DMA

Three US Hostages Rescued in Colombia

Jason — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:24:40 GMT

July 02, 2008

Associated Press

BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia freed Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors from leftist guerrillas on Wednesday after military spies tricked rebels into giving them up without a single injury, the defense minister said.

The rescue is the most serious blow ever dealt to the 44-year-old Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which considered the four hostages their most valuable bargaining chips. The FARC is already reeling from the deaths of ...

U.S. 'preparing the battlefield' in Iran

Jason — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:56:26 GMT

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration has launched a "significant escalation" of covert operations in Iran, sending U.S. commandos to spy on the country's nuclear facilities and undermine the Islamic republic's government, journalist Seymour Hersh said Sunday.

White House, CIA and State Department officials declined comment on Hersh's report, which appears in this week's issue of The New Yorker.

Hersh told CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" that Congress ...

Pakistani Forces Take Control

Jason — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:02:58 GMT

June 29, 2008

Associated Press

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Paramilitary troops returned Sunday to posts they had been forced to abandon and Pakistani forces widened their offensive against militants operating in a volatile tribal area along the Afghan border, an official said.

The government launched the operation Saturday against militants in the Khyber region who had grown more brazen in their attacks in recent months. The militants began threatening the nearby city of Peshawar and ambushing ...

POSITION: Soldier

Rex Simba — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:38:53 GMT

Being a soldier in the DMA is the most common position. It involves being physically active in promoting and upholding the laws of DMA in everyday life amongst your peers. This may involve physical intervention/forceful assistance to other DMA members in hostile situations. Basically, a soldier is the key element and driving force behind the DMA.

POSITION: Technician

Rex Simba — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:44:53 GMT

Being a technician in the DMA is one of the key positions in furthering the organization's world wide awareness. It involves using interactive media technology to both recruit new soldiers, and keep a watchful eye on international affairs. Also where necessary, technicians may be required to use their skills to further the DMA's cause through media manipulation.

Intelligence College

Rex Simba — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:48:27 GMT

I think Jason and Sam shoul attend the intelligence College (Online) and earn a Degree in Intelligence Operations.

http://www.apu.apus.edu/intelligence?GCID=S15412x011&KEYWORD=intelligence%20college&MATCHTYPE=content

Senate committee: Bush knew Iraq claims weren't true

Jason — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:34:48 GMT

"[Republicans] President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other top officials promoted the invasion of Iraq with public statements that weren't supported by intelligence or that concealed differences among intelligence agencies, the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Thursday in a report that was delayed by bitter partisan infighting." ... "A second report found that a special office set up under then-secretary of defense Donald H. Rumsfeld conducted "sensitive intelligence ...

Parameters of an Iran Strike

Jason — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:36:02 GMT

A strike against Iranian nuclear-related targets could be carried out before the next US administration enters office.

Israeli military intelligence (AMAN) may estimate that Barack Obama has more than a fair chance of winning in upcoming elections. However, they may wait for the results before deciding to strike.

Ironically, an Obama victory will probably be the tipping point. Israeli MI is no doubt cognizant of the fact that Obama's Middle East policy-makers will favor "diplomacy" ...

POSITION: Agent

Rex Simba — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:07:22 GMT

Being an agent in the DMA is a highly versatile and mnemotechic position. It involves securing positions in organizations to obtain inside information that is relative to our motives and prerogatives.

'Historic meeting' planned for Israeli and Syrian leaders

Jason — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:45:18 GMT

The Israeli and Syrian leadership could meet face-to-face next month for the first time in their history, Israeli officials said today.

Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, and Bashar Assad, the Syrian President, are scheduled to attend a July 13 summit of European and Mediterranean countries in Paris.

�The possibility of bringing the two leaders together while they cross paths in Paris was raised by the Israelis. It is currently a tentative offer� it depends on what happens between ...

Secret Bush Order Authorizes CIA Assassination of Americans

Jason — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:52:35 GMT

CIA Target: Americans (12/3/02 - AP via ABC News)

Anonymous sources in the Admin tell AP that Bush's secret 2001 finding authorizing the CIA to assassinate terrorists also tacitly includes American citizens as potential targets. Evidently, classifying an American as fair game can be done after the fact, in a kind of ipso facto fiat. According to the sources, the "reasoning" works like this: we killed him, so therefore he was a "terrorist", thus he was an "enemy combatant" and had no Constitutional ...

Bizarre Military Mishaps

Jason — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:56:36 GMT

Two U.S. Air Force F-15s shoot down two U.S. Army helicopters on a diplomatic mission over Iraq, mistaking them for hostile aircraft in the �no-fly zone, � killing 26 people. No one was found criminally responsible.

A �siesta� ordered by Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to his troops during a conflict between the Mexicans and Texans caused the infantry to be overtaken in just 18 minutes.

Fort Douaumont at Verdun in France was captured in 1916 by a single German soldier after ...

Stray Navy Bomb Ignites Florida Blaze

Jason — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:10:26 GMT

About 257 acres of woodland and swamp in the Ocala National Forest burned after an F/A-18 Super Hornet dropped a 500-pound bomb that hit a mile from the target, the Navy said Wednesday.Officials at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station said the incident is under investigation.

http://www.military.com/news/article/stray-navy-bomb-ignites-florida-blaze.html?col=1186032310810

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Derick — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:16:57 GMT

Are you guys like terrorists or do you gather 'secret foreign intel' for fun?

The 'Salvador Option'

Rex Simba — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:28:10 GMT

Reported by Newsweek:

What to do about the deepening quagmire of Iraq? The Pentagon's latest approach is being called "the Salvador option" � and the fact that it is being discussed at all is a measure of just how worried Donald Rumsfeld really is. "What everyone agrees is that we can't just go on as we are," one senior military officer told Newsweek. "We have to find a way to take the offensive against the insurgents. Right now, we are playing defense. And we are ...

Ollyett was dum

Rex Simba — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:48:04 GMT

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Missiles Strike Sadr City, Damaging Hospital

Jason — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:55:52 GMT

BAGHDAD � The ugly daily fight for ground in the poor Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City unfolded Saturday at a small mosque next door to a hospital, damaging the hospital and a number of its ambulances, and near a group of children who were wounded as they gathered tin cans to sell for salvage.

The missiles that hit close to the Sadr General Hospital were American. After a night of clashes in the neighborhood, the Americans fired at least three �precision-guided munitions� at the small ...

DMA taking a new turn...

Rex Simba — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:54:41 GMT

The controversial "DMA" organisation has always been rather mysterious in the public eye. With few knowing the meaning of "DMA" and even fewer able to join the ranks, the government has been keeping a wary eye on its motives and ideals, knowing that at any moment the DMA could be planning against them. Today though the veil of secrcy has been lifted...

In a bold move by DMA leader General Ben Markson, the organisation has gone public. Almost overnight the organisation ...

Stargate enthusiast brings a submachine gun to a paintball

Rex Simba — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:45:37 GMT

When paintball enthusiast Mad Matt gets bored, he looks at his collection of replica guns. And when he looks at those? He figures out new ways to shoot people with them.

Mad Matt had a Stargate SG-1 version of a P90 submachine gun sitting around, and toyed around with the idea of making it a paintball gun. He first created a 3D model of it in 3ds Max and then planned out what the innards would look like to turn it into a working paintball gun. Once his plans were in place, he easily slapped ...

DoD Official Defends Felony Waivers

Jason — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:54:54 GMT

About 20 percent of all recruits in the U.S. military enter the service with either a medical or conduct waiver, a senior Pentagon official said today.

Last year the services recruited more than 181,000 new members, more than 36,000 of whom came in on some sort of waiver.

About one third of the new recruits were admitted with medical problems and the remainder were waived in despite past criminal activities -- including misdemeanors and some felonies, said Bill Carr, the Pentagon's ...

Man steals guitar by placing it in pants

Jason — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:37:02 GMT

LEWISTON, Maine - Police are searching for a man accused of shoving an electric guitar in his pants and walking out of a store in Lewiston, Maine.

Police say the theft occurred last week and they're looking for three men. One of the men shoved a Fender Stratocaster in his pants and pulled a sweatshirt over the top. The other two acted as lookouts.

All three can be seen on footage from video surveillance.

Strangely enough, the music shop has seen the method before. A man did the ...

Wake up, we don't need the Earth Hour

Jason — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:23:26 GMT

Bryan Leyland

``Earth Hour" is yet another futile attempt to solve a problem that, according to recent developments in climate science, does not exist.

"Earth Hour" will make not the slightest difference to New Zealand's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. In the South Island, all the electricity comes from hydropower, so it is obvious that there will be no saving in CO2 emissions.

If, in response to "Earth Hour", people turn off electric heaters and light their ...

TV cockroach causes outrage

Jason — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:38:01 GMT

A insect made headlines with a small brush while eating fish un chups.

The president wus most upsett by the whole affare.

"It wusnt hapen again" the purpotrator said on sunday

And it wont.

"Extreme Interrogation" Techniques at Gitmo

Jason — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:29:25 GMT

From the Washington Post: In April 2003, the Defense Department approved interrogation techniques for use at the Guantanamo Bay prison that permit reversing the normal sleep patterns of detainees and exposing them to heat, cold and "sensory assault," including loud music and bright lights, according to defense officials.

The classified list of about 20 techniques was approved at the highest levels of the Pentagon and the Justice Department, and represents the first publicly known ...

Large spy satellite could hit North America

Jason — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:18:08 GMT

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is developing contingency plans to deal with the possibility that a large spy satellite expected to fall to Earth in late February or early March could hit North America.

Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, who heads U.S. Northern Command, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the size of the satellite suggests that some number of pieces will not burn up as the orbiting vehicle re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and will hit the ground.

"We're aware ...

100th Stryker Repair Completed at Qatar

Jason — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:32:04 GMT

CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar - A ceremony marking the completion of the 100th Stryker Combat Vehicle was held Jan. 12 at the Stryker Battle Damage Repair Facility, Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar.

Col. Robert W. Schumiz, program manager for the Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Warren, Mich., spoke to the 90-member workforce and other invited guests.

Schumitz summarized the historical accomplishments of the facility - including the repair of five Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle 513s. The ICV 513s were ...

Full swimming pool stolen, not a drop spilled

Jason — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:21:43 GMT

PATERSON, New Jersey-- Daisy Valdivia is annoyed that someone stole her backyard pool -- and baffled at how they did it without leaving behind a splash, drip or trace of the 1,000 gallons of water it contained.

Valdivia awoke to find her family's hip-high, inflatable, 10-foot diameter swimming pool gone from her back yard Wednesday.

Valdivia told The Record of Bergen County the theft must have occurred between 1 a.m., when her husband went to bed, and 5 a.m., when she awoke.

She's ...

Nuclear Power Secrets

Jason — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:02:32 GMT

Jan 02, 2008: The U.S. decision to equip its next class of cruisers with nuclear power was driven largely by the rising cost of oil. Equipping a warship with a nuclear power plant increases cost by about $800 million. But with the expected growth of oil prices, the additional cost of a nuclear power plant is expected to pay for itself over the thirty year life of a warship.

Other than that, it's pretty much a wash. A nuclear power plant is much larger than an oil fueled one. While you ...

Flying Silicon

Jason — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:23:06 GMT

December 30, 2007: Air combat flight simulators continue to get cheaper, and more capable. And it's a big business (over $2 billion a year). Often, the company that makes the aircraft, also makes the simulators. Boeing sells (and often leases) a $35 million F-15E simulator. This one has to provide simulation for both the pilot and the electronics operator in the back. There are actually more companies making simulators, than manufacture the combat aircraft. An example of that is the Link company, ...

Any Questions?

Jason — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:23:45 GMT

Welcome to the DMA. This is your commanding officer. Please feel free to ask me any questions.

Force Protection loses ground to rivals

Jason — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:47:02 GMT

Dec. 20 -- Shares of Force Protection Inc. fell as much as 34% Wednesday after the US Defense Department's latest order for its heavily armored trucks came in much lower than expected, worrying investors that the Pentagon is increasingly turning to contractors that can build on well-established supply and maintenance programs.

The US military said late Tuesday that it would buy an additional 3,126 armored trucks for $2.66 billion, bringing its total order to 11,941 vehicles for delivery ...

The Other Cell Phone Terrorism

Jason — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:39:22 GMT

December 16, 2007: In Iraq, terrorist car bomb use is only about a third of what it was when the surge offensive began last Spring. While part of that is due to military operations that have killed or captured the terrorists who build and use these weapons, another major factor has been improved intelligence. The U.S. Army has managed to build experience (informants, databases of local good and bad people) in neighborhoods and rural areas during each rotation. Entire units move to Iraq for 12 ...

Army Creates New Logistics Branch

Jason — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:36:47 GMT

WASHINGTON, 15 Nov.-- The US Army plans to develop a new corps of multifunctional logisticians with creation of the new logistics branch.

Today, captains from transportation, quartermaster and ordnance branches must complete the Combined Logistics Captains Career Course or the Reserve-Component Captains Career Course. Beginning Jan. 1, all officers completing that coursework will gain a new primary military operational specialty, 90A, that indicates their competence in all three logistics ...

The AK-47's African Competition

Jason — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:16:45 GMT

Dec 12. As the civil disorder increases in Nigeria, so does the proliferation of weapons. The wealthier gangsters and rebels can afford modern assault rifles. That's expensive. A year ago, a black market AK-47 cost about $1,500 in Nigeria. With prices like that, gunrunners smelled profits and more weapons poured in. Now the price is under $500 each. Other weapons, like the U.S. M-16, or European weapons, are more expensive.

But for the guy just starting out, there are some cheaper, locally ...

Fort Irwin Soldier Wins Singing Contest

Jason — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:28:29 GMT

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Dec 11- Spc. Richard Sianoya, winner of the 2007 Operation Rising Star singing contest, plans to use his $2,000 prize to help move his mother from their hometown of Manila, Philippines, to live with him at Fort Irwin, Calif.

"I'm actually spending that money to go home for vacation to visit my family in March," said Spc. Sianoya, 23, who was born and raised in Manila. "I'm going home to get my mom so she can live with me over here."

His mother, Sylvia, ...

Trapped China miners ate paper & belt to survive

Jason — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:05:35 GMT

BEIJING, Dec 10- Eleven Chinese miners trapped underground for nearly six days by a tunnel collapse ate paper and chewed on a boiled leather belt to stay alive, local media said on Monday.

The miners were pulled out alive from the illegal iron and gold mine in northern China early on Sunday, the Beijing News said, in a rare bit of good news from the world's deadliest mines, after a tunnel collapsed last Monday.

"At first, we ate newspaper pages when we got hungry, then orange peel," ...

MB Releases Connect One

Jason — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:12:02 GMT

Dec 9. This week toy & game giant MB released its newest innovative creation. Connect One is a revised version of the hugely popular Connect Four. Designed with todays younger generation in mind, it is intended for under-achieving children and adults alike with extreme confidence issues.

The game requires the player to place there appropriate colored counter in the one space on the board. In effect the only way to win the game is to be the first to start.

"Some have criticized our ...

Iran Hails U.S. Report That It Ended Bid for Nuclear Arms

Jason — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:52:56 GMT

TEHRAN, Dec. 4 � Iran on Tuesday welcomed a major American intelligence report�s conclusion that it was not developing a clandestine nuclear weapons program.

�It is natural that we welcome it,� Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told state-run radio. �Some of the same countries which had questions or ambiguities about our nuclear program are changing their views realistically.�

The report, a National Intelligence Assessment released Monday, concluded that Iran halted a clandestine ...

Sri Lanka says 39 rebels, 6 troops killed in clashes

Jason — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:54:43 GMT

Dec 3- Thirty-nine Tamil Tiger rebels and six soldiers were killed in fighting in Sri Lanka's north on Monday, the military said.

Dozens more combatants were wounded in the fighting in the northwestern district of Mannar and northern Jaffna peninsula, where a renewed civil war is now focused amid near-daily air raids, bombings and land and sea battles.

The fighting came two days after the military said they had attacked a line of Tamil Tiger rebel bunkers in South of Adampan, in Mannar.

"The ...

NASA Set to Launch Shuttle Atlantis on Thursday

Jason — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:18:33 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO - NASA has cleared the way for the Atlantis shuttle launch next week on a mission to equip the space station with a new science lab.

The 11-day mission is scheduled for launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday at 3:31 p.m., CST. Liftoff will come about a month after the flight of the shuttle Discovery to the space station.

NASA has one week in December to get Atlantis off the ground with Columbus.

If there are delays, the launch will have ...

New top cop seeks to fix broken trust

Jason — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:26:15 GMT

Nov 29,

A career FBI agent stepped gingerly into his new role as Chicago's top cop Thursday, pledging to rebuild public trust in a department tainted by brutality and corruption while assuring street cops that he has their back.

Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday tapped J.P. "Jody" Weis, the first outside superintendent in almost five decades, as he acknowledged that his police force has suffered from diminished public confidence.

Weis, 49, who climbed the ranks of the FBI, ...

Three accused of trying to sell nuclear material

Jason — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:57:56 GMT

Nov 29- Alarms over international nuclear smuggling were raised last night when Slovak police announced that three men had been arrested in Slovakia and Hungary after allegedly trying to sell a kilogram of radioactive material.

A Slovak police spokesman told journalists that the authorities in Slovakia and Hungary had been monitoring the activities of the alleged nuclear traders for several months before arresting them. They were detained in eastern Slovakia and eastern Hungary, near the common ...

Chicken Fat Leaks Over 20 Miles

Jason — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:52:32 GMT

ACCOMAC, Va., Nov. 27 � A truck leaked poultry fat along 20 miles of Route 13 on Tuesday, causing at least four crashes and making a stinky mess.

The state police said that a truck hauling waste poultry grease from a Perdue Farms plant left open a valve and that the fat had leaked from the plant, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, to the Maryland state line.

At least four crashes were reported, said Sgt. Joe Bunting. One person was taken to a hospital.

Sergeant Bunting described ...

North Korea, South Korea Discuss Security for New Train Link

Jason — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:24:30 GMT

Nov. 27 -- The defense ministers of North Korea and South Korea will begin three days of talks today in Pyongyang to review security after the two nations agreed to a daily freight train link and other economic cooperation.

South Korea's Kim Jang Soo and Kim Il Chol, the vice marshal of the Korean People's Army, will discuss defense protocols for the rail service that begins Dec. 11.

The train link between the towns of Munsan and Bongdong, agreed earlier this month between the prime ...

Morale Booster... why the DMA is better then the U.S. ARMY

Rex Simba — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:51:01 GMT

WASHINGTON - Soldiers strained by six years at war are deserting their posts at the highest rate since 1980, with the number of Army deserters this year showing an 80 percent increase since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003.

While the totals are still far lower than they were during the Vietnam war, when the draft was in effect, they show a steady increase over the past four years and a 42 percent jump since last year.

According to the Army, about nine in every 1,000 soldiers deserted ...

Rail Sabotage Is Reported in France

Jason — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:09:36 GMT

PARIS, Nov. 21 � As a national transit strike stretched into its second week, arsonists disrupted high-speed train service on four main routes on Wednesday. Government officials called the fires a �coordinated act of sabotage.�

The early morning outbreak of fires on the electrical lines supplying the T.G.V. high-speed trains happened hours before talks between transit union and government officials. The negotiators met for more than four hours and agreed to continue on Monday, while strike-weary ...

Justices to Weigh Handgun Ban

Jason — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:11:48 GMT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21-- The Supreme Court touched a constitutional third rail ahead of next year's election, agreeing to decide whether the Second Amendment gives individuals a right to own handguns.

The court is expected to hear arguments in the spring and to issue an opinion by July, just as the campaign for the November presidential election heats up.

� The Case: The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the Second Amendment gives individuals a right to own handguns.

� The Question: ...

Math Error Could Compromise Cryptographic Systems

Jason — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:30:48 GMT

Nov. 20 A highly respected cryptographer warned on Friday that the increasing sophistication of computer chip design raises the risk that undetected bugs could be used to crack public key encryption systems.

The warning was issued by Adi Shamir, a professor at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science. The "S" in RSA, one such public key encryption algorithm, belongs to Shamir.

"With the increasing word size and sophisticated optimizations of multiplication units in modern ...

SES Astra's Sirius 4 satellite launched from Baikonur

Jason — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:13:02 GMT

PARIS Nov. 19- SES Astra's SES Sirius unit said its Sirius 4 satellite has successfully launched from an International Launch Services Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The satellite will be brought into its final orbital position 'within the next weeks' and made commercially available from January 2008 following in-orbit testing.

The satellite, built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, will be used for broadcast and broadband services across Europe ...

Pilot Lands Copter to Pick Mom Mushrooms

Jason — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:18:23 GMT

BANGKOK, Thailand Nov. 18 - A Thai air force pilot has been suspended from flying duties after allegedly landing his helicopter in the countryside to collect wild mushrooms for his mother, a spokesman said Friday.

The air force ordered the provisional suspension and began investigating after villagers in the western province of Kanchanaburi reported the incident to police, said spokesman Capt. Monthon Satchukorn.

Monthon said villagers said that a helicopter had circled a jungle clearing ...