By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter for TheVelvetRocket.com Amid growing concern about North Korea’s high-stake nuclear gamesmanship, the United State has vowed to provide an “extended” nuclear umbrella to South Korea, where no tactical nuclear weapons are present. Debates are under way, however, on the effectiveness of this in the case of conflict on the Korean … Continue reading
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Louisiana – Baton Rouge, Huey P. Long’s Louisiana Hayride & More
As part of my Southern Exposure Tour last year, I dropped down into Louisiana to visit my friend Eric after leaving Matt in Atlanta. The day after I arrived in Louisiana, Eric had to work. So, I headed into Baton Rouge on my own to check things out. Here’s a model of the capital area … Continue reading
Godfrey Osei and the Ghana Coup: Chapter 3
U.S MERCENARIES ESCAPE BRAZIL TO TELL OF PLAN TO OVERTHROW AFRICAN LEADER By KATHERINE BISHOP, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: December 27, 1986 Two American mercenaries have escaped from a Brazilian prison and returned to the United States to tell a tangled tale of a foiled effort to overthrow the Government of Ghana. … Continue reading
Godfrey Osei and the Ghana Coup: Chapter 2
San Jose Mercury News (CA) October 29, 1986 Author: PETE CAREY, Mercury News Staff Writer MERCENARY HELD IN BRAZIL DISCOVERS ‘HELL’ Article Text: In a series of letters filled with black humor, whimsy and despair, a former San Francisco State University graduate student hired to help overthrow the West African nation of Ghana tells of … Continue reading
Godfrey Osei and the Ghana Coup: Chapter 1
This is one of those stories we should know about, but don’t. And I only came across it because I was doing research for my dissertation in this subject area. Try finding any information about it without intensive research of newspaper archives, academic publications or JSTOR! San Jose Mercury News (CA) June 22, 1986 Author: … Continue reading
Tamil Tigers + Protests
With the Tamil Tigers having been wiped out as a conventional military force in Sri Lanka and the top leadership killed, I thought it an appropriate time to post some of the pictures from the daily protests in London against the Sri Lankan government’s offensive against the Tigers. Although, the Tigers appear beaten as a … Continue reading
KAL 007
U.S. Electronic Intercept of KAL 007 shootdown in progress… The following is the actual shootdown transmissions from the Sukhoi-15 as intercepted by the U.S. (NSA), in combination with the commands from Soviet Combat Air Control handed over by the Russian Federation: Osipovich: (18:22:02) The target is decreasing speed. Osipovich: (18:22:17) I am going around it. … Continue reading
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