but also encourage students to debate the moral issues behind the introduction of new technology.
Read John Smith MP boasts of St Athan on the Curriculum here
Ilegal Propaganda in Schools
HOPE!
Marching in March The Observer, UK - 15 Mar 2008
Tens of thousands of children in the UK, myself included, walked out of school to say no to the war. At my Welsh comprehensive, 50 or so sixth formers ...With anti-war anthems like the Ugly Rumours gaining chart success and films like Nick Broomfield's Battle of Haditha getting rave reviews, perhaps this is a new way to focus and spread dissent Lena de Casparis
Lena de Casparis lives in London, and works for Red Pepper magazine.
Defence Dynamics 'FREE' propaganda
Includes links to MOD and nice military pics here not a drop of blood in sight!
from the website...SCIENCE - Lesson Plans
1. Describing waves - types of wave here This lesson introduces students to wave types, considering the properties of transverse and longitudinal waves, gaining familiarity with key vocabulary and the wave equation. Extended applied examples are considered, including the prediction of the site and scale of earthquake, 4D imaging of foetuses and various military applications used in both defence and humanitarian contexts, such as ground to air aircraft tracking, mine clearance and submarine navigation. The second half of the lesson focuses on developing a deeper understanding of waves via the study of seismic waves. Students consider their impact and measurement and review the role of the MOD in providing humanitarian aid after the 2005 Kashmiri earthquake. Interactive exercises and games are all progressive, supported with video and further resources. Students are encouraged to consider other applied examples, whilst varied teaching styles assist comprehension and impact.
2. SCIENCE - Lesson Plan Gases in the atmosphere here (Greenwash)
The MOD's Defence Estates policy is used as a case-study for responsible land management, including its proactive treatment of sites to minimise methane and CO2 output and its reactive remit for ensuring non-pollution of land (thus ensuring biodiversity and responsible CO2 production). MoD Topic Reduction of pollution in MOD sites
Curriculum Checklist..SC3 (Materials and their properties 2) p) how the Earth's atmosphere and oceans have changed over time q) how the carbon cycle helps to maintain atmospheric composition SC4 (Physical processes) 4d) about some ideas used to explain the origin and evolution of the universe.
3. Genetic engineering here
4, SCIENCE - Lesson Plan Radio waves and microwaves here ..This lesson provides a comprehensive introduction to radio waves and microwaves. Multi-media resources and interactive exercises reinforce understanding of civilian applications and the move towards wireless transmissions. The work of the Royal Corps of Signals, IT and communications providers for the Army, is used to provide an exciting real life context for applications of microwave and radio wave technology, with everyday civilian examples drawn on as well. MoD Topic Royal Corps of Signals
I wonder if it mentions EDS of the metrix consortium and the huge failures of MOD IT systems?
Who is to tell our children the TRUTH?
Future Soldier - From Fiction to the Frontline - supports National ...WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
Other defence sector events this week include QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce and Thales UK interacting with a number of schools in various parts of the UK, ...See all stories on this topic
Specialists from the MOD also work with the Engineering Development Trust (EDT) and their ‘Go 4 SET’ Scheme which aims to stimulate the interest of young people in Science Engineering and Technology. The MOD provides support to teachers to deliver science and other key curriculum lessons via the free, online Defence Dynamics teaching resource. Covering themes as diverse as mapping, flooding, genetic engineering and survival skills, lessons not only apply theory in the real world but also encourage students to debate the moral issues behind the introduction of new technology.
Read John Smith MP boasts of St Athan on the Curriculum here
Ilegal Propaganda in Schools
HOPE!
Marching in March The Observer, UK - 15 Mar 2008
Tens of thousands of children in the UK, myself included, walked out of school to say no to the war. At my Welsh comprehensive, 50 or so sixth formers ...With anti-war anthems like the Ugly Rumours gaining chart success and films like Nick Broomfield's Battle of Haditha getting rave reviews, perhaps this is a new way to focus and spread dissent Lena de Casparis
Lena de Casparis lives in London, and works for Red Pepper magazine.
Defence Dynamics 'FREE' propaganda
Includes links to MOD and nice military pics here not a drop of blood in sight!
from the website...SCIENCE - Lesson Plans
1. Describing waves - types of wave here This lesson introduces students to wave types, considering the properties of transverse and longitudinal waves, gaining familiarity with key vocabulary and the wave equation. Extended applied examples are considered, including the prediction of the site and scale of earthquake, 4D imaging of foetuses and various military applications used in both defence and humanitarian contexts, such as ground to air aircraft tracking, mine clearance and submarine navigation. The second half of the lesson focuses on developing a deeper understanding of waves via the study of seismic waves. Students consider their impact and measurement and review the role of the MOD in providing humanitarian aid after the 2005 Kashmiri earthquake. Interactive exercises and games are all progressive, supported with video and further resources. Students are encouraged to consider other applied examples, whilst varied teaching styles assist comprehension and impact.
2. SCIENCE - Lesson Plan Gases in the atmosphere here (Greenwash)
The MOD's Defence Estates policy is used as a case-study for responsible land management, including its proactive treatment of sites to minimise methane and CO2 output and its reactive remit for ensuring non-pollution of land (thus ensuring biodiversity and responsible CO2 production). MoD Topic Reduction of pollution in MOD sites
Curriculum Checklist..SC3 (Materials and their properties 2) p) how the Earth's atmosphere and oceans have changed over time q) how the carbon cycle helps to maintain atmospheric composition SC4 (Physical processes) 4d) about some ideas used to explain the origin and evolution of the universe.
3. Genetic engineering here
4, SCIENCE - Lesson Plan Radio waves and microwaves here ..This lesson provides a comprehensive introduction to radio waves and microwaves. Multi-media resources and interactive exercises reinforce understanding of civilian applications and the move towards wireless transmissions. The work of the Royal Corps of Signals, IT and communications providers for the Army, is used to provide an exciting real life context for applications of microwave and radio wave technology, with everyday civilian examples drawn on as well. MoD Topic Royal Corps of Signals
I wonder if it mentions EDS of the metrix consortium and the huge failures of MOD IT systems?
11/03/2008
War profiteers Carlyle group
Carlyle Group May Buy Major CIA ContractorBy CRIMES AND CORRUPTION OF THE NEW WORLD...(CRIMES AND CORRUPTION OF THE NEW WORLD...) Another spectacular acquisition was QinetiQ, the privatized arm of Britain’s military research corporation. It was acquired by Carlyle in 2003, sold in 2007, and recently emerged as one of the premiere US intelligence contractors ...CRIMES AND CORRUPTION OF THE... - http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/
Landmine clearance money goes to weapons scandal!
Good MoD idea?
1 . invite arms company Raytheon that makes landmines by another name (cluster bombs) to Wales and give them lots of public money to train militaries at the proposed St Athan Military Academy in using their products (and remotely) to kill others discriminately and indiscriminately (as directed by governments...and mutlinationals?).
2 . use monies taken from the 'conflict prevention fund' to clear up dangers of aforesaid landmines and keep...terrorising people in Iraq and elsewhere by giving it to BAe Systems to keep the war machine going!
MoD plans raid on landmine removal fund to keep Tornados flying in ...Guardian - UKThe decision to close the fast jets and engines business of Dara, the Defence Aviation Repair Agency, based at St Athan, Glamorgan, from last April provoked ...
Red Dragon - the final chapter...By Blogmaster The decision to close the fast jets and engines business of Dara, the Defence Aviation Repair Agency, based at St Athan, Glamorgan, (see Red Dragon Project in previous posts) from last April provoked a huge row in 2005. ...
1 . invite arms company Raytheon that makes landmines by another name (cluster bombs) to Wales and give them lots of public money to train militaries at the proposed St Athan Military Academy in using their products (and remotely) to kill others discriminately and indiscriminately (as directed by governments...and mutlinationals?).
2 . use monies taken from the 'conflict prevention fund' to clear up dangers of aforesaid landmines and keep...terrorising people in Iraq and elsewhere by giving it to BAe Systems to keep the war machine going!
MoD plans raid on landmine removal fund to keep Tornados flying in ...Guardian - UKThe decision to close the fast jets and engines business of Dara, the Defence Aviation Repair Agency, based at St Athan, Glamorgan, from last April provoked ...
Red Dragon - the final chapter...By Blogmaster The decision to close the fast jets and engines business of Dara, the Defence Aviation Repair Agency, based at St Athan, Glamorgan, (see Red Dragon Project in previous posts) from last April provoked a huge row in 2005. ...
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