Flashback to NZ’s nuclear-free law 1987: Challenging Goliath
MIL OSI Analysis – New Zealand quietly celebrated 30 years of its official status as a “nuclear-free” country this week when the nuclear-free zone law came into force on 8 June 1987. When Aotearoa/New Zealand banned nuclear warships from its ports in 1984, the country was seen as David standing up to Washington’s Goliath. But […]
Read More →Time for independence from a crumbling US empire
MIL OSI Analysis – Obama was the “white knight” who came along to save the US and the world after the George Bush Presidency, just as Bill Clinton came long after 12 years of Ronald Reagan and George Bush Senior. And I have no doubt that there will be another “white knight” to come along […]
Read More →Chairman Crowley Statement on U.S. Airstrikes in Syria
MIL OSI USA – Source: US House of Representatives – Democratic Caucus Headline: Chairman Crowley Statement on U.S. Airstrikes in Syria April 7, 2017 (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement on the U.S. airstrikes in Syria: “The recent chemical weapons attack against the Syrian people is an […]
Read More →NZ: Military chief’s Op Burnham account highlights key Afghan legal concerns
MIL OSI Analysis – ANALYSIS: By Selwyn ManningAUCKLAND (Evening Report/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): There is an overlooked aspect of the New Zealand Defence Force’s account of Operation Burnham that when scrutinised suggests a possible breach of international humanitarian law and laws relating to war and armed conflict occurred on 22 August 2010 in the […]
Read More →ANALYSIS: Lieutenant General Tim Keating’s Operation Burnham Account Highlights Key Legal Concerns
By Selwyn Manning – Editor of EveningReport.nz. – This analysis was first published on Kiwipolitico.com. There’s an overlooked aspect of the New Zealand Defence Force’s account of Operation Burnham that when scrutinised suggests a possible breach of international humanitarian law and laws relating to war and armed conflict occurred on August 22, 2010 in the […]
Read More →VIDEO: 5 mind-boggling things about Pilger’s doco The Coming War on China
MIL OSI Analysis – LONDON (Asia Pacific Report/RT/RNZ/Pacific Media Watch): With dozens of US military bases encircling China with a “giant noose,” and America’s historic nuclear presence in the Pacific region, a war between the greatest military power and the world’s second largest economy “is no longer unthinkable,” journalist John Pilger says. read more
Read More →Pakistan is 'surrendering the judicial system to the military'
MIL OSI NGO – Source: Amnesty International – Headline: Pakistan is ‘surrendering the judicial system to the military’ Pakistan’s lawmakers must immediately reverse their decision to reinstate military courts, Amnesty International said today. Responding to Pakistan’s parliament passing a bill to reinstate military courts that violate international law, strip defendants of key rights, and operate […]
Read More →NZ: SAS soldier backs up Afghan raid claims – Herald calls for inquiry
MIL OSI Analysis – AUCKLAND (New Zealand Herald/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): A NZ Special Air Service soldier has confirmed civilians were killed in a 2010 raid carried out by the unit and says the truth is widely known among the elite military group, reports The New Zealand Herald. read more
Read More →NZ: Authors of new book call for full inquiry into SAS 'betrayal' allegations
MIL OSI Analysis – WELLINGTON (Pacific Media Watch): Author and investigative journalist Nicky Hager and war correspondent Jon Stephenson have teamed up, in a book released last night, to tell the story of a dark and guilty secret of New Zealand’s recent history. The book is about what the New Zealand military – and especially […]
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