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Black september vs red october
2008-09-29 22:43:00 Los partidarios del 'no' ganan la votación en la Cámara de Representantes por 228 a 205 votos. Los republicanos y demócratas preparan una nueva votaciónEl Congreso de Estados Unidos rechazó hoy el plan de rescate de 700.000 millones de dólares (485.206 millones de euros) diseñado por la Administración Bush por 228 votos en contra y 205 a favor, lo que ha provocado una fuerte caída de la bolsa norteamericana con pérdidas que superan el 4,5%.La votación en la Cámara de Representantes se paralizó durante unos minutos cuando se registraban 226 votos en contra y 207 a favor de aprobar la ley. Tras un breve receso, se reinició la votación, en la que se certificó la derrota con 228 votos en contra y 205 a favor.El presidente de EEUU, George Bush, aseguró poco después de conocerse el resultado que estaba 'muy decepcionado' por el desenlace del plan diseñado por su Administración.La bolsa de Nueva York llegó a caer un 6% durante la votación y tras finalizar el Dow Jones perdía un 4,5% ha...
By: Rayando La Línea
Red October: Russia, Iran and Iraq
2007-09-20 01:20:00 by George FriedmanThe course of the war in Iraq appears to be set for the next year. The Bush administration essentially has selected a course of action that consist in maintaining the current mission and force level or retaining the mission but gradually reducing the force. The mission -- creating a stable, pro-American government in Baghdad that can assume the role of ensuring security -- remains intact. The strategy is to use the maximum available force to provide security until the Iraqis can assume the burden. The force will be reduced by the 30,000 troops who were surged into Iraq, though because that level of force will be unavailable by spring, the reduction is not really a matter of choice. The remaining force is the maximum available, and it will be reduced as circumstances permit.Top U.S. commander in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus and others have made two broad arguments. First, while prior strategy indeed failed to make progress, a new strategy that combines aggressive securi...
By: Weltpolitik Blog
Looks like the Navy is playing "Hunt for Red October" again
2007-03-10 20:07:00 The last time we had whales beaching themselves here it turned out that US Navy ships out of Norfolk were testing a new type of sonar equipment and were trying to find some of its submarines just off the OBX...The Outer Banks SentinelBeaked whale found beached in Kill Devil HillsBY ED BECKLEY | SENTINEL CORRESPONDENTScientists do a 'heave-ho' to roll the whale over so that it could be examined. (Ed Beckley | Sentinel)A 15-foot adult-length female Beaked Whale, which had been nursing a calf, thrashed in the shoals before beaching itself near Mile Post 7.5 in Kill Devil Hills on Wednesday, according to an official with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).Bruce Ferrier, a local stranding responder from Kitty Hawk, called fisheries service experts in Beaufort who performed a necropsy on the mammal Thursday morning. At the scene, workers also dissected one of three Harbor Porpoises that were found this week on beaches in Corolla, Pea Island and Nags Head.Aleta Hohn, director o... |
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