#CANvsISIL
Everyone Else Vs. ISIL
Syria
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- “U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Visits Ankara as Raqqa Operation Commences”
- “Obama unlikely to see assault on Islamic State’s Syria stronghold”
- “Operation “Euphrates Anger” underway in Syria”
- “Syrian militants mass in distant province after truce deals”
- “Russian aviation shelled parachute mines in Aleppo”
Iraq
Libya
The Kurds
Canada Into Africa?
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- “Harjit Sajjan Rejects Tory Charge UN Peacekeeping In Africa Like Leading ‘Lambs To The Slaughter’ “
- “Casques bleus au Mali: le ministre canadien de la Défense Harjit Sajjan reçu par le président Boubacar”
- “Sajjan’s Africa trip could be logistics planning for peacekeeping mission”
- “Minister Dion to travel to Nigeria, Kenya and Ethiopia” (CAN Info-machine)
- “UN peacekeeper, two civilians killed in Mali attack”
Cold War 2.0
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- “Russian warplanes keep buzzing the Baltics. Here’s how NATO scrambles.”
- “Russian, Belarusian Observers to Inspect Denmark’s Military Activities”
- Some Pro-RUS media “Peskov: NATO is aggressive by nature, Russia stays in its own borders” – “Three Hundred Thousand Terrorist NATO Troops To Challenge Mother Russia”
- “Russia’s S-500: The Ultimate Weapon against American Missiles or Paper Tiger?” – “Russia’s Big, New Anti-Aircraft Missile Launcher Is Way Behind Schedule“ – S-500 missile system (Wikipedia)
- “The US Navy’s new spy plane will make Russia very, very nervous” – P-8A Poseidon Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (naval-technology.com)
- “The New Propaganda War: State-Sponsored Troll Armies Slugging It Out on Social Media”
- “Montenegro says “nationalists from Russia” planned to kill prime minister”
Way Up North
Sexual Assault/Harassment in the CF
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- “Sexual assault charges withdrawn against Edmonton military officer — Lt.-Col. Mason Stalker faced 3 counts of sexual assault and 4 of sexual exploitation ….” – “Sex charges against Canadian military officer dropped” – “Alberta Crown withdraws sex-crime charges against military officer” – “Mason Stalker: les accusations contre l’ancien commandant du 1 PPCLI tombent à l’eau faute de preuve”
- “Defence Minister Sajjan absent as Royal Military College goes through a crisis, says lawyer and retired officer”
- “Meet Lt.-Gen. Christine Whitecross, Canada’s first three-star female general”
What’s Canada Buying?
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- F-35 Tug o’ War “Fuel or Fumes for Canada’s Next Fighter?” – “Enter the (Mighty) Dragon” – Chengdu J-20 (Wikipedia)
- “Heroux-Devtek wins contract to broaden scope of work on Embraer military jet”
- “Canada and UAVs: Future Prospects for Emerging Defence Technology”
- “The Canadian military has authorized the use of one of its bases for testing and quality assurance by General Dynamics Land Systems, a private defence contractor who is set to provide the $15-billion sale of light-armoured vehicles to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This move has reignited the debate surrounding the Liberal Party’s role in the controversial arms deal and their shift from a passive to an active role in facilitating the sale to Saudi Arabia …”
- Wanted: getting satellite imagery for DND’s R&D arm “This Industry Consultation process seeks information from industry on its interest, capacity and ability to produce and deliver the COSMO-SKYMED Satellite Data Product and services in various areas of interest across Canada that meet the requirements of the department of Defence Research and Development Canada to assess and improve its space-based radar exploitation capability …” – “This Industry Consultation process seeks information from industry on its interest, capacity and ability to produce and deliver the Alos-2 Satellite Data Product and services in various areas of interest across Canada that meet the requirements of the department of Defence Research and Development Canada to assess and improve its space-based radar exploitation capability …”
- Wanted: better ways to detect biological bad guys in the field “CHARACTERIZATION OF SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER (SAM) ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR FOR POTENTIAL USE AS A DIAGNOSTIC TEST DEVICE FOR MESSENGER RNA … Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Suffield Research Centre (SRC) is investigating the utility of host-derived biomarkers (e.g. specific ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequences) for early detection of infection with a pathogen. Moleculardiagnostic platforms will be required to detect the candidate biomarkers in clinical diagnostic samples. The long term goal of the project is a diagnostic system that can be used in the field by soldiers/first responders or in a mobile laboratory/field hospital, thus a non-optical based, e.g. electrochemical, system is desired …”
Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
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- “Ottawa lacks urgency dealing with suicide crisis: veterans advocate”
- “Honours delayed for veterans and soldiers who died by suicide”
- Colonel Ted on Team Red & vets’ issues: “… There is “no sense of urgency” about veterans because, despite the rather feeble “veterans’ industry,” of which Mr Blais is a part, this government never had and still lacks an overarching “strategy ” …”
- Colonel Ted on Universality of Service: “The exceptions that prove the rule … Trying to write rules to allow for the rare exceptions is a mug’s game.”
- From the Info-machine “Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation awarded to (Québec’s) dedicated Canadians” – “Canadians (in Montreal) recognized for their dedication to Veterans”
- “We must remember war’s invisible wounds: Collenette”
- “Volunteers search the streets for homeless veterans”
- “Lest we forget homeless vets”
- “Suicides of Afghanistan war vets reinforce calls to fix casualty support unit”
Internal Security
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- From the Lux Ex Umbra blog: “CSE budget gets $22 million boost”
- “CSIS chief argues data was collected legally, but accepts court ruling” – “What you need to know about the CSIS metadata ruling” – “CSIS metadata: Ralph Goodale ‘pursuing criticism’ with spy agency management” – “Canada’s spy agency may be hobbled by ruling on data collection” – “Editorial: CSIS must come clean on its spying habits”
- “Spy watchdog that triggered scathing rebuke of illegal CSIS activities facing job cuts”
- “Les pouvoirs du SCRS seront examinés”
- “Where is the review of intelligence analysis in CSIS?” – “How Good Is Canadian Intelligence Analysis?”
- “Canadian intelligence agencies and domestic overreach”
- “Police sought access to ‘oral communications and telecommunications’ of two La Presse journalists” – “Should Canadian journalists assume they’re being secretly watched by police?”
- “Now Canada Is a Surveillance State, Too”
Remembering
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- “The Royal Canadian Legion names its new Silver Cross Mom”
- “Remembrance Day holds stress, anxiety for many damaged soldiers”
- “Three Tarnak Farm survivors remember 2002 friendly fire incident”
- “Honouring fallen Canadian soldiers in Italy”
- “Remembering a black soldier in a ‘white man’s war’ “
- “Remember This? ‘Bill’ Merrifield, Northern Ontario’s only Victoria Cross recipient” – William Merrifield, Victoria Cross – First World War, 1914-1918 (DND Info-machine)
- “France et Canada rendent hommage à ceux qui ont servi lors de la Première Guerre mondiale”
- “Remembering the last Canadian to die in 1918”
- “Dittrick men honoured for service in War of 1812”
- “Canadian soldiers mark Remembrance Day at Sikh gurdwara”
- Colonel Ted on (possible) need for “Veterans Day”
- Via the Info-machine “Government of Canada honours those who served to protect freedom and democracy” – “Annual remembrance ceremony at Canadian National Vimy Memorial” – “Government of Canada pays tribute to those who served during the First World War” – “Minister Kent Hehr to honour Veterans at Candlelight Tribute (tonight)”
Other
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- Pierre-Antoine L’Heureux, R.I.P. “Décès d’un ingénieur de combat à Edmonton“ – Cpl Pierre-Antoine L’Heureux (Canadian Military Engineers)
- “More than 500 DND employees from fire-damaged building to be moved again”
- “UFO? Lost Cold War nuclear weapon? Canada’s navy to investigate object found off Haida Gwaii” – “Canadian Navy to investigate mysterious find at the bottom of Pacific Ocean” – “Department of National Defence to search for lost bomb off Banks Island”
- “Canada making tangible contributions to Middle East peace: Governor General” – “Gov. Gen. David Johnston wraps Middle East tour with talk of peace between Israelis and Palestinians” – “Le gouverneur général lance un appel à la paix entre Israël et la Palestine”
- “Maintaining Transatlantic Unity in the Security Realm?”
- “Sending Humanitarian Aid into Conflict Zones” (NATO Association of Canada)
- “Saideman’s Semi-Spew: Ignorant Critic or Informed Overseer?” – “Public critic or secretive monitor: party objectives and legislative oversight of the military in Canada”
- “Royal Canadian Air Force conducts Exercise PUMA STRIKE aboard MCAS MIRAMAR” (Pentagon Info-machine)
- “A ‘new look’ for RCAF aircraft”
- “Matt Gurney: Just say ‘no’ to nuclear disarmament”
- “Army units face off in salute to Korean War veterans”
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